Oh how I want a Hydrasynth! It’s on a list of about 10 other pieces of hardware that I would really like to have. sigh one day…
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Today a Dual VCA, a White Noise module, a Dual AD/AR Env G and the Twin T Kick
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Any reason not to DIY the hydra synth? I see no woo woo magic chip covered in blob or proprietary code shrouded in litigious menace. Just good stuff well designed.
It’s a bit beyond a simple diy. It’s because it is a well designed poly wavetable with a bunch of features that I like it. Though I prefer the desktop version.
I have software VSTs if I want a specific sound, so its not like I need it, or a diy version. It more that the one knob per function is really well executed.
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No question it’s a good design but I don’t think a poly wavetable is beyond DIY. Especially as were all getting familiar with making (and duplicating) boards.
Would I rather have a hydra? DAQ!
Can I afford one? No
Do I have a MIDI keyboard and the VST? Soon
Could I reproduce the hydra in DIY. Yes but…
Ok @Caustic you win. Grinch 
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That’s a very good idea, I have some unused connectors, because I made my power cables myself, so I will do that to prevent any mistakes in the future. A label is also a nice idea. Thanks, @analogoutput and @Farabide !
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Yes, I also think its beyond simple DIY. The XVA1 DIY synth I have is a 32-voice Virtual-Analog Synthesizer and sounds nice, but the Hydrasynth sounds much, much better. I also have Arturia Pigments on my computer, which is a very good wavetable synth, but still, the Hydra sounds better in my opinion.
I also like the desktop version and it is much cheaper than the keyboard version, but I did go for the keyboard version because of the polyphonic aftertouch and the ribbon interface, which makes it somewhat like the Yamaha CS-80.
Yes, I like that as well. I like it so much, that the interface I am building for my XVA1 synth will be a lot like the Hydrasynth’s interface: A main screen with a big rotary encoder knob to select the patches and a menu system, four little screens, each with a rotary encoder above and one below, and a collections of shortcut buttons, to quickly go into a specific menu page, like Oscillators, Filters, LFOs, Envelopes, Effects etc. I don’t know if I can really make this work, but as Sam always says: “Don’t be scared to try it”. Maybe I will post what I have now (just a simple patch selector) in a new thread tomorrow.
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thats all , LOL . you get your face plate wood yet ?
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I had already done all the panels 
but allways no wood yet for the case 
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I wanna be like @Dud 
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It’s maybe not a good idea ? 
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MY VCO has no link connector fitted, more because I was being Tight than for any other reason…
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I wanna be Dud
Lol20charactera
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Ummm…you do realize this is me that you’re talking to, right? The one who wouldn’t be able to breadboard a functioning LED. 
I’ll keep saving my money for a hydra one day 
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Me too but while we’re waiting for that financial windfall why not think and dream big.
For example the simple APC is the core of an FM synthesizer. All the great synths are just modules to solve one at a time. Polyphony is just steps and duplication and so on. The hydra has many heads, cut off one and work on that then pick another head. Nothing is beyond us!
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Hi there! If you have PCBs made, or have a stripboard layout, please let me know, I really want the part!
Best regards
THOGRE
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This isn’t me, but the YT video links to his blog, which links to this github repo with gerbers and source code: GitHub - cutlasses/GlitchDelayV2: Version 2 of Glitch Delay PCB, which uses a PIC to read pots
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yeah im not really sure what to do I have a controller here for them. the initial thinking was to cut down the different types of parts but yeah its proved to be a bit of a pickle!
now its in the odd realm of some have 10 and some have 12 however removing the plastic outer shielding from the internal metal legs on a soldered connector isnt too hard so it would not be hard to retrofit with out any soldering. So yeah maybe there is hope.
by the way if you didnt know. and soldered in a power connector the wrong way round before! no need to unsolder it just get a screw driver and pry off the plastic bit evenly and turn it around and plop it back on the legs
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Sounds like you are volunteering!
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I kinda worry about that when i built up my modular DIY midi controller, and its not even powered with a 10 pin like eurorack.