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LOS ANGELES, CA, USA/HONG KONG, CHINA: Ashun Sound Machines (ASM) is proud to present its so-called ‘Hydrasynth Explorer 888 Units’ — ultimately available as a special edition of Hydrasynth Explorer (engaging many already as a compact version of the perennially popular Hydrasynth digital wave morphing synthesizer by being anchored around a 37-note mid-sized key-bed with proprietary ASM Polytouch® technology to provide responsive velocity and expressive polyphonic aftertouch features that are not found in other smaller-sized keyboards), dressed up in an eye- catching orange colour scheme synonymous with the music hardware brand itself and limited to a production run of 888 units worldwide, which will surely appeal to both numerology enthusiasts and synth collectors alike — at The Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, October 5-6, Brooklyn, NY, USA and Machina Bristronica, October 12-13, Bristol, UK...
It is fair to say that the eye-catching orange colour scheme applied to ‘Hydrasynth Explorer 888 Units’ has been synonymous with ASM since day dot — dating back, in fact, to when the music hardware brand initially introduced Hydrasynth as an eight-voice, three-oscillator synthesizer anchored around a unique wave morphing synthesis engine paired with a proprietary ASM Polytouch® 49-note polyphonic aftertouch key-bed and a user-assignable ribbon controller over five years ago in what would prove to be a winning formula. Firmware updates subsequently abounded, aiding Hydrasynth’s popularity (and also that of its namesake desktop sibling), while the Hydrasynth family ranks soon swelled to include the flagship Hydrasynth Deluxe — delivering a 73-note, 16-voice version of the Hydrasynth keyboard capable of being split or layered with a dedicated eight-voice Hydrasynth engine for each part — and aforesaid compact-sized Hydra-synth Explorer, itself perfectly portable by virtue of being (optionally) powered by eight AA batteries.
Such synonymity is being celebrated by ASM, applying that eye-catching orange colour scheme to the appropriately- named ‘Hydrasynth Explorer 888 Units’ as a special edition of Hydrasynth Explorer limited to a production run of 888 units worldwide. Why 888 units? Ultimately answering that supposedly simple question yields some interesting information — in keeping with ‘Hydrasynth Explorer 888 Units’ yielding some interesting sounds — for not only is 888 a strobogrammatic number, meaning that the numerals used are rotationally symmetric so appear the same when read upside down, the number itself represents triple fortune in numerology! Needless to say, ‘Hydrasynth Explorer 888 Units’ will surely appeal to both numerology enthusiasts and synth collectors alike. And who knows? Owners of those production-limited ‘Hydrasynth Explorer 888 Units’ may one day be sitting on a fortune!
Anyone attending The Brooklyn Synth & Pedal Expo, October 5-6, Brooklyn, NY, USA — a free-to-the-public pop-up event of synths and guitar effect pedals — and/or Machina Bristronica, October 12-13, Bristol, UK — a festival of knobs, buttons, and discussions — could have the good fortune of experiencing ASM showcasing its ‘Hydrasynth Explorer 888 Units’ there for all to see and hear. However, anyone wishing to buy ‘Hydrasynth Explorer 888 Units’ — packaged with a limited-edition sticker sheet featuring related themes — will have to practice a little patience... rest assured, though, that they will be well worth waiting for.