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Quick Start Guide
Inside the Box
Your Hydrasynth Deluxe was carefully packed at the factory with the following items:
• The Hydrasynth Deluxe
• This manual
• The power supply (12VDC / ≥2A)
• Laptop shelf
Save Your Receipt!
Ashun Sound Machines designed and constructed your Hydrasynth Deluxe with extreme
attention to detail. Our quality assurance personnel test each unit thoroughly before it goes out.
But in the unlikely event of a hardware problem, you will need to present your original receipt
in order to obtain warranty service. This will help the service center to confirm your warranty
coverage. So please be sure to save your receipt in a safe location!
Plug It In
Power
Use only the DC power supply that was in the
box with your Hydrasynth Deluxe (12 Volts DC,
≥2 Amp). Make sure the power switch is in the
OFF position before making this connection.
Before switching the unit on, please lower the
volume of your speakers or mute the input
channels on your mixer. This will help prevent
any damage to your speakers or ears.
Audio
Using a mixer
After muting the channel inputs or lowering
the volume of your speakers, connect a pair of
1/4” cables from the Main L/R output jacks on
the rear panel of the Hydrasynth Deluxe to the
inputs of your mixer. Then set the Hydrasynth
Deluxe power switch to the ON position.
Using headphones
If you plan to connect headphones to the
Phone jack on the Hydrasynth Deluxe,
turn the unit on first and then connect the
headphones. The Hydrasynth Deluxe has an
independent level control for the headphones
next to the connection jacks.
Master Volume control
The Master Volume knob controls all four
Hydrasynth Deluxe outputs (Main/Upper and
Lower). It’s an analog control, which means
it does not communicate its position or
movements digitally via USB or MIDI.
But Master Volume does respond to MIDI
CC #7 via USB and MIDI. So if you are using
the Hydrasynth Deluxe with a computer, for
example, remember that you’ll need to adjust
its level using a MIDI track in your DAW.
The Balance control also affects the Upper/
Lower part levels in Multi mode when all four
outputs are connected. More about all of this
later!
USB
Hydrasynth Deluxe is a USB class-compliant
device, so there are no drivers to install. Just
plug it into your computer and it will be
available immediately as a MIDI input/output
device.
MIDI
The Hydrasynth Deluxe has three 5-pin MIDI
connectors to allow you to interface with
other MIDI devices. MIDI Out sends data from
the Hydrasynth Deluxe, MIDI In receives data,
and MIDI Thru passes data from the MIDI In
without
data from the Hydrasynth Deluxe.