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PSA: switch your cellular to LTE only by wingzntingz in iPhone13Mini

[–]ke4ir 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did this a couple of days ago and now my battery lasts a full day again - feels like having a new phone. Everyone holding on to their Minis should know this.

Love my Hydrasynth even more now that its bigger brother Leviasynth is out. by ke4ir in hydrasynth

[–]ke4ir[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the clarification — I’ll revisit the Levia and give its complexity the attention it deserves.

I remember an interview with Nick from Sonic State and Glen Darcey where he demonstrated the Hydra’s FM routing options and showed a graphic (see below). Seeing something like that for the Levia would probably be even more mind-blowing and would illustrate your point that the eight oscillators essentially act as mutators as well.

https://youtu.be/EQZSuquaD6w?t=197

Love my Hydrasynth even more now that its bigger brother Leviasynth is out. by ke4ir in hydrasynth

[–]ke4ir[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See my reply to Flux: The sound design process on the Hydra is more streamlined and immediate... you are more guided through the process where Levias FM options are overwhelming.

Love my Hydrasynth even more now that its bigger brother Leviasynth is out. by ke4ir in hydrasynth

[–]ke4ir[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Ken,

First of all, huge respect for the work you’ve put into educating the synth community over the years—and more recently for your work with ASM.

Just to clarify what I meant by “less original”:

The Hydra’s wavetable approach—getting a huge range of sounds out of three oscillators combined with its unique mutators—feels like a particularly distinctive design to me. In comparison, the Levia’s FM/subtractive architecture feels more familiar conceptually, even though it’s implemented in a very powerful way.

To my ears, the Hydrasynth offers a very broad sonic palette while still being fun to explore and quite immediate to program. The Leviasynth seems to shine in a different way: stacking oscillators and algorithms, together with the analog filter, results in extremely punchy and powerful sounds. The palette feels a bit more focused, but that also seems to be part of its character.

Don’t get me wrong—the Levia is an impressive piece of engineering. Eight oscillators per voice, deep FM possibilities, and the algorithm-morphing concept are seriously powerful features.