ASM Applies a ‘Cosmetic Facelift’ for 5th Anniversary
ASM’s latest collectors' Hydrasynth Keyboards get a limited 200-unit run.
21 May 2024
Ashun Sound Machines (ASM) celebrates its fifth anniversary as a company that is passionate about using technology to create exciting products that spark creativity by introducing two limited-edition models of its Hydrasynth digital wave morphing synthesizer with proprietary ASM Polytouch technology to provide responsive velocity and expressive polyphonic aftertouch — applying a celebratory ‘cosmetic facelift’ to form the aptly named Hydrasynth Keyboard 5th Anniversary Silver Edition and Hydrasynth Deluxe 5th Anniversary Silver Edition.
ASM’s Hydrasynth Keyboard 5th Anniversary Silver Edition and Hydrasynth Deluxe 5th Anniversary Silver Edition are each limited to 200-unit runs that will surely become highly sought-after collector’s items, prized by serious synthesizer aficionados. Appropriately, each limited-edition model boasts a sparkling silver finish with a custom 5TH ANNIVERSARY SILVER EDITION print on the top panel, duly distinguishing them from the ‘standard’ Hydrasynth Keyboard — launched in 2019 to widespread critical acclaim as a digital wave morphing synthesizer featuring an ASM Polytouch 49-note polyphonic aftertouch keybed and a user-assignable ribbon controller — and Hydrasynth Deluxe — itself offering a dual sound engine setup and the largest (73-note) ASM Polytouch polyphonic aftertouch keybed to date upon its introduction in 2021 — models that are still going strong today thanks to regular firmware updates; by that same token, Hydrasynth Keyboard 5th Anniversary Silver Edition and Hydrasynth Deluxe 5th Anniversary Silver Edition’s custom-made side panels prominently feature the HYDRASYNTH logo, while both synths ship with a Certificate of Authenticity showing the unit number — not forgetting, of course, the silver sticker that is included in both packages.
Applying a fine finishing touch to the celebratory proceedings, ASM has closely collaborated with a carefully chosen team of specialist sound designers, duly including an exclusive custom patch bank on both limited-edition models to further commemorate its fifth anniversary as a company that is passionate about using technology to create exciting products — products that definitely don’t come much more exciting than Hydrasynth Keyboard 5th Anniversary Silver Edition and Hydrasynth Deluxe 5th Anniversary Silver Edition.
Anyone attending SUPERBOOTH24, May 16-18, FEZ-Berlin, Germany is invited to swing by Booth H205 where ASM is introducing Hydrasynth Keyboard 5th Anniversary Silver Edition and Hydrasynth Deluxe 5th Anniversary Silver Edition, exhibiting them alongside their ‘standard’ synth siblings for all to see and hear. However, anyone wishing to buy a Hydrasynth Keyboard 5th Anniversary Silver Edition and/or Hydrasynth Deluxe 5th Anniversary Silver Edition will have to practice a little patience — but rest assured they will be well worth the wait.
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