It has a tonal character that is unique to my ears.īuild quality is very high - higher than I expected for the price.Įncoders are light, but work great once you are used to them. Question: What are the standout features of the Argon8?Īnswer: First off the sound (which is the most important thing IMO). I have had about 4 “Boot error - please restart” messages so far. I have heard some minor clipping when holding 6 note chords with FM on sine waves (might be maxing out the processing). There is no VST support yet, but it’s coming soon. I think the reverb needs an upgrade, and when adding some effects you lose volume. Question: Anything about the Argon8 specifically that’s disappointing or underwhelming?Īnswer: Very few things, and I’ll try to be as fair as I can be as I truly love this instrument so far.
I don’t know it for a fact, but to my ears the Argon8 has that same “HD Digital” character, and that is what got me excited me about it. But it doesn’t hold a candle to Argon8 in terms of “fullness” from my subjective experience. It’s great if you want to make evolving soundscapes, complex pads I definitely do not think it is a bad product. You can do more with the Hydrasynth, design-wise five LFOs, five envelopes, an endless mod matrix, a billion sounds and destinations.
Literally, the first time I plugged it in, first preset, wow, just blown away with the sound engine. As I waited for it to arrive, I worried, maybe I had made a mistake, maybe it was going to be more of the same, why was I repeating my mistake? Maybe the fault wasn’t in the synth at all, but in my expectations.
I sold my Hydra, disappointed in the sound engine, and I ordered an Argon8.
Obviously, other people may have different opinions, but if this is your concern, having played both, this is my own: one of Argon8’s oscillators sounds thicker, fuller, more “organic” (an incredibly subjective assessment) than any attempt I had (or found browsing pthers’ presets) in Hydra.
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