Dreadbox recently announced that they will no longer produce the Hades monophonic Synthesizer. I have tested it back in 2016 and it convinced me especially of the fantastic sound quality. So I was not glad that this instrument was no longer available. Today, however, there is new synth food available from Greece. The Hades is back and is now a DIY analog Synthesizer.
The Hades is still an analog monophonic Synthesizer with one VCO with two 2 sub-octaves and 3 different waveforms (pulse, double saw, saw). It comes with a variable pulse width and double saw. It features a 3-pole 18dB/oct resonating state variable filter and a drive circuit for extra fatness. The Hades architecture includes 2 envelope generators (1x attack, decay / release, sustain) and 1 envelope with Attack & Release which is hardwired to the VCA. Additional triangle and square wave LFO’s offers a good amount of modulation possibilities. As usual for Dreadbox Synthesizers, the new Hades comes also with a matrix with 13 patch points which are Eurorack compatible as well an external input. With the new oscillator output, final output and other connections, the Hades is now fully usable in the Eurorack world.
For a DIY price of 140 €, the new Hades is a very interesting and excellent sounding product. If you can not solder the device, you an also buy an assembled version for 250 €. In my opinion is the Hades the perfect Synthesizer for creating big an fat sounding bass sounds.
Features:
- Analog Monophonic Synthesizer
- Full Analog Circuit only with Through Hole Components
- 1x VCO with 2 suboctaves and 3 waves (pulse, double saw, saw)
- Variable Width for pulse and double saw
- Glide control
- 3-pole 18dB/oct Resonating State Variable Filter
- Drive Circuit
- OTA based VCA
- 2 envelope Generators
– Attack, Decay/Release, Sustain
– Attack, Release (VCA hardwired) - Triangle and Square Wave LFO
- 13 patch points eurorack compatible
- External Input
- 5 MIDI Octaves from C0 up to C5 or unlimited via CV/Gate
Additional informations
- works only with 15V DC 500mA power supply 2,5mm center pin positive
- MIDI interface: Midi in DIN socket, Pitch note/gate on-off, Pitch wheel,
- Patches: 3.5mm mono
- Gate in: activation at 0.9V in a low gain up to 5V for max gain
- Gate out: 0-5V
- 1V/oct : sends the MIDI to CV out (not the Gate)
- CV IN: works at 1V/oct and can accept from +/-12V
- EG OUT: 0-6.6V depending on the depth setting
- LFO out: +/-5V
- Eurorack compatible
- Cardboard Case
- Weight: 0,55 kgr
- 220 x 150 x 80 mm
The official manual is available here: Dreadbox DIY Hades
The Dreadbox Hades is now available as DIY Kit for 140€ and in a assembled version for 250€
More information here: Dreadbox Hades DIY
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