Hyperion

Hyperion is a powerful, multi-layered modular synthesizer, drawing inspiration from iconic 80’s artists such as Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Brian Eno. Designed to be both deeply capable and instantly approachable, Hyperion offers limitless sound design potential, perfect for modern music production across various genres.

Versatile Sound Design Platform

Hyperion was created with flexibility in mind, allowing users to craft complex, multi-layered sounds while maintaining a user-friendly interface. Its efficient processing enables up to 16 layers of MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) compatible patches, which can be modulated simultaneously through macro controls. These patches can communicate with each other by exchanging modulation data and audio signals via auxiliary buses.

This modular design gives producers the freedom to layer and split polyphonic patches using multiple synthesis methods, while also offering features like chord generation, arpeggiation, and bus effects for each layer. The result is an inspirational tool for musicians working in any genre.

Precision and Control

Hyperion provides a variety of note-handling options on a per-layer basis. These include:

• Polyphony control per layer
• Pitch bend range and portamento speed
• Pitch randomization and drift depth
• Customizable pitch slope (positive or negative)
• Mono-phonic retrigger and voice trigger options

Each layer can support an unlimited number of nodes, with up to 16 mod sources per target modulation input. Waveform previews, animated modulation data, and graph-based displays help simplify even the most complex patch designs, making them easier to understand and tweak.

Multiple Synthesis Methods

Hyperion supports a wide range of synthesis techniques, allowing for extreme flexibility:

• Digital and Virtual Analog Oscillators: Classic mono and stereo oscillators with wave-shaping, stereo unison detuning, hard sync, and bit-crushing for drastic sonic changes.
• FM Synthesis: A 4-operator FM engine with 12 algorithms, feedback, and a set of useful operator ratios. Includes wave-sequencing capabilities for even more sound-shaping options.
• Wave-Sequencing: Oscillators with up to 32 steps of configurable settings (pitch, waveform, unison, etc.), along with smooth crossfading and modulation possibilities.
• Physical Modeling: Hyperion includes a plucked string model with damping and stereo unison, as well as a flute oscillator that allows for smooth transitions between note configurations.
• Sample Playback: With support for multi-sample playback (including sfz/sf2 files) and looping single-cycle waveforms for custom oscillator tones.

Sound Processing and Effects

Hyperion offers extensive per-voice sound processing and FX bus routing, enabling a wide variety of effects and sound manipulation options:

• Filter Types: Low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, notch, with stereo offset, slope, resonance, and saturation controls.
• Voice-Level Effects: Distortion, tube resonator, ring modulation, bit-crushing, granular synthesis, and a vowel filter.
• Bus Effects: Three reverb types, compressors with side-chaining, chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, stereo filtering, distortion/EQ’d distortion, pitch shifting, stereo echo with cross-feedback, and a multi-band EQ.
• Granulation: Full control over emission rate, playback speed, window size, and more, creating dynamic textures.

Hyperion’s FX bus also supports touch-oriented, modulate-able vector mixers, adding a layer of expressivity and real-time control over sound shaping.

Extensive Control and Data Generation

Control options in Hyperion are robust, offering:

• ADSR Envelopes: With pre-delay, multiple triggering options, and LFOs with one-shot mode, beat sync, and start phase controls.
• MIDI and Data Control: Macro controls allow for global adjustments, while internal MIDI channels enable data transfer between layers. Hyperion can send and receive MIDI notes, drive external synthesizers, and trigger other MIDI instruments.
• Generative Tools: Data smoothing, step sequencing, binary logic, and mathematical expression nodes offer endless creative possibilities. Scale mapping and event triggering enable detailed control over MIDI data, making Hyperion not just a sound generator but also a control hub.

Summary

Hyperion is a digital modular synthesizer with a comprehensive array of sound design tools, making it a perfect playground for music producers seeking both depth and ease of use. It offers a wide range of synthesis types, deep control over individual sound layers, and an array of processing options that allow for extensive creative exploration. Whether you're crafting cinematic soundscapes, electronic beats, or experimental compositions, Hyperion’s modular design and rich features make it a must-have for contemporary sound design.