Synthernet Micro HYP3

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The micro HYP3 core engine is a bass synthesizer developed by Synthernet in Japan. It is modelled after the TB-303 and uses design concepts from other product offerings. The micro HYP3 runs on an overclocked STM32F411 ARM Cortex-M4 at 120MHz.

It’s a compact sized hardware device with a familiar layout. The oscillators (VCO) offers knob controls for tune and waveform (saw/square). The filter (VCF) offers knob controls for cutoff, resonance and envelope mod. There’s an envelope generator (EG) which offers a knob control for decay. The VCA offers a knob control for accent level. There’s an FX section with 2 assignable control knobs which seem to be for distortion control. There’s also a main volume knob. At the back there’s a USB connection which is assumed provides power and an audio out via what looks to be a 3.5mm jack.

The section below the knobs contains the sequencer and transport controls with push buttons and indicator LEDs. There seems to be quite a lot of functionality in there, so we await the full details in anticipation!

There’s also been a few different versions of this shown on the @Synthernet and @tekitounix Twitter accounts. The following looks a lot larger:

HYP3 Variants

There seems to be 3 variants in development:

MICRO HYP3 (bottom right, development name XM3) was developed as a modeling sound source for the 303 based on Microne’s hardware. HYP3 (top left) is a product that pursues the ideal UI based on that sound source, while GEN (bottom left) has been stripped down to the bare minimum.

We shared some more Synthernet products on Synth Geekery episode 283.

Price: TBA – although there’s a hint it will be around the ¥35,000 (Japanese Yen) // $320 USD mark.

Link: https://www.synther.net/