Hydra Delay / Spatialist Reverb Combo

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Over the weekend I completely my third ever 2-in-1 build - a Hydra Delay feeding into a Spatialist Reverb.

The build itself wasn't too bad for either, but the Spatialist side of this led to an interesting troubleshooting session. I had identical symptoms as this thread follows but it wound up being a solder bridge issues on the FV-1 Spin Chip. Unfortunately I was not able to completely desolder it from the board, and once it was removed the pads came with it, so I considered the PCB toast at that point. I ordered that board over a year ago and pre-soldered FV-1's were not an option at the time though they were this time. After ordering a second PCB with the FV-1 properly soldered by folks way more skilled than me, it fired right up after connecting it to the Hydra.

Artwork was an obvious choice for me - being a fan of Magic: the Gathering and that my favorite card is Helm of the Host, an artifact that clones its host was an artwork match made in my dreams for a delay. I can't wait to hook this thing up to my synths and modular rig!

I definitely took this one as a learning experience for troubleshooting and teaching myself how to follow the schematics, always order a pre-soldered Spin if available!

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The hydra and spatialist are a great combo, it can take some exploring but there are some really great sounds in there and there are a bunch of mods that you can do with this build to squeeze even more tricks out of it. Some are worth it, others not so much.
 
Your picture made me laugh. And wonder what and the hell am I doing? Just ordered smaller tips to solder my spacialiats Spin?
I need a do over.
 

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