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Reviewed By BackInCheck [all]
July 11th, 2026
Version reviewed: 1.0 on Mac
Installation failed on Mac OS Sequoia 15.7.5.
Not sure whether it's user error or the installer is faulty. Will try again another day.
Response from bdHandler from bdEnergy on July 15th, 2026
Hey! Thanks heads-up. You were spot on—it definitely wasn't user error! The previous installer was indeed faulty under macOS Sequoia's strict security.
I have just uploaded v1.0.1, which completely resolves this. It is now fully signed and notarized by Apple, so it will install cleanly without any Terminal bypasses.
Quick tip: If your DAW cached the previous failed scan, just force a rescan of The Hydra in your plugin manager to get it to show up.
Thanks again for helping me catch this, and I hope the synth is worth the second look whenever you get a chance to try it.
Reviewed By BackInCheck [all]
March 4th, 2024
Version reviewed: 2.0.2 on Windows
Really good waveshaper / clipper. It can produce varying, non-generic saturation curves, including asymmetric ones. So, if you want to go beyond your standard hard- and softclipping curves, definitely try out this plugin.
I would prefer if the parameter ranges / controls would work in smaller increments, since the controls are quite jumpy and the lightest turn of the knobs will get you into heavy-handed territory quickly. Not always do you want to get into full distortion, sometimes you just want to slightly saturate a signal.
The oversampling is working as expected, even though it will not completely remove aliasing with heavy setting applied to treble material.
If there is going to be a version 3 of the plugin, I would love to see a simple emphasis / de-emphasis EQ (maybe a simple baxandall EQ with automatic compensation of the emphasis) being added, since this will drastically improve the utility and allows you to alter which part of the spectrum the saturation will affect primarily.