The Concept
This isn’t synthesis as you know it. Instead of virtual oscillators, it uses physical steel resonators – one per voice – that ring, buzz, and sing in the real world. Electronics capture that raw acoustic energy and let you shape it with envelopes, modulation, and sequencing. The result? A sound that breathes, reacts to your room, and changes every time you play it. It’s alive under your hands.
What Makes It Special
- 8 real metal voices – each with its own tunable steel bar. Pluck, tap, or strum them – or let the sequencer do the work.
- Swap resonators in seconds – 13 chromatically tuned bars included. Install any 8, detune them for microtonal scales, or build your own harmonic world.
- Envelope from punch to pad – twist a knob and a sharp attack melts into a long, glowing sustain. Percussion or ambience – your call.
- Polymetric sequencer – step‑record, jam live without quantization, or skip steps for rhythmic mayhem. 8 pattern slots store your best ideas.
- 3 modulation flavours – tremolo plus two pitch‑dependent audio‑rate effects. Add shimmer, wobble, or harmonic chaos that dances with every note.
- Trigger delay + full automation – shift notes off‑grid and record every knob move. Your patterns evolve like living organisms.
- Hands‑on physics – touch the bars directly, scrape them with objects, or let the AIR slider control how much acoustic bleed comes through. Tight and punchy? Or wide and resonant? Your choice.
- Per‑voice velocity & envelope – shape each bar’s response independently. Expressiveness goes through the roof.
- Studio‑ready connections – MIDI, USB‑MIDI, CV, and Sync – talk to your DAW, modular, or drum machines. The sequencer can even drive external gear.
Tech Specs
- Voices: 8 electromechanical, each with a physical steel resonator
- Resonator set: 13 chromatically tuned bars (8 installed at once)
- Envelope: adjustable attack & release per voice
- Sequencer: polymetric, step/live recording, step skip, 8 pattern memories
- Modulation: 3 amplitude modes (tremolo + 2 pitch‑dependent effects)
- Controls: per‑voice velocity, envelope, trigger delay, master AIR slider
- I/O: MIDI In/Out, USB‑MIDI, CV (pitch/gate), Sync In/Out, stereo line out, ¼″ headphone out
- Power: 9V DC adapter (included)
- Size: 318 × 190 × 71 mm (12.5″ × 7.5″ × 2.8″)
- Weight: 1.6 kg (3.5 lbs)
Box Contents
- Main unit with 8 resonators pre‑installed
- 5 extra steel bars (13 total – swap anytime)
- Precision tuning tool
- Universal power adapter
- Quick‑start guide & safety sheet
This isn’t just another box – it’s a conversation between your hands, metal, and electricity. Strum it, sequence it, or just let it ring
