Any hardware Physical Modeling Polysynths?

Here’s a 6 voice physical modeling synth in a small pedal. You can connect a MIDI keyboard and just have at it.


Ghosts from Kinotone

It also does a lot of other things ( reverb, granular processing, microtonal chords, frequency shifting, looping, dot dot dot ) but here are the features relevant to this thread :

Physical Modeling Engine

  • 6-voice polyphony
  • Excite the resonators with external audio, the built-in contact mic, or MIDI notes
  • Flexible, high-fidelity physical models: strings, tubes, bars
  • Reharmonize the resonators with 12 preset chords
  • Selectable root note and chord voicing

Polyphonic MIDI instrument

  • Retune the resonator voices directly via keyboard control
  • Internal exciter turns Ghosts into a playable physical modeling instrument
  • Multiple MIDI exciters: pluck, strike, blow — or create your own exciter with a captured loop

I guess it gets classified as Karplus Strong ( ? )

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