From Superbooth, via Sonic State.
First they go through the architecture, and then at about three minutes you can hear some.
Nothing else is quite like this. Like for instance two separate midi inputs. or a sequencer track for each of the bands in the band pass filter.
Pretty cool with all the envelopes and even a dedicated one for the noise. Creative potential seems huge and none of the demos or sound examples seem to do it justice, sadly
I got to check out a Mäander briefly at NAMM 2019. The rep was telling me that at the time the firmware was still heavily underdeveloped. Hopefully now that it’s close to market we’ll finally get to hear its full potential.
The Flame Maander full manual and quick start guide are up: http://www.flame-instruments.de/flame2/instruments_nomodular.html
Anyone got one of these yet?
Any lovers here?
Does anyone use it?
I’d like to know if built quality is good and fine. It’s a lot of money…
So few demos. For more of an idea I’ve watched a few vids with the Flame 4-Vox (osc) and Curves (filterbank). The 4 vox sounds friggin amazing in the vid below, but it’s being processed by a lot of other swanky eurorack gear
And a nice demo of Curves, first up filtering a Machinedrum:
The Maander’s midi sequencing capabilities are pretty amazing too.
I’m not sure how flexible it is for “standard” mono duties. The resonance on all filter bands is fixed and there’s no resonance control on the high pass filter, so probably not for acid bass lines.
Being able to sequence the filter bank on incoming audio, mixing that with the internal osc and noise, and controlling 14 mono midi sequencers, this looks like a very powerful bit of kit for live setups.
Anyone got one of these, nothing much about it anywhere, hardly any videos, sounds good from what I’ve seen but looks complicated to use
This thing sounds wild, super interesting interface also.
Any users care to comment on the Maander?
For me it’s a synth/groovebox for special tasks and I love its sound quality and options.
At first I searched a filter bank for my eurorack system, which should have much modulation options and I found the Flame “Curves”. But after some research about its sound, I stumbled upon the “Mäander”. I considered what I would gain going with the Mäander, ordered it, and its a keeper.
We can use the entire groove box as is, or only the filterbank on external signals. It’s a kind of performance instrument as well and complex settings/patches can be stored and recalled. The wavetables are interesting, but the Mäander shines, when all the filters are set and modulated by its sequencer.
It’s surprising how relatively little there is out there about this box. It looks so cool from the videos I’ve seen, but I don’t see much chatter about it!
Maybe the Mäander is not too well known and a little exotic for somebody used to do subtractive synthesis and being happy with one filter per voice. How many of us use a Sherman Filter Bank regularly? The Mäander isn’t the typical wavetable synth either and setting all those bandpass filters to static positions only, isn’t the major purpose of this box.
But after understanding that each of the single filters can have a dedicate role in shaping the sound periodically and/or rhythmically, this box starts to make sense. It comes with a learning curve and IMO it takes interest to try something new.
I traded for one today. This thing is magical. Really high recommendation, it’s so versatile for what it has. And it’s very different and unique from all my other gear!!
Congrats and have fun … 
I haven’t used mine in a while, but it sparks joy whenever I see it. I just love this machine so much! Glad I have one.
Can you run an external synth through its filterbanks and stuff?
Is it mono only?
Yes you can run external stuff through its filterbank.
Here’s a lot of info. It’s quite a complex and crazy machine… I translated the review to English for you:
2.0 FIrmware update (looks the same here, but is another article):
Today I remember about this instruments and very impressed. So, mmm… I want to buy this one))) … And what I see? Discontinued!!! Hahaha