This is a really interesting analog poly synth announced at Superbooth this year. 6 voice, each voice seems to have a BBD resonator for karplus-strong and other sounds. Full multitimbrality with individual outputs as well!
He says in the video without VAT price is around 1950 (assumed Euro).
Sounds very interesting, I could see this working out really well in a mix. Love seeing resonator-based architectures. I’m not familiar with Morphor but I think this is one of the most interesting things I’ve seen from SB25.
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So like Frap Tools they bring along their Eurorack expertise to system level. Frap so far is including the keyboard with it, eight voice bi-timbral, with their Magnolia. Both are analog, with slightly unusual voice architectures.
Good to see this has both MPE and poly-aftertouch interfaces. The separate outputs would be nice in particular if you set it up completely multitimbral, but less essential otherwise.
I put the two pictures above, because i like the look. No screen, or even a number display. 
I am also feeling some of a kindred vibe to the all digital Erica Steampipe, though all three are quite different.
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Morphor was to be at the Dutch Modular Fest in Rotterdam today. Pretty sure they would be showing the Echon 6 at the show. Did anyone stop by and see it ? Any reactions.
They are also going to be at Machina Bristronica later this month.
I expect there have been some major improvements made on it. Maybe a release date now too.
From Machina Bristronica 2025 :
This has really come a long way. Analog physical modelling / Karplus Strong is a real challenging synth design, but you can see the pay-offs here too. The designers should be happy.
Another synth that won’t be all sweet spots, ( like the UDO DMNO and the Hydrasynths ), but that opens it for more options as a result.
The physical design of this is really beautiful.
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Not sure if the sound is for me, but I really like the design of this device :).
£2000, ETA March 2026. We will probably be able to test it at Superbooth 
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So i listened to a section of Sonic Talk 863, where both Ben Wilson ( DivKid ), and Gaz, who both had a chance to see the Echon 6 at Machina Bristronica, expressed their praise for that system.
Gaz was accompanied by Richard Nicol of Pittsburgh Modular, who he said shared his enthusiasm.
Pittsburgh has done gear with BBD delays.
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such a genius concept. i love the idea of analog physical modelling with exciters and resonators using bbd circuits
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Those sound astonishingly good to me !
Those really exceeds my expectations.
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I like the ideas and the practical ideas on the soundcloud, but it has a chopped off high-end lo-fi character that is grating to my ears :\
I think this is the problem: https://youtu.be/qQusmde9qjQ?t=140
The noise sounds awful and lacks any high-end, so it also can’t make higher frequencies of the resonator speak.
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I’m kinda torn on the sounds as well. Some are quite compelling, ethereal, brooding, emotional even. Others do seem lacking to me. I don’t think I will be an early adopter of this one but I will keep an eye on it. I dig it conceptually and visually.
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They’ve started to take pre-orders, so it’s a good time to check it out again with some fresh material
0:00 4 voice melody + bass
2:48 Karplus-Strong
3:58 Surfing feedback
6:02 Karplus-Strong melody
8:30 Self-patching
10:34 Drumkit
11:30 External in
13:51 Can it dub ?
15:45 Avant-garde
17:38 A storm is coming
19:39 Karplus-Strong + drone
20:40 Back to 1969
22:02 Noise drone