About to be released, a super portable, rugged, controller with poly-aftertouch and polyphonic synthesis. It can even be used as a sound interface. Reasonably priced as well.
Post from NAMM 2025 with current video.
Will be showing at Superbooth 2025 this coming week. Look for more videos here soon.
It’s new enough that it has not made their product page yet. Check back there later.
https://www.esi-audio.com/products/xsynth/
This looks fabulous. Features-to-size ratio is impressive, and very affordable. Think I heard reverb/delay but their website doesn’t explicitly mention it - presumably that’s implied by FX.
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POWER SWITCH AND VOLUME POTENTIOMETER |
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MODULE SELECTION BUTTONS |
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ENCODERS FOR DISPLAY PARAMETERS |
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DISPLAY |
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PATCH SELECT ENCODER |
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KEYBOARD |
I wonder if the CME Supernova cover will still fit…?
No mention of user waveform import anywhere ? Curious nobody asked… 
Or did I miss something ?
what’s the price?
369€ were mentioned here:
damn that’s $417 trump dollars and 45 JD cents!!!
who knows what that will cost once it gets overhere… really like what they did with this synth though and I love instruments that beg you to take them with you…
well done
i’ve always been searching for a compact midi keyboard with built in audio interface. but this one is too expensive. and i assume the synth part won’t be worth the extra cost for my use case
If it’s any help (& you’re in the UK) Juno have it on preorder at the moment for £227
Ordered from Juno to the US. $264 total. Should get it in a couple of days.
Their quickstart guide doesn’t make it clear, is it possible to program the synth from its interface itself or is the editor mandatory one way or another?
They mentioned in one of the Superbooth videos that everything can be edited on the synth itself. The editor just makes it easier to do.
Very good decision from ESI. By the way, ESI used to be a brand under EMU at Creative, so is this technically the first EMU synthesizer since forever?
lol, I ordered one for 252, it was the wrong one 
now I have to wait til available to order again
The price has jumped to 309 now too… 
Bought it today from Thomann for $349, in the mail now, don’t know for how long…
