A patch on a KVA instrument is a physical position, not a screen state. Turn a knob and you have moved the circuit. There is no undo, and that is the point.
Analog instruments / est. 2016 / detroit, mi
Sound you can
put your hands on.
Brae Studios, London ● Nomad Sound, Berlin ● R. Okonkwo ● The Blue Hour ● Fjord Collective, Oslo ● Halfmoon Recs, NYC ● T. Marchetti ● Wavelength Fest 2026 ●
01 / The line
Three instruments, one voice philosophy.
KORE-4
$1,899Four-voice analog polysynth. Two VCOs per voice, a 24 dB ladder filter, and patch memory that keeps the analog path untouched.
In stock
Poly / 49 keys
Sable
$749A desktop mono synth the size of a paperback. One VCO, one filter, one envelope. Nothing between you and the circuit.
In stock
Mono / desktop
Drift
$649Semi-modular with normalized routing you can break. CV and gate jacks on every function. The door into modular without fear.
In stock
Semi-modular
02 / Why analog
Circuits age well. Menus do not.
Every instrument ships with the full schematic, a service manual, and a calibration trimmer map. If a switch fails in 2074, any competent tech can fix it with parts we still stock.
Documentation, not obsolescence
Our pots are from one supplier, torx screws only, and sockets rated for a decade of use. We publish the part numbers.
Parts you can source
Firmware updates are optional and reversible. The analog path has never needed one, and never will.
Updates you can refuse
03 / The workshop
Eleven people. One long bench.
We do not outsource assembly. Boards are populated by hand, wave-soldered in small runs, and every instrument spends forty minutes on a calibration bench with an oscilloscope before the walnut goes on.
The bench you see here is where Rosa signs off each voice card by ear. It takes as long as it takes.
I have owned eleven synthesizers. The KORE-4 is the only one that made me sell two of them, and the only one I let a student touch.
04 / Availability
Build slots open for spring 2027.
Instruments ship in build order. Reserve a slot with a fully refundable deposit, or just come by the workshop on a first Friday.