Twisted Electrons was founded by Alex Smith, a UK-born designer who relocated to the south of France in the early 1990s. The company creates original synthesizers that repurpose vintage sound chips and microprocessors, giving them new life through modern control interfaces and analog filtering. The product line includes FM synthesis instruments like the MEGAfm and TWISTfm, groove boxes such as BlastBeats featuring the OPL3 chip from vintage Sound Blaster cards, chiptune synthesizers inspired by classic gaming hardware like the NES, and hybrid drum machines combining 8-bit samples with wavetable synthesis. Smith combines his passion for video games, pinball, and music composition with electronics design, often scoring tracks for video games and commercials alongside instrument development.
