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Elyra

KeyboardDigitalPolyphonic

$799

Imagine strumming synth leads and basslines like you're riffing on a guitar, but with the boundless tones of a modern digital powerhouse—this is the thrill that sets it apart from any keyboard you've known.

At its heart lies a Kodamo-developed engine blending virtual analog and FM synthesis, with two digital oscillators offering 15 waveforms including sine, saw, triangle, pulse, and more exotic shapes. Each osc has dedicated ADSR amplitude and pitch envelopes, feeding into resonant 2-pole or 4-pole low/high-pass filters with their own ADSR, plus two versatile LFOs for modulation depth, delay, phase, and BPM sync. The wooden body houses a 4x12 capacitive fretboard for lightning-fast 2ms response, dual strumming zones (one for back-and-forth, the other for bass/arpeggios), two programmable sliders, an OLED screen with encoder wheel, and eight soft buttons—perfect for lap or table play, right- or left-handed. It's battery-powered for hours of portable jams, with 16-voice polyphony across up to 16 multitimbral parts, a 256-step multi-track sequencer (128 patterns per project), arpeggiator, mod matrix, and three master effects like distortion, overdrive, bitcrush, chorus, delay, and reverb. Connectivity includes stereo out, headphone jack, MIDI Out, USB, and SD card, plus 37 velocity-sensitive keys with aftertouch and 256 factory presets expandable to 1024 user slots.

Players love its intuitive groovebox vibe for on-the-fly composition, praising the guitar-like expressiveness and sound depth, though some note the learning curve for its unique interface rewards dedicated explorers.

Released

2024

Status

In Production

Synthesizer
Format
Keyboard, Experimental
Type
Virtual Analog, FM
Internal Battery
Yes
Voice
A/D
Digital
Polyphony
Polyphonic
Oscillators
2
Oscillator Type
Digital
Voices
16
Filter
Lowpass, Highpass, 12dB/oct (2-pole), 24dB/oct (4-pole)
Envelopes
2
LFO
2
Effects
distortion, overdrive, bitcrush, chorus, delay, reverb
Expression
Aftertouch
-
Velocity
Yes
MPE
No
Additional
37 keys, DCO engine, analog filter
Software
-
I/O
Audio In
-
Audio Out
1 stereo
Headphone
1
MIDI
Out
MIDI Type
DIN (5-pin)
Ports
USB, SD Card
Wi-Fi
No
Workflow
Arpeggiator
Yes
Sequencer
Yes
Mod Matrix
Yes
Memory
Yes
Measurements
Dimensions
-
Weight
-
Last updated Feb 25, 2026