Tocante Thyris Redd Solar-Powered Touch Synthesizer

Imagine a synthesizer that drinks in sunlight to sing ethereal triangle waves, completely untethered from outlets or screens—just pure touch and tone under the sky.

This pocket-sized wonder measures a slim 11 by 3.14 by 0.8 inches, with triangular touch plates spanning 24 notes across four octaves in non-Western, just-tuned intervals set by precise resistors. Touch the plates for crisp analog triangle tones, or glide to other areas for intermodulations, harmonies, and timbral shifts that bend pitches and textures in real time. It packs a 0.5-watt internal speaker for instant playback, a 3.5mm mono line out for amps or recording, and six 300mAh NiMH batteries that recharge via solar cells—good for 6-10 hours of play, topped up by a day in the sun or a 12V PSU. In the Tocante family, the Redd version offers distinct note choices from Greens, perfect for layering unique colors in ensembles.

Players love its organic, performative feel—like conducting electricity with your fingertips—and the way it unlocks alien melodies that feel both ancient and futuristic, though some note the fixed tuning demands creative adaptation over traditional scales.[web:0]