SyntheticsPolyPulse Algorithmic Performance Workstation

Imagine a workstation where rigid grids dissolve into living, breathing patterns—five tracks of algorithmic magic that evolve with your every gesture, turning live performance into pure sonic adventure.

At its heart, this digital powerhouse packs six versatile sound engines: subtractive with dual oscillators and multimode filters, four-operator FM, 32-partial additive, granular sampling, physical modeling resonator, and a quad engine for drums. Each of the five polyphonic tracks gets its own sequencer, up to four effects from a suite including compressor, EQ, drive, delay, reverb, and more, plus a deep mod matrix with LFOs, envelopes, and random sources. Control comes via 32 encoders, 65 clacky buttons, a two-octave keyboard, OLED display, and five morphing touchpads—each with corner-assignable morph points for vector-style blending and motion recording that captures your performance nuances. It's built tough in a solid metal chassis measuring 405 x 430 x 70 mm and weighing 5 kg, with 26 GB storage, a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, two balanced line and two mic inputs for sampling, eight balanced line outs, headphone jack, MIDI I/O, USB, Ethernet for OSC and file transfer, plus trigger ports and MPE support for external gear control.

Since its 2025 release, players dig the touchpads' expressiveness and the sequencer's organic polyrhythms for breaking free from step-seq monotony, though some note the busy panel takes time to master.