Ahead of the 2025 NAMM Show, being held January 21–25 in Anaheim, California, Korg has introduced the FISA SUPREMA C ‘synthcordion’, a compact version of their FISA SUPREMA digital accordion. It’s available in two versions, with button- or keyboard-style keys.
The FISA SUPREMA C combines the performance, versatile tones, and immersive sound of the standard SUPREMA model, but with a focus on portability and comfort.
The built-in speakers have been downsized, and the number of physical register switches has been adjusted from 14 to 12, while still maintaining access to all 14 register options. The keyboard has been streamlined from 41 keys to 37 keys, and advanced features such as the master bar and after-touch have been simplified to make the instrument more accessible and user-friendly.
Here’s an intro to their FISA SUPREMA lineup:
Pricing and Availability:
The Korg FISA SUPREMA C digital accordion is available to pre-order, with a street price around $7000 USD.
This is very cool but the video has the delivery of an April Fools skit.
It probably was, then someone thought “no really, let’s make it”
Yeah, someone in the marketing department for sure.
I’m really hoping Korg releases digital bagpipes next.
ditto! Accordians are awesome! i loved the concertina, just couldn’t grok the fingering.
Who’d have thought there was such an expansive hard-core accordion base that Korg felt was lucrative enough to cater for? Godspeed bellow-pressers. Press on.
Mexican and Italian markets come to mind.
Also, if their harmonium sounds are textured and realistic, I could see some 2000’s indie bands having an interest in something like this.
No, this is for the keyboard players that want to be put front with the guitars. Think Edgar Winter.
Came here with popcorn for the comments, and I’m not disappointed. It’s like KORG is led by some insane scientist and accounting just plays the lottery with their products: “One of these will be the next Volca/microkorg 1 and it will make up for all the other overpriced stuff, marginally targeting customers.”
bellissima ma datela ad un dimostratore che la sprema come un limone,tipo uno come me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJbTG0pxE0c
I didn’t know digital, synthy accordians were a thing until I saw some German band with a guy playing one last year in Stuttgart. He was even using it to control an external module. I have to say, he rocked it, even cranking out some Hammond B3 sounding licks on the thing.
“dancing lasha tumbai”, is my favorite accordian tune!
“No gentleman would ever play the accordion.”
– Noel Coward
Roland used to make MIDI accordions – Vince Clarke may be seen playing one in an old Erasure video.
y’all know Roland makes digital accordions too, right?
hang on… $7000?
say wut
now all the bellyaching on the Behringer page for an accordian makes all the sense in the world.
I am certainly looking at accordion players differently after this.
I want the Lawrence Welk limited-edition.
Where’s Weird Al?
Does Korg just have money flying out of their butts to make this stuff? LOL
As with wind controllers, I’m impressed, because synthesis loves a new angle of approach. I suppose my personal litmus test was how much fun it was to hear pipe organ sounds coming out of a new place. Its a whopper of a challenge to completely change sound hats suddenly. I don’t scoff at this instrument; I heard a crowd enjoyably lose it when a WX7 player tore it up with an e-guitar patch.
$7K is a large chunk of change, but a serious acoustic accordion can go for $4-5K easily; its a focused design and not casually built. A certain number of accordion nerds are cramming piggy banks and swear jars, saving up for this one.
there’s also an 8K button only one.
I’ve still got my accordion that I learned to play when I was around 10 years old…. The bellows need some TLC as it sounds a bit asthmatic but it still looks the business. My old cover band in the 80s used to do songs that had accordion parts in them eg. Brand New Friend by Lloyd Cole and Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads… I was out front and centre squeezing away for all I was worth…. Great memories.
I like the mindset of Korg. Not always playing the safe card, offering anything from the nts-kits and volcas to the modern ps3300 re-issue and these synthcordions.
Does it also have a sound of a whip cracking the air?