Developer Christian Halten shared this interview with Simone Fabbri of Frap Tools about the creation of their new keyboard synthesizer, Magnolia, described as a ‘West Coast Polysynth’.
The Magnolia is one of the most interesting new synths introduced at Superbooth 2025. Frap Tools showcased two pre-production Magnolia synthesizer keyboards at the event.
Magnolia is an 8-voice analog through-zero FM synthesizer. Options include waveshapers, wavefolders, and analog linear through-zero FM – features associated with the “West Coast” synthesis world – in addition to analog oscillators and filters.
Pricing and Availability:
Frap Tools expects to release the Magnolia synthesizer at the end of summer 2025.
They note that the release version “may have a more refined interface, it will feature digital effects, and some of the features currently under evaluation may disappear.”
For some reason everything I’ve heard from it sounds harsh, I don’t know if it is down to the oscillators or the filter. However the looping envelopes sound cool. Of they can take them to Wthe Waldorf microwave style (with multiple stages) it would be even greater. . interesting synth overall and very beautiful visually!
Price?
€3,995 . Not sure about $.
Keep all features, delete the effects instead (I never use the built in ones, always add my own instead).
This is the coolest synth of the year for sure.
Can’t afford one now, but someday I will get one for sure.
Great to hear that!
Go on guys, the world needs more synths from the “bassa” 😀
Wonder if they would ever make a rack or desktop version of this someday. 😉