Sonicware has introduced the Liven Evoke, an “Acoustronic synthesizer with granular effects designed for ambient music.”
Features:
- Ambient Music Box, with synthesized acoustic instruments and granular effect.
- Acoustronic Flux Oscillator – New synth engine that turns acoustic-instrument essence into a unique ‘acoustronic’ sound.
- Grain FX: Musical Granular Effect – Micro-grain slicing transforms phrases into musical glitches and evolving textures.
- Dense & Multi-Dimensional Reverb – 10 diverse reverbs—including the veiled ambience ‘Mirage’—for deep atmospheres.
- 4-Track Sequencer
Here’s an intro to making music with the Sonicware Liven Evoke synthesizer:
Evoke’s Acoustronic Sounds:
Pricing and Availability:
The Liven Evoke is available to preorder, priced at $239 USD, with shipping planned to start July 4th, 2025.
They make really interesting stuff, but man do they need help in logo design. This one is exceptionally rough. I mean, I’d just slap a sticker on it, but these cool little gadgets deserve better. I feel like companies like the and Behringer are cutting costs cost in the design department. There is no way someone was hired just to do this, someone is pulling double duty here. It just screams of there is a guy in the office with pirated adobe shit on his computer let him do it.
I have the XFM and it’s just not fun to deal with at all. I am sad to see them release another synth in this form factor. They just feel so cheap.
dude there is the 8bitwarps, xfm, lofi12, texturelab, ambient0, bassn beats, mega synthesis, lofi8 ( I swear I am missing one or 2) all in that format. they vary in complex to really simple to use in that format.
It has nothing to do with how they operate. It doesn’t feel good to use. The buttons don’t feel good. I didn’t buy any of those others after the XFM because they were in the same box. It doesn’t matter what it sounds like if it makes you avoid using it because of how it feels to use the device. The buttons feel extremely cheap and unresponsive and the sound they make is not pleasant.
the sounds on them are great – especially the texturelab and the ambient0. if you don’t like the clacky keys – they have full sized midi jacks, you can just plug in a keyboard
I have one you don’t have to tell me what they are like. And because I have one I am not getting another one. Because I know what they are like.