a synthesizer, a sequencer and a sampler — machined from one block of silence.
KAIKU
01 — form
thirty-two centimetres.
nothing extra.
milled from a single billet of 6061 aluminium for nine hours, bead-blasted, then anodized. every edge carries a radius you can feel with your eyes closed.
02 — controls
four encoders.
endless turns.
straight-knurled for grip, concentric-brushed on top, ringed with seventeen leds that remember every value. the whole instrument in four gestures.
- tonefilter cutoff
- shaperesonance · timbre
- spacedelay · reverb
- drivesaturation
drag any knob on the model
03 — sound
eight engines.
one screen.
every engine is its own recipe, from fm glass to a plucked physical string. point at a name to hear it; click for a chord.
04 — sequencer
sixteen steps.
four tracks. no menus.
every step is a key with its own light. arm rec, press play, and whatever you touch is written into the loop.
05 — inside
nothing hidden.
nothing wasted.
six layers and one idea: everything you touch is connected to something worth looking at. a black eight-layer board, a cell that lasts a working week, a speaker that fills a room.
take it apart in 3d →06 — connect
plug into
everything.
the right edge is a studio. usb-c for audio, midi and charging, stereo line in and out, and midi that talks to fifty years of instruments.
see the ports in 3d →07 — finish
eight finishes.
one light.
anodized in helsinki. the seam at its waist takes the colour of the finish and follows everything you play.
inspect every angle →- size
- 320 × 124 × 19 mm
- weight
- 890 g
- chassis
- 6061 aluminium, cnc-milled, anodized
- display
- 3.9″ oled, 1280 × 360, cover glass
- keys
- 25 hinged keys · 16 lit step keys
- encoders
- 4 endless, knurled, 17-led rings
- engines
- 8 synth engines · 24 voices · drum sampler
- sequencer
- 16 steps × 4 tracks · live rec · swing
- audio
- 24-bit / 48 khz · built-in speaker
- i/o
- usb-c · line in · line out · midi trs
- battery
- 5000 mah · 16 hours · usb-c charging
- designed
- helsinki