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Posted by bpierre 1/23/2026

KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer(www.korg.com)
263 points | 112 commentspage 3
racl101 1/23/2026|
If Kraftwerk were still doing their thing this would be right up their alley. But they probably got their own special gear.
Lio 1/23/2026||
Kraftwerk are still doing their thing.

I know because I totally failed to get tickets to see them at the Royal Albert Hall in June[1].

https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/events/2026/kraftwer...

fatherwavelet 1/24/2026||
Florian Schneider has been dead for 5 years and Ralf Hutter is pushing 80.

Other people have made electronic music too since 1975.

import 1/23/2026||
Looks cool but kinda seems like a baby of Intellijel plonk and rings with a different physical interaction.
wendgeabos 1/23/2026||
This needs to be mashed up with the Daxophone. Like, can I clamp pieces of wood into it and bow them?
jihadjihad 1/23/2026||
I guess I am left wondering why the person in the photo is playing it with a pencil and a truffle.
lewispollard 1/23/2026|
Says right underneath:

> Beyond adjusting parameters, phase8 invites physical interaction. Sculpt sound by touching, plucking, strumming, or tapping the resonators – or experiment by adding found objects for new textures.

Like prepared piano.

techblueberry 1/23/2026||
And here I told myself I wasn't going to buy anymore synthesizers.
beAbU 1/24/2026||
I'll wait for the Bad Gear review, thanks.
jamesjolliffe 1/24/2026||
Sounds really cool to listen to someone talk _about_ this synth.

Sounds pretty meh listening to the synth itself in any demos I've seen so far.

Still an awesome product and piece of tech art.

Myself, I can't imagine buying this synth for anything other than putting on a shelf to look at and talk about.

hackomorespacko 1/23/2026|
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kennywinker 1/23/2026||
It’s news because you can actually buy one now. If you’re gonna be mean it’s best not to be mean AND wrong.
Ylpertnodi 1/23/2026||
> an Wikipedia?