"The Haloplane is a new electromagnetic micro-loop sampler.
For more info and to sign up for notifications about price, availability, and features: https://www.chromaplane.co/"
"The Chromaplane and Haloplane are unique electromagnetic synthesizers played using pickups. They’re instruments that emphasizes expression, intuition, and play.
Chromaplane
Electromagnetic analog synthesizer with ten tunable fields
Self-contained and pure, the Chromaplane creates a cloud of electromagnetic oscillations above its surface - play melodies by drawing above the surface, or just drone. A simple and intuitive interface focusing on immediate and organic electronic sound.
Haloplane
Electromagnetic micro-loop sampler
We’ll be showing the Haloplane at Superbooth 26 (booth O400) in Berlin."
"Kassiopeia is a 4-channel DC interface that lets you control motors, solenoids, LEDs, fans, lights and more with MIDI or CV/Gate.
Tap, shake, vibrate, and move objects to create sound in ways you’ve never imagined. Build kinetic sound installations, trigger solenoids rhythmically, or illuminate objects for an immersive performance.
#komaelektronik #synthesizer #sounddesign #kineticsculpture"
"Kassiopeia is a 4-channel DC interface that lets you control motors, solenoids, LEDs, fans, lights and more with MIDI or CV/Gate.
Tap, shake, vibrate, and move objects to create sound in ways you’ve never imagined. Build kinetic sound installations, trigger solenoids rhythmically, or illuminate objects for an immersive performance.
What if sound wasn’t just about speakers and synthesizers? What if you could make music by striking metal plates, shaking objects, or vibrating strings?
Kassiopeia is a 4-channel DC interface that turns movement into sound and light. It lets you control motors, solenoids, fans, LEDs and lamps using MIDI or CV/Gate. Each channel can either smoothly adjust power levels (great for controlling motors and movement) or send short, punchy triggers (perfect for percussive hits).
Designed for experimental musicians, sound artists, and tinkerers, Kassiopeia lets you:
Trigger solenoids to create percussive rhythms on any object. Control motors and fans to shak, vibrate, or bow strings. Control lamps and LEDs for an immersive performance. Build kinetic sound sculptures that interact with the physical world. Power-starve devices for glitchy, unpredictable results. Simply connect it to a laptop via MIDI (Ableton-ready!) or control it with CV/Gate from your modular system.
During its development, we worked closely with Hildur Guðnadóttir and her band Osmium, incorporating ideas from the modified Halldorophone used in the Joker soundtrack. It’s an instrument of endless possibilities—where will you take it?"
KASSIOPEIA actually made its first mention on the site back on May 7, 2025.
A piece created with @teenageengineering OP-1 field, @KOMAelektronik Field Kit, norns shield, NTS-1, and Ambient Engine. It is minimal ambient built from dreamy synth tones, distortion, and fragmented chorus textures.
On the OP-1 field, a 44 step phrase runs in a loop using the ENDLESS sequencer. The output is connected to. @strymon blueSky with reverb applied.
On the norns shield, Graintopia is launched and an electric piano sound from the CP-88 is recorded with phaser applied and processed with granular synthesis. The output runs through @ChaseBlissAudio LOSSY with EQ and reverb. In the outro, packet loss effect is used to create a lo fi texture while the sound fades out.
In the Field Kit, radio tuner audio is sent to the @KORG_INC NTS-1 where delay, chorus, and reverb are applied. The return signal is sent again to an AUX channel to create feedback and distortion.
In Ambient Engine, two voice samples are loaded and played with randomized playback ranges. Filter, MicroLoop, delay, and reverb are adjusted during playback."
"A year after shooting "The table of Zviij", film maker Julien Smith returns for a two-day session and captures a series of close-ups from short improvisations on Zviij's custom-made electroacoustic table. Filmed in November 2025.
Feat. Zviij Franck Smith (electroacoustic manœuvres), a wood board, contact microphones, springs, rubber bands, metal tines, marbles, motors, music boxes...
"A piece created with @SequentialsDeluxe Prophet-10 and @KOMAelektronik Field Kit — an electronica track built from simple synth performance and processed radio sounds.
The Prophet-10 is played with reverb added through the @strymon blueSky.
The Field Kit uses its built-in radio tuner to generate sound, with a monotronDELAY connected to the AUX input and used as a filter delay.
The radio tuner output is processed through @ChaseBlissAudio LOSSY to add a lo-fi texture."
"I am really fascinated by the #chromaplane @koma_elektronik but couldn’t justify the purchase yet. But while surfing their website i stumbled across the chromaplane tuning website and couldn’t stop playing with it. 😄 A poor-man’s version of the real deal if you will 😅 In this case, the ipad just mirrors the website and the pen replaces the mouse, which feels even a bit closer to holding the pickup mic of the real thing. By using #blackhole loopback audio driver i was able to add reverb to it and record everything in Ableton."
"A piece created with @KOMAelektronik Field Kit, @SequentialLLC Prophet-10, and tape loops. Lo-fi ambient where the drone sound of a motor’s vibration—picked up with a guitar pickup—forms the foundation, while piano recordings on tape intertwine through two loopers.
A DC motor is connected to the Field Kit, with its rotation speed controlled via CV from the @KORG_INC SQ-1 to create pitch. The motor’s vibration is picked up with a guitar pickup and used as a drone sound, processed with reverb through @ChaseBlissAudio MOOD MKII.
The Prophet-10 is processed through LOSSY for a slightly lo-fi texture, with added reverb.
The @WeAreRewind1 tape player contains an endless cassette with a three-minute piano performance recorded on it. While playing it back, loops are created and performed simultaneously using two loopers: the AKAI U400 and MICROCOSM."
"A piece created with @teenageengineering OP-1 field, PO-32, and @KOMAelektronik Field Kit. Ambient electronica where drones and noise from a cassette player and iPhone overlap with lo-fi synth loops.
The iPhone and tape player are not connected to anything; instead, an electromagnetic pickup captures internal noise from both devices. The tape player emits drone sounds, while the iPhone produces glitch noise.
On the OP-1 field, synth pad loops are performed and layered with additional recorded takes.
The PO-32 plays rhythm patterns, processed through @ChaseBlissAudio MOOD MK II with delay and pitch-shift effects."
"I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it's a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.
(H. Murakami, The Art of Fiction No. 182)"
"A piece created with norns shield, wavestick, Field Kit, and monotron DELAY. Ambient music built from shifting drones and sequences, with occasional bursts of radio noise.
The Field Kit’s LFO is used as the clock source to drive the SQ-1, whose CV output controls the pitch of the wavestick.
The Field Kit’s AUX is connected to the monotron DELAY, used here as an effects processor, mixing together the built-in radio sounds with the wavestick.
On the norns shield, the sines script is run to generate drone sounds, with reverb added via MOOD MK II on the output."
"@teenageengineering OP-1 field, @homebakeinstruments8214 wavestick, @KOMAelektronik Field Kit, and @KORG_INC SQ-1
A piece where gentle harmonies meet a melody that fades in and out, layered with fragments of radio static.
On the Field Kit, the AUX send is routed out to the NTS-3 and returned to INPUT 1.
The wavestick is sequenced by the SQ-1 and processed through the @ChaseBlissAudio MOOD MK II.
The main harmony comes from the OP-1 field; the other parts are from Kontakt."
A free-tempo soundscape where slow-moving synth pads flow beneath taped piano phrases, birdsong and processed radio hiss.
@MoogSynthesizers Moog One – plays the pad harmonies.
@NordKeyboards Nord Lead – performs improvised phrases, drenched in delay from a Specular Tempus.
Cassettes – two portable decks replay field-recorded ambience and a one-minute piano loop.
@KOMAelektronik Field Kit – acts as the mixer, taking the cassette signals plus its own AM/FM radio. The AUX send feeds a @KORG_INC monotron DELAY for extra filtered echoes."
"The Koma Chromaplane has just landed in the shop and we just had to take it for spin!
Chromaplane has 10 independently tuneable analog oscillators that pass through a resonant low pass filter and a lo-fi PT2399 based digital delay.
The unique thing with the Chromaplane is in how you control and shape the dynamic output of the oscillators. Using two electromagnetic pick up coils positioned over the top of the instrument you can explore the blurred lines in the ether floating above and around the machine. From subtle and quiet drones to resonant and dynamic melodies.
Paired in this video we have the Oto Machines Bim to give some spatial ping pong effects. A super fun set up!"
"I was doubtful whether sensors would be fun tools to create music with - beta-testing the Koma Elektronik Field Kit sensors taught me otherwise. They are ideal creative tools in that they make you think differently and far out of the box. Perfect for breaking writer's block or pure musical enjoyment."
Press release for the new Sensei module follows:
"Berlin-based synth makers KOMA Elektronik introduce Sensei, a new Eurorack module designed to connect your modular system with the world around you. Whether it's light, movement, heat, or touch, Sensei lets you patch your environment. "Originally based on the Sensor Interface from the KOMA Field Kit, Sensei is a standalone Eurorack module built for artists, experimental musicians, and installation creators who want to go „beyond the knob“. Two sensor inputs (one for continuous signals, one for triggers and switches) allow for expressive, non-traditional control over CV and gate signals. From subtle environmental fluctuations like heat or wind to pulsing club energy fired by strobe lights, Sensei makes your surroundings part of the music.
Users can choose from KOMA's established lineup of Field Kit Sensors currently available:
- Light - Temperature - Sound - Touch - Movement (Accelerometer) - A Micro Sequencer with three modes - Softpotentiometer - Ball Switch - Button / Jack Input or plug in their own Arduino / DIY sensors with standard three-pin connectors. And even without sensors, Sensei offers creative functionality: it doubles as a re-triggerable saw/triangle envelope, voltage processor with gain and offset, or a simple CV source. Key features:
2 sensor channels: one continuous, one switch/gate style Built-in analog processing (offset & gain) Re-triggerable envelope mode (saw & inverse saw, gate & inverse gate) Works with KOMA and standard 3-pin sensors Perfect for installations, generative patches & sound experiments
With Sensei, modular becomes tactile, responsive, and alive. Your modular just grew a few more senses! KOMA is currently running an introductory sale on their Sensors that you should grab if you are interested! Product page and more info: https://koma-elektronik.com/new/product/sensei MSRP: €169,- Available now through KOMA Elektronik and selected dealers."
"The FM RADIUS is a CV-tunable radio receiver capable of receiving radio broadcasts on the FM bands. It provides the user the ability to catch radio transmissions for further manipulation.
The CV Radio is capable of catching the strongest broadcasts without any external antennas but for better reception, an external antenna should be used.
Use it as a crazy oscillator, infinite sample generator or just listen to the news during your office break."
Chromaplane
