Slim21 Continuum Deep Dive with Haken Audio - Superbooth 2026

video upload by True Cuckoo

Haken Slim 21 - SuperBooth 26 - Stromkult

video upload by Stromkult

"The Slim 21 is the latest evolution of the Continuum Fingerboard family from Haken Audio — the pioneers behind MPE+, the EaganMatrix Sound Engine, and the Osmose synthesizer. As their most portable offering yet, it carries forward Haken's mission of giving musicians acoustic-style responsiveness in an electronic instrument."

The Wonderful World of the Haken Slim21

video upload by HakenAudio and JOSH MADOFF

"Sit back and enjoy as Film & TV Composer, Josh Madoff ‪@JOSHMADOFF‬ takes you on a tour of the newest and most portable Haken Continuum: the Slim21.

The Haken Continuum is a standalone Synthesizer, MPE Midi Controller, and Audio Processor, that we believe is the most sensitive and accurate electronic instrument ever made."

00:00 Intro
00:45 The Most Sensitive Electronic Instrument
04:50 Dune 2
06:05 Rounding (Pitch Correction)
07:41 The Octave Buttons
08:28 Pressure Weighted Portamento
09:39 Tri-Octave Pedal
11:06 The EaganMatrix
12:03 Touch Area
13:55 Sustain & Sostenuto
16:13 External Midi Controllers & Pedals
17:31 Powerful Audio Processor
17:48 Harmonic Resonator Processor Preset
19:10 Controlling Hardware MPE Synths
21:15 Controlling Software MPE Synths
23:28 Controlling non-MPE Synths
25:23 Final Thoughts

Additional posts

Stretch String 21

video upload by HakenAudio

"A demonstration of the performance possibilities of the Stretched String Preset on the Haken Audio Slim21 Continuum. Despite its small form factor, the Slim21 has the same specs, features and capabilities as the larger Continuums. For more information visit https://www.hakenaudio.com/"

Introducing the Slim 21 Haken Continuum

video upload by HakenAudio and JOSH MADOFF

The Slim 21 is the newest and most portable member of the Continuum family. For more info visit https://www.hakenaudio.com/

Slim21 Continuum (21s8x)

$1,799

21 half steps (nearly 2 octaves)

45 x 19 x 3 cm (17.7 x 7.5 x 1.2 in)

1.6 kg (3.5 lbs)

Human voice or synth? | Birth of a Song #02

video upload by Deep Forest

"Today, I’m using the Haken Continuum to gently shape a voice that seems to come from nowhere…inspired by an eastern-flavored piano melody.Then I enhance it with harmonies played on the C15.Everything begins to merge, to breathe together.Something is happening…Is the magic starting to appear?"

Birth of a song part 01 (Ayeweska), more to come

video upload by

"Birth of a song. I’m sharing a few moments of the creative process, when music begins to breathe. Ayeweska.
#BirthOfASong #MusicCreation #Songwriting #BehindTheScenes #OriginalMusic #Composer

Follow Deep Forest :
| Website : http://www.deep-forest.fr/"

Twelve Minutes of Haken ContinuuMini

video upload by JOSH MADOFF

"This is a compilation of all of the musical performances from my video 'The Wonderful World of the Haken ContinuuMini'.
To understand what the heck is going on in each performance, watch the original video here: • The Wonderful World of the Haken ContinuuMini [posted here]

To see/hear more of my work: https://www.joshmadoff.com
For more info on the Continuum: https://www.hakenaudio.com"

Haken Continuum MPE Control over Eurorack - Teaser

video upload by peff

"Beta Testing some new eurorack thing :)"

Haken Audio: Eurorack-based CVC (Control Voltage Converter) Summary

video upload by EaganMatrix Programming

"Here's a summary of the new Eurorack CVC card now available from Haken Audio for use with all EaganMatrix based instruments running 10.61 or later firmware (currently does not support Osmose as it is running 10.52 DSP firmware). This is 100% compatible with the function of the previous Stand-alone CVC but now can be placed in your Eurorack chassis - or it can be ordered as a stand-alone unit that comes in a small 5V USB-C powered enclosure. Supports 4 channels (voices) of WXYZ CV as did the previous models. A dual version is also available using two Eurorack CVCs that can give you 8 voices of WXYZ CV outputs (either as a pre-constructed enclosed unit or as two separate modules that can be joined with a connection kit allowing you to place them in your Eurorack chassis. What a great new addition for Eurorack and Haken Audio instrument owners."

EaganMatrix 10.61/10.62 Firmware Testing with Multiple Instruments & CVC

video upload by EaganMatrix Programming

"Testing a number of the 10.61/10.62 EaganMatrix firmware MPE + CV interfaces with Haken Continuum, EaganMatrix Eurorack Modules, ContinuuMini, Osmose (as MPE controller running older 10.52 firmware) and the new Eurorack based Control Voltage Converter (CVC). Everything seems to be programmed and outputting as expected. A great set of Haken Audio products now available supporting the new features of this firmware (mostly ability to program independent Master Section parameters, support for new CVC and ability to run Microtonal Tuning grids again - plus a few other features detailed in the 10.61 Continuum manual)."

[12 months later] The table of Zviij (II)

video upload by zviij

Part 1 here

"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...

Thanks to Soma Laboratory (enner), Koma Elektronik (field kit, gate delay), Moog (low pass filter, mf ring), Landscape fm (stereofield, tape transport), Vongon Electronics (paragraphs, polyphrase, ultrasheer), Oto Machines (biscuit), Bastl Instruments (thyme), Gamechanger Audio (plus pedal), Fairfield Circuitry (long life, randy's revenge, 20% more), Syro Instruments (diddley bow), Haken Audio (continuum mini)."

Kodamo EssenceFM - One step sequencing

video upload by j bowman ALL PROCEEDS TO MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINE

"Welcome to the ultimate Kodamo EssenceFM One Step Sequencing tutorial! In this video, we dive deep into the powerful sequencing and tracker-style workflow of the Kodamo EssenceFM synth, exploring how to create evolving generative patches, rhythmic patterns, and dynamic FM textures. Whether you're new to FM synthesis or an experienced sound designer, this video will help you unlock the full creative potential of your EssenceFM.

Discover how One Step Sequencing transforms the Kodamo EssenceFM into a true sound design synth — perfect for ambient, techno, and experimental electronic music. We’ll cover generative sequencing techniques, modulation tricks inspired by the Eagenmatrix and the Haken Continuum, and advanced patch creation for expressive, evolving soundscapes.

If you’re passionate about synthesis, sequencing, FM sound design, or just love exploring the boundaries of your synth setup, this tutorial will inspire new ideas and workflows.

Keywords: Kodamo EssenceFM, synth, sequencing, tracker, sound design synth, tutorial, viral, FM synthesis, generative patching, Eaganmatrix, electronic music production."

October Melody, Improvisation on the Haken Continuum – Deep Forest / Eric Mouquet

video upload by Deep Forest

"This is an improvisation on the wonderful Haken Continuum.
I’m curious — what does this melody evoke for you?
Where does it take you when you listen to it?
I’d love to know how you receive it, and what images or emotions it awakens in you.
Eric Mouquet, Deep Forest, Haken Continuum, Continuum Fingerboard, Expressive E, MPE, Ambient music, Electronic music, Live improvisation, Cinematic music, Sound design, Ethereal sounds, Meditative music, Dreamscape, Experimental music, World electronic, Ambient performance, Sound exploration, Modern ambient, Deep Forest improvisation"

Haken Audio worked on Dune #superbooth2025 #continuum

video upload by True Cuckoo

Twenty Minutes of Haken Continuum

video upload by JOSH MADOFF

"This is a compilation of all of the musical performances from my video 'The Wonderful World of the Haken Continuum'. To understand what the heck is going on in each performance, watch the original video here:" [previously posted here]

To see/hear more of my work: https://www.joshmadoff.com

The Wonderful World of the Haken Continuum

video upload by HakenAudio

"Sit back and enjoy as Film & TV composer, Josh Madoff, takes you on a tour of the Haken Continuum!"

00:00 Intro
00:29 Sensitivity
04:20 Rounding (Pitch Correction)
05:42 The Power of the EaganMatrix
08:07 Touch Area Presets
09:36 Pedals, Sustain & Sostenuto
11:41 Traditional Midi & The EaganMatrix
13:15 Internal FX Engine
16:07 Processor Presets
16:44 Make Your Own Sound
21:43 Overlays
26:31 "Analog" Sounds
29:40 Controlling Analog Synths (The Haken CVC)
32:50 Inputs & Outputs
34:23 Final Thoughts

Haken ContinuuMini Firmware 10.51 Update ~ Waldorf Iridium ~ Roland J 6

video upload by Ebotronix

Haken ContinuuMini ,with Firmware 10.51,
Waldorf Iridium,
Roland J 6,
Intuitive Instruments Exquis,
Strymon Big Sky MX, controlled by,
ATO Faderbank 16 n , with Midi CC,
Keeley Halo,
Bastle Bestie,
18.03.2025
vid # 2494

A note on the update:

"Haken Editor and Firmware 10.51: Updated March 17 2025

This new firmware adds increased functionality and sound design possibilities to our EaganMatrix sound engine, the sonic heart of all of our Haken Audio products.

EaganMatrix BiqGraph Bank has enhanced ways to control narrowband resonances.

Control resonance using Decay Time Constants or Bandwidths

Optional use of Excitation Position for filter inputs.

Optional use of String Nonlinearity Coefficient for filter center frequencies.

EaganMatrix Additive Bank has support for Christophe Duquesne’s “Loris” Additive Overlay.

Up to 40 additive analyses, grouped into 4 decades.

Analyses and associated presets are set up by Loris, then playable within the EaganMatrix.

Continuum players have a new way to play tiny intervals or unisons: Place one finger at near side of surface and another at far side, then keep each finger at its side while sliding towards same pitch.

Fixed a variety of bugs reported by users, including:

Polyphony incorrect on certain older presets.

Damper pedal issues on some 8x Continuums.

Certain presets had incorrect voice allocation when receiving MPE.

Incorrect formula interaction with Touch Control Area and Pitch Trim Graphs.

Stuck notes when changing polyphony while playing additive presets.

Power-up inter-dsp communication improvements for multi-dsp systems (6x, 8x).

Sync-to-Incoming SPDIF digital audio.

User-reported problems in 10.50."

Muro Box-N40 Standard, Continuum, Osmose and Onde

video upload by Christophe Duquesne

"Muro Box-N40 Standard music box track with an Onde from La Voix du Luthier, a Continuum and an Eagan Matrix Module from Haken Audio and an Osmose from Expressive E The N40 is an enhanced version of the N20, the main additional feature being a chromatic scale and internal piezo microphone, both being huge improvements !

The Muro Box-N40 s controlled via MIDI by a Korg SV1.

The voice is built from and analysis of the voice of Khatija Rahman and resynthesised by the Continuum. The pitch and shimmer effect on the Murobox are done by an Eagan Matrix Module. Both are done thanks to the new 10.40 features of the Eagan Matrix.

The murobox is recorded with 3 internal piezo and an IQ7 microphone. The piezo are connected to a small preamp (TubeMP from ART, but multiple others will work). The output of the preamp goes to a Eurorack (in an Eagan Matrix Module). I then a processing chain with a notch filter cuting a frequency band aroud 280/300 Hz, and a noisegate in order to lower the motor noise. The Eagan Matrix module then adds shimmers and pitch effects."

https://murobox.com/en/
My review of the Murobox https://murobox.com/en/our-users/fren...

Lullatone "Corduroy" played on a Muro Box N40 and OP-1 Field

video upload by Lullatone

"Muro Box sent a prototype of their upcoming N40 midi music box to test out. This new unit can also do the black keys on a keyboard! (the original N20 version is limited to the C major scale) Here, I'm controlling the plucking of the music box's tines with the OP-1 Field's keyboard by MIDI over USB-C, while sometimes adding in soft sine tone synth sounds coming out of the OP-1 at the same time. Soft sine tones and music boxes have been the Lullatone dream team since the early 2000s : )"

See the Muro Box label below for additional posts.

"Which Music Box Has the Best Sound?

The Beautiful Sound of a Music Box Comes from these key components: Comb, Metal Base, and Wood Box

The N20 and N40 Standard models share the same material and design, differing only in the number of notes and the inclusion of semitones. The N40 Sublime is our flagship model, featuring a four-comb configuration, an acacia wood box, and pure brass base that adds a unique character to its resonance."

"Since its inception, the Muro Box’s external MIDI functionality makes the dream of using a music box as an instrument a reality. Especially with the N40’s 40-note scale, which includes semitones, it meets the arrangement and composition needs of musicians!"

IRCAM's ContinuuCon - Russell Hoffman uCVC

video upload by ContinuuCon

"Russell Hoffman presenting the uCVC at IRCAM's ContinuuCon"

Note the above is from 2018. They also attended ContinuuCon in 2023.

Pics and details of the uCVC via Evaton Technologies' Reverb shop

"Each µCVC is painstakingly hand-soldered in small batches.

The Evaton Technologies µCVC allows a Haken Audio ContinuuMini, Continuum Slim, or EaganMatrix module to control your Eurorack synthesizer. The continuum surface allows motion in three axes: X (left/right) Y (front to back) and Z (pressure into the surface).

These three motions are converted to control voltages at 16-bit resolution. Additional outputs include "W", which is freely assignable in the EaganMatrix Editor, and "F", which is a dedicated gate output corresponding to the presence of a finger on the Continuum surface.

Two µCVC's can be daisy-chained (daisy-chain cable not included in this batch, but contact me if you need one) behind the front panel to allow tracking two finger's worth of data."

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ContinuuCon 2025 Set for Paris, IRCAM - March 26–28

Press release follows:

ContinuuCon Electronic Music Conference Scheduled for Paris, IRCAM

ContinuuCon 2025, the seventh international Haken Continuum Conference, is returning to France in March 26–28. This year’s event will take place in Paris, and will be hosted by the IRCAM Forum. It will be fully integrated in the IRCAM event with a room dedicated to ContinuuCon every morning.

Musicians, sound designers, software developers, and music enthusiasts are invited to explore the world’s most uniquely expressive electronic musical instruments through presentations, performances, and hands-on experiences. As always, ContinuuCon will focus on every instrument that features the Haken Continuum’s internal sound engine the EaganMatrix, including the Continuum Fingerboard, ContinuuMini, EaganMatrix Module for Eurorack, and Expressive E Osmose synthesizer.

ContinuuCon 2025 will also include a ContinuuCon Dinner (date still to be defined). Over these 3 days, Continuum inventor and EaganMatrix developers Lippold Haken, Edmund Eagan and Christophe Duquesne will join other authorities and some of the world’s most skilful Continuum players to share their expertise and technical knowledge. The integration in the IRCAM Forum will allow attendees to also benefit all the other conferences of the Forum to discover or go into IRCAM ‘s sonic research world in depth.

Haken Continuum players include film composer A.R. Rahman (who participated in last year’s ContinuuCon), Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor, and The Who’s Pete Townshend, who said, “I absolutely adore it. The Continuum is already inspiring me to new ideas.” You may also hear the Continuum featured in the scores to Game of Thrones, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, and the recent Dune: Part Two.

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25 Years of DiN (DiN86)

Featuring supporting members Bakis Sirros of Parallel Worlds, Dave Bessell of Node, & more.

via https://dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/25-years-of-din-din86

1. Benge - Shadow - The Rest Of Light 05:06
2. Dave Bessell - All Is Now 08:35
3. Bluetech - Broken Prisms Still Refract Light 05:39
4. Erik Wøllo - Emergence 06:55
5. Lyonel Bauchet - A Perfect Day For Uncertainty 07:16
6. Robert Rich - Ornament Drift 05:37
7. d'Voxx - Vila Madalena 06:28
8. Parallel Worlds - Some Space 06:58
9. Ian Boddy - Small World 07:06
10. Polypores - Viridescence 07:36
11. Markus Reuter - Albatross 06:01
12. Field Lines Cartographer - Sea Of Grass 07:52
13. Scanner - Now There Was Nowhere 06:29
14. Chris Carter - Consonance 03:17
15. Bernhard Wöstheinrich - On The Cusp Of Lucid Dreaming 07:02
16. Radio Massacre International - Flying Colours 07:14
17. Surface 10 - Psyche Dio 07:59
18. Nigel Mullaney - There Is No Dark 06:13
19. Node - Rewind 10:08
20. ARC - System Six 11:33

"This is certainly a milestone release for the DiN label as it celebrates its 25th anniversary. Needless to say, this is quite an achievement for a niche, independent label that has relentlessly ploughed its own path for quarter of a century. Its catalogue and release schedule has been carefully curated over all these years by label boss Ian Boddy, who launched the imprint way back in the spring of 1999. It is perhaps a reflection of his own musical identity which, whilst grounded in the Berlin School of the 1970s, has continued to evolve and grow to cover ever widening areas of electronic music, where sub-genres can be mixed and matched at will.

There have been plenty of compilation albums released on the DiN label in the past, most notably the iNDEX sampler albums, of which there have been eight to date. These cover tracks from existing albums and are certainly a great showcase for the label. However, this double album is different, in that Boddy invited the majority of the musicians who have previously been released on the main DiN catalogue to compose new pieces. Spread across two discs, this amounts to 142 minutes of sublime, varied and thoroughly original music. Ranging from beautifully ambient to dark brooding soundscapes, via cinematic electronica through to old school Berlin School sequencer workouts, “25 Years of DiN” is a wonderful distillation of the DiN label.

Presented in a stunning six panel fold out Digipak double CD package with 8-page booklet featuring an essay by Neil Mason (Moonbuilding), this release is a must-have for collectors of the DiN labels output.
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releases July 19, 2024

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