zetaSID: Summer is Bassline Season
The days are getting longer, and your low-end is about to get heavier! We've released zetaSID firmware 1.5 that packs a brand-new bassline engine into zetaSID, with three new input sockets that bring full eurorack CV control to the integrated sequencer.
The new engine features a 303-style step sequencer with eight 16-step patterns and its own oscillators, LFOs and envelopes, plus per-step note, octave, gate, slide, accent and one freely assignable parameter that give every step its own personality.
Also: we've restocked zetaSID: the next batch is available again in the shop :).
The days are getting longer, and your low-end is about to get heavier! We've released zetaSID firmware 1.5 that packs a brand-new bassline engine into zetaSID, with three new input sockets that bring full eurorack CV control to the integrated sequencer.
The new engine features a 303-style step sequencer with eight 16-step patterns and its own oscillators, LFOs and envelopes, plus per-step note, octave, gate, slide, accent and one freely assignable parameter that give every step its own personality.
Also: we've restocked zetaSID: the next batch is available again in the shop :).
Happy Easter
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(...and the zetaSIDs are currently sold out! :))
Happy Easter from midiphy!
Before we head off to hunt for easter eggs, we wanted to take a moment to say a heartfelt thank you to all of our customers and the incredible synth community.
When we launched zetaSID, we had high hopes, but we honestly didn't expect the first production batch to sell out in just one month. We're still a bit stunned and deeply grateful for the enthusiasm you've all shown. Seeing your patches, hearing your sounds, and reading your feedback has been the best part of this journey so far.
The good news: the next batch of zetaSIDs is already in production, and we'll have more units available soon. If you can't wait (and we totally understand!), our US retail partner currently has zetaSIDs in stock and ready to ship.
For now: Happy Easter to everyone! We hope you enjoy a relaxing holiday weekend with great food, great company, and of course, great SID sounds!
Before we head off to hunt for easter eggs, we wanted to take a moment to say a heartfelt thank you to all of our customers and the incredible synth community.
When we launched zetaSID, we had high hopes, but we honestly didn't expect the first production batch to sell out in just one month. We're still a bit stunned and deeply grateful for the enthusiasm you've all shown. Seeing your patches, hearing your sounds, and reading your feedback has been the best part of this journey so far.
The good news: the next batch of zetaSIDs is already in production, and we'll have more units available soon. If you can't wait (and we totally understand!), our US retail partner currently has zetaSIDs in stock and ready to ship.
For now: Happy Easter to everyone! We hope you enjoy a relaxing holiday weekend with great food, great company, and of course, great SID sounds!
midiphy proudly presents: zetaSID for eurorack, an powerful SID voice covering a wide range of tones and textures, from classic chiptune staples to sounds you might not expect from a SID chip. The legendary sound engine that defined the Commodore 64 era and shaped the childhood memories of a whole generation of musicians turns out to have plenty left to say. What started as three humble oscillators in a home computer back in 1982 still has a unique character that nothing else quite captures. And zetaSID is here to make sure that sound keeps finding its way into music for years to come.
nexusMIDI is a expander that adds classic DIN MIDI inputs and outputs to connected modules like zetaSID. Connect external MIDI keyboards, controllers, and sequencers to control your phybus instruments, or send data back out, whether that's arpeggiated notes or SysEx patch dumps to external gear.
midiphy partners with Perfect Circuit as exclusive U.S. retailer
We're excited to partner with Perfect Circuit as our official U.S. retail partner for the upcoming new midiphy eurorack module series. For U.S.-based customers, this means straightforward ordering, local shipping, and no customs headaches.
Win one of our new modules! Guess what module it will be, the raffle is still open until February 25th: just reply to our original raffle post on the midiphy facebook page to enter. Good luck!
We're excited to partner with Perfect Circuit as our official U.S. retail partner for the upcoming new midiphy eurorack module series. For U.S.-based customers, this means straightforward ordering, local shipping, and no customs headaches.
Win one of our new modules! Guess what module it will be, the raffle is still open until February 25th: just reply to our original raffle post on the midiphy facebook page to enter. Good luck!
New LoopA Firmware v2.11
Big thanks to the midiphy LoopA community for providing many improvement ideas! The new firmware version 2.11 is all about a better workflow: we implemented a total of fifteen user requests, improved the setup and session configuration screens and also added a powerful, creative multi-stage arpeggiator engine.
We were also excited to offer a limited-time price reduction on all our kits, including the big MatriX!
We were also excited to offer a limited-time price reduction on all our kits, including the big MatriX!
Team Update
After co-founding midiphy and after seven years of working together, Andy has decided to leave the cooperation.
Statement from Andy:
"I've decided to exit from my partnership with Peter and leave midiphy. As part of this separation, I've provided Peter a sole license for some of the designs that I developed, which he can continue to produce and sell under the same closed-source model. This should not be seen as an endorsement of anything that Peter chooses to do, and he also takes on the full responsibility for support. I wish Peter the best of luck and thank him for a collaboration of more than seven years.
This period of product design has been a very interesting experience for me that dates back to 2013 or even earlier, much of which I owe to the generous spirit of Thorsten Klose of MIDIbox, the wonderful case designs from Adrian Hallik and inspiration from Émilie Gillet of the former Mutable Instruments. I hope that the hundreds of people who built midiphy devices are still enjoying them and continue to make great music."
Statement from Peter:
"Andy, thanks for your dedication and for your fantastic hardware designs! We wish you all the best for the future! midiphy will continue with operations as before, with new products in the pipeline and also with an overdue software update coming soon."
Statement from Andy:
"I've decided to exit from my partnership with Peter and leave midiphy. As part of this separation, I've provided Peter a sole license for some of the designs that I developed, which he can continue to produce and sell under the same closed-source model. This should not be seen as an endorsement of anything that Peter chooses to do, and he also takes on the full responsibility for support. I wish Peter the best of luck and thank him for a collaboration of more than seven years.
This period of product design has been a very interesting experience for me that dates back to 2013 or even earlier, much of which I owe to the generous spirit of Thorsten Klose of MIDIbox, the wonderful case designs from Adrian Hallik and inspiration from Émilie Gillet of the former Mutable Instruments. I hope that the hundreds of people who built midiphy devices are still enjoying them and continue to make great music."
Statement from Peter:
"Andy, thanks for your dedication and for your fantastic hardware designs! We wish you all the best for the future! midiphy will continue with operations as before, with new products in the pipeline and also with an overdue software update coming soon."
The new 2024 LoopA Look!
Visual upgrade for LoopA
Just in time for the holiday season, LoopA receives a facelift for 2024: our custom-designed superQ keycaps provide more uniform color mixing, are glare-free and illuminate a larger key area. These are identical to the keys used in the midiphy MatriX, so LoopA and MatriX form a coherent dream team!
Happy building and sequencing!
Just in time for the holiday season, LoopA receives a facelift for 2024: our custom-designed superQ keycaps provide more uniform color mixing, are glare-free and illuminate a larger key area. These are identical to the keys used in the midiphy MatriX, so LoopA and MatriX form a coherent dream team!
Happy building and sequencing!
Autumn stock refill :)
midiphy SEQ v4+, LoopA and MatriX are back in stock
We're proud to announce, that our midiphy SEQ v4+, LoopA and MatriX kits are available for purchase again!
Enjoy building!
We're proud to announce, that our midiphy SEQ v4+, LoopA and MatriX kits are available for purchase again!
Enjoy building!
LoopA v2.10 firmware release!
New LoopA firmware version 2.10 available
This software release includes a long-awaited Song Mode for LoopA, with powerful track, clip and pattern arrangement features!
Other major additions include:
force-to-scale White Keys Mode
tap tempo function
Eurorack gate input support for sequencer control, such as tap tempo, pattern cueing, track switching and more
improved CC support, including CC remote control commands and filtering per port
custom user instruments increased to 64 (avoid cryptic port and channel names!)
triplet quantization support
This software release includes a long-awaited Song Mode for LoopA, with powerful track, clip and pattern arrangement features!
Other major additions include:
force-to-scale White Keys Mode
tap tempo function
Eurorack gate input support for sequencer control, such as tap tempo, pattern cueing, track switching and more
improved CC support, including CC remote control commands and filtering per port
custom user instruments increased to 64 (avoid cryptic port and channel names!)
triplet quantization support