Comments on: Auxy Intros Mid-Century Modern Styled Svensson 49 Looping Synth Keyboard

By: Stephen Mortland

Stephen Mortland — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:38:50 +0000

I love the look, the fun ideas, and the sounds are just the kind l like. I’m very attracted to this machine. I have a small home studio with lots of synths, all of which go into mixers so I can play at any time without disturbing my neighbours. My problem is that I can’t think when I would ever use the speaker even though it seems like a great one. Would you consider a speakerless version for folks like me? If you think you can do that, l really don’t think I can resist getting one. I think there may be many people who feel the same. It would also be a way for you to offer a slightly cheaper model. This is really the only reason that would put me off because that and the price go together. Congratulations on a great design.

By: Peter Kadar Music

Peter Kadar Music — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:31:32 +0000

It looks cool and fun and the sounds are definitely vibey. This comes to about $1,350Cdn so I think it will be a difficult sell here. It’s got a Teenage Engineering feel to it… almost like a high end home keyboard built to a high level of quality. The ideas are really cool but for around the same money you can get some really great new synths that are quite good. You could get a great used synth and probably a very good looper pedal too. I wish them luck but I think this will be a very niche lifestyle kind of product more than an instrument that will be widely adopted.

By: Champ

Champ — Mon, 04 May 2026 09:03:38 +0000

The fact they say things like a “custom made speaker design” as if that’s something special you wanna pay top dollar for. Every product with a bass port is usually custom design. It’s kinda shameless for Cuckoo to promote such a basic toy at this price when there’re a million better products he could endorse and work with. Guess that also says a lot about the type of audience that adores him.

By: Jmagnus

Jmagnus — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:22:31 +0000

In reply to sean. and no midi out. deal breaker. I like the 49 keys but Arturia's KeyStep 37 MKII is a thing for $800 less.

By: Schubert

Schubert — Sun, 03 May 2026 04:10:55 +0000

No octave switching is rendering this instrument unusable.
A pity becasue the overall concept looks like a lot of fun!

They have to add octave switching somehow (with the shift button and tune?)

By: Chris Stack

Chris Stack — Sat, 02 May 2026 18:44:10 +0000

Ah, just clicked through and answered my own question – appears to be the same folks.

By: Chris Stack

Chris Stack — Sat, 02 May 2026 18:41:58 +0000

In the early iPad days I used to use a clip-launching synth/sequencer app that I think was called Auxy. Same bunch? The design aesthetic looks similar.

By: sean

sean — Sat, 02 May 2026 16:37:04 +0000

Strange there is no mod wheel, pitch bend or aftertouch (or octave shift?) but its a clean design of a looper keyboard and it looks like fun…maybe too pricy for what it is however and doesn’t have the portability of the OP-1 which is a similar concept.

By: Sjakelien

Sjakelien — Sat, 02 May 2026 15:36:54 +0000

I’m so happy he’s so happy

By: Jc

Jc — Sat, 02 May 2026 11:58:17 +0000

Wow that is a really well thought out looping workflow! And cuckoo did a great job with the expressive sounds.

I think a smaller 25/37 keys of the with a ribbon and or mod wheel would be great. Or if you look at the zoom sample track even smaller with a kalimba style interface.

Still want to make room for this one though. 🙂