At Superbooth 2026, Binkhorst Creations introduced the Bink Keybed, a new expressive keyboard, created in collaboration with This Is Not Rocket Science.
The Bink is new expressive keybed, designed to be incorporated into new synthesizers and MIDI controllers. It features mechanically stable keys with continuous travel and integrated Hall effect sensing, enabling polyphonic sensing of position, velocity, and aftertouch for advanced expressive data output.
The keybed will be available in multiple octave configurations and is intended for integration into synthesizers and controller hardware.
In this video, via Sonic State, Stijn Kuipers (TINRS) and Marcel Binkhorst discuss the Bink keyboard and why they wanted to create a new keyboard design:
Kuipers plans to use the Bink keybed in his upcoming This Is Not Rocket Science Bigfish keyboard, and it will be made available via Binkhorst for other synth makers to use.
Features:
- Expressive keybed provides position, velocity, and MPE data
- The keybed’s keys are mechanically stabilized to minimize side-to-side movement
- Adjustable spring tension lets the player set overall touch weight of the keys
- Hall effect sensors continuously track key position to a hundredth of a millimeter
- Per-key expressive control
- The mechanical design allows modular per-octave construction for custom configurations
Pricing & Availability
The Bink Keybed is expected to be available in Summer of 2026, with pricing starting at €100 for a one-octave Bink13.
I read the headline as “Promises To Make Synths More Expensive”!
Same here! 🙂
Same, and i thought that was an intended joke – LOL
If you have a synth, how are you planning to add,,, anything at all and not make it more expensive?
If it wins because it feels right, €100 per octave seems refreshingly inexpensive. If I’d drop $600 for a lower-end synthesizer, I’d also most likely drop that on a 61-key controller that will be everything I’d need as a player. They’ve put a lot of sensible care into it, so I can see using one as a master controller for a long time. I think their chances are good, because the attention to detail is impressive.
Assuming this really is something to give Fatar some reasonable competition, I hope this finds itself offered in some quality synths. Was just playing with my Korg MultiPoly earlier today and thinking “damn, the keybed on this sucks compared to the synth as a whole,”
It will be harder to get just the expression you want if it is anything like hall effect thumb sticks for controllers…..while more robust and offers more “definition”, getting it perfectly like you want it is more difficult than a more physical type connection.