Ahead of Superbooth 2026 – being held May 7-9, 2026 in Berlin – Auxy has introduced the Svensson 49, a digital keyboard that they say offers expressive sounds, a playful looper, and a personality of its own.
And, to our eyes, the keyboard echoes the minimal mid-century modern designs of Dieter Rams.
You can get an in-depth overview via the intro video, by Cuckoo, embedded above.
Here’s what they have to say about the Svensson 49:
“Svensson uses a mix of samples and wavetables to generate sounds that range from acoustic to synthetic, with a special focus on everything in between.
The sounds are designed by Cuckoo. We love how much care he puts into making his sounds feel colorful and expressive, and how naturally he blends synths with pianos and other acoustic instruments.”
Loop and Layer
Svensson keeps track of the notes you play, so you don’t have to hit record before you start. If you like what you just played, hit Loop to capture it.
The four sound categories are also separate parts that can be looped individually. Loops can be as long as you want, and you can add as many layers as you want.
Build Quality
Svensson has a metal body with solid oak sides and is manufactured in Germany. It uses a Fatar keyboard with 49 semi-weighted, velocity-sensitive keys.
The built-in speaker is custom-made by Swedish speaker designer Ingvar Öhman. It’s surprisingly loud and lets you play so other people can hear without additional gear. Auxy says it’s “perfect for living room jams.”
Connections:
- Sustain pedal
- Stereo line out
- Headphones
- USB-A for class-compliant audio and MIDI
- USB-C for power and data
Pricing and Availability:
Auxy says they expect pre-orders for the Svensson 49 to start ‘soon’, with pricing expected to be around 899 EUR / 999 USD. See the Auxy site for more info.
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. 🙂
I’m so happy he’s so happy
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.
and no midi out. deal breaker. I like the 49 keys but Arturia’s KeyStep 37 MKII is a thing for $800 less.
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.
Ah, just clicked through and answered my own question – appears to be the same folks.
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?)
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.
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.
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.