{"id":152857,"date":"2026-04-09T18:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=152857"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:45:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T23:45:30","slug":"banan-a-synth-now-available-to-pre-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/04\/09\/banan-a-synth-now-available-to-pre-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Banan-a-Synth Now Available To Pre-Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to the Banan-a-Synth Prelaunch\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e_D9BtgvNA4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>MicroKits&#8217;s <strong>David Levi<\/strong> has launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/microkits\/bananasynth\">a Kickstarter project<\/a> to fund production of the <strong>Banan-a-Synth<\/strong>, a banana-shaped synthesizer.<\/p>\n<p>MicroKit is the creator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2023\/10\/02\/synth-a-sette-is-a-portable-analog-synth-that-you-can-play-with-bananas-beer-cans\/\">Synth-a-Sette<\/a>. The Banan-a-Synth not only expands on the Synth-a-Sette design, but <em>goes bananas<\/em> with it.<\/p>\n<p>You can play it directly, using its touch keyboard, or you can use conductivity to make your own instruments &#8211; like a banana-controlled Banan-a-Synth. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Custom Sound Engine: 12 different instrument sounds, 8 built in sound effects. It&#8217;s also 4 note polyphonic, so you can play a chord.<\/li>\n<li>Play Conductive Objects: Use the included alligator clips to turn all sorts of conductive objects into keys you can play.<\/li>\n<li>Learn Music and Physics: An intro to both the physics of conductivity and the art of applying filters and effects to synthesizer sounds.<\/li>\n<li>Control Effects with Touch: An analog conductivity sensor to control effects. The harder you press the sensor, the stronger the sound effect.<\/li>\n<li>Take It Anywhere: Super portable, with built in speaker, headphone jack, and powered by 2xAA Batteries. Also can be powered via USB-C.<\/li>\n<li>No Screen, No Computer: Does not connect to a computer or anything with a screen. Focus on exploring music without distraction.<\/li>\n<li>No Knobs, No Problem: Change tuning, volume, and sound mode by simultaneously touching a setting touchpad and one of the keyboard keys.<\/li>\n<li>Metronome: Select your beats per minute and rhythm structure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Production of the <strong>Banan-a-Synth<\/strong> Banana Synthesizer is being funded via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/microkits\/bananasynth\">a Kickstarter project<\/a>, and it is available to project backers starting at $56 USD. The project has already met its funding goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Crowdfunding projects involve risk. See the project site for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a synth. It&#8217;s a banana. It&#8217;s the Banan-a-Synth!&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/04\/09\/banan-a-synth-now-available-to-pre-order\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Banan-a-Synth Now Available To Pre-Order<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29,25],"tags":[36212,35564,1337],"class_list":["post-152857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strange","category-synthesizers","tag-banan-a-synth","tag-microkits","tag-strange-musical-instruments"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/banana-synth.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152862,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152857\/revisions\/152862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}