Frap Tools Announces Magnolia 8-Voice Analog FM Synthesizer
Ahead of Superbooth 2025, being held May 8-10 at the FEZ-Berlin, Italian synth maker Frap Tools has announced Magnolia, a flagship 8-voice analog through-zero FM synthesizer, featuring a Fatar keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch.
The company says that they designed Magnolia “to create sounds from the modular world through a classic keyboard interface.”
What they have to say about the Magnolia synthesizer:
“Waveshapers, wavefolders, and, most importantly, analog linear through-zero FM unlock every sound associated with the “West Coast” synthesis world. But that’s not all! Fat resonant filters and powerful analog oscillators allow more traditional subtractive synthesis sounds as well.
A vast and flexible modulation section encourages complex patches with the twist of a knob, but it is always easy to keep track of what’s going on thanks to LEDs on every source and destination. An arpeggiator and a sequencer complement the machine.”
Magnolia Synthesizer intro video. It’s in Italian, but you can enable closed captions in English:
Frap Tools is showcasing two pre-production Magnolia synthesizer keyboards at Superbooth. They say that they expect to release the Magnolia synthesizer at the end of summer 2025.
They note that the release version “may have a more refined interface, it will feature digital effects, and some of the features currently under evaluation may disappear.”
What do you think of the Magnolia? View the video and share your thoughts in the comments!
