Instruō Launches Seashell Hybrid Desktop Synth Ahead Of Superbooth 2025
Ahead of Superbooth 2025 in Berlin, Instruō has launched Seashell, an analog semi-modular desktop synth with a modern edge.
Bridging the knob-twiddling hardware world of modular synthesis with the software landscape via an accompanying plugin, Seashell aims to bring perfect integration with your DAW or software control environment.
Connecting to your computer (Mac, Windows or Linux) via USB-C, users can modify any and all of the Seashell’s analogue components via the plugin’s fairly contemporary-looking UI, with high resolution digital control (14 bit) over its main areas.
Instruō stress that this approach provides a fresh method of working with the analogue world – and marks a notable coming together of the two universes that have traditionally side-eyed each other with suspicion.
On to the synth itself, and the semi-modular architecture is fuelled by dual analog sawtooth-core analogue VCOs sporting sync and cross modulation. There’s a wave folder and lowpass filter (CV controlled) and on the modulation front, there’s an LFO, a flexible envelope generator and a stereo diffusion effect – All of these elements can be manipulated via the accompanying software. It’s also patchable via CV inputs for external signal manipulation.
Seashell definitely looks like a fantastic way in to the semi-modular universe. Its plugin-based control center effectively a helpful leg-up for music-makers more used to digital workflows and daunted by the learning curve of modular. The appeal of total recall via software is undoubtedly a highlight here though.
Instruō Seashell is available now for £649. Find out more on the Instruō website.
