KORG phase8 Electro-Acoustic Synthesizer Update At Superbooth 2025
KORG berlin is previewing the final design of the phase8 at Superbooth 2025, being held May 8-10 at the FEZ-Berlin.
phase8 is an eight-voice electro-acoustic instrument, with envelope control, sequencing, waveshaping and audio modulation. It synthesizes sound using eight independent electro-mechanical voices, where the sound is generated using electronically controlled metal resonators.
The company previewed the instrument at Superbooth 2024. Now, they’re showing the phase8 synthesizer in its final form.
Here’s what Korg shared about the new phase8:
“Ever since the beginning of KORG berlin we’ve been experimenting with ways of making sound by hitting objects. Hitting things to make sound is such a primitive act and when done right, it can be the most expressive form of performance. Look at all the amazing musical instruments across millennia that have perfected this art.
We dreamed of making such an instrument, but in the familiar format of a synthesizer and we’ve cracked it. The result is an instrument that feels, acts and sounds alive, as well as being a box full of fun knobs to twiddle.
The demo units shown at Superbooth this year are made using tooling samples. If you’re not familiar with tooling, it’s basically the molds that you need to manufacture the product many times repeatedly—think cookie cutters for making many cookies. Tooling is a big step towards gearing up to production, but there’s a whole bunch of other stuff like software, electronics, procurement, production engineering, quality assurance, certification etc. etc. before we can start series production reliably.”
Korg expects for the phase8 to be available starting in Q1 of 2026, priced under € 1000.
