Comments on: Sonicware LIVEN Evoke, portable Synthesizer with acoustronic synthesis and musical granular: available now

By: phanox

phanox — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 07:17:36 +0000

In reply to Jabba. lol you're bonkers. That would cost the same price as a computer

By: Synth Anatomy

Synth Anatomy — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 02:33:59 +0000

In reply to Lobstajohnson. When the first LIVEN was released in 2020 or before, it was the time of the Volcas. The first looked to me like a oversized Volca as they point to the same compact music making market. In the meantime, we know that hey are offer more than Volcas ;)

By: Lobstajohnson

Lobstajohnson — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 01:29:13 +0000

comparing this box to a Volca is nuts. I have both and this is light years beyond.

By: bill

bill — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:04:18 +0000

sounds good but can’t get past how terrible all their instruments look. Take their CyDrum for example…so cheap and ugly looking. Reminds me of a zip disk drive from the 90’s.

By: crall

crall — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 02:50:43 +0000

I really wish he would let us swap out firmwares. Even if he sold them for like $50 or $75 on his website.

Got the Lofi 12, then the Lofi 12xt, now the Lofi 12 just sits. I’d pay to turn it into an Ambient0. Or if he doesn’t want to cannibalize new unit sales, release the older firmwares. Let me turn it into an XFM or Bass+Beats.

By: Jabba

Jabba — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 05:07:17 +0000

I really like this company’s products. I wish they would go a little further, like adding up to 37 or 32 keys to this type of device, with pitch bend and modulation wheel, just a little bigger, with a USB port just for power and saving projects, samples, patterns, etc.
With a multi-mode oscillator per track, based on what they’ve already done, a hi-fi sampler, a lofi sampler, this granular sampler, VA with wavefolder, PCM, FM, with much more RAM, more internal SSD memory for samples and PCM banks, and more live performance-oriented multi-effects like the SP404 and MACROS to control selected synth and sampler parameters on the fly with one hand, while the other controls the multi-effects, this would be one of the best and easiest-to-use grooveboxes ever made !
I bet they can do it foor just the double of the price !

By: bigee

bigee — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:39:00 +0000

In reply to liveinabin. i guess firmware updates are not that big of a deal :)...i understand saving samples,but still cant see it as dealbreaker.

By: Mikael

Mikael — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:59:47 +0000

Great device, great price. What else is there to say?

By: liveinabin

liveinabin — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:26:18 +0000

I really want to love their devices, the Ambient 0 was gorgeous. But their adherence to sysex for everything is maddening! There’s a modern computer in there. It MUST be USB capable. Trying to download firmware updates or save samples at the speed of an early 80s tape based computer is a deal breaker for me.

By: Lumm

Lumm — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 06:36:41 +0000

This company gives real innovation to the gear world. The Ambient 0 was kind of different and this one is even more. AND all this for little money. Absolutely amazing!!!