❤️ Introducing Bastl Kalimba - A unique desktop instrument that combines microphones, touch sensors, and an accelerometer, with a user interface inspired by the traditional kalimba and its main interaction element: the tines.
Plucking the Kalimba’s tines with varying intensity is captured by internal microphones and touch-sensitive areas, which then exciteboth the physical modelling engine and the FM engine. In certain settings, you can even excite the engine by knocking or strumming on the unit’s casing or directly on the tines.
Motion and expressiveness are central to this instrument. The internal accelerometer acts as an alternative exciter for the physical modelling engine, while also interacting with the FM engine by dynamically filtering the left and right channels as you move and rotate the device. The front panel features function-based touch points (for creating pads, pitch slides, and timbral modulation) and there are also 2 function-assignable ones on the back of the device.
Custom scales, octave shifting, an arpeggiator, presets, an internal layering looper, tempo/metronome, and built-in effects (such as reverb, delay, bit-crush, overdrive, filtering, and modulation) are all included.
Get the Bastl Kalimba now on Kickstarter at Early Bird prices starting at €389 excl. VAT. Estimated shipping Dec 2026.
👐 Our most expressive desktop instrument we’ve ever built ❤️
With a user interface inspired by the traditional kalimba, the Bastl Kalimba lets your intuition lead your creativity and sound exploration to another level. It’s your new everyday carry synthesizer — compact in size, packed with features, and powered by a great-sounding dual engine combining physical modelling resonators and FM synthesis.
🌀 Get it now on Kickstarter at early bird prices. 👉 Follow the link in our bio.
🌀 Let your intuition guide you 😌 Bastl KALIMBA is your new daily carry instrument and powerful addition to your studio setup. It combines microphones, touch sensors, and an accelerometer, with a user interface inspired by the traditional kalimba and its main interaction element: the tines.
👉 Get it now through Kickstarter until the June 6th at Early bird price.
~Just play it, you already know it~
Video: @siraondra
Music: @toyotavangelis
Soo yeah... Bastl Kalimba can also be a modular synth 😆Btw, there are just a few units left 🫢
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Thank you for all your support on our Kickstarter ❤️ If you're thinking of getting one for yourself, don't hesitate. There are just a few units left 🫢
👉 Get Bastl Kalimba on Kickstarter for better price. Follow the link in our bio
Ready for your next music adventure? Bastl Kalimba and a simple drum machine is all you need 🖤
👉 Get Bastl Kalimba on Kickstarter for better price. Follow the link in our bio
The perfect sundowner for @superbooth_berlin on the rooftop at @klunkerkranich with the amazing @bastlinstruments Kalimba! So grateful that I could Betatest this instrument and I am sure people will love it. Here I show the audio looper which is independent from the drone and arp live notes which can be transposed, but the looper stays. The looper can be manipulated in other ways.
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Big thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at @superbooth_berlin and gave Bastl Kalimba a spin. And a huge thank you to everyone supporting our newest release on @kickstarter ❤️ It means a lot to us!
Oh — and we also won the PWM Award from @sonicstateuk 🏆 Thanks so much!
…And the result couldn’t be better 🥰 Bastl Kalimba is your new daily-carry instrument. Inspired by the legendary acoustic instrument, it brings instant playability while also offering a much deeper dive into the world of synthesizers 🌀
Get it now on Kickstarter at Early bird prices! Follow the link in our bio.
~Let your intuition guide you~
Do @toyotavangelis 's thoughts resonate with you? Well, be excited for the reveal. 🤭 Just two more days... 🤯
Let your intuition guide you. May 7th @superbooth_berlin ✨️
So, what is it? 😶 Don’t worry; everything will be announced soon. 🤫Just know that @never_sol , @oliver_torr , and @hrtlmuzik are floored by it.
Play it; you already know it. May 7th @superbooth_berlin ✨️
Additional reel music by @_countt
