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Banan-a-Synth: Packed with Sounds + Make Your Own Instrument

Name: Banan-a-Synth: Packed with Sounds + Make Your Own Instrument
Brand: MicroKits
SKU: 881502784

Banan-a-Synth:音色满载,还能自制乐器

A banana synth filled with sounds. Play directly or use conductivity to make your own instruments and control effects.

1.6kBackers

$118kPledged

$4kGoal

2941%Funded

Banan-a-Synth: Packed with Sounds + Make Your Own Instrument

About this project

Synthesizers usually mean pricey forests of knobs, and kids' first instruments rarely touch electronic music. Could music and science share one toy? Virginia inventor Dave answers with Banan-a-Synth: a banana-shaped pocket synth packing 12 instrument voices, 8 effects, and four-note polyphony. Clip the included alligator leads onto bananas or any conductive object and they become keys — even you are part of the circuit. An analog conductivity sensor bends effects by press strength, with a built-in speaker, headphone jack, and 2×AA or USB-C power: equal parts instrument and STEM lab. Launched in April 2026, it drew 1,580 backers and about $118K, around 2,941% funded.

Highlights

✓Everything is a key: clip onto bananas or any conductor — touch to play
✓Twelve voices in one: four-note polyphony, chords included
✓Press to bend: the conductivity sensor drives effect intensity
✓Pocket music lab: learn conductivity physics, play synth, all ages welcome

Specifications

FX	Analog conductivity sensor, press to bend effects
Play	Conductive objects as keys (10 clips included)
Role	Banana-shaped conductivity synth
Audio	Built-in speaker + headphone jack
Power	2×AA batteries or USB-C
Sounds	12 instruments + 8 sound effects
Polyphony	4-note, play chords