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LOVE Synthesizers First Love

LOVE Synthesizers / $555

The LOVE Synthesizers First Love is a standalone four-part FM synthesizer you program by drawing operator routing on a seven-inch touchscreen. $555 at Thomann.

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A boutique FM synth with a genuinely new idea: you draw the operator routing on a touchscreen. Four-part multitimbral, portable and microtonal, it is the most convincing attempt yet at making FM playable.

Ideale per Players who have bounced off FM programming and want a portable, visual, battery-powered FM instrument.

Pros

  • Draw operator routing on a seven-inch touchscreen, making FM structure visible
  • Four-part multitimbral, with wave shaping and morphing envelopes
  • Pads, riff sequencer, arpeggiator and 4x4 looper, plus a scale builder with microtonal tuning
  • Built-in speakers and 18650 battery power for true portability

Cons

  • No keybed; a touchscreen and pads instead
  • Focused FM instrument, not a deep multi-engine workstation
  • Limited early production runs, so colours and stock move

Field notes

Panoramica

The LOVE Synthesizers First Love is a standalone, four-part FM synthesizer with a seven-inch touchscreen. Its defining idea is that you program FM by drawing: you connect operators on the screen, so the hidden structure of an FM patch becomes something you can see and move with a finger. It adds wave shaping, morphing envelopes, a scale builder with microtonal tuning, pads, a riff sequencer, an arpeggiator and a 4x4 looper, with built-in speakers and battery power.

Listed at $555 at Thomann and shipping since October 2026, it won a Best Innovation Award at Superbooth 2024. Our full first look covers it in depth, and you can compare it with the best hardware synthesizers of 2026.

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Specifiche

Developer
LOVE Synthesizers (Reykjavik, Iceland)
Type
Standalone FM synthesizer
Engine
Four-part multitimbral FM with wave shaping and morphing envelopes
Interface
Seven-inch touchscreen; draw operator routing by hand
Controls
Velocity- and aftertouch-sensitive pads, encoder, soft-touch buttons
Sequencing
Riff sequencer, arpeggiator, 4x4 live looper
Tuning
Scale builder with microtonal tuning
Effects
Reverb, delay, chorus, modulation matrix
I/O
Up to four mono or two stereo 6.3 mm outs, headphone out, MIDI In/Thru (DIN5), USB-C, Sync In/Out
Power
Built-in speakers, 4 x 18650 Li-ion batteries
Price
$555 at Thomann

Ultima verifica 2026-11-04

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FAQ

What is the LOVE Synthesizers First Love?

A standalone four-part FM synthesizer with a seven-inch touchscreen, built so you program FM by drawing the operator routing on screen. It has pads, a looper, a scale builder, built-in speakers and battery power, listed at $555 at Thomann.

Does the First Love make FM easier?

That is its purpose. It shows the signal flow on a touchscreen and lets you connect operators by drawing, instead of hiding them behind menus and two-digit displays.

First Love vs Korg opsix MKII?

The First Love uses a draw-on-glass touchscreen, is four-part multitimbral and runs on batteries, at $555. The opsix MKII uses physical operator sliders and a 37-key keybed, at around $519.

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