Polyend just pulled the cover off something odd. The Polyend Keys is a mechanical QWERTY keyboard with a MIDI controller built into it, and the Polish company behind the Tracker and the Play showed it publicly for the first time this week at gamescom in Cologne. The number row and the function row together form a three-octave piano layout. The same keys you type an email with will play a chord into your DAW. The Polyend Keys prototype. Polyend says the colour could still chan

We first got our hands on the Osmose CE 61 at Superbooth 2026. After only a few minutes with the instrument, one thing became immediately clear: we wanted one in the studio. And, well, now we have one. Before going any further, though, one point needs clearing up. The Osmose CE 61 is not a synthesizer. It doesn't contain a built-in sound engine, onboard presets, oscillators, filters, or a complete signal path like the original Expressive E Osmose. Instead, it's a 61-key MPE M