Boutique synthesizers, custom built for you.
We design and build one-off instruments around your MIDI keyboard, pad or sequencer and the sound you're after.
Your controller deserves a voice of its own
Most MIDI controllers sit silent until they’re tethered to a laptop, a plugin and an audio interface. That’s a lot of gear between you and the sound.
An Arcadia instrument is the sound. It reads your controller directly and gives you a finished signal, ready for a mixer, an amp, a recorder or a pair of headphones.
How it works
MIDI in
Connect any MIDI controller, from a full keyboard to a pocket pad. Notes, velocity, pitch bend and mod wheel all play the voice, and knobs on your controller can be mapped to ours.
A voice built by hand
Every build is a complete instrument, designed, assembled and tuned in our workshop for one player. No plugins, no menus, no screens. Just a panel of controls you can play.
Line and headphone out
A line-level output feeds your mixer, interface or PA. A separate headphone output with its own volume control lets you play anywhere, at any hour.
What we build
One-off instruments, built to be played
Custom builds
Every Arcadia instrument is a one-off, designed around you.
Tell us what you play, what you plug into and what you want to hear. We design the voice, the panel and the finish to match, then build it by hand. No two are the same.
Tell us about your rig
Your controller, your setup and the sounds you chase. We'll talk it through and send back a design and a quote.
We design and build it
Circuit, panel, colors and engraving, all made for you. We'll keep you posted from first sketch to final calibration.
Plug in and play
It arrives tuned and ready. Connect your MIDI controller, send the line out to your mixer or plug in headphones, and play.
- Coming soon
Off-the-shelf designs
Not yet, but they're on the bench.
Right now every instrument we make is a custom commission, so there's nothing on the shelf to order. We're working on designs of our own to offer as ready-made instruments. Stay posted for announcements.
About us
A small workshop with a big sound
Arcadia is a handful of people who love synthesizers and the people who play them.
We design every circuit, panel and line of firmware ourselves, then build each instrument by hand, one at a time, for the person who’ll play it. Every build is tested and calibrated before it ships, and the person who built it signs the inside of the case.
We make instruments for players who’d rather turn a knob than click a mouse: performers, producers and anyone with a MIDI controller looking for a voice.
Start a commissionThe people at the bench
Terrence Owen
Head of finance
Terry keeps Arcadia's books and operations in order, so the workshop can stay focused on building instruments that last.
Mike Caputo
Head of marketing & design
Mike shapes how every Arcadia instrument looks, feels and finds its way to players, from the first sketch of a front panel to the story we tell about it.
Christian Owen
Head of engineering
Christian leads engineering at Arcadia, from circuit design to the firmware that makes every build respond the moment you touch a key.
Let's build yours
Tell us what you play and what you’re plugging into. We’ll answer questions about your setup, talk through ideas and sketch out an instrument that’s yours alone.