It’s great seeing the first Super Gemini demo video that came out today. Exciting to hear the mention of a big software update to the Super 6 coming soon based on the work on the new synth, and it was great to see George explain how poly aftertouch finally really clicked for him after being a skeptic.
So I just want to throw this out - any chance you’d consider releasing a v2 of the Super 6 with poly aftertouch? The super gemini looks awesome but I don’t really have the space for a bigger instrument like that, and I still love the relatively minimalist approach to the original Super 6. If I could get the super 6 with poly aftertouch (and maybe a similar touch controller too?) I’d upgrade in a heartbeat.
In the video you talked about it being a more premium feature and differentiator for the Super Gemini, but I feel like the $3000 price tag of the Super 6 is enough to justify a few premium features of its own. And as you said yourself, poly AT is really an amazing fit for this instrument. I don’t think it would take away from the Super Gemini at all to have this available on the S6, the nearly doubled voice count and multitimbrality and increase to 61 keys is more than enough of a differentiator already.
I’ve had the money for a S6 for a little while but thought I’d wait until Superbooth to see if they had anything new. The Super Gemini looks amazing but the Super 6 remains the sweet spot for me and I ordered one yesterday. I’d love to see poly AT, too. Sadly when I asked if they had such plans (mid-April), UDO support replied:
We have no plans to upgrade the Super 6 with a poly aftertouch keyboard and do not recommend modifying the Super 6 as this would involve more than just swapping keyboards.
Whilst we still have no plans to make a Super 6 mk2 with Poly aftertouch we do have something exciting in the works for existing Super 6 owners. Announcement at Superbooth, stay tuned!
Aussie here, just preordered as well!! Amazing, thanks for thinking of us Super 6 owners while you soldier on with the new entries to the family. Amazing foresight that you would design this keyboard with swappable keybeds for future development. Are there any other resources to learn about the keybed’s technical specs, like weight etc. other than what’s on the page? Would just like to start mentally preparing for this as early as possible.
Thanks again George + Team. I’ve had my Super Six since 2021, and I’ve not touched another of my Polysynths for my studio sessions ever synthce
That’s including my Juno 60, System 8 and RS505. The Super can do it all. And soon it’ll be able to do even more.
Yes agree agree some more information is needed. Soon we’ll post the manual with specifications. The Super 6 will get heavier by some amount due to the new mechanism but will get the benefit of feeling more solid under the fingers too.
Do you plan to provide the keybed through your resellers (Thomann…) ?
Being in France I won’t be glad to pay duties + another VAT, that would be a quite expensive upgrade then.
Agreed with this, was super excited to buy it now but the cost will skyrocket paying UK VAT + European VAT. Of course the easiest would be for the UDO site to not charge VAT when someone from outside the UK is buying
(I could be misunderstanding something of course, but the website wording implies that EU VAT is not accounted for)
Very exciting news! I am wondering if these retrofit kits will ONLY be offered as a preorder or if they will be available after they start shipping in August? Would love to see some install videos from users before pulling the trigger. <3
I really want to get a Super 6 with the new poly aftertouch keybed. However, in Canada, it costs around $800 CAD more to get the Super 6 over the Desktop. In addition, it is approximately $600 more to get the poly aftertouch keyboard only to have to throw away the original keyboard. I would consider the Super 8, but it is out of my budget and is slightly too big for my table.
