Superbooth 2025: Frap Tools Magnolia is the company’s first keyboard synth, an 8-voice analog through-zero FM Synthesizer.
For many years, the Italian company Frap Tools has made high-quality Eurorack modules with sophisticated designs. In 2023, I had the pleasure of interviewing the team extensively.
This year, the company celebrates its 10th anniversary with something big and surprising. At Superbooth 2025, Frap Tools will introduce Magnolia, the company’s first analog keyboard Synthesizer. Here are the first details, and yes, happy birthday.
Frap Tools Magnolia
Strictly speaking, this isn’t Frap Tools’ first keyboard they’ve developed. The team also worked on the Nonlinear Labs C15 and crafted the wooden enclosure. However, Frap Tool is completely breaking new ground with the Magnolia synth.
They have not shared all the details yet, only that Magnolia will be an 8-voice analog through-zero FM polyphonic Synthesizer. This analog technique is often found in Eurorack oscillators but never in classic hardware synths. It’s nice that someone is now doing this.
According to Frap Tools, it’s a working prototype, not a finished product. They say that the analog core can create all the sounds you know from their modules Brenso (complex oscillator), Cunsa (quad analog filter)….
Not much is visible in the pictures. You can see an Oscillator 2 knob, which indicates that there are two oscillators, a TZFM knob for the thru-zero FM, cutoff and resonance controls, and sliders for an ADSR envelope with hold and delay.
There is also a button with various modes (single, morph, dual, and split) that could point to the filter routing. Below, there is also a button that changes the voice operation from polyphonic to mono or legato.
Frap Tools describes Mangnolia as a West Coast polyphonic Synthesizer capable of classic analog subtractive synthesis. At their booth at Superbooth 2025, visitors can explore two pre-production units.
I’m very excited about the Magnolia. It could be one of the highlights of Superbooth 2025. I’ll make a video at the booth and share more about it with you. Stay tuned.
More information here: Frap Tools
