Genki Instruments

Genki Instruments

Also known as: Genki

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Genki Instruments is a Reykjavík-based music technology company that designs hardware and software for expressive electronic music performance and production. The company is best known for Wave, a wireless smart ring that translates hand motion into MIDI and CV data, allowing performers to shape sound, modulate effects, and trigger commands through gestures. Wave's debut at NAMM 2018 and su...

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Genki Instruments is a Reykjavík-based music technology company that designs hardware and software for expressive electronic music performance and production. The company is best known for Wave, a wireless smart ring that translates hand motion into MIDI and CV data, allowing performers to shape sound, modulate effects, and trigger commands through gestures. Wave's debut at NAMM 2018 and subsequent crowdfunding campaign helped establish Genki's niche at the intersection of wearable technology and music gear, and the design later won an Icelandic Design Award.

The company has expanded its catalog around the same gestural-control philosophy. Wavefront is a Bluetooth-to-Eurorack converter that brings Wave's motion data into modular synthesis rigs, while Softwave acts as a desktop companion plugin for routing Wave inside a DAW. Genki has also moved into standalone instruments with Katla, a five-voice polyphonic synthesizer, and Cosmos, an effects-focused instrument with a tactile interface.

The team's background in electrical engineering and product design is reflected in compact, minimalist hardware aimed at producers, live electronic performers, and modular synth users looking for more physical, embodied ways to interact with their setups.

Genki Instruments has 4 products cataloged on Equipboard, including MIDI Pad Controllers, Modular Synthesizers, and MIDI Cables. Their gear is featured by 4 artists, with the strongest followings in Electronic and Pop. Notable users include Richard Devine, Andrew Huang, and Red Means Recording.

Artists Who Use Genki Instruments

Richard Devine uses 2 Genki Instruments products

Richard Devine

Keyboardist, Composer

Andrew Huang uses 2 Genki Instruments products

Andrew Huang

Singer, Guitarist · First Of October

Red Means Recording uses 1 Genki Instruments product

Red Means Recording

Music Producer

DiVinCi uses 1 Genki Instruments product

DiVinCi

Music Producer, DJ

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