Aodyo Instruments Loom: multidimensional MPE MIDI controller: development update - February 10, 2026

Aodyo Instruments Loom is a new portable, multidimensional MPE controller designed for touch, slide, strum, and trigger signals, now on Kickstarter.

Last November, it was announced that Aodyo Instruments had been revived by the French company INODESIGN. In multiple Kickstarter posts, the company explained its steps, including that the Loom project will be completed in 2026, while Anyma Omega is delayed until 2027.

Today, the new Aodyo Instruments team has shared the first update of the ongoing development of the Loom controller.



Development Update
Aodyo shared that the Loom project review is complete:

The initial hardware design of the Loom achieved in 2024 was done under the constraint of using components already in use on other Aodyo products in order to capitalize on previous work. The very short delivery horizon also imposed certain technical choices.

Decision was made to to polish and refine the technical design to achieve a hardware architecture more suited to the Inodesign production plant while relying on the Inodesign R&D team to achieve a hardware architecture that can further improve performance and sustainability.

They have also made decisions on the initial firmware content:

To keep the step-by-step approach, we will initially limit ourselves to 5 playing modes for the initial release: 4 instrumental playing modes namely Keyboard, Ribbon, Strum, Pad and 1 MIDI control mode still to be determined (Fader or ControlPad)

We plan to interview the contributors via Discord to find out each one’s appreciation of the different playing modes descibed during the campaign and their preferences regarding their subsequent focus order.

For those who have not already done so, join us on Discord to chat with us about it: https://discord.gg/pevhKvR6Ds

We will initially offer 24 slots for configuring and storing presets directly in the device: in each preset, you can choose the playing modes, MIDI Mono/Poly/MPE configuration, and the setup and MIDI mappings of the different gestures that can be performed on the different elements of the playing surface

We decided to initially make everything configurable directly on the Loom and to limit the remote software editing part to a simple preset librarian for now. (we will provide a rough preview the Loom preset edition workflow on the dedicated discord channel)

I’m pleased to see that development of the Aodyo projects has resumed. The previous products are available for purchase again, such as Anyma Phi and the plugin version.

Source: https://synthanatomy.com/2026/02/aodyo-insturments-loom.html