35 years of industrial automation. Co-founded nxtControl, acquired by Schneider Electric. Now building synthesizers.
Mayer EMI is an Austrian synthesizer manufacturer based in Bad Vöslau. We design, engineer, and hand-assemble every unit ourselves with the same standards we applied in decades of building industrial control systems.
Horst built his first analog synthesizer at 17 — driven by equal parts curiosity and frustration with what was available. That hobby shaped a 35-year career in industrial automation: hardware engineering, embedded systems, control platforms.
30 minutes south of Vienna where vineyards meet precision engineering. Every Vibes is assembled, tested, and inspected here before shipping.
€1,899 is not an impulse purchase. We know that. Here’s what you’re paying for: Austrian and German manufacturing partners. Hand-assembly and individual testing in Bad Vöslau. A powdered metal chassis precision-machined by HMT Rüffel in Germany. Walnut panels hand-finished and inspected before mounting. PCBs manufactured and assembled by Rauch Elektronik in Austria.
You’re not paying for a brand name or a marketing budget. You’re paying for a small team that builds one instrument and builds it right. We don’t have a product line of 40 devices. We have one. And every unit gets the same attention.
Made in Europe
35 years of building industrial-grade control systems taught us how to make things that don’t crash, don’t overheat, and don’t fail on stage. We apply those standards to every synth we ship. Reliability is not a feature, it’s the baseline.
Every Vibes receives firmware updates for as long as we exist as a company. Not “for the first year” or “until the next model.” The instrument you buy today will be better in six months and better again in a year. VibesConnect, the resonator oscillator, the arpeggiator, SFZ Import, all came as free updates to existing owners.
We don’t build synths for the mass market. We build one instrument, for producers and performers who value engineering over marketing, depth over presets, and longevity over hype cycles. If you want plug-and-play simplicity, there are excellent options from larger companies. If you want a tool that grows with you, we built the Vibes for you.
We’re three people. No support tiers, no ticket queues, no chatbots, just us, reading every email that comes in and writing back within 48 hours. And if it helps, Horst, our CEO, will hop on the phone with you personally.
Questions about fit, compatibility, or whether the Vibes is right for your workflow? Ask before you buy.
