Superbooth 2026 is just days away and we couldn’t be more excited. From May 7 to 9, 2026, we’ll be at FEZ Berlin, Stand H102, ready to let you play the synthesizer we’ve spent years building: the MD850 Vibes. If you’re heading to the world’s most important synthesizer show, this post is your invitation to come say hello, plug in a pair of headphones, and find out what Austrian Performance Synthesizer really means.
Superbooth isn’t a trade show. It’s a yearly gathering of the people who actually care — builders, players, sound designers, and the curious. For a small Austrian synthesizer manufacturer like Mayer EMI, there is no better place on the planet to put a finished instrument in front of the people it was built for.
This year is special. We’re not just showing prototypes or talking about a roadmap. The MD850 Vibes is real, it ships, and we want you to hear it.
We’ve packed the booth with the kind of experience we’d want as visitors ourselves: hands-on stations, no waiting around, real headphones (not those airport-style ones), and the team that actually designed the instrument standing right there to answer questions.
Here’s what you’ll get to do:
For anyone discovering us at Superbooth for the first time, here’s what makes the MD850 Vibes different from anything else on the show floor.
The MD850 Vibes isn’t just a synthesizer. It’s a complete SynthStation: a multitimbral synthesis engine with 4 Parts plus a dedicated Drum section, a clip-based arrangement system, an integrated mixer with effects, and a 5-inch high-resolution display that ties the whole workflow together. One instrument replaces a desk full of boxes and it fits beside your laptop.
Under the hood, the MD850 runs 24 stereo voices of high-resolution wavetable synthesis. That’s a real wavetable engine — not a sample player dressed up in marketing language. The architecture supports a wide range of synthesis approaches: classic subtractive, FM-style modulation, additive textures, and complex evolving wavetable morphs.
The MD850 reads the same 2048-sample single-cycle wavetable format used by the most popular software synthesizers. That means decades of community-created wavetables, your own custom designs, and our growing factory library all play natively. No conversion, no compromise.
Yes, really. The MD850 hosts its own browser-based editor over Wi-Fi. Open it on a tablet, a laptop, or the screen of your choice. No driver installation, no proprietary editor app, no operating system politics.
Every MD850 Vibes is handcrafted in Austria. Aluminum chassis, real encoders, motorized faders where they belong, and the kind of build quality you only get when the people assembling the instrument are also the people who designed it. We don’t outsource the things that matter.
You’ll hear us talk a lot at Superbooth about deliberate design choices. The MD850 is a performance synthesizer first. Every architectural decision serves that goal.
That’s also why the MD850 doesn’t implement MPE — and why we’re proud of that decision. The instrument’s 4-Parts-plus-Drums multitimbral architecture is the heart of the SynthStation concept. MPE assumes a single-timbre, single-controller paradigm; the MD850 lives in a different world, where you can play four completely separate synth Parts plus drums simultaneously from a single MIDI controller, sequencer, or DAW. We chose multitimbrality. We’d choose it again.
We’ve been quietly working on a lot of things since Superbooth 2025. Without giving everything away before the show, here are a few things you can expect to see at Stand H102:
| Event | Superbooth 2026 |
| Dates | May 7–9, 2026 |
| Location | FEZ Berlin, Straße zum FEZ 2, 12459 Berlin, Germany |
| Mayer EMI Booth | Stand H102 |
| Tickets & info | superbooth.com |
The FEZ is easily reached via S-Bahn (Wuhlheide station) or by car with on-site parking. If it’s your first Superbooth, plan at least a full day — there’s far more to see than you’d guess.
If you’d like to make sure you get uninterrupted time with the MD850 Vibes, especially if you’re a media outlet, a YouTuber, a retailer, or just a serious sound designer who wants to dig deep, just reach out before the show and we’ll reserve a slot.
Whether you stop by for two minutes or two hours, we’d love to meet you. Berlin in early May is one of our favourite places in the world, and Superbooth is where it all comes together.
See you at Stand H102.
Horst & the Mayer EMI Team
