Profile: Inspired by a background in both science and music, Rare Waves offers original analog technology for creative musicians of the 21st century who seek variation from clones of the past.

Rare Waves products are professionally assembled in the USA, and each unit must pass a listening test under the hands and ears of its designer. We believe that the best circuitry is yet to be invented, and despite the unavoidable digital future, there will always be a place for analog electronics.

How can a circuit transcend its own simplicity to synthesize a richness of musical information? This question underpins the Rare Waves philosophy of research and design. Ten years of laborious hand-built prototyping and evaluating new circuits in live performance has begun to yield fruit: The current list of Grendel-branded products represents the modest beginnings of our future offerings. Show less