SynTesla unveils MegaHertz, first commercial 5U modular for Superbooth 2026

SynTesla used the run-up to SUPERBOOTH26 to move its bespoke synth work into something buyers can actually size up, price mentally, and patch like a real instrument. The new MegaHertz is the first commercial model in the company’s 5U line, and SynTesla says that line is a consumer version of the Giorgio III synthesizer built for Hans Zimmer’s 2025/2026 European tour.

That matters because MegaHertz is not being sold as a foggy concept or a modular sculpture. It arrives as a two-voice complete synthesizer in a 42 MU cabinet, laid out as 3 x 5U x 14 MU, with 20 distinct newly developed modules already defined. For players who live in the 5U world, that makes the system legible in a way many boutique racks are not. The voice architecture is fixed enough to judge on musical terms, but open enough to invite the voltage-heavy workflow that keeps large-format modular alive.

The core reads like a serious studio instrument rather than a patch-heavy novelty. SynTesla lists two VCOs, a wavefolder, a C.L.O. mixer with constant output level, a diode ladder filter, a 6-to-24 dB low-pass filter, two dual attenuators and boosters, two dual VCAs, four DADSR envelope generators, a buffered multiplier, a super-LFO with xpander, a triple logic module, a quadruple attenuator and mixer, a 3-band resonator, and a 4-2 mixer. The company’s Hz-OSC560 oscillator section is specified from 15 Hz to 15 kHz, tracks 1V/oct over more than nine octaves, and offers saw, sine, triangle, square, and pulse outputs, plus through-zero phase modulation, through-zero FM, and soft and hard sync.

SynTesla has also framed the hardware as premium furniture as much as synthesis gear. The cabinets are handcrafted in France, with solid oak carved sides and stained dark-oak and satin-black finishes, and buyers can choose carved-side colors. Each cabinet uses a dedicated power system for SynTesla modules, supports both 110V/60Hz and 230V/50Hz, includes a power filter, and uses 32-slot distribution boards.

The launch is also the opening move in a three-model family. SynTesla says MegaHertz is the first, with GigaHertz due in the second half of 2026 and TeraHertz slated for 2027. Pierre Jean Tardiveau and Yves Usson discussed the project at SynthFest France 2026, underscoring how quickly this custom-builder lineage is being turned into a product line.

For vintage synth buyers, the appeal is plain. MegaHertz is aimed squarely at the player who wants the authority of a classic Moog-format system, the presence of a studio centerpiece, and the practicality of a defined voice structure. It is the rare modern modular that looks designed to be evaluated as an instrument first, and admired second.