OXI E16: It’s Real and it’s Here!
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OXI E16 · Source: Oxi Instruments
OXI E16 · Source: Oxi Instruments
OXI E16 · Source: Oxi Instruments
OXI E16 Leaked · Source: OoraMusic
The leaked OXI E16 MIDI controller is indeed real, with grouping, morphable snapshots, and 12 layers to command all your gear from one device. Now available!
OXI E16 MIDI Controller
Now Available
Back in September, YouTuber Oora dropped a cheeky preview of the OXI E16 MIDI controller in his demo of the Elektron Tonverk. The E16 garnered almost as many comments as the Tonverk itself. We reported on it at the time, and now it looks like it’s finally out.
Much of what we mentioned before still applies, so I won’t go into too much detail about the OXI E16 (you can jump down the page for that), but it’s a slick little MIDI controller with 16 knobs and lots of unique functions. You can use Snapshots to capture parameter scenes and morph between them; map encoders to control multiple parameters in groups like macros; record and replay your gestures with Knob Recording; create custom layouts with 12 pages of 16 controls per page; and save presets.
To make setup easier, there’s also the OXI App, which allows you to configure, backup, and share your presets, scenes and pages.
The OXI E16 features an OLED screen plus LED rings around the knobs for visual feedback, and it offers dual MIDI outs plus MIDI in, wireless Bluetooth MIDI, and two virtual USB ports.
The controller is available in two versions: the non-detented standard edition with smooth encoders, and the limited edition E16 Detended with clicky knobs.
Both are currently up for preorder on the OXI Instruments site for €409 (VAT included). The company plans to start shipping the first batch at the end of this month (December).
OXI Instruments products are available at Thomann*.
New MIDI Controller With Grouping, Morphable Snapshots
[11 September 2025] The company behind the ONE MKII sequencer has a new product on the way, the OXI E16. And you’ll never guess where it leaked!
OXI E16 Prototype Leaked
We’ve all been laser-focused on the new Elektron Tonverk these past few days, but if you happened to catch OoraMusic’s demo of the new sampler groovebox, you may have noticed something intriguing in the lower left corner. That little device with the array of endless encoders is the OXI E16, a new device from the company behind the very cool ONE MKII sequencer.
How can Oora get away with leaking a prototype (for that’s what it is) on his YouTube channel? Because he’s been involved in its creation, and chose this opportunity to debut it, even giving it its own chapter in the video. Check out the Intermission section to hear more about the E16. The video below will jump right to it.
OXI E16: MIDI Controller
Oora stresses that this is still a prototype and is unfinished, but according to him, it’s a 16-knob MIDI controller with “tons of scenes and pages,” and it can also “play a script,” I assume for integration with specific machines and possibly DAWs. The knobs are surrounded by LEDs that change color as well.
Oora also demonstrates how you can group knobs with a single button, as well as the snapshot function, which saves knob settings. Intriguingly, you can morph between snapshots, much like you can with the Octatrack crossfader (a feature sadly missing from the Tonverk).
OXI E16: Price and Availability
As previously stated, the OXI E16 is still in the prototype stage, with no mention of price in the video. As for availability, Oora stated October (“hopefully”) in the comments section.
He has promised a video dedicated to the E16 soon, so keep an eye out for that.
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4 responses to “OXI E16: It’s Real and it’s Here!”
A cool idea, will it have some CV outputs? And why not have a crossfader separate to the nobs? I know they don’t want to be seen to copy Elektron’s homework but for snapshot morphing a crossfader is the way to go. Or let me use this as a brain that I can control with a separate crossfader device
so it’s a midi fighter twister with a screen? going to need some serious functionality to justify buying this over that
$400 for MIDI knobs? You guys are out of your minds.
I would probably do this in ableton with automation. this is probably more interesting for dawless setups ?