Expand the possibilities of the OXI E16 with its biggest update yet, including a redesigned Looper with tempo synchronization and an app for desktop configuration.
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OXI E16 Firmware 1.0.0
OXI’s E16 was already a fantastic MIDI controller, and with the recent announcement of a new firmware update, it’s arguably now even better. The 1.0.0 update is massive too, with OXI calling it the “biggest update yet.”
The new feature that you’ll want to try first is the enhanced Looper. A MIDI looper, it lets you create repeating control phrases for your DAW (like Ableton Live, which you can see in Oora’s demo video below) or hardware synth. The Looper maintains its original functionality, now known as No Sync mode, and adds two new ones. There’s Free Sync, which lets you record as you like and then automatically creates a loop to the nearest beat or bar based on quantization settings, as well as Fixed Sync, which provides a count-in and restricts you to fixed loop lengths.
Other new features include a cleaner interface, better internal modulation, SysEx communication, and Lua scripting.
The update now comes as part of the OXI App, a desktop app for configuring OXI devices.
Get the app at the OXI site and download the update today.
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It’s Real and it’s Here – Available Now!
[27 January 2026] 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!
Now Available
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A New MIDI Controller
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.
OXI E16 · Source: Oxi Instruments
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.
OXI E16 · Source: Oxi Instruments
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).
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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.
OXI E16 · Source: OoraMusic
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.
OXI E16 · Source: OoraMusic
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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