Chassis first
One block of 6061 aluminium, anodised oxblood and milled to 18mm, with a 13mm well waiting for the keys.
Aura Instruments · product concept
AURA-25 MK-IV25 keys · 18mm · 1,120g
A MIDI controller cut from one 18mm slab of oxblood aluminium. Screen, ribbons, faders and pads, nothing else.
Twenty-five keys
Fifteen waterfall whites and ten tapered sharps settle into the well with 0.7mm of clearance.
Screen and ribbons
An 80mm OLED draws the waveform. Two glass ribbons bend pitch and add modulation.
Faders and pads
Eight touch faders, eight CV jacks and eight square pads, lined up with the fader throw.
Ready to play
Everything you watched arrive is one instrument weighing 1,120 grams. Keep scrolling and try it.
Controls
Four zones. No menus to dig through.
Every control has one job and its own place on the deck, so your left hand never crosses your right.
01 · Keybed
Keys that sit inside the slab
Fifteen waterfall whites and ten sharps with 18° ramp noses, damped on acoustic felt with brass bushing stops.
- 2.8mm travel
- Optical velocity and polyphonic aftertouch
- 0.7mm clearance notch around every sharp
02 · Screen and ribbons
See the sound you are making
An 80mm curved vector OLED shows a live waveform. The two ribbons sit under smoked glass with LED ladders you can read at a glance.
- Pitch ribbon with spring return, 15 cyan segments
- Mod ribbon that holds, 15 amber segments
03 · Faders and pads
Eight of everything
Optical touch faders with 12-step meters, a row of 3.5mm CV and gate jacks, and square pads that line up with the fader throw.
- 8 touch faders
- 8 CV/gate jacks
- 8 silicone pads, 32.2mm square
04 · Transport
One bar for the rest
Four tactile macro pills handle transport so nothing on the deck needs a menu.
- Flush silicone, no moving bezel
- Class-compliant USB-C, no driver
18mm
Thin enough to pack flat.
Overall height from the base plate to the top of the bezel. The keys sit inside a 13mm well, so nothing stands proud.
25Keys, C3 to C5
2.8mmKey travel
1,120gOne aluminium unibody
13mmKey well depth
Play
Play the AURA-25.
Sound starts on your first press. Plug in a MIDI keyboard and it plays too.