LILLA Audio Sampler, 2026 edition, photographed on a blue wooden surface

LILLA brings together sampling, sound design and hands-on performance. Record new material, load your own sounds, build layered patches and reshape audio in real time. Explore a wide range of sonic possibilities with filters, compressors, delays and modulation tools, from subtle refinements to radical sound transformations.

Its firmware is open-source. Each physical instrument is handcrafted and assembled in Italy, individually and in small quantities.

Performance

Build layers, keyboard splits and multitimbral setups with up to eight sounds per patch and 16 shared playback voices. Give each sound its own MIDI channel and keyboard range, then shape it with trimming, envelopes, filters and modulation.

Play samples forwards, backwards or in loops, and save your edits as a new patch or a variation.

Sampler

Record the line input in mono or stereo to internal Flash memory. Monitor the source, set the input level and capture an instrument, voice or phrase, then audition the result and turn it into a playable sound.

Export recordings to microSD as 16-bit, 44.1 kHz WAV files for editing, sharing or archiving.

Live Sampler

Explore incoming audio in a continuously recorded circular buffer. Select and loop a region, move its playback start and use feedback to recapture and transform earlier material.

Capture selected regions into sound slots and save the patch to keep them in Flash memory.

MIDI Loop

Build repeating arrangements on four MIDI tracks played through the current patch. The first track sets the loop length; add parts, start or stop tracks independently, and adjust their level, timing and transposition.

Change the patch to reshape the arrangement without recording the notes again, then save your loops to microSD.

Documentation

Firmware Architecture

A technical overview of the audio engine, signal flow, memory and storage, recording workflows and MIDI scheduling, with guidance for maintaining the firmware.

Read the firmware architecture ↗

Inside
LILLA

Rear view of LILLA showing its connections and open construction
Rear view / connections
Sound engineUp to 16 playback voices · multitimbral
Audio format16-bit PCM · 44.1 kHz
ProcessorTeensy 4.1 · 600 MHz
Audio codecSGTL5000
Memory64 MB socket-mounted Flash · 32 MB PSRAM · 128 KB FRAM
Patch organizationUp to 200 patches · up to 8 sounds per patch
Audio connectionsStereo Line in · Stereo Line out · Headphone Line · Headphone Pre-listen
MIDI connectionsMIDI in · MIDI out
Gate connectionsGate in · Gate out (+5V)
Power / programmingUSB-C
Storage connectionmicroSD
FirmwareOpen-source · GitHub

Made one
at a time

Every LILLA is handcrafted to order. Only one unit can be ordered at a time; estimated delivery is updated for each new order.

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LILLA AUDIO SAMPLER● Available to order
LILLA product overview
PRICE390 USD
ESTIMATED DELIVERYTo be confirmed
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CONTACT

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