The next drop of Telepathic Instruments’ Orchid is imminent – and this time it sports a transparent designThe momentum never seems to stop for Telepathic Instruments; hot off the back of the official launch of the Orchid companion app Pistil, the Kevin Parker-headed brand has revealed details about the next drop of the groundbreaking Orchid synth, which this time arrives with a limited-edition clear Arctic design.
In reality, it hasn’t been long since the Orchid landed on the market. The music producer community first caught wind of the chord-generating synthesizer in late 2024, and in less than two years, the unit has become an industry favourite, named as one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025, and more importantly, in our favourite new studio gear roundup of last year.

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Now, a new drop of Orchids is set to land on 11 May, with the transparent limited-edition Clear Orchid: Arctic variant capped at 3,000 units worldwide, plus a bunch of classic Orchid colourways alongside it.
To mark the launch, Telepathic Instruments has created a new short film, TeleVision, which you can watch below:

The film sees Darlene LeClair – a “musical medium of considerable charisma and questionable credentials” – channel the cosmos to aid “creatively crunched musicians”. Narrated by Queens of the Stone Age leader and Orchid owner Josh Homme, the film also sees endorsements from familiar faces including Lewis Capaldi, Janelle Monae and Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst.
“Lewis Capaldi, Janelle Monae, Fred Durst and Josh Homme are Orchid owners. They’re also, as it turns out, longtime Darlene clients. We didn’t plan that. Darlene probably did.”
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Orchid has also been adopted by the likes of Kid Cudi, Diplo, Ryan Tedder, Fred again.., Joy Anonymous, Madison Beer, Logic, Mark Hoppus and many more.
Clear Orchid: Arctic and the classic Orchid will be available exclusively through the Telepathic Instruments website. Members of the waitlist will receive priority access to regional drops (9AM PDT for North America and 10AM CEST) on 11 May, ahead of the wider public launch an hour later.
For more information, head to Telepathic Instruments.
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