Here’s a free pack to get MIDI Polyphonic Expression under your fingertips

MIDI Polyphonic Expression, once considered exotic, is now in favorite tools like Ableton Live 11, Xfer Serum, and Arturia Pigments. So where to get started? Our friends at Sensel just made a handy free preset pack.

Free Ableton Live tool lets you control even more arcane hardware

They’re called “NRPN”‘s. It sounds like some covert military code, or your cat walked on your keyboard. But they’re a key way to control certain instruments via MIDI – and now you have a powerful way to do just that in Ableton Live, for free.

Peter Kirn - July 24, 2018

MIDI evolves, adding more expressiveness and easier configuration

It’s been a long time coming, but MIDI now officially has added MPE and “capability inquiry,” opening up new expression and automatic configuration.

Peter Kirn - February 1, 2018

The expressive LinnStrument grid is now $999, and a step sequencer

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2016

This app turns iPhone 3D touch into an expressive instrument

Peter Kirn - October 18, 2016

These are the Best Things at Musikmesse: CDM Best of Show Awards

Peter Kirn - April 18, 2015

How MIDI Works on the Linnstrument, or “Sometimes 14 Bits is Enough”

- April 30, 2014

3D Touch Linnstrument, an Update: New Features for Roger Linn’s 3D Note Expression Controller

- June 17, 2011

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