Roger Linn’s LinnStrument is back in stock, for your expressive grid needs

Quietly last week the sold-out LinnStrument made its return. The device remains one of the most musical options out there and was a breakthrough invention that helped make MIDI Polyphonic Expression a standard.

Ableton Live 11.0.5 arrives, plus Live Lite 11 is available with MPE support, more

Ableton Live 11.0.5 just became public with loads of fixes, tweaks, and subtle additions – and the free Lite version that comes with lots of hardware now adds Live 11 functionality.

Peter Kirn - July 13, 2021

MIDI 2.0 in a DAW – MultitrackStudio adds MPE and new MIDI standard

Here’s another great underground DAW. The elegant, tape-inspired MultitrackStudio runs on desktop and iPad – and now not only does it to polyphonic expression, but it breaks ground in supporting MIDI 2.0, as well.

Peter Kirn - March 22, 2021

These instruments work with MPE right away, for an expressive Ableton Live 11 launch

Peter Kirn - February 18, 2021

Surge, awesome free soft synth, gets major 1.8 update

Peter Kirn - January 28, 2021

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

Peter Kirn - January 21, 2021

How MPE can work on hardware synths: a look at Sequential OB-6, Prophet 6 updates

Peter Kirn - January 8, 2021

Polyend had a blissful 2020, but they’re not done yet – Tracker, Preset, Medusa updates

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2020

Here’s how the Sensel Morph’s custom touch control works

Peter Kirn - August 13, 2019

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