Osmose 2.0 makes this expressive MPE instrument more navigable, powerful

Expressive E’s 2.0 firmware has arrived for their flagship Osmose expressive keyboard. With better external MIDI support and improved preset management and navigation, this significant release addresses some of what users most wanted.

Arturia PolyBrute 12: 3-mode poly aftertouch expression, 12 voices

You dreamt of it; it’s here. Arturia has unveiled a beast of a flagship. More than just a 12-voice version, the PolyBrute 12 is a deep instrument with 3-mode poly aftertouch and MPE for expression and imaginative morphing and control.

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2024

Sequential’s Trigon-6 gets the desktop treatment – and update adds MPE

Sequential’s monster Trigon-6 just got smaller and more accessible. You get all of the features of the keyboard Trigon-6, but BYO controller and this three-oscillator, analog beauty is more accessible. And more welcome news: both Trigons get global MIDI Polyphonic Expression support in an update. (There’s a reason you see the Trigon desktop posing with an Expressive E Osmose.)

Peter Kirn - August 15, 2023

Arturia Augmented BRASS makes it uncommonly easy to build up hybrid brass sounds

Peter Kirn - May 5, 2023

What’s new in Arturia V-Collection 9.2: more performance, more compatibility, tuning

Peter Kirn - March 13, 2023

AudioSlide plays advanced MPE ramps even without hardware – Max for Live

Peter Kirn - February 7, 2023

Expressive E’s Osmose gestural keyboard instrument arrives, with artist backing

Peter Kirn - January 5, 2023

CLAP is a new open-source plug-in format from Bitwig, u-he – do we need it, and who will use it?

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2022

MIDI Polyphonic Expression has been updated with one powerful feature: better documentation

Peter Kirn - May 17, 2022

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