Expressive playing with MPE, demystified

MPE, MIDI Polyphonic Expression, can make playing digital instruments expressive in ways we’ve desired for decades. It’s just down to understanding everything you can do – and composer Josh Madoff has a fantastic tutorial and Osmose demos that make this technology more accessible to anyone.

Ableton Move 1.3: sample from USB-C, polyphonic expression over MIDI

Ableton quietly released an update to the Move mobile standalone instrument, and it’s got a surprise: you can now sample directly from the USB-C port.

Peter Kirn - February 13, 2025

Here’s Roger Linn with advice on developing expressive gestures

Roger Linn didn’t just develop the LinnStrument and then check out. He’s provided a steady stream of musical advice both of his own makings and from the device’s user community – all while being a driving force in MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE). The latest video is a must-watch addition to that ongoing series.

Peter Kirn - January 8, 2025

Osmose 2.0 makes this expressive MPE instrument more navigable, powerful

Peter Kirn - September 5, 2024

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

Peter Kirn - May 14, 2024

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

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

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