The timing must be perfect for startups that create new kinds of MIDI input devices that can support the new expressiveness controls that MIDI 2.0 supports. Roli probably a head start with their seaboard "keyboard" made in neopren. The Osmose keyboard from Expressive E, also look promising. Osmose looks like a traditional keyboard, but detects vibration on the keys.
As a (happy) owner of a Linnstrument I think supporting MPE would already be a great thing as it removes a lot of the problems I had with traditional midi (e.g. allows per finger pressure, pitchbend and mod instead of one pitchbend for all notes played).
As I know Roger Linn however he is probably already in the process of writing Midi 2.0 support for the Linnstrument firmware
Are there any synthesizers or virtual instruments that bend the fundamental+harmonics with the right stretch, and separarely from the formants/inharmonics for a more realistic bend? When I bend a guitar or violin (or piano) on my Korg workstation it sounds like a nasty digital resampling bend, and very unnatural.
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The timing must be perfect for startups that create new kinds of MIDI input devices that can support the new expressiveness controls that MIDI 2.0 supports. Roli probably a head start with their seaboard "keyboard" made in neopren. The Osmose keyboard from Expressive E, also look promising. Osmose looks like a traditional keyboard, but detects vibration on the keys.
As a (happy) owner of a Linnstrument I think supporting MPE would already be a great thing as it removes a lot of the problems I had with traditional midi (e.g. allows per finger pressure, pitchbend and mod instead of one pitchbend for all notes played).
As I know Roger Linn however he is probably already in the process of writing Midi 2.0 support for the Linnstrument firmware
The Linnstrument looks awesome. I am the happy owner of a Roli Music block, that actually looks like a small and cute version of the Linnstrument.
Osmose isn't the first to use horizontal key bend/pressure/direction and midi mpe already supported that and things like polyphonic aftertouch.
I think it could mark a resurgence in midi guitars, where things like bends tend to quantize a bit too much.
Are there any synthesizers or virtual instruments that bend the fundamental+harmonics with the right stretch, and separarely from the formants/inharmonics for a more realistic bend? When I bend a guitar or violin (or piano) on my Korg workstation it sounds like a nasty digital resampling bend, and very unnatural.