She has arrived, unpacking now. Wow, quite an emotional moment.
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No they can be sent at all times, from the very gentlest tiny pressure on the key onwards.
If you are seeing this behaviour from usb midi port 1, or from the din port, then check the ‘bending’ sensitivity settings in the ‘ext midi’ section of Osmose settings.
If you are seeing this behaviour from usb port 2 then thats the Haken MPE+ port, and what comes out of it might be influenced by EaganMatrix or built in Osmose settings for whatever internal synth patch you are playing at the time.
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Does it have to be one or the other? 
Just sent a request for a deck saver cover =D.
I received mined last week, love it, was hard to play at first but once you set the pressure and lower the bending it is more easy.
But still it can be hard to play with the bending while you are in the after touch area.
I prefer to set the bend to 1/4th 1/2 note. 1 or more would be great for horror movie
Have to compose my patch, i’m pretty sure actual patch are more adaptation and are not really adapted to the osmose for the moment.
I think is weird that the pressure setting is the same for each preset, some preset really come to life once the keyboard is setup in a better way.
I don’t know why there’s so many patch with note repeat for the acoustic sound, i’ll never use that.
Pads are beautiful, its such a pleasure to play with low pressure, really a good news for electronic music and maybe a come back of the dynamic 
instant cinematic
Could be really crazy coupled with a deckard dream or irridium. (but i’ve got none of these so i’ll try with my abyss)
pitch wheel is pretty cool, i wasn’t expecting that. When you release it, it goes back really quick to zero with no oscillation, looks unreal, very musical.
Also you need a good chair; really need a good position to play it wise
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I agree, this osmose will mainly shine in ambient/cinematic context. especially playing with low pressure is very beautiful. However, the output can be quite low then, I have my volume on the osmose maxed out, anyone else experience this? I suppose you can up the output gain in the compressor settings…
No, not at all. I would like to have something that has the expressiveness of the Linnstrument, but the more standard playing surface of a keyboard, and based on the Osmose’s lack of Y-axis expression, as great as it is in other ways, doesn’t really do what I want it to do. As far as I can tell, the Continuum does what I want and so does the Seaboard Rise, but the continuum is too expensive for me and I will never again buy a product from Seaboard due to their nonexistent customer support and existential dubiousness.
Yeah, there are always trade offs… I imagine your control over velocity on Osmose is far greater than any other MPE device because of the lever action but yeah you give up Y axis.
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I understand your point! but don’t forget the Osmose also is a synth, and the linnstrument/seaboard are controllers. both have pro’s and con’s for sure!
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A bit off topic, but ran out of space in the studio and my main studio desk is too high to put the osmose on and comfortably play. Any tips on a 2-tier stand to hold the osmose (lower level) and a prophet 6 (upper level)?
K&M Omega Pro:
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looks good, but pretty heavy duty, perhaps a bit too much for those 2 relatively small synths?
which makes me think: nice perhaps if everyone shares a pic of their osmose and how its setup. :)?
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Did you notice the four drilled holes on the back ? I was wondering what kind of stand it was for.
I didn’t have any problems on my Zoom L-20. Mind you I’ve hooked the Osmose up on ports 1 and 2, I left the hi-z on those two ports depressed, I didn’t need to raise the gain at all. Output on the Osmose was at full.
thanks, can you see (maybe in your audio interface on how many db the signal is coming in?
i’m using a playdifferently model 1.
maybe to attach une Onde ou la Voile? 
Edit: maybe not, but perhaps we shall know on Jan 5
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Seems too heavy duty for just a music stand!
mine has arrived… happy bunny
so a quick heads up…for those that might be interested…
Im a mod at polyexpression.com - its forum for expressive controllers/instruments.
if you’d like to join a community thats dedicated to these kind of controllers… we love to welcome you.
we discuss not only specific hardware, but also the more general topics like MPE, and MPE software.
as a mod there, and a new Osmose Ive created a specific category also for the Osmose, so we can help each other.
anyway, a good place to not only meet other Osmose players ( * ), but also talk about the whole area of expressive controller, mpe and alike.
( * ) I think at least 5-6 of us there, have Osmose already … keen we were
… and many more that own things like the Continuum, Eigenharps, Roli and pretty much every other expressive controller you can think of…
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tnx will check it out once I have time. What are your first impressions of the osmose?
Great !
Signing up right now. It’s good to have a place to share knowledge about MPE !
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so I tried it at Superbooth a while back, and Ive also been lucky enough to play with a Continuum a few times… so, I already had a good idea what to expect…
but, there is no denying, its a magical instrument.
I challenge anyone to load up the “WoodyBox” preset, relax, play… and not been moved to magical plane of existence… flick thru the presets, and you just keep hitting film soundtracks (inspiration).
its just (for me) pure inspiration.
its a delight… I’ve sat here for over 3 hours, just playing… mesmerised, going where the sounds take me, its hypnotic, relaxing… almost meditative.
moving away from ‘feelings’ to practical… well, I love the Eagan Matrix sounds, always have…
and now in a piano format they are so readily playable.
(its different to continuum, no doubt about that)
generally, it feels high quality, well thought out…
the UI has got some small bugs, but they are only cosmetic.
connecting up Eagan Matrix was a bit of a faff … esp. if like me you don’t read the manual
(so read the instructions, and its not that tricky)
my plans… Ive got family here at the moment, so, likely, Im just going to enjoy these kind of sessions, get to know the sounds, and how they interact with the surface, and what I feel works well.
I might well hook it up to the Octatrack… to do some multitracking (so just using OT as glorified looper)… I think these two will form a beautiful standalone pairing.
when family is gone, I’ll be diving into the Matrix deep… and look to make some tracks.
I’ll also be hooking up my Eigenharps/Erae Touch, and playing the matrix using these.
only downside, its only fuelled my (existing) lust for a Continuum / Eagan Matrix eurorack module!
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