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#493

fwiw, I really liked the Half Continuum I tried at Discovery World in Milwaukee.

The playing surface is fantastic for melody lines with lots of glissando, and finger drumming.

Playing chords though in tune is an issue unless you turn on the “snap to grid” pitch option.

Also, while I don’t claim heavy investment in piano-style keyboards, being able to feel where the notes are, due to the black keys being a different height and arranged in particular patterns, makes a difference. You can’t really feel where the notes are on a Continuum - you have use your eyes to locate the black strips.

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#494

About prices - I see ppl buying grand pianos everyday for 10k - 15k for their children to learn playing, and find it cheap, comparing to 50k - 250k grand pianos.

It’s all very relative… but we are more interested in innovations here, at any price : )

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#495

How ppl used to say on old GearSluts forums - you have to get both : )

I’m really interested in such a controller / instrument since I’m doing a lot of sound design / film / theater music and it really can get things more interesting… since years I use iPad and some other unusual controllers to spice up things, or just draw a lot of automation, but such an instrument could be a dream for those things… imagine it together with Omnisphere or Max/Msp…

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#496

you could also consider a EaganMatrix Eurorack and control that with a Sensei Morph, Linnstrument, or… I can’t keep track of all the other alternate controllers anymore.

I preordered the Osmose nearly 2 years ago

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#497

oh right, that’s something i haven’t considered. feeling your place on the instrument makes a difference.

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#498

sure, not saying it’s not worth it. i just can’t afford. one day…

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#499

EaganMatrix Eurorack is def. on my list of most exciting SB 21 announcements. Before this, the only way to add CV control of the EaganMatrix engine was to get Haken’s $549 CVC.

The thought of the EaganMatrix sitting in a Eurorack next to an Empress Euroboro, and the Buchla&TipTop modules, all happily cross-patched together, just boggles my mind.

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#500

Yeah… linn - I didn’t liked it too much, feels strange and kinda small.

Sensei is good, also play with it from time to time.

Osmose is definitely great, consider to try it as soon as available and maybe get it. No rush, it’s quite important to be sure that it will suit one and won’t collect dust… with continuum - I really liked the feel and sound but decided to skip, since it’s to much money for just “additional” strange tool. And you have to learn to master it… it’s like a fret less bass or steel guitar…

#501

People with actual taste can easily surmise this brush for what it is. A toy. One that sounds like a bad VST at that!

#502

I was thinking of getting the ContinuuMini before Osmose and preorders for it was announced. Combination of price and likely usage in my music was just right.

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#503

Mini is cool of course!

What they say about Osmose release date? Next year?

I also think O will b very nice for scoring, like playing orchestral libraries etc…

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#504

I gave up on predicting the release date, man.

Yeah, there’s been a lot of talk about Osmose as a controller for sample libraries, 3rd party modeled instrument packs, etc., partly because Expressive E also develops and sells such packs of their own.

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#505

Man, the quality of sounds the Osmose can make is next level- it made me wish I weren’t so much of a sequence junky due to my horrible timing.

Still might be fun to jam around with even if its not for any recordings I’d ever let people hear

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#506

Really not a lot of news from Expressive E at the show about Osmose. The show is very important to them, because so many people will get to put hands on the Osmose keyboard, and for all the exposure the show brings.

The big announcement for Expressive E at the show is their new soft synth Imagine, a physical modelling synth with a multidimensional interface that was posted about upthread .

EDIT : Removed off-topic detail tab.

#507

Get the EaganMatrix module instead. Pretty much the same sounds.
https://www.hakenaudio.com/eaganmatrix-module

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#508

Or check out my dead thread.

NOTE : The Eurorack module only has the ContinuuMini processor.

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#509

Don’t worry, we’ll revive it soon enough

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#511

Whatz up YouTube… Just a quick shoutout to todays sponsor xxxx, if you like the video click like and subscribe etc etc.

… … 5 minutes later.

Here’s a brush.

See ya next time.

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#512

Not sure I like how it sounds…
Like the simplicity and immediacy

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#513

You got oscillate you wrist for the best results.

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