Our friends at Sonic State recently hosted Expressive E, which has introduced the Osmose 61 synthesizer.
In this video, host Nick Batt talks with Expressive E’s Christopher Hans, who demonstrates not just the new Osmose 61, but also major updates in the Osmose ecosystem and a sneak preview of upcoming simplified patch editing.
Topics covered:
00:00 Osmose 61 – Introduction
07:18 Osmose for Everyone
09:25 Adjust Sensitivity
11:47 Firmware Update
14:35 Sound Design
20:05 new suite of instrument editors
27:26 Expressive E Software Ecosystem
30:27 New ‘MAESTRO’ brass ensemble
32:07 Expressive Suite Concept
33:40. New MPE Platform
34:55 ‘Lounge Lizard’ electric pianos
Check out the video, and share your thoughts on the Osmose in the comments!
NOW it’s an instrument I’m interested in. As someone who played piano from an early age, I find smaller keyboards frustrating and limiting. By using a 61 key platform, it opens up high and low notes at the same time, encouraging full use of the audio spectrum.
Or one could simply use the settings to split the keyboard into bass and treble registers an octave or two apart.
From all of us who invested in the original Osmose and spent six months awaiting delivery, we are so happy to have helped to facilitate this next generation of machine for future customers that only costs $200 more, while emphasizing that there is absolutely no incentive for any of us to trade up.
I can understand how you feel. But the revenue generated from the 61-key version will help fund advancements for the 49-key model as well. More sales mean they can keep developing both products for years to come.
Didn’t early birds get the 49 for 1100 euro? You can probably sell it for the same price and consider the last two years free of charge.
Some people will prefer the 49-key version, it’s smaller, lighter… I know I do.
I never saw one for E1,100. I paid the full $1,800. It was the second or third run.
One of the few modern synths I’m really interested in and would like to buy.