Karma, thanks for that! That's an excellent thing about Roger--he keeps refining and updating the playing experience and the technology. A firmware update can bring in all sorts of new features and expressive capabilities that the hardware can do with the 3-axis sensor pads.

You got any awesome LinnStrument vids you'd care to share of you rocking it out?
[Slides Karma a virtual 20 into his bread jar--hey, it worked to get Rand to show us some awesome Zendrum videos; maybe Karma needs some invisible green cash?]

Roger keeps improving LinnStrument and the new firmware takes it to the next level. You can optimize the velocity sensitivity with three level settings and also by setting upper and lower limits.

The sound source you use with it is key and Roger keeps a list on his website along with providing a Logic and Mainstage file optimized for multi-dimensional polyphonic expression (MPE). I love the Sample Modeling instruments for emulating sax, trumpet, and viola. Not every DAW supports MPE. New synths like Strobe 2 support MPE and there several iOS synths like Animoog that support it as well.

I play the LinnStrument flat like a standard keyboard - there is no cross hands tuning option for now. There is doubt that playing Stick made adapting to LinnStrument much, much easier. Chord shapes and scales are identical to the melody side of the Stick. In addition you can play two notes on the same "string."

I am working LinnStrument into my live rig and will play it along with the Stick and standard keyboard.

Like Gene (who is not only a talented and very inspirational player, super nice guy and teacher), I tried the Eigenharp Pico but it was not for me in the long run. It has fantastic build and quality but is quite challenging to program. I also found pitch bending on the keys and slider to be tricky to control accurately.




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