The keyboard used to attain Dune 2 is getting extra inexpensive

Expressive E is making its Osmose MPE keyboard (comparatively) extra inexpensive by ditching the synthesizer and making it a easy MIDI controller. The new Osmose CE is available in two sizes, 49 and 61 keys, for $999 and $1,199, respectively. Now, $999 is fairly costly for a MIDI controller, however it’s far lower than Osmose’s $1,799 beginning value. It’s even a fairly whole lot when pitted towards its closest competitor, the $1,399 Roli Seaboard 2.

For these unfamiliar, the Osmose is among the most original synths available on the market. It appears to be like like a normal piano-style keyboard, however its keys transfer backwards and forwards, permitting you to coax mild bends out of it such as you may on a violin or guitar. Plus MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) means every word can have its personal velocity and timbre, making it one of the crucial expressive keyboards available on the market. Hans Zimmer even turned to an orchestra of Osmoses to attain Dune 2.

For Osmose CE, Expressive E is placing apart the concept Osmose is a standalone synthesizer and constructing tighter integration with desktop software program, together with a brand new Ctrl-e suite that collects over 900 presets designed to focus on the keybed’s capabilities. Osmose CE additionally has tighter DAW (digital audio workstation) integration, supplying you with some management over Ableton Live, Bitwig, Cubase, and Logic Pro straight from the keyboard.

Expressive E plans to convey the brand new software program options of the Osmose CE to the unique Osmose synth in a future firmware replace. But present house owners can even get entry to the Ctrl-e suite, to allow them to begin exploring the brand new presets.