in Electronic Music
It’s done, we’ve released the LinnStrument!
After a successful trial run of LinnStruments to San Francisco bay area customers last month, we’re about to ship the next batch of 37 LinnStruments to U.S. customers only. These units will be shipped between November 17th and December 5, depending on your position in the order queue.
Posted in Controllers.
– November 2, 2014
The first production units of the LinnStrument are ready!
Before the general release, we’re selling a small number of units to residents of the San Francisco bay area.
Contact support@rogerlinndesign.com if you’re interested!
Posted in Controllers.
– October 9, 2014
With The Last Of Us remastered coming out tomorrow on PS4, I couldn’t help trying to play The Choice on the LinnStrument. This instrumental from Gustavo Santaolalla touches me deeply every time I hear it and I hope I’ve done it justice with this LinnStrument performance.
I’m using the row-per-channel configuration so that each row acts as an individual string. The sound is coming from Trilian with an 8-part multitimbral setup (one for each row).
With Expression
I recorded the LinnStrument MIDI data into Cubase and afterwards removed the per-note pitch bend and per-note pressure expression data. Below is the same performance, with the audio that just uses notes with velocity, as you would play on a regular MIDI keyboard. Some parts are of course not entirely correct anymore since the glissandos are gone. I considered editing the MIDI data, but decided to keep it a one-to-one translation instead.
I hope this allows you to evaluate how new expressive controllers are able to breathe life into a performance.
For the really technically inclined, you can download the MIDI file with the recorded performance and all the original expression.
Without Expression
Posted in Demonstration.
– July 29, 2014
Mark Harris has recorded a few videos that demonstrate EigenD’s usefulness as a super-flexible VST host.
They show that it’s suited for any midi controller, and also in particular with interfacing with Reason 7.
Aimed at newcomers to EigenD and Workbench, it shows creating an entire setup from scratch, including building a small Stage interface.
Midi input, Audio, Audio Unit, CC routing Stage
Alternative routing, VSTs as FX, Midi clock sync
Posted in Configuration, Demonstration, Software, Synth.
– June 17, 2014
EigenD is a general purpose music performance environment that is now completely freely available and has been open-source for a few years. It has been created for the Eigenharp instruments, but was from the get-go designed as a common platform for all digital music instruments and controllers.
EigenD can be downloaded from:
http://www.eigenlabs.com/downloads/releases/
EigenD’s sources are available on GitHub:
https://github.com/Eigenlabs
Here’s a demo video of how I use EigenD to configure a live performance environment for my electric guitar, combining the power of my favorite plugins into a single comprehensive configuration.
Posted in Configuration, Demonstration, Software.
– June 7, 2014
Roger Linn introduced his last version of the LinnStrument at Moogfest and talks about the importance of expressive controllers, this is the full recording of his lecture. I gave a short demo of the Eigenharp as one of the examples. I’ve started helping Roger out with programming the LinnStrument software, since I think that it’s a great solution from people coming from existing grid controllers.
Posted in Controllers, Demonstration.
– April 30, 2014
Traveling from Europe to the US with self-sufficient electronic music gear is always tedious, here’s an overview of my latest collection that I combined for Moogfest. It’s very portable, polyvalent and super quick to set up. Everything fragile comes with me as carry-on in the plane, and all the rest fits easily into my checked luggage without making it too heavy.
This is the list for those that are interested:
Posted in Controllers.
– April 21, 2014
These are the final couple of weeks to get in on the next batch of Eigenharp Alpha instruments. Contrary to the factory-built Tau and Pico, the Alpha is a class of its own that is much harder to make. They involve a lot of state-of-the-art electronics coupled with a big dose of manual craftsmanship.
This might be the last chance to get one for a long time! So if you were thinking of getting one, the time is now!
Details can be found on the Eigenharp forum:
http://www.eigenlabs.com/forum/threads/id/1378/
Posted in Controllers.
– March 4, 2014