Expressive E Osmose 61 – flagship MPE synthesizer/controller

Expressive E is introducing a versatile instrument with a highly expressive full-size 61-key keyboard. The keyboard responds to velocity, pressure and aftertouch, with functions including Pitch Bend, Pressure Glide, Strum, Tap, Press, Aftertouch, Note Off, Expressive Arpeggiator and Vibrato.

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The new model uses Haken Audio's dedicated EaganMatrix synthesis engine, which recently gained new functions through the 2.1 firmware update. The engine powers the instrument's internal sounds, combining physical modeling, frequency modulation, subtractive synthesis and other methods, with built-in reverb, delay, compression and EQ. The instrument has up to 24 voices of polyphony, a color LCD, six encoders, Pitch/Mod sliders and Octave/Preset buttons.

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Osmose 61 connections include MIDI In/Out/Thru, USB-B, two TRS line outputs and a TRS headphone output. The instrument offers 580 factory presets and up to 2048 user preset slots. The company has also developed a software collection that adds more sounds to Osmose through partnerships with U-He, KiloHearts, Dawesome, AAS and Synapse Audio. These collaborations form the Expressive Suites bundles, available on the company's website. Software instruments designed specifically for Osmose include Soliste, with physically modeled solo strings, and Noisy 2, a dual-layer noise-driven synthesizer.

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The Expressive E Osmose 61 will be available for about $2000.