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On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:36 AM, michael noble <looplog@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.weareroli.com/ > > Anyone know anything more about this company or the controller? Looks cool, like a "piano submarine" :-) A little thin on information that page, isn't it? From the video it seems as notes are located in linear way, similar to a piano? I must say I'm more intrigued by Ableton's new instrument Push, due to its non linear location of notes. The chromatic scale layout on Push is based on rows differing by a fourths and this creates what to me seems to very playable note locations. In fact, the hand patterns are the same as if tapping a fourths tuned fretted string instrument. Another aspect I like with the Push is that some notes appear at several positions and can be played in unison but with different attack/expression, this too in common with fretted string instruments. I've been using an Akai EWI4000s for some years and think it is the most (musically) expressive MIDI controller instruments I've come across. Since it is based on breath control rather than hitting-something-with-a-hand velocity it a challenge to program good synth patches to play. I think Yamaha was great in the 80s with breath control but since then not much product development seems to have happend im this area. THat's odd, thinking about how a simple hose to blow into increases the expressiveness of any simple keyboard. Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.perboysen.com http://www.youtube.com/perboysen