I don't know which is more impressive, that JR could walk up to such a unique instrument and play an awesome solo with mere seconds of instruction, or that the LinnStrument is designed in such a natural way that it immediately makes sense to a well-versed musician. I wish I could have seen Roger Linn's face during that.
yea its impressive but its also important to remember Jordan rude is also a guitar player which is how the linnstrument is formatted and sorry for the 2 year late response
This is actually an awesome composition tool if you are a keyboardist looking for guitar lead lines and you are not all that great a guitarist. We live in a one man band age so this would be an essential tool. Great work Mr. Linn. You are a real thinker.
that person wearing the black hat @ 2:07-2:09 is shaking his head in awe and is at a loss for words just like the rest of us.... neat solo by Jordan Rudess
Jr has been doing it for a long time with his iPad apps. Those apps are just like linnstrument. Yes, jr is a keyboard genius but not because of this linnstrument demo
That must have been gratifying, having an accomplished and curious musician come to investigate a new instrument and instantly knock out an enviable and desirable stream of music, a fantastic advert!
He picked that up fast! As someone who has embraced the seaboard and continuum I'd be really interested in his analysis of the three. Personally, I think the Linnstrument is the most extendable out of all of the expressive controllers, and fundamentally probably the easiest of the existing expressive controllers to learn. Really looking forward to picking one up!
Geezus fuqqing Krist!! He walked up to it, started poking around on it - and (LITERALLY) mastered that shyt in all of 2 gottdamn minutes!!! People like him, Prince, MJ etc... are BEYOND HUMAN!!
Cool instrument. I am intrigued. Having to stare at it for lack of physical cues and markers would be a major drawback, but the material/membrane looks pretty tactile. That said, it looks like a design which can stand the test of time.
GeoShred actually has presets for the Linnstrument, which is awesome. It actually makes more sense that they’d compliment each other more than compete. One is the sound engine with a decent control interface, the other is a top tier control interface in need of a sound engine…and their control interfaces are pretty similar in ideas…
+Geert Bevin so what was the result? What did he said? Any constructive criticism? Judging by his words in other videos, I doubt he's "only about commerce" w.r.t expressive instruments. Seems like he really cares. I may be wrong.
well, my understanding is that even the default key layout on LinnStrument is better than on Seaboard, as the latter historically mimics piano. With LinnStrument you don't have to learn lots of different "cases" of the same chord w.r.t each "starting note" (e.g. in one case it's black, but in other it's white and then black etc, so one needs to reposition his/her fingers every time) If you have LinnStrument, you just hold your hand in one chord position, and bang it no matter which note is the "lower note" - the chord will always be the same.
People taking snaps and vids of Jordan when the star of the show is the instrument. I wish FL had MPE so I could hook it up to Kaivo/Aalto and jam all day lol
I've seen him play the seaboard, touch screen and several other experimental instruments. I can tell by watching him here that this is more of a frustration than enjoyable experience unlike almost all other videos of Jordan play anything. Confirming what I initially thought when I saw this thing a while back. Roger didn't strike gold this time, that's for sure and it's lofty price will keep this unit very limited in the history books as well.
What video did you watch!? He's never touched a Linnstrument before and within 2 minutes, he's playing amazing stuff. I didn't see any frustration and I think you're projecting your own feelings because of the price.
@Rob Smith, I've seen Jordan on other instruments he's never touched before too... Let's just say this one doesn't look very user friendly and for it's size it's a bit pricey and limited.
@Rob Smith, The Roli Seaboard Block is $299. and the roli Concert Grand is $2,999... Think I'll take the better gear and better price... But you enjoy you Linthinggy lol.
yea... but this is much better for guitar players. The layout is much more intuitive than the Roli if you play guitar or bass. If you're primarily a keyboard player, you should definitely go with the Seaboard over the Linnstrument. But I'm a professional bassist and the Linnstrument is much more logical for me.
