I'm a big audio modeling guy, and a windows guy, so I don't have any mac stuff, but daaaaaamn those logic cello sounds are badass! Thanks for sharing Roger!
Thank you. That 3-part harmony part is one of the advantages of LinnStrument's Fourths String Layout and surprisingly easy to play. Simply move each finger up the row to the next lit pad to get a major scale in 3-part harmony. After a while, you start to recognize the chord shapes, just as on guitar except it's easy because the rows have all the same tuning like a guitar tuned to all fourths.
Great Roger! Your presentation is excellent with both the Audio Modeling and Sculpture examples. I must continue developing more muscle memory to be as fluid as you have mastered. Thanks for the musicality woven in each example!
WOW. There are a ton of great virtual instruments that sound so flat purely due to the limits of the players input device. It's absolutely amazing what this instrument can do!
This particular demonstration of it almost makes me think of it as the Artiphon Instrument 1 to the power of 50. One of the things which I learned from Tom Scholz is how excellent it is when the designer of a musical instrument can play it himself. It has been a couple of years since you introduced these models, and I am still hoping for an opportunity to play one in the flesh.
If you’d care to email me at support[at]rogerlinndesign.com with your city of residence, I could ask local owners if they would be willing to show you their LinnStrument.
Can you be a grandpa to me? That'd be great. You're incredibly talented man. Buying this asap. I'm ready to feel stupid trying to compare my skills on that new, compared to your lifetime of skill haha.
Always love your Linnstrument videos! I'd love to see someone demonstrate a trill on a AudioModeling string instrument. I've seen video of a trill using one note, but not one that trills between two notes. Hope that makes sense.
@@AudioModeling I made a mistake. I was confusing vibrato and trill. Many videos feature vibrato, including this one. As for trill - I looked it up. As you already know, a trill is "a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, usually a semitone or tone apart." So I have not seen any video of a musician playing a stringed instrument trill with a Linnstrument. By the way, I love what Audio Modeling is doing, and can't wait for the Brass instruments!
I will say. It isn't a light weight pricetag. However... I will also say. It looks amazing. I am the type of person this gadget would suit. I run a Q chord and a lap slide. This definitely suits me. Amazing.
Both analog, but capable to produce fascinating harmonics in a similar way I think this will pair well with: any complex oscillator, gotharman spazedrum.
Hi Roger. Any chance for a video showing the linnstrument paired with a Continuum Mini?I’d love to see this in action with the 4th layout but also with a custom mallet layout mapping each Linnstrument row to consecutive semi-tones (or to consecutive notes in a specific scale)! Cheers.
Hi Roger! I have a question about polyphony - is there a limit to the polyphony for each individual 'string'? I've watched a number of videos, and the most I've ever noticed is two notes on the same string (that alone would greatly increase the number of chord shapes available). I'm curious if the Linnstrument has such a limit, which might be inherent to its design? Thanks for all your great work over the years!
No, there is no limit. The only limit is the polyphony of your synth. Or if using MPE mode, MPE has a limit of 15 notes because it uses a maximum of 15 MIDI channels.
ksmontanaro If there’s no dealer near you, email at the support address on my site with your city of residence, and I’ll contact a LinnStrument owner in your area to ask that he show you his.
in the mid 90s the korg Z1.. no one wants to hear i thought, in the early 00s, now is the time, they will release software instruments of the Z1 and provide so much education for the world.. and i waited.. and i waited.. eventually i had to develop them myself. i could never match the expertise of julius smith but i did release many physical models along the way, an animal vocal tract, but the market was too competitive and preferred to forget about them. but truly, i doubt there's any better transducer than controlling the Z1 models with the nord clavia pitch stick :) just put ten of those in a box.
I wish there could be a one-finger triggering two adjacent notes\cells. But mostly for "major seconds" which is not possible. Chords and inversions might be a bit challenging on LinnStrument. This is because of the square-grid nature of the layout.
Nope. Our products emulate a realistic single instrument. On Bowed Strings, you can play maximum double-stops on two adjacent strings, like in the real life. If you want to play chords, you should emulate a section of players, loading several instances at the same time on different MIDI channels, for example.
Interestingly, it is better that Audio Modeling's solo bowed-string instruments are monophonic (or duophonic when two notes are played at the same moment). This permits them to produce more authentic legato note transitions, which have a specific but recognizable sound, and which Audio Modeling reproduces perfectly. Interestingly, expressive bowed-string solo play is always monophonic play anyway. For example, a violin solo is called a solo because one person plays; it would be very difficult for a violin ensemble to rehearse and all play the same solo.
@@rogerlinndesign Thanks for the info. I was not really thinking of having multiple people play the same solo 😃. More so, thinking of having perhaps a chordal "ensemble" sound with one hand, and a solo line with the other. If that were possible you could achieve a quasi string quartet sound with a bit of practice
@@AudioModelingThanks for joining the conversation. Out of curiosity, I wonder what are the advantages of purchasing the "real" Audio Modelling desktop software, versus just using Roli's Noise app? I'm not a part of Apples ecosystem at all, however, it seems more sensible for me to buy a cheap used iPad, and immediately get access to a very wide range of instruments, rather than pay a similar amount per instrument for the desktop version. A genuine question - I'm not (just) tryin to be cheap! 😃 I'm mostly trying to understand the advantages/disadvantages of one approach over the other
Regarding your follow-up question about solo vs. ensemble, the difference comes down to what you’re trying to play. If you want a string quartet to sound authentic, then you should play each individual part with LinnStrument and SWAM Cello with the same type of gestural expression that the individual players would use, and that can’t be accomplished by holding a chord. If you want a string pad, it might be easier to use samples of an ensemble of string players holding notes. The beauty of Audio Modeling’s solo strings is not so much for playing string pads but rather for performing the type of subtle, nuanced expressive gestures like vibrato, pitch slides, crescendos, etc., spontaneously in real time. For example, imagine trying to play a Stephane Grapelli violin solo with violin samples, which is pretty much impossible. But with LinnStrument and Audio Modeling’s The Cello, I can do a pretty good approximation of his melody on Sweet Georgia Brown, within the limits of my musical skill.
The type of synthesis that Sculpture provides is generally called “Physical modeling”. There are some others and a search for “physical modeling synths” should help. The bowed string instruments from Audio Modeling are excellent and respond perfectly to LinnStrument 3 dimensions of control, but are focused only on accurate bowed strings. PianoTeq is excellent for piano and plucked string sounds, but (to my knowledge) doesn’t respond to LinnStrument’s pressure and Y-axis control.
@@rogerlinndesign Yeah, I've seen those. I like the "beyond real" that Sculpture seems to let you do. It'll be intriguing if someone else does something similar. Turns out Logic isn't as expensive as I thought, I so I may still get to mess with it. Thanks!
@@chrisrossi7596 You can get all of Logic’s synths including Sculpture in Apple’s $30 MainStage live performance app, which is all of Logic without the sequencer.
I still can't get anywhere close to your vibrato technique, but I'll keep practicing! If you haven't seen it already, I would highly recommend that you also check out Respiro from imoxplus.com.
@@Fedor_Tkachev_Music yes, sorry no demo version. But a refund is done in case you are not happy with Respiro. Recent version of Respiro 1.2.3 has been further improved to support controllers like the Linnstrument. Respiro is not about emulating existing instruments, instead it offers its own sonic palette typically for a physical modelling of reed / wind instrument. Respiro is designed from ground-up to respond to pressure. New version also handles hi-resolution pressure input.. more to come....
Not even a shoutout to Madrona Labs who were the first ones to make a multi-touch pressure product? Randy does amazing work and doesn't get enough credit. Linnstrument's a different beast, but it wouldn't be the same without that heritage.
Randy’s a good friend, a brilliant inventor, and I frequently sing his praises, including on this page on my site: www.rogerlinndesign.com/other-mpe-controllers.html As well as in this recent article about MPE controllers: synthandsoftware.com/2019/08/roger-linn-digs-into-mpe-controllers/ However, this particular video is about physical modeling synthesis, not about expressive controllers. By the way, it was Lippold Haken’s Continuum that was the first polyphonic 3D Touch musical instrument.
