Roger Linn Design

JefVerbeeck · Post by **JefVerbeeck** » Fri May 08, 2020 9:36 am

I am very interested in either a Peak or OB-6/Prophet-6 with MPE implementation, so I emailed both Novation and Sequential:

Novation:
"Peak does not support MPE. We have a case open with our developers for them to consider adding it in a future update. I'll let you know if we have any news on this."

Sequential:
"I expect that at some point we'll get around to implementing MPE in some products, but I can't tell you anything more definitive than that."

Roger_Linn · Post by **Roger_Linn** » Fri May 08, 2020 2:18 pm

Unfortunately hardware synths are far behind software synths in innovation. But if they support poly pressure, that’s most of MPE unless you need to do poly pitch bends, which aren’t used in most musical styles.
I have an FAQ about this on the LinnStrument FAQ page, “General” tab: “ Are MPE-compatible synths necessary for use with LinnStrument?”

jsterne · Post by **jsterne** » Fri May 08, 2020 4:16 pm

Still: sigh.

John the Savage · Post by **John the Savage** » Fri May 08, 2020 10:52 pm

Seconded: sigh.

mrspiral · Post by **mrspiral** » Sat May 09, 2020 1:15 am

Thirded: buying a Hydrasynth asap.

BobDog · Post by **BobDog** » Sat May 09, 2020 5:46 am

The Hydrasynth is still buggy when using MPE unfortunately.

It is a Nice synth though.

JefVerbeeck · Post by **JefVerbeeck** » Tue May 12, 2020 3:27 pm

Roger_Linn wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2020 2:18 pm (...) unless you need to do poly pitch bends, which aren’t used in most musical styles.
(...)

Hi Roger, thanks for pitching in.
I come from playing guitar and I cannot accept not being able to do poly pitch bends.

For the moment I will stick to software for polysynths.

Roger Linn Design

KVR Audio

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