Kiddo with #deluge and #linnstrument. The pretty lights are seductive and fun to play :)

'Black Friday' sale until December 1st: 10% Off #LinnStrument in the US!
https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument

"Air a la Grecque" (1761, Charles Delusse) is perhaps the first classical piece to be explicitly microtonal, in that it clearly requires more than 12 notes per octave.

Performed by Kite Giedraitis and Devin Ulibarri in Portland, OR on August 4, 2024.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOx-Pj7KE3M

"Downminor Nocturne" on Linnstrument and Kite guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOsOQUDow6M #KiteGuitar #Microtonal #41EDO #ClassicalGuitar #Linnstrument #DownMinor

At #FOSSY24 on Sunday, there were quite a few musical activities. Multi-instrumentalist Timmy Barnett gave his presentation on "GNU/Linux Loves All: Free Software in Music", I conducted a Music Blocks workshop, a group of FOSSY participants gathered to play music and share instruments.

It was quite fun to celebrate music and software freedom / free culture in this way, and there is much to be proud of.

Huge appreciation for user-serviceable products.

I recently splurged on a #linnstrument.

Had a minor issue with it (something loose inside). Sent email to support. 12h later got the diagnosis (packet of dessicant had come loose during shipping), and instructions on how to fix it.

- How to open and reassemble the device.
- Where and how to re-attach the dessicant packet.

15min later I was done.

I'll take this over shipping for repairs any day...

This was such a great unplanned conversation with Anthony Marinelli at Superbooth. We sat down to talk about analog versus digital, but immediately veered off into a great exchange about expressivity and synthesis.

https://youtu.be/Qe4-miVvvMU

After 2 years of weekly meetings with the MPE working group, many discussions, heated debates, over 60 revisions, ... the MIDI 2.0 Profile for MPE is finally available for download from the new MIDI Association website!

https://midi.org/midi-ci-profile-for-midi-polyphonic-expression

Roger Linn gives a close-up demo of #LinnStrument, to benefit those who are interested in it but don't have an opportunity to play one before buying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIgdk_RmGSw

ShowMIDI for iOS is now available for free in the App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/showmidi/id6472608850

All the other platforms are available on GitHub, including the full source code: https://github.com/gbevin/ShowMIDI

ShowMIDI versus anything else!

Now with display of RPN and NRPN messages:
https://github.com/gbevin/ShowMIDI

ShowMIDI 0.5.0 is out, you're gonna love this update!

MIDI data never looked this good!

https://github.com/gbevin/showmidi

Thanks to non-stop work during this long weekend, I managed to get an epic amount of features in. I'm really proud of the new UI and support for themes with a built-in editor.

A friend reworked the UI of ShowMIDI and I'm almost done implementing it for the next version, including complete theming support!

MIDI data has never been this pretty! :-D

https://github.com/gbevin/showmidi

Roger recorded this charming and informative overview of how LinnStrument came into existence.
#MPE #MIDI #musictech #linnstrument #Arduino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hfzA1M8h48

Studio work in progress: LINNBIENT featuring #Linnstrument (playing Vital synth), #Bitwig, #Tomofon, #PaulXStretch, #Arturia #Pigments and #SynclavierV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4YT_Y6VD4

Playing around with the LinnStrument and Slate’s Ana 2 synth