Interested to hear from anyone who has or is using the Roli Equator (and Equator 2) MPE soft synth and the Expressive E Osmose as the MIDI controller.
Hi! Yet have to try it (am mostly using the Osmose with the built in EaganMatrix), but there is no reason to believe that it shouldnāt work. The Osmose can output MPE midi and the Equator can interpret MPE midi.
Most presets are thought from the perspective of the Seaboard though, so they might benefit from some tweaking. Do you already have both? If yes, just try it out 
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I would expect that presets are heavily optimized for Seaboard use.
Meaning, much broader control over CC74 than pressure, with both controlled independently of each other.
This is not how Osmose behaves.
Iām certain it is possible to adjust settings on each sound to make them more Osmose-friendly.
But Iām also fairly sure that āpossibleā was the wrong word in that statement. (I rather suspect ānecessaryā is more accurate.)
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my experience with Equator with other MPE controllers is, it worksā¦ but the presets are kind of lacklustre, as they are not ātunedā to the surface.
Iād expect similar with Osmose, particularly due to the nature of Full Z before Y.
(that said, original Roliās didnāt have Y some there might be some good presets from that time?)
however, as a synth engine, its very good and easy to use, so for your own presets it could be fun.
note: yeah, I donāt think I played specifically Osmose and Equator, as never really gelled with Equatorā¦ but its MPE , so use port 1 on osmose and MPE āpresetā on osmose midi settings. and no reason for it not to work out āokā.
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If Equator 2 has any support at all for pre-RISE products, thatās a different Roli than Iām familiar with.
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its not support, rather re-use the sound design from presets created for the original hardware. it be a good starting point.
I felt with early equator presets just had thrown Y on laterā¦ compared to something like Haken presets where they were more integral to the sound design.
anywayā¦ just a thought, as I said, I never really liked Equator much (not sure why)ā¦ and if I was to use with Osmose Id built my own presets.
if you want to use vst presets with osmose, Id go for Noisey 2 from expressive E - they are quite complimentary to the hardware available (or perhaps the phase plant presets), as they have been designed around the Full Z / Y design.
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Noisy 2 is currently half-price at Plugin Boutique. Tempted, but Iāve already used my gadget budget for this month.
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