Expressive E and the Osmose in 2024

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@SteveElbows

I think one problem with the world of videos, including influencer videos, and MPE, is confidence in playing abilities. Even in the wider scene there has never been a large crossover between those willing to make videos, and those who are confident enough in their MPE playing abilities to put it on video. Narrow down to the top influencers or those paid to be involved in official product marketing videos, and the potential pool shrinks to almost nobody so far. The likes of Osmose and Push 3 havent changed this, not yet at least.

I strongly agree. Related:

PeerTube Platform/Instance

I want to know if the community would be interested in a PeerTube platform/instance to host video content for Poly Expression and others interested in expressive instruments. I have been granted explicit permission by Roger Linn to archive all current and future Roger Linn Design monthly Zoom calls under any license, but instead of uploading them to other PeerTube platforms/instances, I thought this would be a great opportunity for us to work together towards promoting expressive instruments …

@SteveElbows

I suspect some companies experience plenty of users asking for it to be supported, but then dont hear or see much from those users when they do add MPE support. And sometimes when I find quirks in a particular synths implementation of MPE, I often dont find many other people talking about those quirks online, filing bug reports etc, making me wonder how many people are actually using it.

Bullseye, but there is no centralized MPE community to pool these companies and users together, so the latter argument is more difficult to quantify.

@SteveElbows

What has occasionally been attempted barely scratches the surface. For example Expressive E were sensible enough to take an early Osmose around to various artists with name value and then make a whose series of ‘artists meet Osmose’ videos. But these videos just show first impressions and resulting hyperbole. What I’d ideally like to see is for someone to run with that idea on a more sustained, serial basis, charting the journey of at least one artists actually becoming a committed player of said instrument.

Well said. Related:

Support - Artists

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