recently i procured a seaboard, and i also have an artiphon instrument 1 and an akai ewi usb.

now im looking for MPE software!

what would you recommend?
and where can i get it?

thx a lot!!!

 

BEST MPE VST SYNTHS, SAMPLERS, EFFECTS [2022]
https://www.idesignsound.com/best-mpe-vst-synths-samplers-effects/

Surge is free, deep synth for every platform, with MPE support
https://cdm.link/2019/04/surge-free-deep-synth-mpe/

 

My Approval ... if you can call it so :Arturia Pigments 3,Bitwig ,Cherry Audio: Voltage Modular, Fxpansion: Cypher 2, Strobe 2,KV331 Audio: Synthmaster, Melda Production: MSoundFactory, PreSonus: Studio One (DAW),Rob Papen: Blade 2, ROLI:Equator,Spectrasonics: Omnisphere ,
UVI: Falcon, VAST Dynamics: Vaporizer 2
Steinberg: Halion ,Surge,Tracktion: F.'em,Unfiltered Audio: Lion ,
Vital Audio: Vital,Xfer Records: Serum
(Vital and Surge are Free Software
and MSoundFactory is maybe the most versatile Synth there is )

Should be all there is :
Ableton Live
MPE has been added to Live 11. As of December 2021, only its Sampler and Wavetable synths have MPE compatibility, but now all 16 channels are passed to the track, so any third-party MPE plug-in instruments will work fine.

accSone: crusher-x
From their web site:

Apple: Logic Pro & MainStage (7 instruments, downloadable sound files)

Arturia: Pigments 2, SQ80 V
Pigments 2, SQ80 V.

Auddict: Hexeract
https://www.hexeractsynth.com

Audio Damage: Quanta, Continua, Phosphor 3
https://www.audiodamage.com

Bitwig Studio 8-Track, 16-Track and Full Version


Bleass Alpha, Omega
Here's their web site.

Channel Robot: Shapiro 2
From their web site: "Shapiro 2 has extensive CC control management and is MPE enabled."

Cherry Audio: Voltage Modular, DCO-106, PS-20, Memorymode, Mercury-4
Here's their site.

Cycling 74: Max (and any MPE instruments created in Max)

Digital Suburban: Dexed
Dexed

East West Sounds: "Play 5" Sample Engine
The "Play 5" Sample Engine from East West Sounds contains an MPE mode as shown in this screenshot.

Erratic Instruments: Quad MPE to CV (module for VCV rack)
VCV Rack is an open-source software equivalent of a Eurorack. This free open-source module provides 4-voice MPE operation. https://github.com/bafonso/Erratic/blob/v0.6/README.md

FORS: Chiral
Chiral is not a win/mac plug-in but rather a Max For Live device and therefore runs only within Ableton Live 11.

Fxpansion: Cypher 2, Strobe 2
See "ROLI" below, which now owns FXpansion.

G-Force Software: OB-E
Their site claims MPE compatibility.

Imaginando FRMS
Their site claims MPE compatibility.

IMOXPLUS: Respiro
Visit the IMOXPLUS website for more info.

Initial Audio: Sektor
Here's their product page, which states MPE compatibility.

JB Audio: MPEfy
This is not a synth but rather a plug-in that allows you to run non-MPE plug-in software instruments as MPE instruments. It does this by internally creating multiple instances of the actually software instrument for each MPE per-voice channel.

KV331 Audio: Synthmaster
From their web site:

Madrona Labs: Aalto & Kaivo (2 instruments, downloadable sound file)
Randy's Jones' Aalto and Kaivo are remarkably flexible synths in deceptively simple interfaces. I am especially impressed with the many ways to alter timbre is interesting ways. This is no surprise, given that Madrona Labs also created the marvelous SoundPlane, a superb expressive controller instrument that shares many goals with LinnStrument.

Magix: Samplitude Pro X5
Their site states MPE compatibility, but doesn't explain what this means, for example is it merely passing all 16 channels to a third-party plug-in instrument, or are all or some of its included instruments MPE-compatible and which ones?

Melda Production: MSoundFactory
The MSoundFactory site claims full MPE support.

Memorymoon ME80
Their site claims MPE compatibility

Modartt: PianoTeq
Though PianoTeq is not fully MPE-compatible, it does support polyphonic pitch bends when used with LinnStrument set to MPE settings. It does not have per-note continuous parameters that could respond to LinnStrument's continuous finger pressure or Y-axis control, but these elements aren't so useful on a piano-style synth anyway.

MOTU: Performer 11, Bassline,Modulo, MX4, Nanosampler 2.0, Polysynth and Proton
Performer 11 adds MPE support, recording all 16 channels into tracks and passing all 16 channels to plug-in instruments. Also, MPE support is added to its included synths Bassline,Modulo, MX4, Nanosampler 2.0, Polysynth and Proton.

Native Instruments: Kontakt, Reaktor (and any MPE instruments created in Reaktor)
Kontakt
Kontakt does not have an MPE mode but it is fairly simple to configure for MPE use.

Reaktor
LinnStrument owner Mark Harris has created a Reaktor 6 block that processes MPE (note-per-channel) messages within Reaktor 6's new modular blocks.

Here is an MPE synth for Reaktor called Micro-Prism, written by LinnStrument forum member TJ Shredder.

Here is a semi-modular, polyphonic expression synth for Reaktor called MultiExp, created by Michael Stocker.

Newfangled Audio: Generate
Here's their site. They also make a monophonic synth called Pendulate that is not MPE-compatible (there is no such thing as a monophonic MIDI Polyphonic Expression synth) but can be played monophonically from MPE controllers without switching them into one-channel mode.

Orange Tree Samples
All of Orange Tree's Evolution guitar and roundwound/flatwound bass libraries include a feature called "polybend" which is like MPE for polyphonic pitch bends only. Set up your LinnStrument for MPE as described on the Getting Started page, then loaded the Orange Tree instrument into Kontakt and select "OMNI" mode in Kontact's settings. Then set the Pitch Bend Range to match your Bend Range in LinnStrument.

Physical Audio: PA3 Detailer
From their site:

"In Xmode, Derailer can be controlled by MPE devices such as the ROLI Seaboard.
This allows individual control of pitch when bowing, and strike force when multi-striking."

Poly-Ana from Admiral Quality

PPG: WaveMapper 2, WaveGenerator, Phonem, Infinite Pro
For MPE use, select VpC mode (Voice per Channel).

PreSonus: Studio One (DAW)
Here is their site.

Psychic Modulation: Phonec 2.4
Their site states MPE support

Rhizomatic: Plasmonic
Their web site: Plasmonic.

Rob Papen: Blade 2, Vecto
Here are the product pages for Blade 2 and Vecto.

ROLI: ROLI Studio, Equator, Cypher2, Strobe2
ROLI's Equator, Cypher2 and Strobe2 are all excellent synths that are designed to work well with ROLI's Seaboard MPE controller, so they also work well with LinnStrument. Each has a large number of high-quality MPE preset sounds. And ROLI Studio gives you most of those sounds from all 3 synths in one app, minus the detailed sound editing.

SoftTube: Modular
From LinnStrument software creator Geert Bevin:

Softube Modular has a ROLI Seaboard RISE module which enables MPE for it.

Soniccouture: Virtual Ondes Martenot
http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/24-vintage/g27-ondes/

Sonic Lab: Fundamental
https://www.sonic-lab.com/fundamental/

Spectrasonics: Omnisphere & Trillian (sound file)
Omnisphere and Trillian are real powerhouses that combine well-recorded sample sources with highly malleable synthesis and a very versatile modulation routing. Though they are not MPE-compatible, they are multi-timbral with 8 different "parts", each of which receives on a separate MIDI channel. So you can make them work as semi-MPE synths by assigning all 8 parts to the same sound, then assign the 8 parts to receive on the same 8 per-note channels that you're sending from LinnStrument.


LinnStrument-optimized Sound file
Here is an Omnisphere "multi" patch that I (Roger) created. Load it somewhere in your Omnisphere "multi" directories then set LinnStrument's MIDI Mode to ChPerNote, PerNoteChs to 1-8, Z to Channel Pressure, Bend Range to 24, and Y to CC74. In this patch the Y-axis controls oscillator sync for a radical timbral variation.

Spitfire Audio: BT Phobos
BT Phobos

Stagecraft Software: Addiction Synth, Infinity Synth
Stagecraft Software website

Steinberg: Cubase (5 instruments)
Contributed by principal LinnStrument software writer Geert Bevin:

Channel-Per-Note is supported as part of VST Note Expression in Halion, Halion Sonic 2, Halion Sonic SE2, Retrologue & Padshop.

Surge
Surge is a FREE, OPEN SOURCE MPE-compatible synth that I (Roger) just discovered (May 2019) and was surprised to find it to be very powerful and useful. Here's what I like about it:

Symbolic Sound: Kyma 7
The wonderful Kyma 7 fully supports LinnStrument's MPE mode. Click here for a page on Symbolic Sound's site containing details.

Synapse Audio Software: Obsession, The Legend
Their web site claims MPE compatibility for both products.

From their online manual for the Legend:

TAL Software: TAL-U-No-LX, TAL-BassLine-101 , TAL-Sampler, TAL-MOD, J-8
Their web site claims MPE compatibility for these products: https://tal-software.com/

Tracktion: Abyss, Biotek 2, F.'em, Spacecraft
Product pages:

Abyss

Biotek2

F.'em

U-He: Bazille, Ace, Diva, Hive & Repro-5 (5 instruments, downloadable sound files)

LinnStrument-optimized Sound file
Here are 6 sound files for Bazille

Unfiltered Audio: Lion
Lion is a synth that Unfiltered Audio claim to possess a highly versatile oscillator architecture and MPE compatibility.

UVI: Falcon, Drone
The Falcon site states support for MPE devices like ROLI Seaboard or LinnStrumente, with ‘MPE’ section in preset library with dedicated sounds.

https://www.uvi.net

VAST Dynamics: Vaporizer 2
Their site claims MPE compatibility.

Vital Audio: Vital
This free synth claims MPE compatibility.

Woodman's Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio: Woodsynth
http://www.woodmansimmaculatemaplesyrupstudio.be

Also for iPad.

Xfer Records: Serum
Serum is MPE compatible. Here's a video showing how to set it up for use with the Roli Seaboard Block, which should also be helpful in setting it up for LinnStrument.

Source (and a bit shorten because the original is still a bit longer with more details ) :
https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/support/support-linnstrument-recommended-sounds

 

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Thx

 

Oh man, so much effort for me. I dont know what to say . Thank you very much!