Like the Touch, the new SE responds expressively to both soft and powerful gestures, giving you intuitive control over your sounds. Lié also includes presets for more than 30 popular software and hardware synthesizers from brands such as Arturia, Korg, Moog, Novation, Roland, U-he, and others. Expressive E today introduced the Touch SE (Software Edition), an cheaper version of its Touch expressive MIDI controller that’s tailored to using with software synths. These sounds are custom-designed to perfectly complement the controllers’ four-directional movements. Touché ($399 US) and Touché SE ($229 US) hardware also ships with more than 200 sounds powered by UVI Workstation software. The Massive X 20-preset download is available now, and is free to anyone who registers an account at Expressive E’s website. Each of those Massive X macro controls manipulate multiple parameters, making these synth sounds extraordinarily dynamic when used the Touché or Touché SE. It also works great to play at different bowing speeds. With them you can use Touche to simulate bowing (made me realize how bad I am at knowing when to switch bow directions). You can now play notes on your keyboard and change the sound with Touché (SE). The Arche instruments that Expressivee also sells are neat modeled instruments that make great use of Touche. This enables the user to manipulate up to eight of Massive X’s macros at once with a single hand, making rhythmic manipulation of the sounds more varied and physically intuitive. Double-click on a preset in Liés browser. Touché and Touché SE owners can also open them using Expressive E’s Lié plugin host software. The two devices’ four-axis control surface offers a high degree of touch and pressure sensitivity. Owners of an Expressive E Touché or Touché SE controller will have an “even more precise and supremely tactile experience” with these sounds. Users can open these free presets directly in Massive X. This set of Expressive E presets make use of Massive X’s “sophisticated” programming, enabling users to quickly shape the sounds in creative ways with the turn of a single control. Any general reactions or ideas on Elektron specific usage welcome here. The modular nature of Massive X allows its users to interact with sounds expressively. Now granted this demonstration in some ways seems to be rather crude (clueless perhaps, quite creative to turn the Touché 90 degrees and twang it), and yet it still caught my attention.
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