...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

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...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by panten » Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:19 pm

...remember that silly argument about Push being a better instrument than Maschine because it had more buttons. We were wrong, it's just a 'different' type of instrument.

..but this is a much better step in the right direction.

I just wonder how many body parts I'll need to sell in order to acquire one.

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by Warmonger » Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:04 pm

I think you should consider buying some more hands, too.

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by infernal.machine » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:35 pm

Buttons look too small

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by login » Mon Apr 28, 2014 6:47 pm

For how long has Roger been developing that stuff, like 10 years. Another developer Madona labs made something very similar in short time and you cana actually buy it, The linn instrument is vaporware.

Alternative keyboard dosposition is nothing new, Buchla already proposed some like 30 years ago, the isomorphic keybord was first designed in the 80's.

For what is intended Push is well designed.

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by fishmonkey » Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:09 am

for me the appeal of Push is the integration with Live, and having knobs to tweak parameters as well. a straight-up flat grid button controller doesn't appeal to me at all, because i don't find rubber buttons that expressive.

if i had too much money i'd get an Eigenharp, or maybe one of those fancy new keyboards that is laid out like a piano keyboard but incorporates other sensors too (can't remember the name)...

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by Analog4Science » Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:09 am

fishmonkey wrote:for me the appeal of Push is the integration with Live, and having knobs to tweak parameters as well. a straight-up flat grid button controller doesn't appeal to me at all, because i don't find rubber buttons that expressive.
I agree and I use push as a DAW/Sequencer controller. If i want to play something i play the keyboard. I love keyboards as instruments.

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by panten » Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:09 pm

This thread was more about the 3D Note Expression and not the size of the buttons or the texture of the pads. I'm surprised none of you picked up on that.

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by Angstrom » Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:28 pm

I have a feeling Peter Kirn has been told the intended RRP, but obviously has been sworn to secrecy. There's a small hint of "close to macbook air prices", it's hard to say how accurate that is.

I do wish Roger Linn would get a few cold-hearted staff working on this, it's been a long wait, and I just picture him in his house slowly making new Linsstrument prototypes and repeatedly saying "Nah, not quiiite right. I think I'll make another slightly different one". Enough of the labour of love already!

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by störgeräusche » Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:32 pm

i never did, always knew it is a controller, a well done controller.
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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by Angstrom » Thu May 01, 2014 10:39 pm

Roger Linn demonstrates the latest Linnstrument, as pictured above.

prepare yourself for hot keytar-style action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74H91iPZp7U

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by eyeknow » Fri May 02, 2014 6:45 am

Interesting

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by panten » Fri May 02, 2014 11:03 am

Thanks for the video link. A man very much 'into' what he does; I could listen to him talk about it all day, his enthusiasm is infectious.

Interesting his comment about samplers at the end. I still think his LinnStrument has scope for manipulating layered samples in a very expressive way, in attack and timbre.

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by tedlogan » Fri May 02, 2014 12:12 pm

fishmonkey wrote:or maybe one of those fancy new keyboards that is laid out like a piano keyboard but incorporates other sensors too (can't remember the name)...
The Seaboard maybe? I'd get one of those if I had too much money as well.

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Re: ...and you thought Push was an Instrument?

Post by Angstrom » Fri Aug 22, 2014 12:42 pm

An hour of Roger Linn talking in depth about the Linnstrument, for those who didn't catch it last week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vezUSK4DHY

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