Sensel's Morph is another crowd favorite MPE controller that offers its own unique take on touch interaction. The Morph itself is a thin, tablet-sized continuous touch surface with astounding resolution and remarkable force sensitivity—but its brilliance lies in its use of exchangeable silicone overlays.

As you can see, you have 3 tabs Keyboard, Controller and CV (Layers). On the top right, you can adjust global sensitivity to control Gain, On and Off Threshold, and Tilt sensitivity for the keys. Equipped with 25 keys, the QuNexus's keybed can detect pitch, velocity, slide (y position), and pressure. This MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) capability enhances your playing experience and allows for a more expressive performance. You can send these dimensions of expression to your instruments as a variety of different MIDI messages and control voltages. Pitch and velocity can be sent as MIDI Note-On/Off messages, as well as gate and control voltages compatible with analog and modular synthesizers. Furthermore, key pressure and tilt can be configured to be sent using MIDI messages such as pitch bend, aftertouch, poly-aftertouch, and control changes. This enables you to have precise control over the nuances of your sound. Keith McMillen QuNexus has been designed to control not only your software synths but also send a CV (Control Voltage) which is an analogue way of controlling synths, drum machines or sequencers. QuNeo is the most expressive and programmable pad controller available to electronic musicians, DJs, VJs and DIYers. Now with MPE support (using the free QuNeo MPE App), QuNeo maps instantly to your favorite MPE software and hardware, bringing creativity to your fingertips. QuNeo supports standard note on/off and velocity messages, and each of the 27 pads, sliders and rotary sensors are also pressure, velocity, and location sensitive. Even the 17 switches are pressure sensitive.There are 3 ways to connect your QuNexus to Synths or CV devices. I will be mentioning just the first basic one as this topic is pretty broad. By default, the pads are set up so that each row is tuned a fourth higher than the row below it—a familiar layout for guitarists or bassists. However, one of LinnStrument's most outstanding characteristics is that it is highly customizable: it features multiple note layouts, a built-in arpeggiator and step sequencer, modes for CC slider behavior, and countless other options for user customization. If you're looking for a high-end, sensitive, and immediately expressive playing interface, then LinnStrument is one of the best controllers out there. Imagine, for instance, what happens when you use a standard MIDI keyboard controller, hold a chord, and use the pitch bend wheel. On most instruments (virtual or otherwise), this will result in all notes bending equally. The same is true of other controls, too: if you turn your synth or VST's cutoff frequency control, for instance, it will adjust the filter settings for every voice at once. This isn't exactly a problem per se—but what if you could adjust those settings independently for every note that you're playing? What if one note could bend up while another bends down...and what if the filter on one voice could open while another closes? Das ist alles sehr schade, weil der eingebaute Sequenzer zwar eine ebenfalls gewöhnungsbedürftige Bedienung hat, dafür aber mit ein paar coolen Funktionen und 3 Spuren aufwartet und die Konnektivität des winzigen Bretts ziemlich gut ist.

With the MIDI controller market so saturated, it takes a lot to stand out. That’s not to suggest that there’s anything wrong more traditional offerings – most of us still need standard keyboards, faders and pad controllers from time to time – but with so many great options already on the market, it takes a lot to offer something truly unique. Keith McMillen Instruments specialises in exactly that. There are 6 other buttons on the left panel of QuNexus. Your classic octave up and down arrows (also can be used as cursors in Live Edit mode), 4 preset buttons (also function as ON/OFF for Toggle, Velocity, Tilt and Pressure attributes) and bend button which you can use for bending pitches. Despite everything that it makes possible, MIDI isn't without its shortcomings. MPE was developed to allow finer control of sounds on a per-note basis—but what does that mean? My Midas Venice 320 endcaps are fine but they are just hard plastic so no issues there.I think that is the case here...

QuNexus RED Features

In addition to its MIDI capabilities, the QuNexus can also be connected to modular synthesizers via the gate, three CV outputs, and two CV inputs. With the ability to assign these connections using the QuNexus editor, compatible with both Windows and MacOS, you have full control over your sound and can create unique and dynamic compositions. Its compact size and powerful capabilities make it the perfect companion for music creation on the go. Get your hands on the QuNexus today and take your music to new heights. Keyboard and piano players might find QuNexus‘s keys a bit difficult to adapt as they have been already spending their time on regular-sized keys on their instruments. With a supplied USB A-to-Micro cable, you can directly connect your QuNexus to your computer without having to install drivers or any additional software. QuNexus will be powered via your USB port. Connect QuNexus to your iPad The Morph's magnetic silicone overlays allow you to change its behavior at a moment's notice: just place an overlay on the Morph and it will suddenly adapt to suit the layout of the overlay you've selected. With available overlays including a piano-like layout, MPD-style pads/knobs/sliders layout, drum pads, and even an overlay based on the rare experimental Buchla Thunder MIDI controller, Morph offers a huge range of options for how you interact with sound.

QuNexus features 4 pre-made presets that you can fine-tune, edit and change within the QuNexus editor. What's even more incredible is that you can extensively customize the behavior of each overlay itself. By default, the music-oriented overlays are designed for out-of-the box MPE operation—but depending on your needs, you can use the Sensel App to re-configure almost every detail of how your personal Morph maps each overlay's controls. If you want an extremely portable, rugged, and highly customizable controller, the Morph comes highly recommended.Perhaps you can already imagine what this might mean: this would open up endless new territory for sound design. By increasing the independence between each individual note, basic realities of how we play synthesizers could be upended entirely, allowing us to achieve sounds and textures that previously would have been extremely difficult to accomplish. I am really looking forward to seeing the new Kboard Pro when KMI get it out the door. It could be a game changer for affordable multi-dimensional keyboard control. Turns out we were right under the emergency approach to SFO int airport in San Francisco. That day they had an emergency landing...

Preset D (Drums & Clips): Lastly, this preset is designed for triggering drums and clips when particular VSTis or software are mapped to the general MIDI standards. QuNexus Editor One of the biggest advantages of Instrument 1 over the Jamstik Studio MIDI Guitar is due to its differences in playing interface: on the Instrument 1, it's possible to extract true pressure data from each touch, a feat not possible on the Studio MIDI Guitar. The QuNeo Red is a new favorite. With a familiar MPC-like layout, the QuNeo may offer a more immediate playing experience for some than the LinnStrument or Morph—and the MPE functionality means that, in addition to playing notes or triggering samples, each pad can simultaneously act like a three-dimensional touch surface for sound manipulation. This can mean finger drumming with unprecedented control of each individual sound—and of course, the other built-in knob/slider-like touch elements can be programmed however you like. MPE seems like an obvious addition to the QuNeo, and we're glad that it is finally officially supported on the QuNeo Red.

Velocity Curves

Of course, you might also be able to imagine how much of a challenge this could be. If we have an eight-voice synth that only has a single pitch bend wheel and a single knob for each variable aspect of the sound, how could we possible achieve this level of control? Well, that's where MPE comes in. How Does MPE Work? An improved key and pitch bend algorithm inspired by our K-Board Pro 4, offering superior playability and expression There are a couple of different connection options QuNexus offers. Connect QuNexus to your computer But the outside had some problems too which friends have said sounds like tropospheric ozone, and we are not supposed to have much of that down here at least.