The Synth That Could Change Electronic Music

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Oh WOW 🙌 thank you so much for featuring our beloved Osmose. Huge fan of your vids!

Nobody really mentions this, but playing the Osmose in a live band context is just another level. I'm playing with it in a jazz/fusion band and accompaning the singer with the ability to be as much expresive as she has led to some of the most musical and beautiful moments I've had in a band. While I really should try the eagen matrix more, I get so much satisfaction just from three/four sounds that it doesn't even bother me. I mean, a flute player can't change preset and yet it never bores you because of the expresivity of tje instruments. I feel like it's the same here.

As an early backer for the osmose, this synth has made it very easy to breathe life into what I am playing. The most amazing feature isn't the wiggling but the continuous sensing of position, allowing to play the sounds on both layers of touch & aftertouch instead just triggering an envelope. I bought a few synths in the past, played them, recorded them, and got bored. It felt like I always had to put more work into the post processing, the osmose changes that. It's just the best

As a child I used to sit at the piano with my grandfather (Armand Acierno) as he would sing and play - my first musical inspiration in life. He essentially grew up in "Acierno's Thalia Theatre" in NYC in the 1910-20's (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowery_Theatre#Later_management) and knew a great repertoire of classics. As I sat with him, I would try to play along and always tried to sustain and add vibrato to the notes by wiggling my fingers. He's gently say "Oh Richie, that doesn't do anything." When I saw the Osmose for the first time, in my mind I was immediately back at that piano with Grandpa, and I wanted to transport him into the future so he could play all the classics with more expression by using the Osmose! Grandpa was also into ham radio op (KD2AT!) erected an antenna taller than his house in the back yard, and had racks full of gear he used to talk to people around the world with -- both with speech and morse code. I remember tuning the oscillators on his morse code keying device. He was the perfect electro-musical inspiration for me. While he passed in 1991, I wish he were still around so we could jam and I could show him all the cool synth tools that I have today! I miss you grandpa. xoxo Apologies for the rambling emotional tangent, but thank you for refreshing such wonderful memories with your video, Benn!

I'm hardly a musician, and i can recognize how insanely awesome this is.

Imagine if Vangelis had this and was asked to score another blade runner film 🤩

That overflowing joy chuckle at 3:42 is the Osmose in a nutshell. It happens at least once every time I play. This thing is magical.

I was an early backer, and convinced the Osmose would be a game changer too. Had mine since beginning of January, made two videos and then barely used it since. The Eagan Matrix editor is a bit too convoluted and cumbersome for me to devote enough time to figuring out, the UI could use an entire higher layer of simplification somewhere between the main editor and the Osmose onboard preset tweaking. The expressivity is incredible, and feels amazing to play for those like me who prefer real keys. Just be aware, as great as the sound engine is on this thing, you're pretty much stuck with those or slight variations. I really should pull it back out of storage and give it another chance I guess.

The progression at 5:57 is BEAUTIFUL!

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I hope this synth is going to be a huge commercial success. I am not an affiliate in any way. I just wish this type of creative approach to audio gear spreads among other gear producers, and then hopefully we are going to see a plethora of next gen innovative instruments. Fingers crossed. Actually, the way OSMOS keyboard works, fingers crossed make a lot of sense.

As a cellist primarily, this is exactly the synth I want - natural vibrato (I absolutely hate using pitch bend wheels for vibrato) and expressive pressure per note, mixed with the creative power of the Eagenmatrix. I love Andrew Huang's demonstration at the power of the arpeggiator, which most demos don't discuss. The whole package will resonate with people who see themselves as instrumentalists rather than synthesists, and I think it will also encourage synthesists to explore more technique alongside patch building. And frankly, for all you are getting the US price of $1,800 seems more than reasonable. Which is why this is my first major hardware synth purchase.

You’re on fire Benn! Pacing, editing, conceptually and the secret sauce : personal tone. Appreciating you from a long long way away.

I recently saw a really cool video by Steve Mould on the topic of acoustic cameras. By using a bunch of well-placed microphones and clever algorithms, it's possible to accurately visualize where sounds are coming from, as well as how they bounce around and interact with the environment. Watching more of your videos, this topic seemed right up your alley! I'd love to see a video not only on the science behind it, but maybe you could try to make one for yourself!

One thing I found frustrating (although a very interesting surprise!) while playing the Osmose is that, as a classically trained pianist who has never had to think about vibrator on the keyboard, I hit keys from whatever angle the shape of my hand and the topography of the keyboard will allow. When playing wider chord voicings this has meant that my fingers hit the keys at slight angles, making my chords automatically out of tune. Definitely something that I adapted to after a bit of playing my friend's Osmose, but something I found prohibitive rather than expressive in some scenarios. I don't want this feature "forcing" me to play more compact chord voicings. Aside from that, I really enjoyed it and it felt like the coolest musical toy ever made.

your videos always just put the biggest unconscious smile on my face. I'll be sitting and listening to your demos with the biggest grin that anything gives me. listening to your voice and explanation of whatever product you're reviewing or whatever you're explaining in the video or even just you talking about something that you're passionate about. it's all amazing. the demo at 5:55 sounded so much like the rain world OST it was really amazing to hear that just come out of one instrument. keep on doing what you're doing. videos like these are inspiring for anyone who watches them even if it is just a product review

Very beautiful stuff. I can see artists coming up with material where you hear and feel the mastery of the instrument and sound combined. i mean even your performance is breathtaking. This is awesome interface specially for physical modeling sounds, i feel.

I was lucky enough to take a DSP class from Lippold Haken in grad school, but didn't realize he was a big deal at the time. Really nice guy, extremely passionate. There were so many cool labs there messing around with the continuum keyboard - I remember being totally blown away by the expressivity at the time but as a student was obviously scared off by the boutique price tag. Really exciting to see that team get their tech into an accessible commercial product.

The osmose is one of those synths that make me sad that I never found out about it sooner so I can be a backer for the thing. Love this thing and I hope to own one some day.