LinnStrument 128. "Rather than the simple on/off switches of a standard MIDI keyboard, the LinnStruments RGB-backlit note pads sense each fingers subtle movements in five ways, enabling musical performance expression rivaling that of fine acoustic instruments. The five types of touch sensing are as follows: Strike Velocity Pressure (Z axis) Left-Right (X axis) Front-Back (Y axis) Release Velocity Some LinnStrument PhilosophyThe pianos note arrangement is great for turning a sound on and off, but its uneven pitch intervals and rear-positioned black keys make it ill-suited for performing natural pitch bends and slides, an important element of expressive performance. And the piano keyboard isnt isomorphic; for each chord or scale, you must learn 12 different fingerings, one for each of the 12 musical keys. Stringed instruments dont have any of these problems because the physics of a string require the semitones to be uniformly spaced and positioned. LinnStruments notes are arranged as on any stringed instrument. Each row is a series of consecutive semitones, and you can tune the rows like a guitar, violin or however you wish. By default they are tuned in musical fourths (five semitones), like a bass guitar with 8 strings. This note arrangement is called the 4ths String Layout and is fast becoming a new standard for expressive musical control, used in Ableton Push, Roli Blocks, a variety of iPad apps and more. To make it easy to find the right notes, the naturals (C, D, E, F, G, A and B) are lit, with all the C note pads lit in a different color and having a Braille-size bump for tactile feedback. Alternatively, you can light any scale and in any of 10 colors. About LinnStruments Smart MIDI Works with every MIDI synth, and even better with new MPE synths. LinnStrument sends standard MIDI messages over its USB or MIDI output jacks, and is configured by default to work out-of-the-box with every MIDI sound generator in existence, with the advantages over a MIDI k...