The Synth That Could Change Electronic Music

#musicproduction #synthesizer #expressivee #osmose

[RedMeansRecording]

Find someoke who will look at you the way benn looks at his osmose

[itamarafek]

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.

[ExpressiveE]

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

[stateazure]

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.

[RoySATX]

3:42 That right there, that is the magic every product designer and marketing rep is hoping to find and make consistently repeatable.

[LoupBlancEA]

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

[hotsoupmouth]

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.

[SAN.clouded]

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.

[pthelo]

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!

[dietwald]

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

[bricelory]

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.

[rigolab]

I've built a synth as my engineer grad work. It was a passion project and the reason I've made my youtube channel. The one feature I've never found a way to implement was a aftertouch that was simple to build. The Osmose has a two dimensional aftertouch and I would love to see how it works. Shame I can't afford one for it costs the same as my car lmao! Great video as always Benn!!

[ratchet]

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

[DEVUNK]

I know very little about music theory cant play a piano or any other instrument besides drums but hearing you play this makes me want to to buy one and learn

[leemski]

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.

[headphonecommute]

Your prognosis that it could arrive "by Christmas" was spot on! Mine just got here!

[ConceptJunkie]

$1800? I expected at least $4000 or $5000. That's not a bad price for such an amazing device.

[l.musicandsound]

This is all how I have thought about Linnstrument. I'm so glad to see mpe gain more traction.

[Blarg]

That clav @5:01 is so sweet and idyllic. Reminds me of oldschool 16 bit RPGs. And that's exactly how my innocent child hood sounded :3

[Flipiris]

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.