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# Linnstrument
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/linnstrument/
- Published: 2014-07-09T10:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-17T02:55:19.000Z
- Description: A new synth instrument for the acoustic virtuoso
- Author: Maks Fus Mickiewicz
- Tags: Seeds, Music, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:25

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Roger Linn nobly shoulders the blame for pop’s drum-machine induced deterioration in the 80’s. After all, (he admits) it was his revolutionary LinnDrum drum machine that sucked the soul and human-ness out of music, descending us into the computer-pop era of today.  
  
To redress, Linn has set out to rehumanise synthesized music. His latest creation, the [Linnstrument](http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/preview-linnstrument.html?ref=protein.xyz) aims to allow the virtuosity and musical expressionism that could never quite be achieved on a midi keyboard whilst drawing on the wealth of sounds available on today’s synths.   
  
Essentially a keyboard with notes arranged like a guitar, cello, mandolin or any stringed instrument, each of the Linnstrument's 200 touch cells can output continuous information about pressure, X and Y axis movement. Pressure controls loudness, left-right axis movement controls pitch for a kind of manual vibrato, and up/down movement controls the instrument tone or timbre.  
  
Most of us have already forgiven Linn - having brought us the MPC - but if the Linnstrument does achieve organic/synthesized harmony, we’ll have a lot more to thank him for.

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