Intuitive Instruments Exquis MPE Controller (w/ hardware synths & Eurorack)

[@Animo1681]

I think it's the third Sarah Belle Reid video I've watched so far and I am convinced that I've withnessed a genius.

[@dkb219]

This is the first, I randomly stumbled here (as an old school string instrument person getting into a little sampling and sequencing) looking for an explanation of MPE and I stayed for the rest of the excellent, clearly presented information.

[@pablowentscobar]

I dig it, that's a really interesting design for a controller. They couldn't have picked a better person to demo it. Top shelf.

[@sarahbellereid]

thank you!

[@theEx0du5]

Nice! A new Lumatone for the budget-conscious! It's good to see isomorphic keyboards getting more love. With more companies entering the space at different price points, maybe the communities for these instruments will grow and more people introduced to the ease of learning and immense flexibility on them.

[@ryanperfectcircuit9002]

So rad! Thanks for checking out Exquis 🙌

[@pablowentscobar]

Y'all picked the perfect person to demo this. Well done!

[@fumarolas]

I returned mine. Lack a MIDI editor was too limiting for my use case. Also when modulating with the keys axis, I too often accidentally ended up retriggering notes while I just wanted to trigger notes once and then modulate parameters. I found the knobs super wobbly and fragile. And the strip doesn’t send any MIDI. It’s a great first step though, looking forward to future iterations

[@fentanyljones6956]

Does it work without the app?

[@StrangaZone]

​@@fentanyljones6956 yes

[@StrangaZone]

i use it with my d.a.w. (reason), without the app

[@fumarolas]

@@fentanyljones6956 it does but back when I had it there was no MIDI editor, maybe that have changed since

[@Bezz_Jeens]

I’ve been really looking into this one, so sick. Also, saw you in Chicago last week, it was incredible!!!

[@sarahbellereid]

oh small world!! thanks for coming out to the show :)

[@IceLocus]

SWEET!!! You got one too!!! 🙌😃

[@HIFI1965]

So incredibly cool, I'm ordering one. That being said, there is nothing like MPE to make a patch sound like a herd of cats in heat ;)

[@dkb219]

If you can get cats in heat to work together in herds, then I both respect and fear you.

[@willswitchcraft]

I'm curious how it compares to the feel of playing a Linnstrument...............................

[@bekindmakemusic]

Sold! And snuck in with a discount from Moog Audio for cyber Monday! Thanks for the video Sarah 👍

[@stoatystoat174]

Very clear explanation :)

[@JohnBaronian]

Can you use MPE in VCV Rack? Thanks so much to both Sarah and Perfect Circuit for supporting their commitment to creating and sharing!

[@ahdziz666]

Yep. Takes a wee bit of setup, like most things in the world.

[@Leerf-driftingpitches]

Great review and a very interesting controller especially for mod gear

[@dkb219]

Does anyone think one of these would pair well with something like the Blackbox?

[@ZOgrameMusic]

Great vid as always

[@antoinewcaron2132]

Great video, Sarah! I was wondering: can you slide (pitch) by gliding from one key to another on the Exquis? I was a backer on the defunct Loom and was very much looking forward to use it to control GeoShred (specially the horn sounds). But since the Loom is gone, I am looking for an alternative MPE option. Merci beaucoup!

[@AaronLevitz]

Short answer is no, that's not physically possible. (The pads are tall and spongy, and behave somewhat like joysticks. Sliding between them would push the next pad from center rather than pick up from the edge.) Something closer to Osmose's "pressure weighted portamento" feels technically possible, but not until Haken's patent expires on that feature.

[@StephaneTranchet]

I wish you've also demoed the MPE arp using the touch strip, as I would have been curious to see what you would get out of it :D

[@petersirca223]

A wonderful tuba sound, what makes that !?

[@ToyKeeper]

This thing is super cool and I'd love to have one. I use a C-Thru Axis-49 and it's pretty nice, but with only velocity and stiff buttons and no remapping or chromatic axis or scale lights, it's pretty awkward sometimes and not very expressive. The Exquis fixes all the flaws of the C-Thru.

[@marcschaffroth3448]

Thank you! as always very inspiring

[@sarahbellereid]

glad you found it inspiring!

[@garret765]

How does it feel compared to the Sensel Morph?

[@203null]

Just got mine yesterday!

[@ahdziz666]

Does this thing have release velocity?

[@schniggedagges74]

I love the isomorphic keyboard layout but i can't help myself, in my ears i never ever heard any mpe performance that doesn't sound like torturing cats. Is there a simple way to deactivate mpe and the x and y achsis and use the exquis just as a simple midi keyboard with aftertouch and a special key layout?

Thanks for the video. I saw you few years ago explaining MPE with sensel morph. What’s the advantage with this one? I think you also may know Lumatone controller that excels in its use on microtonal tuning Cheers!

[@fentanyljones6956]

Does it work without the app?

[@DJ_Personal]

Have you ever tried a ROLI Keyboard? If so, how does the MPE on this feel/compare to that in your opinion?

[@KorhanErel]

The planet needs Sarah to get hold of a Make Noise Resynthesizer and make weird sounds with it. Make Noise videos are way too safe. :)

[@Whistler-007]

Just waiting for custom microtuning support.

[@anonymousbrowser4448]

Is the digitone mpe compatible?!

[@HIFI1965]

@sarahbelleReid... If you copied the same patch for three tracks on the DN2, could you not do MPE for those?

[@cletusbeauregard1972]

now I want to set one up like a lap steel guitar and play a highlighter pen solo

[@volsteh]

like the autechre tribute @20:22

[@fentanyljones6956]

Does it work w/out the app?

[@manumistral9522]

yes.

[@sarahbellereid]

Yes, I wasn't using the app for any of the demos in this video :)

[@ulvessens5902]

Exquisite!

[@ilioscio]

Wow, great price too, I want one

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

$eoo, is a little to much for me 😢

[@ChainsawCoffee]

I've been using mine for a few days. I have used it with Surge XT and VCV Rack. While VCV Rack has a plugin from Intuitive Instruments for microtonality with Exquis, it doesn't affect operation too much. The keys are recolored, and one of the scales has a few double-flat keys, but that's it. I am really disappointed in regards to microtonality. Otherwise it's OK, and it's better than the Keith McMillen keyboard.

[@LAZ-org]

"X-key" oops I've been saying "Ehh-Qwis". Thanks!

[@sarahbellereid]

admittedly I went through about 3 different pronunciations before getting it right :)

[@LAZ-org]

@@sarahbellereid Thank you for this breakdown! Especially the Strega patches! Brilliant!

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

I have an app version of this, called Musix Pro, on my iPad ❤ Would love to have this hardware one too, but $300, is a little too much for me.

[@RaquelFoster]

Can't MPE work with any miltitimbral synth? So like from the TX81Z in 1987 to the XV-5080 or Orbit-3 around 1999 was much better MPE support than anything modern. In the late '90s everything had a separate MIDI B bus so it could play 32 parts instead of 16 😂

[@SsgtHolland]

I'm sure it is an interesting controller, but to my ear, the sound you made with the Hydrasynth is just terrible abrasive noise. Shame, because it can do such nice, subtle things with PME and aftertouch.

[@West1Think]

Not good. What was she thinking

[@illyareid66]

Need 2hear it do chords,this is just mono nonsense doesn't show any capabilities for me

[@classicaxe1]

Sarah you play great and the man you have is one lucky SOB to have you !