In this video, LinnStrument guru Geert Bevin demonstrates using the new instrument with a Eurorack modular synthesizer.
In the following video, Bevin explains the technical aspects of his setup:
“The Expert Sleepers FH-1 is a wonderful USB MIDI to CV converter that can bus power the LinnStrument,” notes Bevin. “In this video I explain my setup that uses only pitch CV and pressure CV, no gate nor velocity are necessary since you’re really ‘playing the envelopes’.”
Geert, that piece was like a cross between classic Roedelius and the Barron’s “Forbidden Planet” tonalities. It has that nice ‘European’ sheen you don’t hear at raves, which in turn highlights the Linnstrument’s flexibility. I’m not a modular user, but I could be tempted, because that gave it a superior solo voice more in line with my personal idea of How It Should Be. Very good demo.
Loving the tech – such a simple and elegant interface with the modular.
There’s something really jarring about that interval – it’s like *just* shy of being in tune or something. I can’t put my finger on it, it threw me off for a second there.
big ups to expert sleepers on this one. fh-1 is the great module.
Great work Geert! Very expressive.
Thanks for the coverage and the nice comments! I’m glad my wonderful experience with this system seems to be coming across through the videos! 🙂
I tried ot use the FH-1 with my Linnstrument and had the problem that the notes played on the Linnstrument were not mapped correctly to the v/oct. When low notes were tuned correctly the upper notes were out of tune and vice versa. I guess that there is some kind of configuration on the FH-1 which fixes the problem but I was not able to solve this myself.