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Prog icon (Dream Theater) and synthesist Jordan Rudess shared this look at 12 ways you can play more expressively with the Expressive E Osmose synthesizer.

The Osmose expands on the capabilities of standard piano-style keyboards, by providing new expressive options for individual note expression.

In this video, Rudess covers 12 exercises for exploring and practicing new expressive options.

Topics covered:

00:04 introduction

02:02 Bach invention n°4

02:57 adding inflections

06:39 adjusting sensitivity

09:51 exercise 1 playing legato & press glide part 1

11:52 exercise 1 playing legato & press glide part 2

13:26 exercise 3 finger independence

16:16 exercise 4 vibrato right hand

19:05 exercise 5 vibrato left hand

20:16 exercise 6 vibrato left & righ hand alternation

21:56 about the aftertouch

23:30 exercise 7 aftertouch on simple chords

26:55 exercise 8 aftertouch on complex chords

28:26 exercise 9 aftertouch finger independance

31:02 exercise 10 playing thirds and sixths with press glide

34:59 exercise 11 controlling pressure with precision

38:23 exercise 12 press glide as grace notes

Synth-Werk has announced that the Bode Barberpole Phaser, a reissue of the rare design by Harald Bode, is now available as a 5U module for MU systems.

Initially, it was reintroduced as a rack unit at Superbooth 2024. Here’s an official audio demo:

The Bode Barberpole Phaser offers 9 phase stages and various sound manipulation features, including the option to insert an additional effect into the feedback loop or one of the two audio paths.

A unique feature of the Bode Phaser is infinity phasing. Infinity phasing is a psychoacoustic effect based on the Shepard scale, which was introduced in 1964 by the psychologist Roger N. Shepard. It creates the illusion of an infinitely ascending or descending scale that never exceeds the limit of one‘s hearing.

The Bode Barberpole Phaser is available now, priced at €2,900.00

Organizers of Superbooth – the Berlin-based international synth expo – have announced dates for the 2026 show.

Superbooth 26 will return to the FEZ-Berlin on May 7-9, 2026. The 2026 event will mark the tenth anniversary of Superbooth  as an independent festival and trade fair for electronic musical instruments.

The organizers say that Superbooth 2025 “was again a big success overall that brought together more guests and exhibitors than any previous SuperBooth, with over 8800 attendees, as well as 301 exhibitors from 31 countries celebrating the practice and culture of electronic musical instruments across three days.”

They also note that some changes may be coming for the 2026 event to address rising costs:

“This year, one of the major hurdles was a significant rise in costs related to necessary event logistics snd resources.

As one of the SUPERBOOTH‘s core missions is, and will continue to be, providing affordable exhibition opportunities to smaller brands and manufacturers — while also continuing to develop the musical and cultural programming — the SUPERBOOTH’s event concept will be under review for 2026, with an exploration of possible adjustments and opportunities in order to adapt to various new and ongoing developments.”

We’ll share more details as they are announced. See the Superbooth site for more information.