Expressive E Osmose CE 61 MIDI Controller

A new generation of MIDI controllersOsmose CE combines Expressive E’s acclaimed expressive keybed technology with Ctrl-e, a new sound ecosystem built for expressive playing. Designed for musicians who crave deeper expression beyond conventional control: a more physical, nuanced, and an inspiring way to interact with software instruments, plugins, and modern studio setups. With MPE, Osmose CE unlocks true per-note expression. It also expands the expressive range of the instruments musicians use daily within traditional MIDI workflows. Available in 49-key and 61-key versions, Osmose CE is designed to make expressive playing feel immediate, musical, and natural.

Amazing Features • 900+ expressive presets
• Dynamic preset browsing with intuitive filtering
• 8 pre-mapped macros per preset
• Deep hardware/software integration
• Transport controls
• Track and device navigation
• Mixer control
• Macro access
• Automatic DAW detection

No complicated setupEven when the sounds were inspiring, the experience was often held back by complex MPE setups, inconsistent compatibility, and complicated workflows that were too technical to be truly immediate. Osmose CE fixes that by combining an extraordinary expressive keybed with Ctrl-e, its dedicated sound ecosystem, Osmose CE gives musicians immediate access to a large library of expressive, performance-ready sounds designed to respond naturally from the very first note, making expressive playing truly immediate, fully accessible, and far easier to integrate into real-world music creation.

extra articulationAt the heart of Osmose CE is the exact same expressive keybed technology used in the award-winning Osmose synthesizer. This is not a simplified version. It is the same core playing technology. What makes Osmose CE unique is not only its expressive depth, but the fact that it still feels familiar from the very first note. It plays like a keyboard musicians already know, while opening up new layers of articulation and control under the fingers.

Players can bend a single note inside a chord, add vibrato directly with their fingers, and shape phrases with the kind of nuance usually associated with acoustic or expressive instruments. Osmose CE responds not only to where a note is played, but to how it is pressed, bent, and released, turning each gesture into part of the musical performance.

a core part of the Osmose CE experienceOsmose CE works hand in hand with Ctrl-e, the free companion software developed by Expressive E to make expressive music immediate, musical, and inspiring. A highly expressive keyboard only becomes truly meaningful when the sound is designed to respond with the same depth and nuance. Ctrl-e was created to complete that experience.

From the first note, it gives musicians access to a rich world of expressive sounds designed to respond naturally to the Osmose keybed. Instead of navigating plugin-by-plugin MPE setup, technical routing, and inconsistent compatibility, musicians can simply connect, play, and explore an expressive world that is ready from the start.

deeper integrationCtrl-e brings together Expressive E’s own sound technologies and a curated selection of partner instruments into a unified expressive environment. The ecosystem includes sound engines and technologies from: Synapse Audio, AAS, Kilohearts, GForce, Dawesome, Vital. Together, they cover a wide range of synthesis approaches, including physical modeling, wavetable, analogue-modeling, hybrid, and digital synthesis, all optimized for expressive performance.

Ctrl-e is also designed as an evolving platform, with additional supported instruments, deeper editing access, and expanded sound libraries over time. Compatible plugin licenses already owned by the user can be detected automatically, unlocking deeper integration where supported.

intuitive controlOsmose CE is designed to work naturally in both MPE and traditional MIDI environments. With MPE-compatible instruments, full per-note expression is unlocked. But it is also designed to bring a new level of nuance and playability to many of the plugins, software instruments, and hardware musicians already know and use.

Through preset-based configurations and flexible MIDI setups, Osmose CE makes expressive playing far more accessible across existing workflows, without requiring musicians to start over, rebuild their studio around a new system, or wrestle with the kind of setup complexity that has often held expressive MIDI back. The result is a more immediate and rewarding way to bring expression into everyday music creation.

MPE ArpeggiatorA uniquely expressive arpeggiator where every note remains independent and responsive in real time, in both MPE and standard MIDI workflows.

Press GlideA unique performance feature that allows players to glide naturally between notes using pressure, rather than relying on fixed portamento times.

Together, these tools open up a more fluid and expressive way of shaping phrases, movement, and articulation directly from the keyboard.