{"items": [{"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100100728306502?comment_id=10100101083140412", "anchor": "fb-10100101083140412", "service": "fb", "text": "https://youtu.be/ORO1FcEqBV8", "timestamp": "1562596096"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100100728306502?comment_id=10100101083140412&reply_comment_id=10100101086234212", "anchor": "fb-10100101083140412_10100101086234212", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;sadly fictional", "timestamp": "1562597934"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100100728306502?comment_id=10100101099976672", "anchor": "fb-10100101099976672", "service": "fb", "text": "Here's a more serious response -- I'm pretty sure I've mentioned the Linnstrument to you before, but don't know that you've seen one really being played.<br><br>I agree with your overall assessment that not much of this sort of instrument design is taking place. This is an exception.<br><br>https://youtu.be/flKMz9UmqAw", "timestamp": "1562606355"}, {"author": "Michael", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100100728306502?comment_id=10100101099976672&reply_comment_id=10100101100530562", "anchor": "fb-10100101099976672_10100101100530562", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;He's a compilation video that does a good job of showing the range of the instrument.<br><br>https://youtu.be/ypHCxq93Jsk", "timestamp": "1562606721"}, {"author": "Jeff&nbsp;Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100100728306502?comment_id=10100101099976672&reply_comment_id=10100101106059482", "anchor": "fb-10100101099976672_10100101106059482", "service": "fb", "text": "&rarr;&nbsp;The Linnstrument is one I've seen, and it is one of the better new instruments attempts from the past ~20 years.  Things it has going for it:<br><br>* It's designed by someone who really understands playability  (see https://www.reddit.com/.../what_to_buy.../dr15tzt/)<br><br>* The code is all open source and many parts of the hardware are very standard, so you're less tied to one manufacturer than you could be <br><br>* It lets you do things around subtle variations of note quality and smooth pitch adjustment that are very hard to do on other electronic instruments while still giving you the versatility of timbre that is very hard with non-electronics.<br><br>I talked to Roger Linn a little bit in 2011 when I made https://www.jefftk.com/multitouch_midi and he was working on designing the Linnstrument, and he was very friendly even though I think I was mostly wasting his time", "timestamp": "1562609580"}, {"author": "Don", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/10100100728306502?comment_id=10100101443598052", "anchor": "fb-10100101443598052", "service": "fb", "text": "I don't know enough about music to evaluate this but I found it funny that the following showed up in my feed after reading your post. https://slateandash.com/collections/frontpage/products/auras", "timestamp": "1562813001"}]}