Product Resources – Touché SE

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September 17th, 2018 – Expressive E, the company behind the innovative and unique expressive instrument Touché, are announcing Touché SE, a refined and more affordable USB-only version for software applications.

Touché SE shares the same build quality, patented mechanism and sound library as the classic Touché, refined with USB-only connectivity for software applications, and a new polycarbonate touch-plate.

Product description

Touché SE (“Software Edition”) is an instrument for adding expression, depth and musicality to software synthesizers and plug-ins. It responds to both the lightest and the most intense gestures, giving users immediate, intuitive control of their sounds. Musicians, producers and sound designers can unlock instant, real-time control of multiple parameters at once, creating complex and evolving new sounds using intuitive slides, taps and touches on the Touché SE control surface.

Additionally, Touché SE’s companion software Lié allows users to easily host and unlock the true potential of their third-party VST instrument library. Users can quickly map parameters to the Touché SE interface, creating sounds and performances with an expressive depth they may never have realised their software was capable of.

• A beautifully engineered hardware control instrument with a patented mechanism, capable of reacting to the slightest touch over multiple simultaneous axes of movement.

• Includes more than 250 professionally designed software instrument sounds, fully mapped and ready to play.

• Control multiple plug-in parameters at once, using intuitive gestures to produce extraordinary shifts in sound.

• Conveniently browse sounds using physical buttons on the hardware.

• Host your own third-party VST plug-in instruments and unlock hidden depths of expression. Over 250 presets for popular VST software synthesizers are also included.

Touché SE features

USB: USB bus powered, MIDI class compliant standalone device

Mechanism: 4 independent axes of movement with force feedback:

Push Top Down
Push Bottom Down
Shift Left
Shift Right

Touch Plate: Poly-carbonate

Control elements: 2 preset buttons

1 encoder for changing the sensitivity and freezing the current values

Customization: Sensor sensitivity for top and bottom axis adjustable with Encoder.

Physical resistance of lateral axes adjustable with Slider.

Silicon Cylinder pair (responsible for pressure feedback)

interchangeable with a softer or harder pair.*
Touch Plate replaceable with alternative wood types.*

Connectivity: 1 x USB B Socket

Data sent: Up to 8 parameters & pitch bend at the same time**,

fully customizable min/max values and response curves

Internal memory: 1 configurable setup for standalone usage

Dimensions: 246 x 100 x 62 mm / 9,7” x 3,9” x 2,4”

Weight: 626g / 1,38 lbs

*: not included in the box, available as additional purchase in Expressive E’s webshop

**: in conjunction with the companion app Lié. Touché SE itself only sends up to 4 MIDI CCs & pitch bend

Lié features

Supported formats: Lié is available as VST2, AU and Standalone application,

Lié hosts VST instrument plug-ins exclusively.

Software Presets: > 250 Factory Presets that work out of the box
with the provided free UVI Workstation VST

> 250 Presets for 3rd party soft synths available as free download
(Massive, Monark, Razor, Prism, Diva, Sylenth, Serum, Arturia V Collection… )

Hardware Presets: not supported for Touché SE.

Supported OS: macOS 10.11 until macOS 10.15

Windows 10

For detailed information on compatibility, see:

Lié: System Requirements and Supported Digital Audio Workstations

Box contents

• Touché SE

• 1 x branded USB Cable

• Quick Start Guide

• 50€/$ off coupon for UVI Falcon