Developed by Expressive E, Touché SE carries the expressive DNA of the Touché in a version focused on software workflow: USB bus-powered, direct integration into your Mac or PC environment, and an approach centered on virtual instruments. The goal is clear: to transform your plug-ins into more lively, responsive, and far more inspiring instruments than automation drawn with a mouse.
Touché SE is aimed at producers, keyboardists, and sound designers who want to add playability and nuance to their virtual synths without complex settings. Ideal in the studio for ambient, techno, pop, synthwave, or film scoring, it also shines live for creating organic variations, expressive transitions, and evolving textures. Even without being an expert, you quickly achieve musical results thanks to mapped presets.
Touché SE is not a synthesizer per se, but a USB MIDI controller designed to control synthesis and effects of your plug-ins. Its highly responsive black plastic surface captures 4 dimensions of movement and relies on 4 ultra-sensitive and independent parameters, allowing you to sculpt sound with natural gestures: brushing, tapping, pressing, pushing, and sliding. The playing feel is customizable thanks to pressure sensitivity adaptation and settings for lateral resistance and pressure resistance. With the companion software Lié, you can host your virtual instruments and third-party plug-ins, map parameters in seconds, and enjoy ready-to-use presets for many developers. The result: breathing basses, evolving pads, singing leads, and effects transforming in real time.