LE STRUM - MIDI Chord Controller [CONSTRUCTED]

Name: LE STRUM - MIDI Chord Controller [CONSTRUCTED]
SKU: 6069
Price: 135.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.93 (11 reviews)

(11 Reviews)

A unique control surface that functions like a Stylophone mixed with an Omnichord. Comes fully constructed!

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A unique control surface that functions like a Stylophone mixed with an Omnichord. Comes fully constructed!

Strum your MIDI gear with the LE STRUM - a unique and expressive MIDI controller! Connect it to your MIDI instrument or computer, hold down a chord, then use the stylus to play MIDI notes by touching…

LE STRUM's 36 chord buttons give you immediate access to 84 different chords (maj, min, dom7, maj7, min7, aug, dim for 12 root notes). You can also play sus4, add6 and add9 chord variations. It's great for learning about chord progressions and finding chords to match your track!

LE STRUM has several performance modes which are accessed by holding the MODE button while pressing one of the top row of chord buttons:

Mode+C : Basic mode - Stacked triads mapped across all 16 pads
Mode+D : Guitar strum mode - 6-string guitar open chords used (maj/min/7)
Mode+E : Guitar sustain mode - as above, but chord held after buttons released
Mode+F : Organ buttons - As Basic mode but chord triad plays on MIDI channel 2 as soon as button is pressed
Mode+G : Organ buttons with additions - as above but with sus4/add6/add9 options
Mode+A : Organ buttons with retrig - as above but chord buttons retrigger
Mode+B : Load User Patch
Mode+Bm : Save User Patch
Mode+B7 : MIDI Panic - All notes off
Mode+Strum Pad: Set MIDI velocity (16 levels)

User patches combine settings for: play on make/break, damp on make/break, guitar voicing /stacked triads, additional guitar octave, enable added 4/6/9 notes, enable guitar chord bass notes, keep chord selection after chord button release, common note sustain on chord change, map chromatic/diatonic/pentatonic scale to pads, enable organ buttons on midi channel 2

LE STRUM has a special 6 string guitar mode, which knows basic major, minor and seven open chord fingerings for guitar. It can be used to lay down strummed guitar MIDI tracks without a MIDI guitar, and in a more convincing way that you could get from a keyboard. It's more than a toy, yessiree!

Designed for hackability (e.g. solder wires to the provided holes on the pads to make proper "strings" to pluck)
Transmits on MIDI Channel 1 for stylus activity and MIDI Channel 2 for Chord Buttons.
Output is to a standard MIDI 5-pin DIN socket.
A PP3 battery is required

The Le Strum is also available in kit form here

Size 98mm x 75mm x 45mm (incl MIDI socket) Weight approx 120g with battery

Please note that synthesizer hardware or software is required to make sound. LE STRUM is a MIDI controller and does not make any sound by itself!

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (5.00)

Documentation: (4.82)

Shipping: (5.00)

Communication: (4.91)

Steve | May 1, 2021

LE STRUM. Solid MIDI controller that simulates chordstrums

All that is said in the description and videos showcasing features are legit, this thing is as it is advertised.

It worked right out of the box.

Device after device I connected this to worked without the need to change any setting on either device.
I believe it sends chord info on one midi channel and the strumming on another, I don't know exactly and don't care because it just works, that technical detail was never needed with any DAW or synth I've tried. U.S. buyers note the PP3 battery is just a standard 9volt battery.

There are only two negatives I have found with this device:

You might want to find some sort of case for it, I made mine out of cardboard and it's good enough.

The second is this thing is so fun that you may find yourself blistering your fingertips mashing the little buttons.
But the blisters will turn to calluses and you will then be able to brag to your guitar playing friends who will know how hardcore you are. (don't do that)

Really a fantastic device, if I had four arms I would buy a second one.

Matt | May 1, 2019

a fantastic creative tool

I haven't even had a chance to scratch the surface yet and already creating some wonderful sounds with synth pads and arps. Can't wait to dig into some deeper applications for it.

Kevin | Jan. 7, 2019

Unique controller

Arrived really quickly in two days even during pre Xmas rush and works great to control synths through midi in new ways, excellent!!!

Eric | Nov. 7, 2018

Perfect!

Le Strum is an ingenious idea, executed perfectly.
With the right synth/patch, it can really nail the Omnichord sound. Midi autoharp for every keyboard: what's not to love?

Colin | Nov. 2, 2018

Super Inspiring Little Synth

Wow! I love this little synth. I was searching for a way to mod an omnichord that would allow maj7 chords and stumbled across this instead. So glad I did! This thing has so many more features than I realized and it really opens up MIDI into another dimension. The product itself is well-made and shipping was fast. Now I’m working on schematics for a modded le strum and I will be purchasing another le strum board. I used a Roland UM-ONE MK2 to connect this to my computer and it worked perfectly. Definitely recommend!

Daniel | Sept. 6, 2018

Great little device

Got it with the stand (which took maybe 10 minutes tops to build). Really enjoy using it with my minilogue. Surprisingly playable once you get the hang of it, and highly portable for a musical sounding MIDI controller.

Marco | April 25, 2017

LE STRUM - MIDI Chord Controller [CONSTRUCTED]

Awesome musical instrument, perfectly suitable in my hardware synth live equipement, Le Strum gives a new brilliancy to my musical horizon and very gently people @ Hotchk155 and MIDI ERROR. Tindie.com is a trustful online shop, thank you:) Marco

Martyn | April 29, 2016

Brilliant!

Wish I discovered this little gem sooner. So much fun, and well worth the price. I hope I can influence more people to buy this tool, its an amazing achievement = )

Alex | April 12, 2016