Roli Seaboard Block 24-Note Keyboard Controller
Roli Seaboard Block 24-Note Keyboard Controller
Create astonishingly expressive music on a portable, super-powered keyboard. Touch and shape your sound on Seaboard Block’s soft, pressure-responsive musical surface. Play a powerful standalone instrument — and extend its power by connecting to other Blocks.
Every movement is musical: Searing solos, cinematic soundscapes, and simple sketches start with one moment of touch. Then the musical possibilities grow. Make music with Five Dimensions of Touch (5D Touch) on a uniquely responsive surface. Expression is at your fingertips, so you can bring any musical idea to life.
Explore 100+ sounds from strings to synths: Seaboard Block comes with a huge library of sounds from string sections to glitched-out synths. Access your sounds on either mobile or desktop through included software, and add to your collection by purchasing soundpacks from renowned artists like Steve Aoki, RZA, and WondaGurl.
Elementals by ROLI: The perfect package for starting out with Seaboard Block, Elementals is a selection of expressive acoustic and electric instruments. Includes electric pianos, electric bass, harps, kalimba, zithers and more.
A suite of software for any music maker: Every Seaboard Block comes with four high-powered music production programs. There’s something for everyone — from beginners to pros.
Play anywhere – From stage to studio to everywhere in between: Perform with it on stage. Produce with it in your studio. Throw it in your bag and take it to the cafe — it’s as lightweight as a magazine. Seaboard Block is an incredibly versatile controller that suits any musical set-up, anywhere.
Expand your instrument: Connect two Seaboard Blocks together through ROLI’s magnetic BLOCKS DNA connectors. Or connect Seaboard Block to Lightpad Blocks, Live Blocks, Loop Blocks, or Touch Blocks — the other musical building blocks in the modular BLOCKS system. Seaboard Block is one piece of an instrument that grows with you.
Advanced music technology is more accessible than ever: Seaboard Block is the newest, smallest, most portable Seaboard, an award-winning family of instruments hailed as “the future of the keyboard.” Seaboard Block features ROLI’s signature SEA interface technology, which integrates sensors and a silicone surface and makes every moment of touch musical.
Features:
- 5DTouch technology
- 24 keywave, two octave playing surface
- 200+ free sounds
- Software bundle: NOISE, Equator Player, BLOCKS Dashboard, MaxMSP
- Wireless and portable
- Connects to other Blocks
Specifications:
- Connectivity / Ports
- USB-C port (MIDI out and power)
- Full MIDI compatibility over USB and Bluetooth LE
- 4 DNA connectors
- Battery: 10 hour battery life, 4 hour charge time
- Bluetooth: 15 meter Bluetooth range
- System Requirements: iPhone 6, 6 Plus or newer. iPad air or newer. iOS 9.0 or above. Mac OSX 10.9+ / Windows 7+
- Dimensions: Width: 282mm (11 inches), Height: 24.7mm (1 inch), Depth: 141mm (5.5 inches)
- Weight: 650g (1.43 pounds)
- What’s included: Seaboard Block, 10 NOISE Soundpacks, BLOCKS Dashboard, Equator Player, Max MSP License (Three Months), USB-C to USB-A Cable, Quick Start Guide, One Year Full Warranty, Tech Specs
Blocks works with programs including:
- Ableton Live
- FXpansion Strobe2
- Native Instruments Kontakt and Massive
- Bitwig Studio
- Apple Logic Pro and Garageband
- SampleModeling SWAM
- Cycling ’74 MaxMSP
- Spectrasonics Omnisphere
