Odd instrument company ROLI has a new keyboard, the Seaboard Block, and it's the most affordable of its squishy-keyed models to-date. Priced at $299, the Seaboard Block is intended to fit into a ...

I played trombone back in the day. I found the instrument intriguing because it was built on a gradient. Rather than pressing a series of valves to produce a particular note, you had to feel and hear ...

Back in March 2013, UK-based startup Roli introduced a new kind of expressive musical instrument called the Seaboard Grand. From a distance, it had the look of a digital piano, but getting closer ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. MPE stands for MIDI Polyphonic Expression, and compatible keyboards give each finger individual ...

Look Mum No Computer was joined by a team of destruction-hungry YouTubers at this year’s Thomann Synth Reactor event, all baying for the blood of a poor, unsuspecting Roli Seaboard Block. Moreover, ...

First establishing itself to musicians and music producers in 2015 as the first "truly expressive" digital keyboard, ROLI RISE returns in 2022 with its fourth keyboard model, which improves on its ...

ROLI makes instruments for the future, including the Seaboard, a reimagined expression style keyboard. Their newest product, Equator2, released today, is one of the most advanced, fully equipped music ...

Aside from going digital in the late ‘70s and then the rise of cheap electronic Casio keyboards in the ‘80s (blasting Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up in demo mode) the piano went mostly ...

Roli, the London firm best known for its iOS apps and portable MIDI controllers, went all-in with its Seaboard series three years ago. The soft-touch music keyboards, which swap out tactile piano keys ...

The ultimate portable music board is finally going mobile: Roli has announced the release of Equator for iPhone, the company's next step in on-the-go sound production and companion app to its Seaboard ...

When we first brought you news of a new instrument prototype from London-based ROLI back in March, there was talk of a limited production run of just 88 instruments following later in the year. That ...

It takes just a few seconds for a Roli Block to transform from a monolithic black slab into a harmonious array of colourful lights that pulse and swirl just below the surface. Gently prod it, and the ...