ROLI ROLLS INTO AUSTRALIA
12 October 2016
Excitement is Rise-ing — the first shipment of Roli keyboards has traversed the eastern Seaboard, crossed the Equator, and made a Grand arrival in Australia. Soon coming to a Stage near you.
The Roli keyboards are an award-winning family of products that’ll completely change the way you think about black & white notes. In fact, here, they’re all black. And they’re not discrete keys per se, rather a continuous surface that allows for unprecedented expressiveness in performance.
Seaboard Rise is a MIDI controller (no built-in sounds) that fuses digital technology, materials technology and industrial design. Five dimensions of expression make the keyboard experience pretty unique — Strike, Press, Glide, Slide and Lift. While it might not look like much, the XY touchpad and three touch faders put a new spin on ‘feeling the groove’. Plus, Seaboard Rise’s size makes it nice and portable. Equator is included as standard; Roli’s software synth for multidimensional sound control. Available in both 25- and 49-key models.
The larger Seaboard Grand has its own internal sound engine to run Equator, or you can use it as a controller if you choose. At first glance it looks ridiculously sparse, with a single circular dial thing sitting at the centre. You can use this to shift between sound presets. Available as a 61-key keyboard.
More info:
Roli: www.roli.com
Australian Distributor: www.cmi.com.au
Hello – I was wondering if you are stocking/selling the Roli blocks and associated equipment. If so please let me know price and shipping to the Gold Coast. Cheers, Craig Mitchell
Hi Craig, ROLI products are distributed by CMI Music & Audio. Try contacting +61 3 9315 2244 or visiting http://www.cmi.com.au to find a local ROLI retailer near you.