MAH00006 - A little christmas tune played on the Seaboard Rise

Published on Dec 4, 2015 Axel Fischer

"A little christmas tune played on my Seaboard Rise"

Seaboard RISE and Haken Continuum-II

Published on Nov 29, 2015 Christophe Duquesne

"This is another small video combining the SEABOARD RISE, from ROLI, and the Haken Continuum, each running its own sound engine (EQUATOR on a Mac for RISE, and Eagan Matrix internal sound engine for the Continuum).

It's just one take, and directly recorded out of the mixer (no editing, so the mix is not perfect and there are a few pitch issues ....). The only addition is a reververb from Valhalla DSP run on a Tiptop Audio Z-DSP.

The VlnVlaCellBass sound of the Continuum (amazing preset from Ed Eagan) is physical modeling based.
The Legato Orchestra on the RISE (probably from Rafael Szaban), from the official ROLI preset bank (with a few local tweaking from me), is sample based.

I'm not trying to replace any instrument here: just playing something I had never been able to play on a keyboard !"

ROLI Announces Gregg Stein to Join as Head of Sales Americas, Launches Ground-Breaking Equator Synth

On the Equator synth (first mentioned here):

"ROLI also announced the launch of an alpha version of Equator, the world’s first synthesis engine dedicated to multi-dimensional instruments. Equator alpha will be available to all existing and new Seaboard GRAND customers free-of-charge. Speaking from the NAMM Show where the Seaboard GRAND is on display, Roland continued 'Equator is a game-changer, because it has been designed from the ground up to enable multiple parameters to be modulated in an intuitive and synchronous way. This release is just the beginning of a journey that will redefine the possibilities of real time expressive control of synthesis.'"

I'm curious if Equator will be a preset synth engine for the Seaboard, or if it will allow deeper synth programming via dedicated software on the PC or iPad. If so, the Seaboard will become a full blown synthesizer.

The following is the full press release:

"Anaheim, Calif., January 22, 2015  -- ROLI, design-led music technology leader and developer of the award-winning Seaboard GRAND, today announced that Gregg Stein will join the ROLI team as Head of Sales, Americas. This follows a breakthrough 2014 which has seen units shipping around the world to customers, and leading artists such as Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman performing on the Seaboard to global audiences. ROLI recently secured $16.5m in from leading venture capital firms in 2014, and acquired JUCE, an acclaimed C++ framework used by leading audio companies such as Korg, Pioneer and Akai Professional.

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Equator Synthesizer - New Synth Engine Coming to The Seaboard

via ROLI

"We are currently developing a full-featured audio engine for the Seaboard called Equator, designed specifically for the Seaboard's multi-dimensional control. When we release it, the Seaboard will require no external audio devices to create music: just plug in a pair of headphones, or connect it to an amplifier, and you'll be ready to go."

NAMM 2014: ROLI Seaboard

Published on Jan 27, 2014 Future Music Magazine·360 videos

"Future Music check out the ROLI Seaboard, an innovative controller and synth and see how the clever design makes for greater musical expression."

Seaboard keyboard NAMM 2014

Published on Jan 26, 2014 sergnowify·6 videos

NAMM 2013: Roli Seaboard Multidimensional Controller

Published on Jan 23, 2014 sonicstate·616 videos

"NAMM 2013: Roli Seaboard Multidimensional Controller Poly aftertouch and poly pitchbend"

The Seaboard GRAND: Performances

The Seaboard GRAND: Performance 1

Published on May 1, 2013 WeAreROLI·3 videos

"An excerpt from Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 7, played on the Seaboard GRAND, performed by Hao Chen.

For more information please visit www.weareroli.com"

Seaboard Moonwalk

Published on Mar 11, 2013

"A duet played on a Seaboard.

Evolved from the piano keyboard, the Seaboard is a new musical instrument which bridges the gap between acoustic and digital music by putting the control of pitch, volume and timbre right at your fingertips."

This one in via Alek Stark.

Introducing the Seaboard

Introducing the Seaboard from ROLI on Vimeo.

"The piano keyboard meets the future in a revolutionary new approach to music

The Seaboard is a radically new musical instrument based on the design of a piano keyboard. Its patent-pending approach brings together a traditional approach to making music with cutting edge digital technology in a way that is so intuitively tactile that you can play it with your eyes closed.

This approach enables performers, composers and producers to exert unprecedented real-time control of all the major characteristics of sound: volume, pitch and timbre. If you can play the piano you already know how to play the Seaboard, and it literally puts a new world of expressive possibilities right at your fingertips.

The core team brings together a wide range of skills - product, industrial and interaction design, software engineering, business management, and of course music production, administration, management, teaching, networking and strategy and a passion for creating more intuitive ways of making music.

In early 2011, Seaboard successfully entered the Incubator.

More information on the Seeboard website"

"Evolved from the piano keyboard, the Seaboard is a new musical instrument which bridges the gap between acoustic and digital music by putting the control of pitch, volume and timbre right at your fingertips.

A limited edition of 88 GRANDs will be available for pre-order worldwide starting in April 2013. In recognition of its provenance, each will be named after a particular note on the piano keyboard, from A0 to C8.

Our cutting-edge SoundDial software gives you complete control of the Seaboard’s sound and unprecedented integration between software and hardware."

Two press releases follow beneath the pics (no mention of MIDI):

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