Roli Airwave brings piano learning to the third dimension

Learning to play piano is a hard slog, and many people – myself included – tend to start well, and then lose momentum before giving up entirely. Roli is hoping to keeping students engaged with a gesture-tracking AI teacher called the Airwave.Continue R… Continue reading Roli Airwave brings piano learning to the third dimension

Roli takes Keywave expression for another spin around the Block

Following last year’s release of the Rise 2 expressive digital instrument, the UK’s Roli has launched an updated version of the Seaboard Block controller, which “promises to bring infinite expressive possibilities to musicians everywhere, whether at ho… Continue reading Roli takes Keywave expression for another spin around the Block

Roli makes digital virtuosity more accessible with Seaboard Rise 2

The goal of the Roli Seaboard is no less than to inject some soul and virtuosity into digital music, by giving keyboard players the ability to bend and slide notes like guitarists and cello players, to vary volume as easily as a sax player does with br… Continue reading Roli makes digital virtuosity more accessible with Seaboard Rise 2

Roli cooks polyphonic expression into light-up mini keyboard

The folks behind the impressive Seaboard Grand have launched a new version of the colorful Lumi Keys learning platform that was crowdfunded last year. The Studio Edition injects some of the Grand’s spongy expression into a standard solid keyboard.Conti… Continue reading Roli cooks polyphonic expression into light-up mini keyboard

Roli swaps soft keys for solid with Lumi learning platform

The Seaboard Grand offered a pretty impressive take on expressive keyboard playing when it was revealed back in 2013. Instead of separate black and white keys, the Grand’s whole spongy surface was available as the playing area. Now Roli has c… Continue reading Roli swaps soft keys for solid with Lumi learning platform