Roli Rise Impressions

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So, as some of you saw, I got the Roli Rise keyboard this week and I
thought I'd share some notes.  The thing came in a very nicely packaged
box, with a very personal note, assuming that they were happy with my
purchase :-).  After a few layers of boxing I got to the unit and the first
thing you notice is that it's built like a tank.  The thing feels *so*
solid, which is in contrast to the very soft, tactile keyboard surface that
begs you to play with it.

Midi setup over Bluetooth on the Mac was nice, though not sticky at times,
which meant the hassle of reconnecting, which is a bit odd, though it may
also be operator error.  When I had it over Bluetooth and running it in
Live as a controller, the Bluetooth did drop, having me resort to gold old
cable route. Additional instructions in the box tell you how to register
and also get the Equator synth that was designed specifically for the
brand.  Once you get that going and start interacting with the squeeshy
keyboard is where all the fun starts.

Obviously their own synth is a showcase of the brilliant conception that is
the Roli controller, but what it really does is to offer a keyboard-form
instrument that has the same sensuality of that category of instruments
that one can really be expressive with.

The tactile interaction one develops with the 3-D keyboard, and how those
nuances are all captured as expressive control parameters, and on top of
the X-Y mini-pad and three additional slider controls, makes it one heck of
way to play any of your virtual instruments.  It truly breaths a new life
to *ALL* your instruments and that is such an awesome feeling.  It is not
meant as a replacement for anything, but for anyone that uses a keyboard to
program/produce with music, it is becomes a most pleasing, exciting, and
interactive feeling one would ever have with a keyboard.  Siting next to my
Komplete Kontrol S61 and C-Thru controller, it feels very right and is
going to be something that I will be going to a lot.

- mohsen
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