Roli Rise Impressions

[Tony Hardie-Bick]

Fascinating.

T.

On 17 January 2016 07:05:11 GMT+00:00, deeplfo <deeplfo at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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