The ROLI Seaboard RISE is a multi-award winning, next-generation MIDI controller that gives you unlimited control over sound. A soft, continuous, touch-responsive surface replaces traditional keyboard keys giving you true expression with your fingertips and a truly new and unique way to create music.
Every movement is musical
On traditional pianos and keyboards, you control the sound in one way, with the force of a strike. But on the Seaboard RISE 49, the soft silicone keywaves opens up a new way to shape sound and create music through Five Dimensions of Touch. These movements are intuitive, enabling you to start playing with far more expression than ever previously experienceable.
Five Dimensions of Touch
Strike: Strike to sound a note
Glide: Glide your fingers from side to side to bend the pitch, simulating the effect of vibrato on a string instrument
Slide: Slide up and down to modulate a sound - for example, to add brightness, texture, or depth
Press: Press into the keywaves to deepen sounds, simulating the effect of breath on a wind instrument
Lift: Lift to change a sound’s resonance
Easy to grasp interface
Beauty is in the Seaboard RISE 49’s simplicity. Traditional knobs, wheels, cords and clutter are gone and replaced with a sleek, simplified interface that is totally intuitive. All based on touch:
Keywave surface
XY Touchpad
Touch Faders
Octave Shift
Preset Browser
On/Off and MIDI Mode
Add more control with Touch Faders
The Rise 49’s Press, Glide, and Slide Touch Faders let you adjust the touch-responsiveness of the interface. Control how the surface behaves when you press into it and move your fingers side to side and up and down. You’ll have the ability to minimise these expression controls so you can make the Seaboard Rise respond like a traditional keyboard or maximize expression so you have a totally expressive playing surface.