First establishing itself to musicians and music producers in 2015 as the first "truly expressive" digital keyboard, ROLI RISE returns in 2022 with its fourth keyboard model, which improves on its ...

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, ...

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Roli has been building unconventional musical instruments for nearly a decade now — the company's first product, the rubber-keyed Seaboard piano was first revealed back in 2013. It was originally ...

The instrument that brought the piano into the digital age just got its first upgrade in seven years. Roli’s original Seaboard Rise keyboard replaced piano keys with pressure-responsive silicone ...

The $1,399 instrument marks the company's return to professional instruments after refocusing on music education subscription services. Luminary Roli The Roli Seaboard Rise 2 is Roli’s refined sequel ...

Aside from going digital in the late ‘70s and then the rise of cheap electronic Casio keyboards in the ‘80s (blasting Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up in demo mode) the piano went mostly ...

Seaboard RISE, a new low-cost music-making device, has launched. According to its creators the technology could help musicians and amateurs-alike create soaring melodies, shredding synths and ...

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 ...

Roli was an early poster child for the emergence of MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression). The company has had its share of struggles over the last 10 years, but it's still out there trying to spread the ...