Redefining Musical Expressiveness

Media shared from https://www.soundonsound.com/people/inventing-roli-seaboard-podcast

By Nick Rothwell
Published January 2024

Roland Lamb talks to Nick Rothwell about the inspiration behind the ROLI Seaboard, the challenges faced when creating a new type of instrument and the three product ranges from ROLI: the Seaboard, Block System and LUMI.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - The Origins Of ROLI
07:41 - Part Of The Keyboard Family
12:26 - Challenges Of Constructing The Seaboard
17:34 - The First Products Launched
18:12 - From Integrated Sounds To Controllers And Soft Synths
22:59 - Standardising MIDI Polyphonic Expression
25:32 - The ROLI Block System
28:33 - LUMI for Education And Performance
30:30 - Improving Playability With The Seaboard Rise 2
33:08 - The Next Generation Of Blocks