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Roli Blocks: A Modular Way Of Producing Music

By Genevieve Gatia on Mar 09, 2017 08:05 AM EST

Roli, the London-based music gear company, has been working on ways to change how people make music. Roli launched their new product, the Roli Blocks, a modular, multi-touch music-making system that is significantly cheaper than Roli's other products.

According to Design Boom, the Roli Blocks is a modular way to produce music that even a beginner can use, opening a world of music-making to everyone. Because it's modular, Blocks can be customized depending on the users budget, needs, skill level and musical style.

On CES 2017, a renowned artist like RZA, Grimes, and Steve Aoki have launched their own signature music like 'spoonful of grit' by RZA, neon future' by Steve Aoki. And Roli's 'giant dubstep', 'world colors', 'video games' and ' expressive electronic' in custom-made sound packs. 

According to ROLI, the Block system is composed of three main parts, the Lighted block, the Live Block, and the Loop Block with the help of magnetic connectors, music makers can now build their instrument as they pleased. The main controller of the Blocks system is called the Lightpad, a pressure sensitive pocket-sized pad.

The Lightpad can make music through striking, sliding, and pressing your fingers on the surface. To find your notes they added illuminated grids and light trails will guide the user to learn the musical gestures quickly.

The Live Block and the Loop Block have backlit rubber buttons and a strip of LEDs that will help the users record their beats, play them back, switch scales, play chords and arpeggios with more features that the user uses the most is just a tap of a button. The Blocks will become as powerful as a professional grade synthesizer if the users install the NOISE app.

On the NOISE app, the user can choose from over 100 sounds to play on the Lightpad Block, the app is only available for iOS devices but the Android version will come soon.The Lightpad Block will sell at the price of $180 and the Live Block and the Loop Block will sell on $80.

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TagsRoli Blocks, London Based Music Gear Company, Multi Touch Music Making System, RZA, CES 2017 Renowned Artist, Block System Three main parts composition, Roli's Other Product

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