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ROLI Seaboard GRAND Stage - Performance Instrument and Controller

Product #35757 | SKU SBGS | ROLI
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Overview

61 "Keys", Safe and Stable Elastomer Surface, Hybrid Synthesis Engine

Description

The Seaboard GRAND Stage from ROLI is a musical instrument that re-imagines the piano keyboard as a soft, continuous surface, expanding and placing the expression possibilities of the instrument at the artist's fingertips. Since the invention of the mechanical piano-style keyboard, performers have been forced to accept the velocity of a key strike as the end of that note's expressive potential.

With this instrument's keywave, a silicone rubber surface that covers sixty-one custom sensors, this interaction is merely the beginning. Intuitive gestures such as presses, bends and slides open new avenues to musical expression. Continuous touch enables the user to sound a note and then modulate volume and timbre through one continuous motion.

Adjusting pitch is as natural as it is on a stringed instrument. Slide a finger to the left to lower the pitch of a note; slide it to the right to raise it. The smooth feel of the playing surface allows for easily gliding from one keywave to the next, or for applying a natural vibrato to any note. Additionally, low-friction ribbons run along both the top and the bottom of the playing surface for performing other modulation gestures.

Equator is a software synthesiser included with the Seaboard GRAND Stage that forms a seamlessly integrated software /hardware workflow for producers, performers, and sound designers. A mix of wavetable oscillators, FM (Frequency Modulation), sample playback, multimode filters, and complex signal routing creates a powerful hybrid synthesis engine. Use different single-cycle waves for FM, layer with samples, send into several multi-mode filters with different configurations and outputs.

Features

  • Silicon rubber keywaves transcend the rigid mechanics of a traditional piano style keyboard
  • Use intuitive strike, bend, and press gestures to control multiple parameters on each note, completely independently
  • Tailor each gesture's response to individual playing style using customisable transfer curves
  • Balanced stereo and headphone outputs for monitoring and direct recording
  • Integrated software synthesiser
  • Three wavetable oscillators
  • Two sample playback modules
  • Frequency Modulation (FM) for all oscillators
  • Graphic or traditional dial-based envelopes with various modes like one-shot, loop, note-release or the traditional ADSR mode
  • Two LFOs
  • Flexible routing and filter types (including comb filters)
  • Built-in effects including a 5-band parametric equaliser, stereo chorus, stereo delay and stereo reverb
  • When connected to a Mac, Desktop Equator runs as an Audio Units or VST plug-in from within a DAW or as a standalone app, and is controlled via MIDI over USB
  • Save presets directly to the Seaboard and play them without a computer

Specifications

Connectors 2 x 1/4" TRS Audio Out (balanced)
1 x 1/8" (3.5 mm) TRS Headphone Out
3 x 1/4" TRS Continuous Pedal Inputs
1 x USB 2.0 Type A
1 x USB 2.0 Type B
1 x 9-12 VDC Power Input
System Requirements Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz or faster recommended
OS X 10.7+
4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB RAM recommended)
Power Requirements 100~240 VAC, 50/60 Hz for included external power supply
Dimensions (WxDxH) 36.9 x 13.3 x 1.0" (937 x 338 x 26 mm)
Weight 15.4 lb (7 kg)

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  • Product: ROLI Seaboard GRAND Stage - Performance Instrument and Controller
  • Manufacturer: ROLI
  • Model: SBGS
  • SKU: SBGS
  • RM Product #: 35757

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