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ROLI Blocks Modular device for making music
Looks like a heck of a lot of fun 
synthtopia.com/content/2016/11/01/roli-debuts-blocks-modular-music-controller-system/
and another article:
cdm.link/2016/11/modular-wireless-music-blocks-ios-rolis-next-big-idea/
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Game changer !!!! !
So the question is how good is their app? And will the blocks work with Animoog?
I hope that the Roli NOISE app will now get proper AB, IAA, and AU support.
I will certainly look at trying Blocks though. Looks like a hardware version of TC-Data with MPE but likely without all the TC-Data depth (@BitShapeSoft needs to create an MPE enabled TC-Data).
Btw, if Animoog supports MPE then i suspect it will work with Blocks.
They're presenting it as an "anyone with this device can make music" kit. At 180 US, they are either delusional or stupid. Loved the videos, and was honestly excited about it. Right up until I saw the price tag. If I add this device to my ever evolving to-purchase list of music gear/apps, right now it would fall somewhere between a Bluetooth pedal board and never-gonna-happen.
Wanna change the world? Make your hardware price-accessible to the masses. That means about twenty bucks. On the top end.
I loved the App upon first inspection, but was crestfallen that it worked with nothing else, export-wise, and thus consigned it very quickly to the One-Day-Never folder. I would love to get it out again, but I have my doubts...
still claims this on itunes...
still waiting.
– Audio Units are coming soon. You’ll be able to use NOISE as a synth in your favourite iOS DAW – stay tuned
God I hope so....that could be special. Fingers crossed.
indeed it would. Roli has been busy lately..
https://www.fxpansion.com/news/fxpansion-joins-roli/
In other news, the Linstrument 128 was also announced a day or so ago. $999.
I'm actually pretty excited about this.
The marketing material seems to position it as a 'better launchpad' for all your EDM lightshow needs, but after a bit of a dig through the docs it's true power becomes apparent.
https://support.roli.com/article/using-the-lightpad-block-with-desktop-apps/
I think I'll hold off until a few more reviews come through, but as a generic MPE controller for Max or Live I think this has heaps of potential.
How have they got around the wireless delay?
Like @JohnnyGoodyear I would be in clover for export or output options but gave up after nothing happened. Gorgeous expressive synth, not the slightest bit interested in the hardware though.
Hello Apple,
just give us aftertouch on iPads.
Im not impressed about what people actually do with MPE,
most of the time I think oh no, don't do that.
I wonder what it means that apple sells them.
Is this the forget about force touch on iPads message?
Or does it mean we are on this just wait for next year?
It's probably going to be using Bluetooth Low Energy so latency should be great. But at this price point I don't really know how big the market for it might be. Especially since I think without a proper SDK and third party app support it's not going to be too useful.
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Exactly what it means when Apple sells anything. Marketing believes they can shove this down throats globally, and make more truck loads of cash.
I like the basic idea. Without broadening its use to all apps, it's too limited for the price. As Sebastian says, it needs its own SDK and a big push to get as many apps as possible compatible. Maybe they could do it with a tie in with AudioBus, so that any app running in AudioBus would be compatible?
Roli just bought fxpansion.
I guess they have little interest in that.
Considering it's a control surface it could be compatible with Audiobus 3's MIDI/Control mode. I guess I'm going to wait for a call from ROLI.
These are mildly interesting, in spite of the promo videos for them, the carnival lighting, and the system they are geared towards. If it were a single piece that had the arp and chord function built in, and were just a midi controller, for perhaps $200 or so, they would be more interesting... To me... It's all about me.
I wonder how difficult it'd be to lash this up in the shed, using the BBC Micro-Bit?
i have a roli rise and love it,
its the first time i play a synthesizer with a "keyboard" and i have the feeling i could PLAY it,
and i cant play piano!!!
but what i cant find if the blocks are playable with the usb port?
usb BLE is nice, but brings additional latency, i use my rise most with usb, BLE is nice to have, look @ all Rise videos, all with USB plugged in ;-)
MPE is really the next evolution, if you dont try it......do it!
This scares me.
All the MPE demos give me the same impression
A) it's people who can't play piano or
b) it's some violinist trying to do his thing
I find none of this appealing.
(The Darth vader Demo was the first where I thought ok they found 2 guys that know what they are doing)
I can play the piano, I am not interested in all these pitchslides. I am fine with a simple pitchwheel.
Im just interested in velocity (maybe release Velo too) aftertouch and sliding vertical on the keys for some kind of timbre change. The rest is totally over the top IMHO. And I won't pay for all the sensors I don't need. (Pitchwiggle)
just try it!
You have the guns but we have the numbers...
I've changed my mind about this pretty quickly.
From what I've read it won't be open to 3rd party developers.
The Steve Aoki soundpack didn't help either...
Unsure if everYbody has seen this
I don't get this at all.
Can't I do this with a single app on my idevice? I don't see myself or many others carrying around their phone and one of these for portable music making. And I don't see people carrying around a case of these to their gig along with their other gear. And again I don't see much use for these at home when I have an amazing iPad that does far more than these things.
Could be wrong though. Haven't tried them. Looks like a waste of technology to me.
Our beloved iPads are not pressure sensitive, yet.
Yeah funny. And cool but not cool that that app is gone now.
Neat it'll be sold in the Apple stores. Just read the MIDI stuff, 5 channel MPE, can set it up in 2x2, 4x4, 5x5 for drums melodies. Anything that'll handle MPE should work, and Daw's recognize it as a MIDI surface