Product Overview
The ROLI Touch Block allows users to take control over the five dimensions of touch on the Lightpad Block and Seaboard Block, and adjust the way each instrument responds to touch.
The eight functions of the Touch Block are:
- Strike: Adjusts the sensitivity of Seaboard and Lightpad Blocks to the velocity with which initial contact is made. When turned to zero, the Blocks automatically play each note at maximum volume no matter how hard the surface is struck.
- Glide: Adjusts the sensitivity of Seaboard and Lightpad Blocks to lateral finger movements. At maximum glide, the surfaces are completely continuous, like a violin’s fretboard, whereas at minimum glide the surfaces behave more like a piano keyboard, with discrete keys that are unresponsive to sideways movements.
- Slide: Adjusts the sensitivity of Seaboard and Lightpad Blocks to up-down finger movements, allowing you to dictate whether you use the whole key for modulating a sound parameter, or just a slight finger movement.
- Press: Adjusts the sensitivity of Seaboard and Lightpad Blocks to the pressure with which a note is held.
- Lift: Adjusts the sensitivity of Seaboard and Lightpad Blocks to the rate at which fingers are removed from the surface.
- Strike Lock: Fixes the strike (velocity) dimension to a specific value, which is adjustable using the +/- buttons. Perfect if you need to ensure you play every note at the same volume.
- Glide Lock: Also known as “Portamento Mode”, this automatically glides the pitch between one note and the next note played, at a rate adjusted by the +/- buttons.
- Piano Mode: Removes all touch response except for strike (velocity) so your Block responds in just the same way a traditional piano does.
ROLI Touch Block Specifications:
- Connectivity / Ports: Bluetooth LE, 6 BLOCKS DNA connectors
- Power Source: Charges via connection to the Lightpad Block
- Dimensions (WxHxD) 1.9" x 0.78" x 3.7" (48 x 20 x 94 mm)
- Weight: 0.35 lbs (160 g)
