Roli ROLI Lightpad Block

This unit is used and the packaging shows some light wear. The unit is still functioning and works as it should, here's more info from ROLI:

ROLI ROL-001141 Overview

The Lightpad Block from Roli is the central performance Block in the Blocks system and features an illuminated tactile surface that enables the user to shape sounds through five dimensions of touch including strike, glide, slide, press, and lift. It builds sequencing, looping, finger drumming, and expressive control into one intuitive device.

The Lightpad Block is made up of 225 LEDs arranged in a 15x15 matrix and features a laser-etched silicone surface allowing for multidimensional performances. The fixed configuration of the pads is defined by Noise, the free iOS app, and can be configured in three modes including 2x2, 4x4, and 5x5. The Block system is also compatible with desktop applications including Roli's equator, as well as GarageBand, Logic, Bitwig, Max and more. Connections to your iOS device or desktop computer can be made wirelessly via Bluetooth, or from a wired USB connection.

The Lightpad Block is designed to integrate with the optional Live and Loop Blocks, which provide tactile control over the most frequently used functions for quick and easy performance. The Live Block allows for switching scales and octaves, playing chords and arpeggios, and sustaining notes. The Loop Block offers control for capturing loops, layering sounds, tempo, quantization, and more.

Light Pad Interface

• Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, the Lightpad Block packs more power than a roomful of instruments
• When paired with the NOISE app, you can make any kind of music - drum beats, guitar leads, orchestral melodies
• Approachable and easy to learn. Express the music inside of you, whether you play an instrument or not
• Enjoy the interaction of touch, sound, and light
• The silicone surface is pressure-responsive, and you shape sound by striking the surface, pressing into it, and moving your fingers around it
• The LED-illuminated surface glows, and each touch leaves a trace of light. Colorful grids guide you to make different kinds of music
• Grid Layouts
• 2x2 for drum kits with four sounds
• 4x4 for drum kits with 16 sounds
• 5x5 for melodic or pitched sounds (root note is always white)

Five Ways to Shape Sound Through Touch

• Strike: Strike the surface to sound a note, as you would on a piano key or a drum
• Glide: Glide your fingers from side to side to bend the pitch, as violinists do
• Slide: Slide up and down to modulate the sound
• Press: Press into the surface to deepen sounds, like a saxophone player does by breathing more
• Lift: Lift off the surface at different speeds to change a sound’s resonance

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