ROLI Lightpad

Full Description

Capture your inspiration

The original ROLI Lightpad set a precedent in the portable music making world. This compact and highly expressive performance controller, provides exceptional expressive control that you could take anywhere. The Lightpad allows you to create music using the touch of your finger, recreating everything from drum sounds to flutes, synths, choirs and more.

The expandable design allows you to connect the Lightpad M to a range of other ROLI blocks, allowing you to create your own customisable modular controller. The Lightpad M builds on the success of the original, providing a range of new features and enhancements to its design.

225 Microkeywaves with a redesigned surface layer

The ROLI Lightpad M builds on the success of its predecessor, with a range of improvements and upgrades. One of the most prominent changes made to the design is the microkeywaves. Inspired by the Roli Seaboard, the microkeywaves deliver exceptional tactile control and feedback, from the pressure-sensitive surface.

The redesigned silicone surface layer is deeper and softer, with 225 microkeywaves in total for optimal expressive control. The surface has also been made brighter for low-light environments, as well as looking sleek and stylish.

Palm-sized, lightweight design

This highly compact and lightweight controller fits within the palm of your hand, making it the ultimate portable performance controller. Its expandable connections allow you to link the Lightpad M to other ROLI blocks for expansive control. The newest version of ROLI’s dedicated application – Noise 3.0 is also now available for free download. Noise 3.0 introduces a range of new upgrades, including improvements to clip launching, editing, as well as the user-interface. It also features a range of new acoustic sounds. You can now get hyper-realistic violin, saxophone, cello and other classical acoustic sounds.

Complete with powerful music software and versatile sound players

The ROLI Lightpad M comes complete with a comprehensive package of versatile music software. The software bundle includes: Roli Studio Player, Equator Player, Strobe2 Player, Cypher2 Player, Ableton Live Lite, Max MSP and the Roli Dashboard. Ableton Live Lite is a streamlined version of the award-winning music software. The sleek and intuitive software interface allows you to make music and record with ease.

The Equator Player provides you with over 200 powerful and expressive sounds via a desktop sound player. The Strobe2 Player is a desktop sound player version of the critically-acclaimed Strobe2 polysynth. Brose over 50 versatile presets and 3 macro controls. The Cypher2 player allows you to browse over 50 presets with 3 macro controls, providing a desktop sound player version of the powerful FXpansion software. Max MSP is also included in the form of a three-month trial, providing an open-end environment for developing plugins.

What's Included

• Light Block M
• 8 NOISE soundpacks
• Ableton Live Lite
• Equator Player
• Cypher2 Player
• Strobe2 Player
• ROLI dashboard
• Melodics subscription (3 month trial)
• Max MSP license (3 month trial)
• USB-C to USB-A cables

Features

• Wireless and portable expressive performance controller
• 225 microkeywaves inspired by the ROLI seaboard for optimal expressive control
• Redesigned silicone touch response surface layer for refined responsive control
• 50 percent brighter than the original Lightpad
• LED illumination reconfigures the surface for different notes and scales
• Full MIDI compatibility over USB and Bluetooth LE
• Get started with free iOS apps: the beginner friendly ROLI PLAY or the powerful NOISE app
• Free NOISE 3.0 app now available with improvements to clip launching, clip editing and new acoustic sounds
• New acoustic instrumental soundpacks now available
• Desktop software included: Ableton Live Lite Equator Player, Cypher2 Player, Strobe2 Player and Traktion Waveform 8
• Customisable design allows you to link multiple ROLI blocks together, and connect to Seaboard Block

Specifications

• Dimensions: 94 x 21.8 x 94mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 260g
• Battery Life: 4 hours
• Battery Charge Time: 2 hours
• Connectivity: USB-C port (MIDI out and power), full MIDI compatibility over USB and Bluetooth LE (Mac OSX and iOS only), 8 DNA connectors
• Bluetooth Range: 15 meters (Mac OSX and iOS only)

• Desktop Requirements: Max OSX 10.10+ or Windows 7,8 and 10, Intel Dual Core i5 2.5GHz+, 4GB RAM (6GB recommended), 2GB hard drive space, internet connection to register/download software
• Mobile & Tablet Requirements: iPhone 6 or newer, iPad Air 2 or newer, iPad Mini 4 or newer, iPad Pro (9.7, 10.5 and 12.9 inches), iOS 9.0 or above, Google Pixel or Pixel 2 (limited support), Please Note: Only iOS app support, no Android support
• Product Code: ROL0019