Roli equator review portable#

These dimensions: Strike, Glide, Slide, Press and Lift are the five pillars that set the RISE apart from conventional MIDI keyboards and pad controllers, leveraging the new MPE (Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression) specification. The matt finish of the keywaves serves as a nice contrast to the metal surrounding them, and to the side of those keywaves are a number of capacitive pads, sliders and buttons, essential for giving the user/player control over the RISEвЂ™s вЂњfive dimensions of touchвЂќ. ItвЂ™s hewn from a black, milled metal body with all the connections, including USB Type A and B ports on its left face.

Roli equator review portable#

We tested the smallest, most portable (and most affordable) of the lineup the RISE 25 (denoting its 25 keywaves), but at present thereвЂ™s also a larger 49-keywave model, called the RISE 49 (go figure), which came about as a direct result of feedback from ROLIвЂ™s fast-growing community of musicians and producers. Like the Grand before it, the RISE can be had in a range of sizes. You wonвЂ™t ever have played anything that feels like the RISE.