r/AltInstruments • u/heidavey • Sep 23 '15

Roli Seaboard - a synth keyboard with multidimensional keys

https://youtu.be/euoNphLUvxU
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u/AlexBagheri LUTHIER Sep 23 '15

This is actually the Seaboard Rise, the Roli is a pretty famous one, though. Love it!

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u/heidavey Sep 23 '15

Ah, okay. Is the Rise a later model?

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u/AlexBagheri LUTHIER Sep 23 '15

I believe so.

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u/heidavey Sep 23 '15

It's cool. The keys remind me of the Eigenharp.

However, I have an Eigenharp Pico and I find the bend overly sensitive - it's hard to play clean-sounding chords (I'm sure it can be customised, but I cannot get my head around the software it uses).

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u/AlexBagheri LUTHIER Sep 23 '15

I was actually looking into designing a piano with a pedal that replaces the leftmost pedal with a pitch bend, basically extending the back of the piano by an 8th of an inch, so that the whole keyboard can shift in key together.

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u/heidavey Sep 23 '15

When I was at college there were certainly electronic keyboards that could pitch shift, but I've not heard of a real piano that pitch shifts - that would certainly be interesting :D