A typical keyboard MIDI controller has a set of keys to plunk and those control the sounds coming from some external module. That's where the resemblance to Seaboard Rise ends since you can 'play' these keys in many ways because they're rubber. This means you can pinch notes, bend them, or do all manner of demented things and the video gives a tasty sampling.
Here's an article which provides a bit of the technical plus price, etc. (engadget: The Seaboard Rise is Roli's more affordable rubber-keyed piano)
With standard MIDI controllers, the play is the same as you plunk the keys just as you would on any type of keyboard. With a synth, the sound module is internal and the difference to the basic play is the portamento wheel which allows 'bending' notes up or down. That technique isn't satisfying to a guitarist since the touch to the key is about the same but it's possible to diddle it with the wheel. For an axe whacker, that's not sexy at all.
Enter Seaboard Rise, and it's got all kinds of slinky moves that even axe whackers may like. The model in the video costs about the same as a basic Strat (i.e. maybe $800). They have others but this is the one Maestro Michi Renoir had acquired for his show on Tuesday night which I, regrettably, missed.
Cat tells me he was just busting out with happiness and the joy of screwing with it. His show usually goes into an improv at the top of the hour and doesn't stop until the end of it. I gather in this one it was much more focused on I must try this and I must try that. He's a keyboard master and can play anything he likes it seems. For him, this adds a new dimension to the physical aspect of playing and I've got to hear him when he does it again.
Note: I'm admiring it but not lusting after one for the Rockhouse. The Korg synth here is plenty cool even if (sob) a couple of the keys don't work. When you get old, that kind of cranky crap gets kind of endearing. Yah, the A doesn't work in that octave and the E doesn't work in this one but, you know, life happens (larfs).
Here's an article which provides a bit of the technical plus price, etc. (engadget: The Seaboard Rise is Roli's more affordable rubber-keyed piano)
With standard MIDI controllers, the play is the same as you plunk the keys just as you would on any type of keyboard. With a synth, the sound module is internal and the difference to the basic play is the portamento wheel which allows 'bending' notes up or down. That technique isn't satisfying to a guitarist since the touch to the key is about the same but it's possible to diddle it with the wheel. For an axe whacker, that's not sexy at all.
Enter Seaboard Rise, and it's got all kinds of slinky moves that even axe whackers may like. The model in the video costs about the same as a basic Strat (i.e. maybe $800). They have others but this is the one Maestro Michi Renoir had acquired for his show on Tuesday night which I, regrettably, missed.
Cat tells me he was just busting out with happiness and the joy of screwing with it. His show usually goes into an improv at the top of the hour and doesn't stop until the end of it. I gather in this one it was much more focused on I must try this and I must try that. He's a keyboard master and can play anything he likes it seems. For him, this adds a new dimension to the physical aspect of playing and I've got to hear him when he does it again.
Note: I'm admiring it but not lusting after one for the Rockhouse. The Korg synth here is plenty cool even if (sob) a couple of the keys don't work. When you get old, that kind of cranky crap gets kind of endearing. Yah, the A doesn't work in that octave and the E doesn't work in this one but, you know, life happens (larfs).
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There's a PBS program currently running (8 part series) called "Soundbreaking"--I think you would enjoy it! Of course its avail on a dvd too.
http://www.pbs.org/soundbreaking/home/
ML
Here's what's featured in each episode:
http://soundbreaking.com/episodes/
ML
That does look intriguing and I can't use speakers just now but will definitely take a look later.
Thanks!
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