{"id":343098,"date":"2017-06-08T19:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1501125"},"modified":"2017-06-08T19:00:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T11:00:59","slug":"roli-brings-the-rubbery-seaboard-piano-to-its-modular-blocks-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/roli-brings-the-rubbery-seaboard-piano-to-its-modular-blocks-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Roli brings the rubbery Seaboard piano to its modular Blocks system"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In its short existence as a startup, London-based Roli has created two of the most compelling music making devices in recent memory. The Seaboard<\/a> was a material rethink of the standard electric keyboard with a rubbery surface that allows played notes to be manipulated directly in a variety of ways. And the company went in an altogether different direction last year with Blocks<\/a> \u2014 a system of square music pads with playable light up scales that can arranged in any number of configurations<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a no-brainer, really, that the company would eventually bridge the gap between the two offerings. Roli\u2019s done the job by creating a modular version of its Seaboard MIDI controller that slots directly alongside existing Blocks, plugging into the system\u2019s magnetic daisy-chained setup. The company tells me it believes the new Block, \u201creally completes the story we started telling back in June.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n