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Seaboard RISE Creator Manual
8. ROLI Glossary
The mode of broadcasting a Bluetooth signal in order to pair
wirelessly with another Bluetooth-enabled device.
Equator:
ROLI’s custom-built, multidimensional software synthesiser
and sound engine.
Equator
enables refined control of the
expressive capabilities of the keywave surface.
Equator
and
Seaboard
instruments work together to provide a seamlessly
integrated hardware-software experience.
Expression Mode:
A mode of playing the
Seaboard RISE
in which three
Touch
Faders
control the dynamics of the
Glide
,
Slide
, and
Press
dimensions of touch.
Expression Mode
lets you modify the
touch responsiveness of the
Seaboard RISE
to suit specific
sounds and your individual playing style.
The five fundamental elements of physical interaction between
a finger and a surface:
Strike
,
Press
,
Glide
,
Slide
, and
Lift
.
Glide:
Horizontal movements from side to side on a
keywave
along
the ribbons.
Keywave surface:
The entire playing surface including all
keywaves
and ribbons.
The
keywave surface
corresponds to a keyboard.
Keywave:
A wavelike element of the
keywave surface
that corresponds
to a single key on a standard keyboard. Each of the
Five
Dimensions of Touch
can be accessed on a single
keywave
.
Lift:
The release velocity or speed of liftoff from a
keywave
.
MIDI Mode:
A mode of operation in which the
Touch Faders
can be
assigned to any MIDI CCs for additional customisation of sound.
My ROLI:
ROLI’s online portal for software downloads and product support.
Octave shift:
A button on the control panel that shifts up to two octaves.
Preset Switch:
Refers to the upper elastomer navigation bar on the
Seaboard RISE
25 control panel.
Press:
The pressure and continuous touch applied to the
keywave
after the initial
Strike
.
ROLI Dashboard:
An application for modifying and customising the internal set-
tings of the
RISE
.
Seaboard:
A pressure-sensitive, multidimensionally expressive instrument
that ROLI launched in 2014. The
Seaboard
has two product
families: the
Seaboard GRAND
and
Seaboard RISE
.
Slide:
Vertical movements up and down a
keywave
.
Software Bundle:
The software programs that come bundled with the
Seaboard RISE
. Currently these are
ROLI Dashboard
and
Equator
.
Bluetooth
Pairing Mode:
The Five Dimensions
of Touch (5D Touch):
