Nothing on this earth would convince me to buy roli stuff again… Great ideas, but poor execution and terrible customer services let them down badly… once bitten and all that…
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I am so bummed that ROLI wasn’t more successful. The Seaboard is just so cool. Also, Equator 2 is, imho, by far the best implementation of an MPE software synth, at least in terms of UI and seeing what your doing with all the expressiveness available. I really, really wanted be able to pair a Seaboard RISE 2 with Equator 2, but like @Symian said, after buying the Seaboard Block, having it fail, then no customer support during warranty period, I won’t be buying anymore hardware from ROLI unless they were purchased by a reputable music hardware company.
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This was an interesting read.
For me to buy a Seaboard it would have to have a DIN midi out. That’s the one thing I’m asking for and also probably the one thing I won’t be getting. And for that reason I’m considering a Linnstrument instead.
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my linnstrument 128 seems to stand the test of time at least.
being non-battery powered, and having a open firmware makes it a lot more future proof in my eyes that Roli (or for that sake the discontinued sensel morph).
Only issue i have had was the rubber playing suface had air bubbles under it. But i found posts with instructions to loosen the chassis and smoothen things out.
Thing feels like it will last for ages,
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Thanks. I’m out here then…
“The report of my death was an exaggeration.”
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