Roli Lightpad Block - The Five Dimensions of Touch (5 D Touch); Lightpad Block; Lightpad Surface

Seaboard Block’s keywaves and Lightpad Block’s playing surface. It features a simplified user
interface that allows you to easily modify the most important characteristics of a preset. If you’d
like to create your own sounds and have full control of Equator you may upgrade to the full
version of Equator.
The Five Dimensions of Touch (5D Touch)
The feature of real-time control and modulation of sound through the basic movements
of Strike, Press, Glide, Slide, and Lift.
 Strike: The velocity and force with which a finger makes contact with the Lightpad
surface or keywave surface.
 Press: The pressure and continuous touch applied to the Lightpad surface or keywave
surface after the initial Strike.
 Glide: Horizontal left and right movements on Lightpad surface or keywave surface.
 Slide: Vertical movements up and down the Lightpad surface or keywave surface.
 Lift: The release velocity or speed of liftoff fromLightpad surface or keywave surface.
Grid
A fixed configuration of pads on the NOISE interface and the Lightpad Block surface. Possible
grid layouts include 2×2, 4×4, and 5×5. In each grid layout, the number of pads is the same on
the X and Y axis.
Keywave
A wavelike element of the keywave surface of Seaboards that corresponds to a single key on a
standard keyboard. Each of the Five Dimensions of Touch can be accessed on a single keywave.
Keywave surface
The entire playing Seaboard surface including all keywaves and the ribbons above and below
them. The keywave surface corresponds to a keyboard.
Lightpad Block
A Master Block and the central Block in the BLOCKS system. The Lightpad Block features an
illuminated tactile surface that enables creators to shape sound through Five Dimensions of
Touch: Strike, Glide, Slide, Press, and Lift. When paired with NOISE it builds sequencing,
looping, finger drumming and expressive control into one intuitive device. It can also be used
with BLOCKS Dashboard to expressively control digital audio workstations and software and
hardware synthesizers.
Lightpad Surface