Studio Package

The BLOCKS Studio Package is a powerful offering that includes each of the main elements of BLOCKS and NOISE, a modular music creation system that opens up the world of music creation to everyone. BLOCKS and NOISE let anyone shape music through easy-to-learn gestures on powerful devices that connect together. This package includes a Lightpad Block, the Live and Loop Control BLOCKS, Snapcase Duo, and sixteen additional NOISE soundpacks.

The Lightpad Block is an affordable 5D MIDI controller, and the centerpiece of the modular music studio. The pliable, pressure-sensitive surface lets you shape sound through gliding, pressing, lifting and other intuitive gestures, on a glowing grid of squares that guides you to make beats and shape melodies. The Lightpad Block is powered by NOISE, a free iOS app that doubles as a high-powered soft synth, connecting wirelessly via MIDI over Bluetooth. This new generation of expressive pad controller is groundbreaking in its portability, and versatility to making any kind of sound. The possibilities only begin with this Block, which can be connected to others in a modular, customizable system.

The Live Block makes it easier to perform music in real time. Its controls let you switch scales and octaves, play chords and arpeggios, sustain notes, and cycle through sounds. The Block creates shortcuts to functions that make your musical performances more expressive, so you can spend more time improvising and less time navigating software menus.

The Loop Block makes it easier to record a song. Its controls help you set your tempo, record loops and play them back, and quantize your recorded loops so they snap in time with the tempo. The Block creates shortcuts to the most popular functions of music production, so you can spend more time building amazingly multi-layered tracks and less time navigating software menus.

This package also includes the Snapcase Duo. Made of premium materials, this versatile case magnetically attaches to your Blocks so you can safely and easily transport them anywhere you make music. The flexible, foldable cover shields the silicone surface from dust, spills, and damage. It also acts as a chassis and base for your studio. When you’re ready to play, just unfold the case and start making music.

Finally, the package has been completed with 16 additional soundpacks that can be added to your NOISE library. These custom soundpacks suit a huge array of musical genres including hip hop, dubstep, ambient, pop, and cinematic music. Each soundpack has been custom built by ROLI sound engineers to take full advantage of the expressive potential of BLOCKS. This assortment also includes 3 soundpacks designed by and curated from the personal libraries of RZA (the legend behind Wu-Tang Clan), EDM icon Steve Aoki, and Wondagurl (the 20 your old wunderkind producer behind-chart topping tracks for Jay Z, Drake, Travis Scott, and SZA).