ROLI BLOCKS Gallery

Musical instrument ROLI doesn't make your typical guitar or keyboard. Instead, its flexible rubber surface promises the best of synth, string, and other instruments with its 5D Touch system, tracking everything from how you press, through how hard, to how you move your finger away. Now you can get that in its cheapest form, in the ROLI BLOCKS.

A modular synth system, BLOCKS cling together magnetically. At its core is the $179.95 Lightpad, a square with a full touch-sensitive surface. You can add $79.95 Loop and Live blocks for more easy-to-reach control, or just navigate everything through the free ROLI NOISE app.

In the pipeline is broader support for desktop music apps, along with using the Lightpad with other apps as part of ROLI's developer program. Right now, NOISE is the primary limitation, with no way to export tracks beyond to ROLI's own social network for musicians. Full details in our comprehensive ROLI BLOCKS review.