ROLI’s original Seaboard Grand keyboard was the first of the company’s MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) controllers, utilising a rubber-feel keyboard to explore the many different dimensions of touch that the MPE format offers. The futuristic keyboard introduced these dimensions to a curious public and MPE has since become something of a new norm – standardising these extra control and performance options, and broadly increasing the dynamic appeal of the MIDI protocol.
At £2,399, the original Grand was expensive, so the Seaboard Rise was developed as a cheaper entry point, with two versions: 25- and
