MusicRadar hands-on: ROLI Blocks
First impressions of the entry-level MPE controller
Simon Arblaster and Si Truss demo and discuss ROLI’s latest MPE device that takes their five-dimensional touch from the Seaboard range and crams it into a palm-sized controller.
Here are our first impressions of the ‘modular music studio’ that joins forces with the Noise app and new Dashboard desktop software.
MORE INFO: ROLI’s Dashboard beta means that you can now use Blocks to control your DAW
In case you wanted to see us get our hands on some more mobile music-making devices, don't miss the demo of Teenage Engineering’s latest Pocket Operator, the PO-32 Tonic.
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I take care of the reviews on MusicRadar and Future Music magazine, though can sometimes be spotted in front of a camera talking little sense in the presence of real musicians. For the past 30 years, I have been unable to decide on which instrument to master, so haven't bothered. Currently, a lover of all things high-gain in the guitar stakes and never one to resist churning out sub-standard funky breaks, the likes of which you'll never hear.

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