Roli Beatmaker Kit (Channel)

Take your track from start to finish

• Learn to finger drum with a 6-month Melodics subscription
• Play on a touch-responsive Lightpad Block surface
• Produce tracks faster with the Loop Block
• Travel anywhere with a wireless and portable setup
• Explore hundreds of expressive sounds
• Complete your tracks with a high-powered software suite, including Ableton Live Lite
• Change the LED Lightpad surface for different notes and scales
• Customize your modular system

Learn to play beats

Finger drumming is fun with Melodics, the desktop app for learning beat-making technique. Begin with the basics or challenge yourself to play complex patterns. Melodics now features a plug-and-play integration with the Lightpad Block and Loop Block. Explore hundreds of lessons with a six month subscription that comes with your kit.

Play drums and melodies

The 5D Touch surface of the Lightpad Block will transform your beats. Drum on a tactile, touch-responsive surface. Add unparalleled expression to melodic parts by pressing into the surface and gliding or sliding around it.

Explore hundreds of sounds

Beatmaker Kit includes over 300 sounds in desktop and mobile applications. All sounds, from strings to drums, are custom-made for 5D Touch on the Lightpad Block’s unique surface. Ten special soundpacks from ROLI's iOS app NOISE are included. Explore Cinematica, Distorted Bliss, and other sounds.

Produce your tracks

Edit and complete your track with powerful production software. Beatmaker Kit comes with a custom version of Ableton Live Lite, and it's also compatible with a huge range of other digital audio workstations (DAWs) including GarageBand.

The Loop Block gives you shortcuts to useful production techniques, so you can build your tracks even faster. Record loops, play them back, set your tempo and more.

Create with a full suite of software

Whether you’re learning, playing or producing, the Beatmaker Kit is bundled with an extensive set of software programs for desktop and mobile to help you start making better songs and tracks.

PLAY

ROLI Studio Player

Access the world's largest library of MPE sounds in ROLI Studio Player, a versatile plug-in that integrates seamlessly with your BLOCKS. Featuring expressive macro controls for every sound, plus inspiring tools including Smart Chords, a Multi-Layered Arpeggiator and an Audio Effects Rack, ROLI Studio Player has everything you need to make your music.

Equator Player

Browse 200+ free expressive sounds on a desktop sound player based on Equator, ROLI’s flagship soft synth and sound engine.

Discounted upgrade price to the full version included.

Strobe2 Player

A desktop sound player version of the acclaimed Strobe2 polysynth from FXpansion. Play 50 expressive presets and explore 3 macro controls.

Discounted upgrade price to the full version included.

Cypher2 Player

A desktop sound player version of the premium Cypher2 software synth from FXpansion. Play 50 expressive presets and 3 macro controls.

Discounted upgrade price to the full version included.

NOISE for iOS

Sketch your musical ideas and start building tracks with NOISE, a free app that includes hundreds of sounds. NOISE pairs wirelessly with Beatmaker Kit, so you can play anywhere you have a connected device. iOS only.

PRODUCE

Ableton Live Lite

Turn the Beatmaker Kit into a portable controller for Ableton Live Lite, the renowned digital audio workstation (DAW). Through a customized integration you can play instruments, create tracks and launch within Ableton Live with the Lightpad surface.

ROLI Dashboard

Control Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) and desktop software programs with ROLI Dashboard. Plug Beatmaker Kit into your workflow, customize your surface, and use your Kit as a controller for Ableton Live, Logic Pro X and many more.

LEARN

Melodics

Jam along to interactive lessons to build your finger drumming and beatmaking skills with Melodics, the online educational platform.

6-month free subscription included with Beatmaker Kit.

BLOCKS works with programs including:

• Apple - Logic Pro, GarageBand
• Ableton - Live
• FXpansion - Strobe2, Cypher2
• Audio Modeling - SWAM
• Native Instruments - Kontakt, Massive
• Cycling '74 - MaxMSP
• Bitwig - Studio
• Spectrasonics - Omnisphere

Go anywhere with your music

Beatmaker Kit travels with you wherever you want to make music. Wireless, lightweight and with a surface the size of a postcard, it empowers you to create tracks anywhere.

Connect your Beatmaker Kit to the NOISE iOS app for a completely mobile music experience. Even when you connect to desktop software, you can still fit your Kit in a backpack with a laptop computer.

Specifications

Dimensions and Weight

• Width: 141mm (5.6 inches).
• Height: 22mm (0.9 inches).
• Depth: 94mm (3.7 inches)
• Weight: 360g (0.79 pounds)

Connectivity / Ports

• USB-C port (MIDI out and power).
• Full MIDI compatibility over USB and Bluetooth LE.
• 8 DNA connectors.

Power

• USB / DNA Input Voltage: 5.0V +/- 0.2V

Bluetooth

• 15 meter Bluetooth range.
• Mac OSX and iOS only.

Battery

• 4 hour battery life.
• 2 hour charge time.

Compatibility

Desktop Requirements

• Mac OSX 10.10+.
• Windows 7, 8 and 10.
• Intel Dual Core i5 2.5GHz+.
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB RAM recommended).
• 2 GB hard drive space.
• Internet connection to register/download software.

Mobile & Tablet Requirements

• iPhone 6 or newer.
• iPad Air 2 or newer.
• iPad Mini 4 or newer.
• iPad Pro (9.7, 10.5 and 12.9 inches).
• iOS 9.0 or above.
• Google Pixel or Pixel 2 (Limited support).