Roli Songmaker Kit Studio Edition The Complete Kit for Creators

All you need to play and produce

Songmaker Kit Studio Edition combines three ROLI Blocks plus a huge array of software, in one deeply integrated kit.

• Play melodic leads on Seaboard Block
• Play beats and control effects on Lightpad Block
• Produce faster with Live Block
• 5D Touch technology for intuitive sound shaping
• 100s of MPE sounds in ROLI Studio for desktop
• Groundbreaking tools for creating tracks faster
• Create anywhere with a protective Snapcase

Three super powered controllers

Songmaker Kit unites Seaboard Block and Lightpad Block, the premier Blocks for playing and producing with unparalleled expression. Live Block adds more real-time control.

Seaboard Block Studio Edition

Super Powered Keyboard

Play with unparalleled expression on the most compact and versatile model of ROLI’s award-winning Seaboard.

Lightpad Block Studio Edition

Super Powered Drumpad

Make beats in a way that was never possible before. The Lightpad Block lets you bend and shape drums and build your tracks, all at the touch of a finger.

Live Block

Production Control

Live Block helps you produce and perform faster. Access ROLI Studio features instantly by clicking its control buttons.

Play with unparalleled expression

Make every movement musical on two soft, touch-responsive surfaces: Seaboard Block and Lightpad Block. From bending drums to shaping melodies, you’ll make tracks more expressively with Five Dimensions of Touch.

Explore a vast collection of sounds and effects

Songmaker Kit is powered by ROLI Studio, a new suite of desktop software that combines industry-leading sounds, effects, and production tools.

• 2 plugins: ROLI Studio Player & ROLI Studio Drums
• 250+ sounds, including 130 MPE sounds
• Presets from Equator, Cypher2, Strobe2 synths
• Expansive audio effects and macros
• Groundbreaking production tools like Smart Chords
• Intuitive, easily navigable interfaces

Shape melodies with ROLI Studio Player

Enrich your track with melodic sounds that you can play on both Seaboard Block and Lightpad Block. ROLI Studio Player includes 300+ hybrid-acoustic, and synth presets:

Bend beats with ROLI Studio Drums

Revolutionize the way you make beats on the Lightpad Block, now armed with ROLI Studio Drums — the world’s first MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) drums plugin. Warp drums sounds and create grooves instantly through 5D Touch.

Tools for composing and producing faster

ROLI Studio has groundbreaking tools for producing tracks more creatively.

• Smart Chords: play chords with every note in ROLI Studio Player
• Multi-Layered Arpeggiator: create rhythmic sequences with 3 arp layers in ROLI Studio Player
• Macros and effects: adjust your sound in real time with 3 macro controls and 4 effects slots

A vast array of software programs

ROLI Studio is at the center of an even larger array of software tools.

Synths and DAWs

Equator

FULL licence to Equator, the acclaimed MPE synth from ROLI. Includes 400+ presets, plus high-powered tools for modulating sound with 5D Touch.

Strobe2

FULL license to Strobe2, the acclaimed synth from FXpansion. Includes 1100+ classic synth sounds, plus an analogue modelling engine for creating your own.

Ableton Live Lite

Turn your Lightpad Block into a controller for Ableton Live Lite, the renowned DAW. A custom ROLI Dashboard integration lets you play instruments, launch clips and navigate around your track on the illuminated Lightpad surface.

Tracktion Waveform 8

Create your tracks in a DAW built from the ground up for MPE-based productions. Tracktion Waveform performs seamlessly with the Seaboard's multidimensional expressive surface, and includes powerful but approachable editing tools.

Additional Tools

ROLI Dashboard

Take control of DAWs and plugins with your Blocks. ROLI Dashboard gives you everything you need to configure BLOCKS for your workflow, including custom apps for Logic Pro, Ableton Live and GarageBand.

ROLI Connect

Your gateway to music production. The ROLI Connect cloud platform lets you manage your Blocks, download your software suite, and more.

Max MSP

Push the limits of musical creativity with a 6 month free trial of Max MSP, a free-form environment for plug-in development.

A kit that fits your workflow

Songmaker Kit gives you all the hardware controllers and software tools you need to build a track. But it also slots into your workflow and adapts to any project.

• ROLI Studio: load ROLI Studio Player and ROLI Studio Drums as plugins in your DAW, or as standalone apps
• ROLI Dashboard: customize the Kit to control DAW features and your favorite software tools

Modularity means more

Songmaker Kit is the ultimate BLOCKS setup. Take control of a music studio you can change at any time, in the moment:

• Break it down: play a single Block when you don’t want the full kit
• Build it up: connect even more Blocks, and expand your kit
• Switch it up: change the configuration of your Blocks in an instant

Carry it anywhere, in style

Songmaker Kit comes with a stylish, protective Snapcase. It holds the kit together and protects the Blocks when you carry them around. So you can take your Songmaker Kit anywhere.

Compatibility

Desktop Requirements

• Mac OSX 10.13+.
• Windows 10+.
• Intel Dual Core i5 2.5GHz+.
• 4 GB RAM (8 GB RAM recommended).
• 2 GB hard drive space.
• Requires ROLI Connect and an internet connection to register and download additional content.