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Roli - BEATMAKER KIT

Description

*** VERY GOOD CONDITION ***
- Does NOT come with USB-C cable

Beatmaker Kit gives you everything you need to take your beats to the next level, whether you're making your first track or honing your technique. Learn finger drumming skills, play with hundreds of expressive sounds, and complete your track with a suite of software. It's an all-in-one package for making beats, wherever your musical ideas strike.

• 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 Blocks unique surface. Ten special soundpacks from ROLI's iOS app NOISE are included.

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

BLOCKS works with programs including:
- Apple Logic Pro, GarageBand
- FXpansion Strobe2, Cypher2
- Native Instruments Kontakt, Massive
- Bitwig Studio
- Ableton Live Lite, custom version
- Audio Modeling SWAM
- Cycling '74 MaxMSP
- 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 (W x H x D): 141 x 22 x 94mm (5.6 x 0.9 x 3.7 inches)
Weight: 360 g (0.79 lbs)

Battery
* 4 hour battery life
* 2 hour charge time

Connectivity / Ports
* USB-C port (MIDI out and power)
* Full MIDI compatibility over USB and Bluetooth LE
* 8 DNA connectors

Bluetooth
* 15 meter Bluetooth range
* Mac OSX and iOS only

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)