ROLI Seaboard & Kronos

tomto66 · Post by **tomto66** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:31 pm

Hi all,

Has anyone her ever tried using a ROLI Seaboard as a controller for a Kronos? Any experiences ?

Thx!

Tom

Liquid_Metal · Post by **Liquid_Metal** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:06 pm

I'm gonna give this a bump because I'm also curious.

dfahrner · Post by **dfahrner** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 10:03 pm

A couple of us have used the Seaboard RISE and written about it in the "Latest News" section of the forum:

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/ ... highlight=

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metallo · Post by **metallo** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 11:10 pm

I ordered one fee days ago, should arrive early in the new year...I'll let you know how it works.

karmathanever · Post by **karmathanever** » Mon Dec 28, 2015 12:53 am

I'll let you know how it works.

YES please metallo - I am fascinated by that machine!!!

Cheers

Pete

metallo · Post by **metallo** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:18 pm

I got my seaboard, I still haven't had any chance to test it with my kronos (my kronos is in the studio). Tomorrow I will check how it works

In the meanwhile I recorded a short video just testing the seaboard....it's a spectacular piece of equipment, it's very expressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eSzesZkP-A

McHale · Post by **McHale** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:34 pm

I don't have the Seaboard but I do have the Linnstrument which is similar and it's a blast to use. It's also quite easy to setup and use.

tomto66 · Post by **tomto66** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:38 pm

@metallo: how long did you practice that before you recorded the clip?

metallo · Post by **metallo** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 9:34 pm

@ McHale, I've always been fascinated by the Linnstrument, sooner or later I will get one

@tomto66: not too long, I have my seaboard since 3 days ago. It's quite intuitive and easy to learn.

metallo · Post by **metallo** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 11:50 am

I still haven't had a chance to try the Seaboard with the Kronos but I really can't wait and discover the thousands of possibilities using the sounds of the kronos with the expressivity of this board.

This is a short second test I made with it using 2 of the presets....I think it's just an awesome instrument with equator and noise for iphone being top quality sounds apps.

https://youtu.be/msHsXYWxVx8

Bertotti · Post by **Bertotti** » Sat Jan 16, 2016 2:42 pm

I still haven't tried it with the Kronos yet. I thought, seemingly incorrectly, that it would be easier to learn to connect it to a small mono device first. I have been working with the Minitaur. Sadly what I have had occur if in midi mode I can set the three faders to what I want done but the key waves just act like keys none of the wiggle jiggle slide etc has worked. I need to hit the manual again to verify if this is how it should be. Faders and x/y pad work well.

metallo · Post by **metallo** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:29 am

What I'm planning to do is just to monitor the midi messages coming from the seaboard and mapping them on the kronos

Bertotti · Post by **Bertotti** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:50 pm

Great idea!