Hard to imagine this without actually touching one, but it sounds very cool.
March 11, 2013, London, England Design-led technology start-up ROLI introduces the Seaboard GRAND, a radically new kind of musical instrument and digital controller that reimagines the most iconic of musical instruments the piano..
An evolution of the piano keyboard, the Seaboard has a soft three-dimensional surface that enables unprecedented real-time, intuitive control of the fundamental characteristics of sound: pitch, volume, and timbre. Piano and keyboard players can instantly transfer their skills to the Seaboard and begin exploring its new capacities..
The Seaboard is the first electronic instrument to enable control of a wide variety of parameters through traditional techniques for expressiveness and virtuosity. As a controller, the Seaboard allows players to manipulate sound like never before. It authentically simulates a plethora of other instruments guitar note bends, subtle string and horn swells, and much more are expressively created in seconds instead of hours. Both as an instrument and as a controller the Seaboard creates a world of entirely new sonic possibilities, and provides a new bridge between acoustic and electronic approaches to music..
The Seaboard is powered by the patent-pending SEA Interface, ROLIs disruptive platform sensor technology. SEA Interfaces are highly precise, information-rich, and pressure-sensitive, and can be built in any form factor. They enable seamless transitions between discrete and continuous input, and capture three-dimensional gestures while simultaneously providing the user with tactile feedback. ROLI is currently developing further applications in music, personal computing, robotics, medical devices, gaming, and vehicular and machine control..
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