Airwave plays with (almost) everything

Watch ROLI social media manager Omar put his expressive abilities to the test with Airwave and a conveyor belt of musical and not-so-musical items

Sam Taylor

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26 November 2025

When we first came up with Airwave, it was intended to work specifically with ROLI instruments like ROLI Piano and Seaboard 2. After announcing it, we were inundated with requests to make it work with other instruments too — so we did: You can now make music with Airwave using just about any MIDI controller you like.

Not convinced of Airwave’s creative potential? Here’s our social media manager, Omar, attempting to prove the point with a conveyor belt of MIDI controllers, musical instruments, and miscellanea — watch the video to see how he got on.

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