Live BlockLive Block lets you switch scales and octaves, trigger chords and arpeggios, and sustain notes in real time.
Live Block lets you switch scales and octaves, trigger chords and arpeggios, and sustain notes in real time.
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BLOCKS
The instrument that grows with you
BLOCKS is the modular music making system that grows with you. Each Block is incredibly powerful, putting musical expression right at your fingertips. Start with one Block. Connect more Blocks together. Customize the instrument that’s right for you, and grow all the way with your music.
Start building
Lightpad Block and Seaboard Block are powerful musical instruments, and they’re also the centerpieces of a BLOCKS kit. Start building your modular instrument by choosing from two expressive musical surfaces. Or start by connecting Lightpad Blocks and Seaboard Blocks together.
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Seaboard BlockSuper Powered Keyboard
Super Powered Keyboard
Super Powered Keyboard
- Multi-award-winning Seaboard interface
- 5D Touch technology
- 24 keywave, two-octave playing surface
- Hundreds of free sounds
- Software bundle: NOISE, Equator Player, BLOCKS Dashboard, MaxMSP
- Wireless and portable
Lightpad BlockMake beats. Play melodies. Shape sounds naturally through touch. Discover a new way to make music — it’s just under the surface.
Make beats. Play melodies. Shape sounds naturally through touch. Discover a new way to make music — it’s just under the surface.
Super Sonic Surface
- Play beats or melodies on a versatile surface
- LED-illuminated surface with multiple grid layouts
- 5D Touch technology
- Designed for learners and pros
- Hundreds of free sounds
- Wireless, pocket-sized and portable
- Software bundle: NOISE, BLOCKS Dashboard, MaxMSP
Add more control
Live Block, Loop Block and Touch Block provide more hands-on control. The buttons of each Block are shortcuts to the functions you use most to make music — whether that’s recording loops, changing scales, or adjusting how your musical surface responds to touch.
Live Block
Loop BlockLoop Block helps you produce a track faster. Record loops and play them back. Set your tempo, and quantize your loops so they’re always in time.
Loop Block helps you produce a track faster. Record loops and play them back. Set your tempo, and quantize your loops so they’re always in time.
Production control
Touch BlockTouch Block lets you adjust the expressive behavior of your Lightpad Block or Seaboard Block
Touch Block lets you adjust the expressive behavior of your Lightpad Block or Seaboard Block
Expression control
Kit it out
Sleek, stylish Snapcases protect your Blocks while you’re on the go. If you’re playing a few Blocks at once, the rigid chassis reinforces your kit and helps you play on any surface.
Snapcase SoloCovers, protects, and reinforces a single Lightpad Block
Covers, protects, and reinforces a single Lightpad Block
Snapcase DuoCovers, protects, and reinforces two Lightpad Blocks or one Lightpad Block plus two Live, Loop or Touch Blocks
Covers, protects, and reinforces two Lightpad Blocks or one Lightpad Block plus two Live, Loop or Touch Blocks
Hear how RZA adds a 'Spoonful Of Grit' to his music with the Lightpad Block
NOISE and BLOCKS: a perfect pair
NOISE is the software brain of BLOCKS. It's a free music-making app for iOS* devices that pairs wirelessly with each Block. The musical interfaces of NOISE mirror the layouts of the Seaboard Block and Lightpad Block. Get a feel for BLOCKS by playing around with NOISE — then pair it with any Block.
*Early-stage Android support for Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy S8, and select devices
Join the NOISE.fm community
Share your tracks and pull from others on NOISE.fm, a collaborative community for people making music with BLOCKS and NOISE.
Best Innovative Product 2017
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- NAMM
Best in Show 2017
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- NAMM
Innovation Consumer Product of the Year 2017
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- IoT Breakthrough
Build an app for BLOCKS
Are you a developer? BLOCKS is the most open, hackable music creation system ever made. Turn a Block into a controller for applications in music, gaming, and beyond. Start building your app today with BLOCKS Developer Kits.
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