The Lumi Keys Studio Edition, by Roli, is a small and compact midi keyboard controller that is capable of MPE. It’s a great piece of gear for music production. Specifically, it’s beneficial for performers who would like to take their sound production to another level. Roli claims that they’re the first to adopt a controller with a classic keyboard that works with polyphonic aftertouch and per-key bend as an integrated feature in their lineup. In addition, they also offer new ways to compose due to the light displayed on the illuminated keys on this controller.
Lumi Keys Studio Edition: Features
With the Lumi Keys Studio Edition, you’ll be able to bend pitch through—what they say is vibrato like movements on a keyboard with traditional key dialing. As a result, this will add expression like it no one has seen before in a piano-like keyboard. It’s fantastic and intuitive. Moreover, it’ll really add something special to your sound production when worked on Ableton Live 11 or Equator2. (In case you don’t know, the latter is Roli’s flagship MPE sound engine.) All in all, this little bad boy keyboard controller is a really great way to start with MPE. In short, it’s for you to experiment how you can enhance your production to create completely new performance possibilities.
Getting a big smile on you to face with the Lumi Keys Studio Edition is common when you start testing the MPE sound engine. Furthermore, this device can expand thanks to is magnetic DNA connectors. Specifically, these will let you configure up to four keyboard controllers, one next to the other. Then, it’ll allow you to create up to 96 key music production surface. Additionally, this controller has across integration with other hardware and software. Consequently, you can try to make multiple control surfaces play as one.
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