ROLI Dashboard Users Manual
ROLI Dashboard
Creator Manual
October, 2015
Version 1
Introduction
Hello creator, and welcome to the Creator Manual about ROLI
Dashboard, the application that comes with your Seaboard RISE. We
think of the people who buy and use ROLI’s products as creators rather
than customers. Our products are designed to expand the bandwidth
of creative expression and thereby empower people as the creators
they are. Everyone who buys and uses a Seaboard RISE is investing
in this vision of creativity and therefore is also a co-creator of ROLI.
You may already be exploring Dashboard and discovering all that it can
do. This comprehensive Creator Manual explains all of the details about
Dashboard to ensure that you get the most out of it.
ROLI Dashboard for RISE is a standalone application that lets you modify
and customise the settings of your Seaboard RISE. It works on both OS
X and Windows platforms. It is designed for convenience, so that you
can quickly find and modulate the sound parameters most important
to your music.
On the next page we have included a short list of terms specific
to Seaboard instruments and ROLI Dashboard. We will refer to these
terms throughout the Creator Manual.
Please note that this is a digital manual updated regularly to reflect
software updates and other improvements. Be sure to check for updates on My ROLI. This Manual is current up to Equator v1.2.0, ROLI
Dashboard v3.1.0, and RISE Firmware v1.0.4.
Support and Feedback
We want you to have the best experience possible with your Seaboard,
and our Support team is here to help you. If you have any questions,
are experiencing any problems, or have any feedback to give us about
our products,please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our team.
You can contact us through our Support page at www.roli.com/support
or by writing us directly at support@roli.com. We will respond as soon
as possible. The resources on the Support page should also help answer many questions.
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Table of Contents
Selected ROLI Dashboard terms 4
1. Getting Started 6
1.1 System Requirements 6
1.2 The Seaboard RISE Software Bundle 6
1.3 Register on My ROLI 6
1.4 Login and Download Seaboard RISE Software Bundle 6
1.5 Installation: Mac & Windows 6
1.6 Connecting ROLI Dashboard to your Seaboard RISE 7
2. Features and Settings 8
2.1 Overview 8
2.2 The Visualiser 9
2.3 Expression Settings Panel 9
2.4 MIDI Settings Panel 11
2.5 Bluetooth Settings 14
3. The Dashboard Menu 15
4. ROLI Support 16
4.1 My ROLI and ROLI Support 16
4.2 Contact our support team 16
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Selected ROLI Dashboard terms
Keywave surface: The entire playing surface including all keywaves and ribbons.
The keywave surface corresponds to a keyboard.
Keywave: A wavelike element of the keywave surface that corresponds
to a single key on a standard keyboard. Each of the Five
Dimensions of Touch can be accessed on a single keywave.
Equator: ROLI’s custom-built, multidimensional software synthesiser
and sound engine. Equator enables refined control of the
expressive capabilities of the keywave surface. Equator and
Seaboard instruments work together to provide a seamlessly
integrated hardware-software experience.
MPE: Multi-Dimensional Polyphonic Expression (MPE) is a protocol
for using standard MIDI messages to communicate with and
enable the operation of multidimensional instruments such
as the Seaboard RISE.
Expression Mode: A mode of playing the Seaboard RISE in which three Touch
Faders control the dynamics of the Glide, Slide, and Press
dimensions of touch. Expression Mode lets you modify the
touch responsiveness of the Seaboard RISE to suit specific
sounds and your individual playing style.
Expression Curves: The graphical curves in ROLI Dashboard which represent the
behaviour and sensitivity of the Five Dimensions of Touch.
The five fundamental elements of physical interaction between
The Five Dimensions
of Touch (5D Touch):
MIDI CC Mappings: Mappings that determine which MIDI Continuous Controller
a finger and a surface: Strike, Press, Glide, Slide, and Lift.
Strike: The velocity and force with which a finger makes
contact with a keywave.
Press: The pressure and continuous touch applied to the
keywave after the initial Strike.
Glide: Horizontal movements fromside to side on a key-
wave or along the ribbons.
Slide: Vertical movements up and down a keywave.
Lift: The release velocity or speed of liftoff from
a keywave.
messages will be sent from the three Touch Faders and XY
Touchpad.
MIDI Mode: A mode of operation in which the Touch Faders can be
assigned to any MIDI CCs for additional customisation of sound.
ROLI Dashboard: An application for modifying and customising the internal set-
tings of the RISE.
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Selected ROLI Dashboard terms
Touch Fader: A control for adjusting the sensitivity of the keywave surface
to dimensions of touch.
Visualiser: A real-time graphical representation of the keywave surface
of the Seaboard RISE. It responds to the five dimensions of
touch: Strike, Press, Glide, Slide, and Lift.
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