User Manual

with the Lightpad Block and Seaboard Block. Equator Player takes advantage of
the Seaboard Block’s 5 dimensions of touch, maximizing your ability to express
yourself using just the motions of your fingers on your Seaboard Block’s
keywaves and Lightpad Block’s playing surface. It features a simplified user
interface that allows you to easily modify the most important characteristics of
a preset. If you’d like to create your own sounds and have full control
ofEquator you mayupgrade to the full version of Equator.
The Five Dimensions of Touch (5D Touch)
The feature of real-time control and modulation of sound through the basic
movements ofStrike, Press, Glide, Slide, and Lift.
Strike:The velocity and force with which a finger makes contact with
theLightpad surface or keywave surface.
Press:The pressure and continuous touch applied to theLightpad surface
or keywave surfaceafter the initialStrike.
Glide:Horizontal left and right movements onLightpadsurface or keywave
surface .
Slide:Vertical movements up and down theLightpad surface or keywave
surface.
Lift:The release velocity or speed of liftoff fromLightpad surface or
keywave surface.
Grid
A fixed configuration of pads on the NOISE interface and the Lightpad Block
surface. Possible grid layouts include 2×2, 4×4, and 5×5. In each grid layout,
the number of pads is the same on the X and Y axis. 
Keywave