Touché

Touché

Get ready to unlock expression in your music more easily than you might ever have imagined was possible. play video.

$399
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upgrade your hardware and software synths

Touché unlocks incredible new sound design possibilities in all your favourite software and hardware instruments.

Our patented control surface features unmatched sensitivity, translating the a subtlest gesture into rich MIDI, CV and USB control data. Combine multiple axes of movement and create a symphony of sound sculpture. All it takes is a touch of your hand.
patented hardware
A beautifully engineered hardware instrument, able to translate anything from the softest touch to the roughest rhythms, with pinpoint precision.
totally compatible
Touché is compatible with virtually any synthesizer thanks to its built-in CV, MIDI and USB outputs. Embedded memory even lets you control hardware synths without a computer connected.
the soft touch
Touché can unlock the expressive capability of all your favorite third-party software instruments too. Pre-made mappings for all best-selling VST instruments, as well as hardware instruments, are included.
sounds included
Touché ships with UVI Workstation software included, providing over 250 custom-designed instrument sounds pre-mapped to take full advantage of the expressive power of Touché. You’ll be making music right out of the box.

a unique playing experience

Touché responds to both the softest and lightest of touches, and the most intense and powerful of gestures. Slides and presses take sounds from dark growls to soaring, angelic heights.

4 degrees of freedom
Each direction on the control surface
affects different parameters. Combine
movements for amazing effects.

capturing precision
Touché captures your movements with
pinpoint precision. Record incredible
performances in real time.

get percussive
Tap your melodies rhythmically, creating
percussive tones unique to the Touché
family.

hands down
Discover new ways to articulate your
sounds with your keyboard and Touché
working in harmony.

a powerful
software
ecosystem

adjust
playability

cylinder
The Cylinder is the core of our technology. It is what makes our products have an enjoyable instrumental feeling when playing them, and its extreme reliance allows us to convert the smallest move, the slightest vibration into exploitable data.
slider
Changing the Slider position will adjust the lateral stiffness of the mechanism. Placing the Slider on the bottom position will decrease the resistance when moving the touch-plate sideways, leading to a springy behaviour and higher sensitivity. By placing the Slider on the upper position, it will tighten the mechanism and thus increase control and precision.
encoder
You can adjust the sensibility of the top and bottom pressure sensors by turning the Encoder. A high sensitivity is often suitable for percussive playing, while progressive and precise movements which demand more control may need a lower sensitivity.

accessories

cylinder

The cylinder is the heart of the Touché – it controls exactly how your Touché reacts to pressure. The 'Shore 40 Pink Cylinder' is the classic all-rounder and is included with Touché. It's suited for a wide range of gestures, soft or hard, progressive or percussive. But for those interested in a softer or harder response, we have a range of other cylinders to try.

Discover our range of cylinders

accessories

touch-plate

We are all different, and your Touché can be different too. You can fully perfect your Touché's response with adjustable controls, and you can even customise its appearance with our range of alternative touch plate finishes, available separately.

Discover our range of custom Touch-plates

no computer
required

Touché can operate completely standalone, controlling MIDI and CV hardware without a computer connected. Pre-prepare your perfect control mappings and select and recall them live onstage - Touché is the perfect companion for adding expression to your live rig.

what they are saying

what they

are saying

Rone

"It's a very sensitive tool that brings a real emotivity and physcial sensation in the electronic production"

Adrian Utley

"Absolutely amazing! Really just what I've dreamt of using" -
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Gaz Williams

"The Touché is one of the best products to have come out within the music technology sphere within the last five years in my opinion. I love how musical it is use. Hugely recommended"

Peter Zinovieff

"I think this idea of building something which is very sensitive and can move than one dimension and can have big and small movements and built to be used with the hand is brilliant! I think your product will bring the missing interface to synthesizers" -
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Editor choice award 2018

"The Touché is so sensitive and responsive that barely grazing its surface or lightly tapping it rhythmically can produce wonderfully nuanced effects"

Best midi controllers 2017

"If you haven't ever seen anything quite like the Expressive E Touché midi controller before, you're not alone. Touché is tactile, sensitive, and yet profoundly musical!"

Sound on Sound

"I can't think of any other hardware controller that offers the intuitive and three dimensional physical freedom of expression that the Touché and Lié deliver."

Best gear of 2017

"Touché feels like some sort of unholy combination of an effects pedal, a Kaoss Pad, a mod Wheel and a finger board, but the result is somehow incredibly elegant and usable"

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Touché

Touché adds all-new expression, depth and musicality to hardware synthesizers, modular synths, software instruments, plug-ins and more. Our custom UVI Workstation library is included, providing more than 250 factory sounds, pre-mapped and ready to go. Touché will breathe new life into your existing library of software and hardware instruments too, with hundreds of mappings included - so you can start exploring right out of the box.
$399

touché

touché SE
USB Powered USB USB Powered
9.7" x 3.9" x 2.4" / 246 x 100 x 62 mm Dimensions 9.7" x 3.9" x 2.4" / 246 x 100 x 62 mm
4 axes of movement (Push Top Down, Push Bottom Down, Shift Left, Shift Right) with customizable sensitivity Axes of movement 4 axes of movement (Push Top Down, Push Bottom Down, Shift Left, Shift Right) with customizable sensitivity
Lié: macOS 10.11 to 10.15 / Windows 10, VST / AU format, hosts VST instruments only, check Lié's compatibility here Software Bundle Lié: macOS 10.11 to 10.15 / Windows 10, VST / AU format, hosts VST instruments only, check Lié's compatibility here
Over 250 professionally designed sounds included, fully mapped and ready to play
Over 250 presets for popular VST software synthesizers included (third-party VST plug-in instruments not included) 		Sounds & presets
for plug-ins		 Over 250 professionally designed sounds included, fully mapped and ready to play
Over 250 presets for popular VST software synthesizers included (third-party VST plug-in instruments not included)
Template presets for over 80 hardware synthesizers. Over 250 pre-mapped presets for a selection of hardware synthesizers Preset & templates
for hardware		 -
Midi In 1/8" (3.5mm) jack socket Midi In -
MIDI OUT 1/8" (3.5mm) jack socket Midi Out -
4 x 1/8" (3.5mm), up to -10V to 10V. CV -
Up to 24 hardware presets Internal Storage -
Mahogany Touch Plate Polycarbonate
1x Nylon Braided USB Cable
2x MIDI break-out cable (jack to DIN)
1x Ground Loop Adapter 		Accessories provided 1x Standard USB Cable

touché
USB Powered
9.7" x 3.9" x 2.4" / 246 x 100 x 62 mm
4 axes of movement (Push Top Down, Push Bottom Down, Shift Left, Shift Right) with customizable sensitivity
Lié: macOS 10.11 to 10.15 / Windows 10, VST / AU format, hosts VST instruments only, check Lié's compatibility here
Over 250 professionally designed sounds included, fully mapped and ready to play
Over 250 presets for popular VST software synthesizers included (third-party VST plug-in instruments not included)
Template presets for over 80 hardware synthesizers. Over 250 pre-mapped presets a selection of hardware synthesizers
Midi In 1/8" (3.5mm) jack socket
MIDI OUT 1/8" (3.5mm) jack socket
4 x 1/8" (3.5mm), up to -10V to 10V.
Up to 24 hardware presets
Mahogany
1x Nylon Braided USB Cable
2x MIDI break-out cable (jack to DIN)
1x Ground Loop Adapter
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30-day returns
one year warranty
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