Wireless, modular and portable MIDI controller
The Rex plays standalone or drives up to 16 Raptors wirelessly. From a solo pad to a 128-pad rig - USB, Bluetooth LE or Radio.
Padino was born from the conviction that a MIDI controller should be able to adapt to the player, and be just as expressive. Designed and assembled in France by musicians, every decision - from the electronics to the velocity curve - has been guided by real musical playing.
The Rex is the main controller: 8 playable pads, OLED display and MIDI connectivity (USB, Bluetooth LE).
The Raptors are wireless satellites that extend the Rex up to 128 pads total.
The controller
The wireless pad
The Rex adapts to your setup - no complex reconfiguration...
Plug the Rex into your computer or tablet via USB-C. Plug & play MIDI, no driver required.
Connect the Rex to your phone or tablet - standard Bluetooth MIDI, compatible with iOS, Android and any DAW supporting wireless MIDI. Recognized directly in MIDI apps (GarageBand, BandLab, etc.).
The Rex collects signals from its Raptors over Radio and forwards them as USB MIDI. Up to 40 m range.
The Rex itself switches to satellite mode and pairs with another Rex acting as Raptors Master. Ideal for hybrid setups.
The Rex plays its own sounds, with a sound bank chosen per pad (piano, drums, etc.), and streams them over USB-C as 48 kHz digital audio. The computer sees it as a sound card input, no driver required: just monitor that input in a DAW.
The Rex receives its Raptors over Radio, as in Raptors Master, but plays their sounds itself and streams them as USB audio, as in Standalone Audio. Up to 128 sounding pads, no virtual instrument needed.
... and truly comes into its own by centralizing its Raptors
Extend a classical instrument by adding MIDI keys, or an entire orchestra by connecting up to 16 Raptors.
Create educational workshops around music, and hand composition control to your students - easily via BLE mode and a phone, or via Raptors.
Energize a live stage performance, with sound and light controlled by and on the performers themselves or the set.
Imagine it, connect it, sound it out.
0-100% sensitivity per pad with 16 velocity curves to match your playing style.
8 user + 8 factory presets: major and minor scales, pentatonic, blues, chromatic, drums.
Each pad can send Note + continuous pressure for expressive playing, or sustain pedal.
Each pad is assignable to a different MIDI channel (1-16) to drive multiple instruments.
Shift all pads by semitones in one move - no need to reconfigure each pad individually.
Firmware updated remotely over WiFi, with automatic integrity verification.
Eco / Balanced / Performance modes. Screen sleep configurable from 5 s to 3 min for battery life.
Full interface on a 128×64 OLED, navigated entirely with the rotary encoder - no smartphone needed.
Trial, Lyon - 2026
A Padino experiment carried out with harpist Anaïs Gaudemard,
to test the concept against the playing of a professional musician, and to observe how the remote pads integrate with an acoustic instrument.
Anaïs Gaudemard (http://www.anaisgaudemard.fr/).
More trials and demos are planned with instrumentalists and artists.
And you, what would you do with it?
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