drawing and tracing area, and just as important it has a 6H hardness surfacethat ensures it's scratch and damage resistant. This is one key short of the more common C-to-C of conventional keyboards, but it means that two or more units can be snapped together horizontally to form a single keyboard of four octaves or more. A provided adjustable metal standlets the device be angled for greater convenience and easier viewing, and it comes with a three-year warranty. Playing chords and melodies on the Lightpad is much like playing on the Push, or any other grid-style keyboard, with an important difference: sliding a finger left or right to another pad will pitch-bend the current note by default, and in ‘hide notes’ mode, consecutive pads can be between one and four semitones apart. The H frame easel is an excellent vertical way to add variety to the style and type of marks you create when using a drawing board.

According to Huion a leading producing of light pad technology Acrylic panel boasts 20% higher transparency than traditional glass. The mode key on the edge of the Lightpad Block cycles between parts; each control block also has a dedicated mode button with the same effect.The enclosed Quick Start Guide gives an outline of the buttons and connectors, and then instructs you to download the Noise app and continue from there. If you're planning on moving your lightbox around a lot it would be best to get one that could easily fit in a big - so no bigger than A4. If you’re doing a lot of tracing, a light box will come in handy a lot more often than you imagined it would.

However, other lightboxes may suit your specific needs if you need to work at larger sizes, want to save space on your desk, or if you have a tighter (or larger) budget, so, in the guide above, we've included a range of options, each with its own selling points.If you plan on using it for drawing or tracing, you will want a light box that can produce at least 3000 lux so that the light can shine through 2 sheets of paper. ROLI have just confirmed that this is a bug in the Lightpad interfacing, since recording in the Noise app itself is much more streamlined, and I’d expect it to be fixed by the time you read this.

Just because you choose the best lightbox for drawing doesn't mean it can't be used for other projects.Being an LED device, it's always cool to the touch, and casts an even light, with brightness variable from 1000-5000 lux. The slim design makes it ideal for beginner artists looking to do tracing and art-related projects where paper tracing is essential. This lightweight device measures 12 x 16 inches (30 x 41 cm) and is ideal for viewing film negatives and color slides.