Beatmaker Kit comes with hundreds of sounds and a bundle of high-powered music software for bringing your beats to life. It also includes a 6-month subscription to the Melodics learning program, so you can improve your finger drumming skills. The Lightpad Block The Lightpad Block is the center of the Blocks system. You make music through natural movements on the Block’s smooth, glowing, pressure-responsive surface. Drop beats and shape melodies by striking, sliding, and pressing your fingers on the surface. Illuminated grids help you find your notes. Light Trails guide you to learn musical gestures quickly. To get started on Blocks, all you need is a Lightpad Block and the Noise iOS app. The Loop Block The Loop Block makes it easier to record a song. The buttons helps you set your tempo, record loops, and quantize your loops so they run in time with the beat. Connect with a click The Loop Block connects with a click to the Lightpad Block via the magnetic BLOCKS DNA connectors.