Think Less. Feel More.

A tactile MIDI controller built around touch.

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MEET TILES

A tactile MIDI controller that combines haptics, multidimensional sensing, and expressive interaction to create a more physical relationship with digital music.

TILES Core TILES Core
TILES Core
$499.00

TILES Core is a next-generation tactile musical controller designed for expressive, physical interaction with digital sound. Instead of relying on screens and visual menus, Tiles lets musicians control music through touch, pressure, and movement creating a direct, instrument-like relationship with digital systems.

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The Future of musical Expression

The Future of musical Expression

NOT JUST A CONTROLLER.

  • Instant capacitive touch detection.

  • Independent tactile feedback beneath every key.

  • Custom action inspired by switches and acoustic instruments.

  • Pressure, tilt, and movement in three dimensions.

  • Integrated LEDs provide real-time visual feedback.

  • Complex technology. Simple interaction.

Exploded view of a TILES key moduel with transparent plastic casing and internal electronic components on a black background.
Exploded view of a TILES key moduel with transparent plastic casing and internal electronic components on a black background.

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE?

  • Most digital instruments only listen, TILES listens and talks back.

  • Every key can sense touch, pressure, and movement while generating independent haptic feedback directly beneath your fingers.

  • The result is a more physical, expressive, and connected way to create music.

A haptic capable electronic music controller with illuminated grid pads, some labeled shift and scale, connected via USB.

THINK LESS • FEEL MORE • THINK LESS • FEEL MORE • THINK LESS • FEEL MORE

THINK LESS • FEEL MORE • THINK LESS • FEEL MORE • THINK LESS • FEEL MORE

TILES Core MIDI controller with LEDs illuminating it, labeled buttons, and ports for USB, power, and MIDI connections, set against a black background.
TILES Core MIDI controller with a transparent case, illuminated buttons, and a label that says 'SENTIA Instruments'.
Close-up view of a small electronic circuit board with various components including a microchip, resistors, diodes, and a capacitor, labeled with designator text such as R1, R2, Q1, D1, U2, and others.
Close up of a capacitive & haptic touch key module for the TILES Core MIDI controller by SENTIA instrument.
ABOUT US

The Future of musical Expression

The Future of musical Expression

The Prototype That Started It All

Most digital instruments are designed for the eyes.

TILES was designed for the hands.

What began as research into haptics, embodied interaction, and accessible musical interfaces evolved into a new approach to digital performance, one where touch, movement, and physical feedback become part of the controller itself.

Developed through years of prototyping and testing with musicians, including blind and low-vision performers, TILES explores how tactile interaction can make music more expressive, more intuitive, and more human.

Watch where the journey began.

An early prototype of the TILES controller with copper-colored microprocessors and green components, enclosed in a clear plastic case, with a black background.
An array of electronic components and prototypes on a white surface, including switches, circuit boards, coils, and wiring.
Multiple electronic circuit boards with various wires, microchips, and components on a white surface.