You can’t really go wrong with an 0-coast if that’s your other option. I think you might be disappointed in the range of sounds you might get out of nanoloop mono, especially if you are hoping for it to sound SID-like. You just need something with nice PWM and a snappy pitch envelope for those nice Hubbard SID basses.
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Those 2 instagram jams are me, I have had most versions of nanoloop since it first came out including the iOS versions, mono is definitely capable of drones and plops and bloops, it can have a rounder softer sound or a more acidic or even at times Juno-ey sound, basically you have 3 channels, noise which can also do pulse, click which is best for percussion and rectangle which is best for bass. The n and r channels can both play 2 notes, the c channel is really best suited to pinged percussive stuff, great bass drums, toms, claves etc, but can also do interesting filter fm stuff although the modulation does not go super fast.
NL2 can also do drones and since you already have a GBA it might be worth trying it first, because if you don’t like that you won’t like mono and it is cheaper.
Personally I would not bother getting into mGB or teensyboy or LSDJ yet, you can always add these later, no need to get a pro-sound modded gb at first either, backlight is handy though.
Mono does sound great though, and sampling into the Digitakt would of course add a lot of other options.
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@bwo I just did this with the kind of sounds you mentioned in mind, of course once effects are added it would sound a lot lusher.
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Here is a NL2.7 house track with some softer type sounds, I think if we were to compare nanoloop mono to the A4 then NL2.7 would be like Digitone.
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Haha dang man thanks for the reply, I knew I had seen you floating around here but felt a bit weird directly tagging you as I didn’t want to demand your input. I think your maybe right about not needing the midi stuff when I am starting with it as I would mostly use it to come up with drone-ish things to sample and little stand alone beats that I might come up with out during a break on a long hike. Those simplistic drones are really nice I think. Glad to be getting so much good input from everyone on this. I actually have a really large gameboy game collection so a classic DMG with screen mod and maybe audio would be a fun way to play other than my modded GBC. I think you might be the current master of the nanloop mono for non chip tune type stuff, surprisingly few video around with it. Messing around with the nanoloop one demo rom now getting some pretty interesting chirps drones and splashes of noise although none of it has quite the character found in mono.
You’re most welcome, and thanks for the compliment 
Yes mono has a quite different tone from the others, not quite as versatile but personally I really like the fairly limited pallete as it often sounds very nice. If you do get a cart it is pretty simple to mod the DMG for a direct mono output, I documented the mod on the op1 forum, the mono out gives a much cleaner and louder sound than even the prosound mod. All you need is 2 wires and a mono 3.5mm socket.
Here is a pic showing the points to add your wires:
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Got my first little test jam out from the nanoloop mono. Gotta say this thing is pretty dang amazing.
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^ Nice!
If anyone needs a modded gameboy. Or just a gameboy I have a few for sale. Is this nanoloop new? I have had a nanoloop cart and 2x lsdj carts for years
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I’m excited to see some video of it in action… looks like a fun interface.
I’ve done a lot of nl mono jams but haven’t released anything yet I’ll post links here for those interested in more sound examples. (Not 100% nl mono , might have some nl 2 and electribe er1 ringmod and drums)
https://soundcloud.com/glooms/monotaliks-demo https://soundcloud.com/glooms/g-l-o-o-m-s-a-c-i-d-e-n-d-u-r-a-n-c-e-t-e-s-t-2 https://soundcloud.com/glooms/g-l-o-o-m-s-a-c-i-d-e-n-d-u-r-a-n-c-e-t-e-s-t https://soundcloud.com/glooms/sets/bootleg-ac-d-workouts
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“A dedicated nanoloop device with FM synth and LED dot matrix / segment display.”
Also everyone buy the new nanoloop device it’s going to own!
Nice I dig it… my recent album has bits of nanoloop mono and nanoloop one through out it.
is fully nanoloop mono with some FX from the A4 just really a little interlude bumper song and then
is all nanoloop one with some A4 FX and then an outro sound from a yamaha tg55
I think I like Nanoloop Mono most still but the way you can draw in wave types on the Nanoloop One really lets you make really nice crackly breaking apart type sounds. Both are great tools… can’t wait for this new machine!
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Nice stuff here m8! Next you need to try out nanoloop 2 with your elektron gear is my main jam! I mean it’s one of the most powerful FM sequencers out there! 
I wrote an album on nanoloop 2 synced to rytm analog drums if your interested. https://datafruits.bandcamp.com/album/vanilla-dome
Nice! Thank you for the hint. Would be perfect for on the road. Hopefully it can be synced via MIDI (not USB).
The most common sync for nanoloop hardware/cartridges is MIDI/CV… usb-link cable adaper is used for updates and midi sync to ableton or any DAW. 
I can 100% guarantee as a long time nanoloop user that this will be midi /cv and usb sync. Oliver wouldn’t just have one way to sync. The future is now !
Sounds excellent, would be great to sync it with the 