this reportedly $50 toy sounds a tad better than the akai retardo-wolf.
at the moment it doesn’t sport any kind of enclosure, TE already got away with sorthing like that with the oplab so it’s not necessarily subject to change
“The sounds will be synthesized with custom synth engines for every drum sound optimised for use with two knobs.” says Jesper. “The optimisation for two knobs is to make the parameter lock feature as creative and interesting as possible.”
All these itty bitty, diy, hackable synths and drum machines make me want to scratch my face off. That said, i do like the sound of this little drum machine.
I’d probably use it for Octafood more than anything, but still, it’d be awesome for that role. Parameter locking and 16 effects too on top of all that - ridiculous bargain.
Sounds pretty darn good. Definitely better than The Rhythm Wolf (what the hell went wrong there?).
As someone who grew up dreaming of being able to afford ANY type of electronic musical instrument, things like this still seam amazing to me. I mean good grief, a pocket sized drum machine that has effects and p-locks …and for so little money! What an age we live in (despite the world being on fire politically)!
It’ll be great for in-flight entertainment as well.
This honestly looks incredible. I can imagine buying this and even building a custom case for it, maybe even getting the arrangement to be more traditional (16 steps horizontally).
word on the street is the unit itself won’t have sync capabilities, but the chip supposedly has the necessary instructions, so you’ll need to sort this with your friendly neighborhood hacker/modder.