Trend price : 50-100€
Portable mini-synthesizer with a calculator inside.
Overview
the main panel features 29 note buttons, 9 function buttons, 2 tab switches and an internal speaker. There is no signal output.
Sound
basically the machine generates 3 monophonic tones "I , II, III" with no possible edit. They quite sound all the same like a kind of square bleep with different amplitude time and a tremolo effect.
Drum patterns
there are 10 rhytm patterns, no edit function but a stepped TEMPO setting: March, waltz, samba, 4 beats, rock, bossanova, rhumba and beguine
Sequencer
records 1 track with a maximum of 100 events. Volatile memory.
Calculator
move the main switch selector to CALC to activate a classic calculator with Memory function.
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: cult / design
NOT : price / no edit / no output
"Total cute machine: now old grown-old boys from eighties can play music while they cash-up! . "
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci