Stylophone Beat

A very interesting gadget for jamming and playing around, but at the same time a powerful tool for creating serious audio landscapes and experimenting. Easy to use, especially if you already have some experience with drum machines and grooveboxes.

After a week of exploring it, I can see it earning a place among the instruments I use regularly. Recommended for both hobbyists and professionals looking for some experimentation and fun.

It's a very basic drum machine which also incorporates bass sounds, operated with a stylus, pretty intuitively (like all stylophones). It has a few different sounds for bass and drums, a looper with adjustable click and quantised recording. When you playback a loop you can also filter the sound. Don't expect it to be what it's not - it's definitely toylike, and it's pretty cool and fun. Can get your creative juices flowing. If you like stylophones or lofiness in general, it's a neat addition.

Unique and super easy to use! 4 drum sounds + 4 bass sounds. Once you plug the three AA batteries, you're good to go. You can create loops with drum and bass patterns, that you can store (max. 4) and transpose. The small built-in speaker isn't of great quality, but with the jack output, you can get great sound through speakers, and also into a DAW. Highly recommend to anyone from a frantic birthday present hunter, to a curious musician.