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Does anyone have a good list of small, handheld, battery powered mini synths, grooveboxes, effects and other noise-makers? (lemmy.ml)
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I've preordered a Dirtywave M8 which seems like an awesome piece of gear and it's got me really excited at the prospect of using interesting dedicated hardware machines that I can take to the park or mess with on the sofa.

The obvious ones I've come across so far are:

  • Korg Volca range
  • Roland mini synths and aira compact ranges
  • Teenage Engineering OP and POs

But these all seem a little uninteresting to me and just rehashed tiny versions of older gear and/or aimed at lo-fi producers.

Some less obvious ones that have my attention are:

  • Monome Norns
  • 1010music lemondrop, fireball & razzmatazz (not battery powered but easily powered by a USB powerbank)
  • Bastl microgranny and kastl
  • Korg NTS-1
  • Korg Monotrons
  • Audiothingies Micromonsta 2 (again not battery powered but can be via powerbank)

Are there any you know of that fit the bill?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Modal Skulpt is my go to mobile synth. Battery powered and comes from the factory with a lid to protect it. I've beaten the crap out of mine over the last few years and it never misses a beat. Even took it to 12,000 ft on a backpacking trip.

It's the only piece of gear I own that I don't worry about how I handle it. I'll jump in the front seat of the car and toss it in the back seat over my shoulder. It was designed to be mobile rather than just a synth that's small enough to be mobile.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I love that you put into words the difference between designed to be mobile, vs just small!