A tiny button keyboard becomes a surprisingly wide palette of retro, chiptune-style sounds when it can sweep across six octaves. This monophonic digital desktop instrument keeps the layout compact while leaving room for simple bleeps and off-kilter melodic runs.
A mode selector opens up seven sound modes, including square-wave tones, octave-ramping patterns, minor pentatonic arpeggios, vibrato, random octave behavior, and a drum loop mode with 26 selectable loops. A drone switch holds the last note indefinitely, while speed, filter, and volume controls give you quick hands-on shaping as you play.
Built into a rugged die-cast aluminum case with an NES-inspired light gray finish, it includes a 1/4-inch mono audio output, 1/8-inch clock out, and 1/8-inch CV input that overrides the octave control. It runs on the included 9V battery or an external 9V center-negative supply, and it is designed and hand-built in Oakland, California.
