Stylophone Beatbox, April 5, 2010

The Stylophone Beatbox is great fun. Plug it to your computer and use freeware like Audacity (or pro music programmes) to record and modify the sounds. Or use it as backup band when you play your three chords on the guitar and imagine that you're a big star....

       STYLOPHONE BEATBOX, February 23, 2010

THIS IS FANTASTIC = I BOUGHT IT FOR MY 7 YEAR OLD SON WHO IS INTO HIP-HOP AND ENDED HAVING JUST AS MUCH FUN ON IT MYSELF. I AM A PROFFESSIONAl MUSICIAN AND THE SOUNDS ARE SO GOOD I WILL USE ON SOME OF MY MUSIC PRODUCTIONS!!! FOR THE PRICE, IT'S ALMOST A STEAL. GET ONE

      Beat box - good fun - but.., January 2, 2010

Good fun for the price. 3 types of sounds but a lot of them naff. Could be done with beater drum sounds. Limited processor so multiple sounds in loop slows the loop and renders loop useless - but works well for smaller loops with a few sounds. Hooks in to our mixing desk and therefore can sound good to play along with. Given the price this is a worthwhile toy.

       Bizarre little device!, December 29, 2009

This is a great fun piece of kit with an original user interface (even compared to the original Stylophone!). The retro styling looks great to my eyes and it seems reasonably solid. The metal keypad does seem to scratch fairly easily though. The sounds are great and lo-fi and it's great to be able to layer them with the recording loop. Unfortunately, you can only change your loop by turning the unit off and on again. Also, there is a bit of a background whine constantly audible, but it's quiet enough not to be noticed most of the time. Those minor niggles aside, it's just so much fun to play and really does sound great, even through the little speaker built into it. Plus it doesn't cost a lot of cash! My attempts to play Rapper's Delight on it like Brett Domino (check him doing this on Youtube) went down well with my family this Christmas, even though my Dad thought I was playing Another One Bites The Dust. My playing or his ears?!