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?

  • @daguito81@waveform.social
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    Read the title and came in to say… “weeeeell you might be interested in a Dirtywave M8!!” then read the rest of your post :D

    My .02 OP-Z it has a specific sound but it’s great for sketchign ideas and the sequencer is pretty fun and can be pretty chaotic.

    Norns seeems like it could be portable, but you would need a midi keyboard, powerbank etc. It can be pretty limiting by itself.

    NTS-1 seems like a must buy if anything to have as an FX box but I don’t have one.

    Not mentioned but “fits the bill” of portable stuff is the Circuit Series. I have a Circuit Tracks and it doesn’t get as much use as the M8, but it’s pretty fun wiht the pads to come up with different loops and ideas

    A pack of Kastl 1.5 + Kastl Drums might be fun to hook up together.