iO-808 VS Pocket Operator PO 20-series

I would highly recommend enabling click and drag to "paint" notes. As it is right now, if I want 16 closed hats, I have to move, click, 16 times. I'd rather drag to paint based on whatever state of the note I start on. The mutes on the left would be better if they mute the notes, not the sounds. Muting and then enabling can end up playing the tail of some of the longer sounds. This isn't typically how you want... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

Here is a classic 808 drum machine for your browser. Have fun! :-). Source: almost 2 years ago

If that’s just about making beats, a Roland TR8 is awesome for that. Or even a Teenage Engineering PO Rythm, a jumbee or make https://io808.com his homepage. Source: over 2 years ago

In fact, try it right now. Go to https://io808.com/ . Set the tempo dial to 3. For the bass drum (BD), enable steps 1, 7 and 8. For the snare drum (SD), enable steps 9, 15 and 16. Source: almost 3 years ago

Also of note that Firefox's Web Audio API implementation just isn't very good in general. It's my daily driver, but I won't run Airsonic in it, because after half an hour or so the music reliably starts glitching. Fine in every other client, so it's definitely a Firefox thing, and iO-808 [1] also calls it out in an alert if you go there in Firefox. Granted, a glitchy audio implementation might be just the thing... - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

A pocket synthesizer/loop device example. Source: 5 months ago

The circuit board thingy next to it is a Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator PO-33KO - which is a mini sampler/sequencer: https://teenage.engineering/products/po. Source: 12 months ago

However, it also sucks that a lot of other companies tend to price-out newcomers. But that said, and I've noticed people are quick to forget in this kind of conversation: a lot of those same companies have gear for under $100 (yes, even Teenage Engineering). I know pro-composers/music producers who use this stuff professionally and swear by them. Source: 12 months ago

Beyond a toy like that, there's also standalone music making gear that might be for fun for kids (and adults) to play with and probably won't hurt your wallet that much, specifically the Pocket Operator line of synthesizers. Source: about 1 year ago

On left is a rack of Volcas - looks like a Sample, Bass and Mix. Below that is a Model:Samples from Elektron. To the right of those is a mini rack of Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators. Source: about 1 year ago