The yellow plastic case of a Roland P-6 pocket drum machine opened up, revealing the factory PCB board and mods with speaker and amplifier circuit.

Hack a Roland P-6 pocket sampler with its own amp and speaker

It’s a drum machine. It’s a sampler. It’s got a rechargeable battery. It’s got… some space inside the case. So hacker DIYDSP (Noah Vawter) added his own amp and speaker, modding the handheld with the self-contained speaker Roland left out.

Roland P-6 pocket sampler with FX, granular engine: here’s what to know

Roland’s latest handheld boutique synth is a departure. Instead of a synth or drum machine, it was inspired by the SP-404. Here’s the skinny on its onboard sampling, effect, and sequencer features, direct from the source.

Peter Kirn - September 12, 2024

Portable recorder/looper on its side with a rainbow background behind it. White with knobs and wooden buttons, a large speaker grill, and a gooseneck mic protruding perpendicular to the front panel.

Critter and Guitari Kaleidoloop, portable looper, is back with new features

Kaleidoloop, an adorable portable looper/recorder, is back with a compact form factor plus a software update that delivers new modes, layering, and more. It’s now also a unique playback/effect that you can customize yourself with Pd.

Peter Kirn - March 6, 2024

Yamaha’s SEQTRAK looks like a return to fun mobile music designs

Peter Kirn - January 16, 2024

Teenage Engineering’s EP-133 K.O. II: sampler-sequencer, $299

Peter Kirn - November 22, 2023

Roland’s AIRA Compact: bite-sized versions of TR drum machine, JUNO-60 synth, vocal FX

Peter Kirn - May 10, 2022

Tiny Poly: Roland is making Boutique versions of JD-800, JX-8P

Peter Kirn - November 9, 2021

Error Instruments’ Loopman is an experimental cassette Walkman instrument

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021

One artist is making insane, impossible, hilarious KORG volca mock-ups

Peter Kirn - June 15, 2021

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