SONICWARELiven BASS&BEATS [Wavetable Bass Synthesizer and Drum Machine] Groove Box

This is the first non-Korg Volca hardware I've purchased in recent years and I'm absolutely blown away at the versatility of this little unit. The sounds are much more complex than you'd expect out of a $240 portable drum machine/bass synth unit. It does MIDI, it'll sync with a volca, or 'audio sync'. I can't stress how much the portability factors into why I love this thing. You find yourself carrying it around the house just making beats or planning arrangements. I was so impressed with the B&B that I went ahead and ordered the XFM and Lofi-12 as well. The built in speaker does a sufficient job for its size. Not overly tinny. Solid keys, and while hollow feeling, it feels sturdy where it counts. And on that note...Attention circuit benders/modders:The keyboard PCB and logic/interface boards are in a stack barely 22mm thick. Everything but the battery box is on the one panel.The case is a 'bathtub' style. Aside from the 110x50x20mm 6x AA battery box, the rest of the 300x175x35mm case is empty. You could add a USB-C charging port and lipo cell that could power the thing for days. You could add a 20W amp and better speaker. Make a patch bay on the back for circuit behind maybe? You could probably 3D print a thinner/different color bathtub case too...TL;DR - There's plenty of room for activities. If you're into that sort of thing.It's a blast to use and has a mostly straight forward workflow. 'I'm LIVEN it'... lol, had to.

Many sounds available

This machine is the most convoluted, disorganized, difficult to play drum machine I’ve ever come across. Don’t bother with the online only instruction manual it’s useless in providing any sort of guidance on how to operate the 9 billion settings and parameters. It’s literally going to take me a couple of months to figure out how to create a beat on this thing, not to mention the build of this machine feels like a fisher-price toy and upon turning it on and touching the confusing buttons I’ve already noticed the paint coming off the rubber buttons. I’ve had it two days! If you want a rubick’s cube of a fisher-price level beat machine this is right up your alley, if not stick to the pros like Roland, Moog, or Korg.

After watching various videos how to use,store,program I was still baffled...I own various synths but this was not very good.I tried for about 4/5 hours and gave up..and returned.If you want something like this you may be better getting a Roland jd-xi a lot more easier to sequence and better sounds.