This toy keyboard (German name means "The little musician") has unique analogue rhythms and nicely gritty squarewave sounds with strong zipper noise.

main features:

• yellow console shaped case with red LED note display above the keys
• 23 mini keys + foil keypad control panel
• monophonic main voice
• 5 OBS preset sounds {trumpet, flute, violin, organ, piano}
• 12 preset rhythms {rhumba, disco, rock'n'roll, bossanova, swing, tango, jazz waltz, slow rock, 16 beat, waltz, march, beguine}
• tempo +/- buttons (They can only double or half the actual rhythm speed at each press, which is a very stupid concept for making normal music, but it is interesting for tekkno.)
• volume control pots for keyboard & microphone (2 big red knobs)
• 4 tiny foil drum pads
• 4 percussion sounds {base, snare, hihat, conga}
• main voice is squarewave with very grainy digital zipper noise envelopes (3 bit?). The piano sound ignores key press duration.
• analogue transistorized drum sound circuit with white noise transistor, a simple click as base drum and a great conga. (Sounds resemble 1970th home organs.)
• 5 audio games and several built-in melodies
• simple sequencer (record/ playback, no edit)
• 10(?) demo melodies
• power supply jack

eastereggs:

• The conga pitch fades from very low to its normal frequency within some seconds when power is turned on due to charging capacitors.

notes:

A more advanced variant of this instrument came out as VTech - Music Major (also white version exists, I own one), which features a speech chip for additional effect noise and animal voice sounds.
 

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