Dato Musical Instruments shared this sneak preview of their final prototype of the Dato Duo ‘synth for two’.
The Dato Duo combines a synthesizer and sequencer into an electronic instrument that is designed to be used by children and adults alike. While one player plays a melody on the sequencer side, the other creates its sound and adds percussion on the synthesizer side.
Pricing and Availability
The Dato Duo is available for pre-order now for €329.00 and is expected to ship in May, 2017.
This thing is still around? And still at that price? With all the other synths available these days at or below this price, I really can’t see the pyramid design being that much of a draw to overcome their competition. I could buy a Volca and sit next to my child and have the same experience, or hell, get 3 used Volcas for the same price.
You could choose to eat at McDonald’s …. or you could choose to go the independent place down the road, pay a little more to try something new but most importantly support the individual…. choice’s we make every day.
like the big mac jr. ?
now its time to ask “where’s the beef?”
you must have a very healthy disposable income to compare making a choice of where to buy a burger with buying a synth. One typically has little impact on ones budget, while the other does. It’s not a decision of little consequence for many.
i think it was a comparison of for just a small amount more you get allot more
I think the comparison was not based on a single trip to one restaurant. Given how much a typical person spends for meals out, the comparison is valid.
Perhaps a more important point is: do we want to support new and innovative ways of doing things. Obviously, if a product is not worth getting, then don’t support it. But with things like the OP-1, or VAXMIDI or some other little random items, it is nice to get something of value that isn’t made by the big 3.
Korg are hardly the McDonald’s equivalent of the synth world. In fact synths and food aren’t really even equatable. You’re analogy is bogus. A more suitable analogy might be “why would I buy this really expensive car that I don’t like the look of rather than these three other cheap cars that I do like the look of”
I got a novation circuit recently, and this is already 1000% fun with kids. It is much more playable, has much more leds (yeeeeeeah, funny), has much more buttons, offers much more possibilities. and that’s half the price.
Before that I would let my nephews fiddle with a monotron, and they could play for ages (which for a kid amounts in a few minutes, but eh…) with it.
So, 329 dollars for a single oscillator with so few sonic possibi… oh well, why am I arguing here.
so if you get too bad musicians together the music is twice as bad?
If I record a piece of iron being hit with a hammer with only the intent to please myself, is that bad ?!
well if you want to please yourself no problem
it is know as a solo played on a single organ
(face plant time)
i think the number 2 is spelled “two”, not “too”..
even though that does sounds correct when you say it out loud, which might be confusing
E329 is excessive for this, it should be E150 max.
I don’t think I could ever justify buying this but I love the sound, design and idea behind it.
“Fondue for two”.
So moral of story is squirt ketchup on it and eat it? Ok sounds good!
My children only play Oberheim
strange, mine play dumb
Bill it’s just there way of asking for ketchup
I have a prototype of this and my child and his friends have a great time playing with it, over and over again. I think the discussion of cost is silly. You can always find something less expensive that satisfies X, Y, or Z need. It’s a race to the bottom. I celebrate the options that are available. It’s not all about cost – it’s also about interface and difference.
I kind of admire people who buy their soundmaking devices solely on price and value, but that’s not the fun of it for me. I could just use red pepper flakes for a seasoning, but having many different spices is more fun.
“If you want to change your photographs, you need to change cameras. Changing cameras means that your photographs will change. A really good camera has something I suppose you might describe as its own distinctive aura.” – Nobuyoshi Araki (h/t TokyoCameraStyle)
not for me ,i don’t need any input into my mix ,keep your hands of my patch control or else!!!