Ucreate Music by Mattel: Loop Mangling FUN!

YouTube Published on Jul 31, 2012 by coloringpad

You can still find these on eBay.

"Great loop mangling toy! Don't sleep!

At the risk of the wrath of the internet...

Here's an open letter to MATTEL:

To Mattel and the makers of the Ucreate Music,

What this device can do is pretty amazing. It has limitations, but essentially you have created a sound mangling device that, in all its lo-fi deliciousness, is fun and engaging for musicians to play with and use as an audio effect. The effects section goes deeper than what I would expect from any kids toy. It reminds me of the Casio SK-1, in that it was an innovative sampling tool with potential, and clearly made its mark after production. I know you have discontinued the software support for this product and stopped producing the Ucreate, and that's fine. There are really good ideas within the concept, and I publicly plead with you to consider them for a future, more advanced product design.

Here we go!

Effects
KEEP: 2 Loop Mangling Effects, Delay. Further enhance & deepen Filter, Phaser, Flanger
LOSE: Distortion, Tremolo Pulse
ADD: Pitch change, robot effects, glitch

Loops
KEEP: Sampling, Looping, uploading loops
LOSE: Preloaded samples, make all banks for samples, disable restrictions on file format.
ADD: 4 More Sample A/B banks

Controls
KEEP: Record button, hold button, mic/line button
REPLACE: Tempo up/down with sweepable knob, move volume knob to top, change joystick bulb to joystick?

Ins/Outs
KEEP: 1/8" stereo jacks will do, most musicians will want ¼"

Materials
Go aluminum.

Like this video if you would buy this product with the suggestions I have made above.

Bought this for two dollars on clearance. Having been looking for one for a couple years, I was very lucky to run across it."