Dato DRUM: the playful circular drum machine – for everyone

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Also see Perfect Circuit's video here.

"🚀 Live on Kickstarter now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

🥁 Dato DRUM: the playful drum machine that is made to be enjoyed by humans of all ages! The hands-on visual sequencer makes it easy to explore rhythm & the circular shape invites collaboration."

Press release follows:

"Dato DRUM is a playful drum machine that is aimed at children and adults alike. Its round shape invites collaboration, and its simple hands-on interface makes sure everyone can play along.

Key features include:
Four sample-based drum voices with pitch control
Eight-step circular sequencer per voice
Pressure-sensitive drum pads
Built-in speaker, USB power, MIDI and SYNC
User-replaceable samples via a web-based tool

Musicians and non-musicians of all ages were involved in the design process, resulting in a unique and robust instrument. The DRUM has a focused selection of features inviting hands-on interaction. Each voice has its own eight-step sequencer that always shows the entire pattern with its colorful lights, making it easy to explore different rhythms.

Our Journey:
Dato creates musical instruments for future generations. Starting from the belief that making music is fun and should be so from the first time you try it, a Dato instrument is always out of the ordinary, yet easy to use.

In 2016 we successfully Kickstarted the Dato DUO – a synthesizer for making electronic music together. Since then, we have been producing the DUO here in our studio in Utrecht, The Netherlands."

rainy day jam. dato duo, drumkid, novation circuit tracks.

video upload by DM Switch

"just a chill melody."

New Dato DRUM - sounds from #superbooth 2024

video upload by Perfect Circuit

https://www.perfectcircuit.com

Dato Duo Kids Synthesizer / Music Maker

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What's Up - 4 Non Blondes [Cozy Ambient Cover]

video by Amie Waters

"April 1st has become meme day, but why only one day of memes? I give you a solid month of memes, and I even got started a little early. I actually grew up listening to 4 Non Blondes' Bigger, Better, Faster, More so when this track got meme-ified I knew it was only a matter of time before I covered it. I just wanted to make the song cozy and sweet. Like I woke in the morning, stepped outside, took a deep breath and got real high.... That is what's going on."

BoBeats' 5 YEAR OLD REVIEWS A SYNTHESIZER

Published on Jun 6, 2019 BoBeats

"Today my kids are helping me review this amazing synth from DATO."

BoBeats links:
►Patreon: http://bit.ly/bobeatspatreon
►Merch: http://merch.bobeats.tv
►Patches & samples http://bit.ly/storebobeats
►Music: http://bobeatsmusic.bandcamp.com
►Circuit Patches: http://bit.ly/bobeatsXisotoniks

They made a synthesizer for BABIES!

Published on Jun 3, 2019 ANDREW HUANG

"Looking at the Dato Duo, a pretty awesome two-sided synth for all ages. :D"

An American Tail // Somewhere, Out There [Synth Cover]

Published on Oct 12, 2018 Ace Waters

"I got the idea to do Somewhere Out There Cover while re-watching Community, and then one of my Patrons requested Don Bluth music, so I couldn't not go for it."

Together! • 12 songs made with the Dato DUO

Uploaded on Aug 31, 2018 Dato Musical Instruments

Update:  If you caught this post when it first went up you saw all 12 tracks.

via Dato: "You got a sneak preview – we'll release all twelve songs in the next few days!"

Playlist:

Neugeborene Nachtmusik - Capsule
Former Descent - A please Would Be Nice
Gezz - It is happiness I seek today
Black Helikopters - Duo and the harmonium
BIG HARE - faking tunes forever
Panenkov - Flute March
Killing Skills - Picture Puzzle Pattern Door
Staatseinde - Zusammen
Solvent - Duo Demo
Sjamsoedin - Searching
Sololust - Funny how things turn out
Zarkoff - Pagan Sungazer

See the Dato label below for more.

Test Bench Jam - Earthquaker Devices, 808, Dato Duo, Big Muff Pi

Published on May 31, 2018 Soundgas

"Another Wednesday afternoon test bench jam with Dec and Joel at the controls. All gear is for sale right now. Dato Duo synced with an 808 is always fun... Dato Duo through a Sovtek Big Muff Pi as well just sounds huge. Meanwhile Joel's guitar is corrupted by the EarthQuaker Data Corrupter and Night Wire playing very well with one of our Sovtek Small Stones."

Patchwerks Signals 2018 Seattle Synth Meet Pics

Some pics from this year's Signals Synth Meet hosted by Patchwerks in Seattle, WA. Hover over the image and click on the right arrow to flip through pics.

Roland showed their new System 500 eurorack modules by Malekko, it is now official. Industrial Music Elecectronics, aka The Harvestman, had their new Piston Honda mkII with built-in graphic display. Synthwerks, a Seattle native, were showing their modules. As is tradition, a ton of people brought their own gear to share with others. You'll spot a Fairlight from synthroom.com (click through for a great shot of the system at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada), an EMS SYNTHI, a DATO DUO and some old school rotary phones (not sure what they did as I didn't get a chance to check them out), some alternative/diy controllers, and of course plenty of eurorack, 5U (John L Rice), and Buchla modular. Also the only MATRIXSYNTH military hat in existence! :) It's owned by Larry Kleinke, aka Computer Controlled, who had the Roland gear, white Korg Arp Odyssey desktop, and Abstrakt Instruments Avalon.

VGM #137: Title Theme (Super Mario Maker)

Published on Apr 10, 2018 Ace Waters

"This one goes out to all my favorite streamers in the Mario Maker / Kaizo community! Thanks to GrandPooBear, Ryukahr, CarlSagan42, and countless others for introducing me to this wonderful world of fan made mario gaming. Also, huge thank you to my son, Mark Waters for joining me this week on the DATO DUO synthesizer."

Dato Duo Synth & Sequencer

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AE Modular-Tangible Waves with Dato Duo

Published on Nov 4, 2017 Dziam Bass

"AE Modular-Tangible Waves with Dato Duo with some reverb and delay"

Dato Duo Synthesizer & Sequencer- First touch

Published on Nov 3, 2017 Dziam Bass

"Dato Duo Synthesizer & Sequencer- First touch"

Dato Duo & AE Modular Tangible Waves

Sonar +D 2017 Synth and Art Mashup

Published on Jun 26, 2017 loopop

"Thanks to all the companies, people, synths and art projects participating in this clip!

1. SoundCool.org motion tracked effects
2. Novation Bass Station
3. Novation Circtuit
4. Novation Peak
5. Elektron Digitakt
6. Elektron Analog Heat
7. Automat by DaDaMachines
8. Roland System-8
9. Zynthian Open Source Synthisizer
10. WASP 3D Printed Bass Guitar
11. Mod Duo mutlieffect stompbox
12. Great Escape crowdfunded tremolo pedal
13. ANTS by Plankton Electronics
14. Tinami MD-1
15. Auxy App
16. littleBits synthkit
17. Magenta by Google Brain AI drum duet
18. DATO DUO - the synth for two
19. Sonar Village Bass...
20. Sonar360 by Movistar+
21. Oval expressive percussive handpan-style MIDI controller
22. School for Poetic Computation parameter controlled art exhibit
23. Curiusibot Laser Room installation
24. Cinema 4D controlled light show
25. Wave Shift installation by Mark Bain
26. Vocal sample and video art - Marie Davidson
27. VR Music Sequencer coded on site as part of the Sonar Innovation Challenge
28. Distruptive Critters installation
29. WORDS Project
30. 3D Printed turntable/lightshow by EntresD
31. Various Maker Faire Barcelona art works and installations
32. Tatsuya Takahashi closing words"

Superbooth 2017: First Look Dato DUO - The Synthesizer For The Family

Published on Apr 22, 2017 SYNTH ANATOMY

Dato DUO final prototype

Published on Feb 9, 2017 Dato Musical Instruments

"A quick overview of the final Dato DUO prototype."

Dato DUO at Amsterdam Dance Eevent

Published on Nov 2, 2016 Dato Musical Instruments

"At the Amsterdam Dance Event 2016 we gave a workshop hacking the Dato DUO, many people played and loved it!"

Dato DUO Jamming with: Big Hare - Kickstarter Campaign Ends in 2 Hours!

Published on Jun 26, 2016 Dato Musical Instruments

"Big Hare (http://www.bighare.org/) visited our Dato booth and made a catchy little track with the Dato DUO.

Final day on Kickstarter! http://dato.mu/ks"

BTW, in case you missed it, the Dato DUO has added a few new features since the start of the campaign, including going open source:

"The software for the Dato DUO prototype you have seen in our campaign video is built on top of open source building blocks. To name a few: the Teensy Audio and FastLED libraries have helped us prototype a synthesizer quickly. We love sharing our insights, so we are happy to tell you that we are going to open source the Dato DUO’s software as well. We will share the software under an open source license so that you can learn from, adapt or improve the DUO."

See their Kickstarter campaign for more.