Dubreq's Stylophone Voice: Sample the World with this Portable Sampler

NAMM 2026: Dubreq has spent the past decade reimagining the concept of the Stylophone – a stylus-operated, handheld analogue synth invented in the late '60s – in various different forms, diversifying into drum machines, theremins and even Bowie-themed limited editions. Today, the Stylophone takes its next evolutionary leap forward with Stylophone Voice, a pocket-sized sampler equipped with the same style of touch-sensitive, two-octave keyboard as its synthesizer cousins. And the best part is, like all things Stylophone, it's dirt cheap, at around $50. Allowing you to capture your own samples with its built-in mic and aux input, Stylophone Voice is equipped with three sample slots, and samples can be played back via the keyboard or sequenced using its four-track sequencer. Three of those tracks are dedicated to the samples, while the fourth can be used to program beats using a number of onboard drum sounds. Stylophone Voice is armed with a selection of 12 effects, covering chorus, delay, reverb, filter and drive, along with reversing, time-stretching, and a glitchy repeater effect. You get both a built-in speaker and headphone output, and there's a sync input and output for hooking up with other gear. The sampler runs on 3 AA batteries. In terms of functionality, that's all, really, but as is the case with the rest of the Stylophone family, the Voice is cheap, cheerful and proudly no-frills, a fun and intuitive music-making gadget that costs next to nothing and can fit in the pocket of your jeans. Sometimes, that's all you need.