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    I had some of the Roland Aira Compacts that my kids 7&9 loved fiddling with and tweaking. They could do basic stuff with presets and tweak to their hearts content. Programming synth patterns was way over their heads but they could program beats on the T-8.

    Roland 101 grooveboxes can be pretty complicated and menu-dive-tastic.

    Would the older TE OP-1 be a good shout? Pricey but real simple and all synths etc have illustrations to show parameter changes.

    if you have an iPad then there's plenty of good grooveboxes to be had cheaply - also good ol' ReBirth! (2x 303 1x808 1x909).
    The sampler app Koala is something my kids grasped pretty fast.
    The beauty of apps is they dont cost much, they can try many things, synths, samplers, granular sampling and see what floats their boat.

    Me and the kids did a 1 song gig last year, it was a song we composed together in Logic on iPad. My 9yo daughter was starting to understand Logic. I think knowing about DAWs and how to 'build' songs is a pretty decent thing for them to be learning if they like making music.

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    • I second Rebirth, that's fun no matter what agecanoe
    • https://rumpshaker-f…ShenanigansTV
    • my t-909 is pretty easy and free.ShenanigansTV
    • Thank you, plenty of stuff to check out. I would prefer something off the iPad. (Just to keep him away from this thing.)Longcopylover
    • And I would love something he can really play songs/build tracks and not just be overwhelmed with the options without any result after.Longcopylover
    • Or worse: total overstimulation and then frustration. (That's also my personal experience.)Longcopylover
    • would just a simple sampler do? Akai Sample or new casio scx-1microkorg
    • My kids have fun with koala. So maybe a simple sampler is a good solution, satisfying and can make full tracksmicrokorg
    • without being over complicated.
      With a groovebox you need to learn about drums, synth, samples.      microkorg
    • The 909 is pretty straight forward. I've also been working on a friendly t-303. Together they are really fun.ShenanigansTV
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