Part of the original Pocket Operator lineup, the PO-12 packs a full drum synthesizer and sequencer onto a single exposed circuit board the size of a credit card. It's disposable-looking and deadly serious in equal measure — the components sit right under the display, no case needed, which keeps cost down and sound quality up.

Sixteen real synthesized and sampled drum sounds run through 16 punch-in effects, all sequenced on a 16-step pattern engine built for fast, physical composition. It's a toy that happens to make finished tracks.