Product Description
One of the best beatboxes ever: in Tony’s top 3.
Serviced and ready to ship.
The Keio* Mini Pops is an iconic and unique-sounding analogue beat box, famously-used by Jean-Michel Jarre on his Oxygene album but there’s so much more mileage in one of these than a JMJ tribute.
At first glance. it’s a simple early Korg (Keio) drum machine with the usual assortment of rhythms but it has a very unique sound that has meant I have always had one in the studio. Standard preset rhythms can be modified by simultaneously pressing combinations of buttons. The “Quijada” sound is instantly-recognisable and unique to the Mini Pops. There’s something very special in these boxes and I find myself reaching for mine more than any other (possibly alongside Korg’s later KR55/55B).
This one has clearly seen some action, but they are robust little things and after a service it sounds great.
Service work included the usual replacement of failing capacitors and cleaning of sliders/pots etc. . Note that some sliders may crackle if the unit is left unused but this will clear with a few sweeps of the slider.
*Keio was the forerunner of the mighty Korg.
Serviced and ready to ship.
The Keio* Mini Pops is an iconic and unique-sounding analogue beat box, famously-used by Jean-Michel Jarre on his Oxygene album but there’s so much more mileage in one of these than a JMJ tribute.
At first glance. it’s a simple early Korg (Keio) drum machine with the usual assortment of rhythms but it has a very unique sound that has meant I have always had one in the studio. Standard preset rhythms can be modified by simultaneously pressing combinations of buttons. The “Quijada” sound is instantly-recognisable and unique to the Mini Pops. There’s something very special in these boxes and I find myself reaching for mine more than any other (possibly alongside Korg’s later KR55/55B).
This one has clearly seen some action, but they are robust little things and after a service it sounds great.
Service work included the usual replacement of failing capacitors and cleaning of sliders/pots etc. . Note that some sliders may crackle if the unit is left unused but this will clear with a few sweeps of the slider.
*Keio was the forerunner of the mighty Korg.