NAMM 2026: Stylophone VOICE is a new portable multi-sampler with 12 built-in real-time effects in the form of a Stylophone.
At the last NAMM shows, the British company Dubreq, better known as Stylophone, brought a bit of good synth news to the show floors with its CPM DS-2 and CPM DF-2 Synthesizer products.
The developers have something new coming this year as well. For NAMM 2026, Dubreq is expanding its super-affordable pocket range series with the Stylophone VOICE.
Stylophone VOICE
Voice is a new sampler in the form of the classic Stylophone. However, it’s not just a single sampler. Stylophone describes VOICE as a multi-sampler because it has three voices.
The concept is simple and super intuitive. You have three voices, each of which can hold a sample. You can sample into the unit via the built-in microphone or the AUX input. Sampling time TBA. Once done, the real fun begins.
The instrument is a stylophone, and yes, you can play the samples chromatically, using the two-octave Stylus keyboard with a transpose function. There are no options to adjust the recorded samples, but they can be manipulated instantly.
VOICE features 12 built-in effects. Reverse, slow, robot, and repeat are effects that can be recorded over your sounds, allowing you to bend them on the fly.
Then, spin, lowpass, highpass, and wobble are momentary effects, while drive, chorus, delay, and reverb are global effects. As a bonus, you have a fourth voice dedicated to drum sounds. It ships with built-in rhythms.
That’s not what this portable sampler can do. Stylophone VOICE also features a built-in sequence that lets you create melodies or rhythms with your sounds. You can also save the patterns in four memory slots.
On the connection side, you have a built-in speaker and a headphone output. Plus sync in/out sockets for syncing the sequencer with other gear. It’s super portable and runs on simple 3x AA batteries.
The operation is super intuitive. No menus, just buttons that you press to sample or route effects to the them.
First Impression
If Dubreq manages to bring this to market for $50, it’ll be an instant-buy for many. It’s not necessarily the color I’d want a product, but the concept is completely convincing.
For $50, you can’t expect high-resolution sampling like on a Roland SP-404, but that LoFi sound is precisely what makes it so charming. NAMM 2026 hasn’t started yet, but this is already one of my highlights.
Dubreq plans to start production of the Stylophone VOICE in July 2026, with an estimated price of $50.
More information here: Stylophone
Wow if they can knock it out for that then they will sell loads
I am glad it’s got a sequencer in it. What an exciting produce
Come on Dubreq add a few more patterns to it…4?
Don’t hamper what looks like a good product!