Ask HN: Music sampling fun / beat box for 7 year old?
My son really enjoys making “songs” using what I can only describe as “mouth noises....” some combination of words, lip-smacking, humming, humming, and various other mouth-generated sound efforts ...like a bad beat-boxer mixed with a bad Skrillex mix.
He does this all spontaneously....he’s not recording anything.
He’s 7 and has no computer skills (we are a Windows family) or musical instrument skills.
Any suggestions for an app (iOS) or device that he could have fun with and maybe learn a little? I dug up the Korg VolcaSample Digital Sample Sequencer [1] but I reallly know nothing about this space at all and this may be waaay of base.
Thank you!
[1] https://www.google.com/shopping/product/2188865375698125258 I would suggest buying him a cheap loop pedal like a TC Ditto or a BOSS RC-1. Throw in a Shure SM-58 mic. Software/apps are great, but hardware really makes music a lot more fun and intuitive! https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/
Maybe some iPad apps like
Bandimal Loopimal Everything Machine Toca band or Sago Mini