Dato DUO

Great but fragile

I purchased the Dato Duo with the intention of letting my 2-year old discover the world of music with the advantage of a "no awful noise" approach since this has a sequencer which allows to stay in tempo and use only "tuned" notes.

The overall experience is great but as always, kids will try and grab the synth, move it around and so the power plug is now super sketchy and I'll probably have to open up the synth and re-solder the port in place as it currently shuts down and reboots as soon as the cable moves ever so slightly which has relegated this to staying on a shelf for months...

it’s decent synth for few hours of fun

build quality is very good, the design is perfect for kids and it will be great fun for few hours with your kid. But even my little one got bored of it rather quickly as there are not many possibilities. Yes you can play around with a sequencer and there are thousands of different notes and patterns you can make, but by the time you did a hundred of them, you will get sick of the same boring presset. My recommendation for producers of this box is to upgrade it with a choice of sounds too.