Monotron Delay: Worth It? 

As a man more interested in making noise than music this thing is basically the dream synth.

This beautiful little device is worth a Million Dollars in my opinion; so versatile and unique. I always have at least one sound device with me wherever I go and the Monotron Delay became one of my favourites. It helped me so much to exlpore sound and get away from the believe that all music I play (been playing instruments for 21 years) has to be perfect and flawless in every way. This incredible high expectation regarding my own playing skills has become a curse to me resulting in being miserable, insecure and unhappy with my music and, of course, with myself. When I first started using devices like the Monotron Delay, the Pocket Operators or the Bastl Kastle in little jams I fell in love with the strange, noisy and unperfect sound and the countless possibilities of combining the devices. It is really working for me almost as a therapy So glad they were invented! Love your channel and the way you present all the devices, thx really!

The monotron delay, I do have one, always reminds me of the sound effects in that classic 50s sci-fi movie “Forbidden Planet”! 👍🏻😃👽👽

Love my Monotron Delay, did a whole LoFi ambient track using just this and a yamaha SU200 on my channel. I think you are right in that the noise is part of the charm. Another handy tip is to use a 1/4" jack to play the keyboard with. You can be more exact in what you play with one.

I'm planning on doing a grind project in the near future and this looks like the perfect thing to combine with my DIY mini synth to make it sound tolerable, it's affordable and does a lot of stuff, thanks for reviewing it, it really helped me!

I love my monotron delay. And like you say, it's perfect for pocket operators and any other synth to be honest. It can really give you a unique sound. For instance. Running a drum machine or changing your voice on the PS4 while playing Fortnite... Really freaks people out 😁

Dude I just got one of these after owning a PO33 for a month. This combo is pure bliss. It's fun. It is unreal it's so cheap. Crazy how ppl scoop up plugins on sale for this price when they could have an awesome piece of hardware. Gonna go play with my delay now :) thx for the vid! Subbed

I just got mine today and I'm having a ball with it. Running an Artiphon Orba through it and tomorrow who knows what? About 30 years ago I owned an Oberheim OB8 and I let it get away from me when I was short on money. I've been kicking myself ever since. This helped scratch that itch and even though the two don't compare, it's nice to have something reasonably priced that is so much fun. The sounds have nostalgia associated with them and I can't wait to record with it. I agree with your assessment of this awesome little piece of hardware as must have!

This is one of my favorite pieces of hardware.

i just got a regular monotron and a p.o. 16 as my first synths and i think they’re a really great intro into the kind of confusing world of electronic music. super fun, at the very least, i can’t afford anything much more expensive.

@ 3:30 sounds that Hexstatic would approve :-) I'm so happy to have a Delay again, The Best of the Trio :-)

Just got mine in the mail yesterday, already having a lot of fun with it. Can’t wait to try and plug some other things into it and get real noisy !

loving your content man! keep it up :)

I kind of feel like they accidentally made a classic. It's just weird and unique enough.

I own 2 of them ! Love them! Use them all the time!!

Thanks for the NTS-1 comparison!

I always have at least one or more pieces of gear running thought it. It’s definitely a must have.

It's excellent for using as a guitar delay.

I love mine. I've been sampling the shit out of it since my Polyend Tracker turned up.

Wow thank you so much for this review. Just found your channel. That little guy looks like a blast. I think I'll get one for myself. They're not too expensive.

Hey dude I commented a month ago that I was going to get one, turns out I just got one of these gems as a christmas surprise. The first night I sat down with it I think I spent 5 hours toying with it just by itself. Really interesting finding out what you can do with just one analog delay. I hit some sound spaces that I'm not quite sure how to get back to.

Thanks as always for more inspiration. I've got one of these and a Volca keys stuck 150 miles away in a draw and I don't own a car! Just getting back into the Pocket operators after a few years away. And got myself a TD3 for the Acid house/ trance.

If you read the user manual it says that the "INT." knob controls intensity, not interval.

finally ordered one today for my po's and soma rumble of ancient times

Oh man! I have the Monotron, but now I have to order the pocket operator! Thanks.

I want to get myself Monotron Delay and later a EQD Rainbow Machine!

Just bought this and I absolutely love it. i love crunchy noisy sounds so much. That being said, do you know anything about using the lfo trim knob on the back panel? it definitely seems interesting.

Great review

The monotron is cool. Especially the delay of course. But yeah, it could be a little bit less noisy haha

I like the greasy grittiness of the Monotron Delay... I haven't found any videos that compare it to the slightly larger more "Pro" Stylophone Gen X-1. I think both are bit on the noisy side with constant bleed through... Definitely agree that it can be worked with. If cleaner is better but you're still on a budget the Zoom MS-70 CDR, Mini Kaoss Pad 2s, or the NTS-1 is more likely to bring you joy. Still the Monotron Delay has some very endearing filth and diatomaceous crust especially when amplified externally or run through headphones. The Monotron delay pairs nicely with the BASTL Microgranny and Casio SK-1 for achieving a very ephemeral Lo-Fi digital with analog tape saturation style of sound. People who like that type of sound will understand it immediately and love the Monotron Delay forever... not because it competes against high end gear but precisely because it doesn't.

Simply the best monotron

Will monotron delay work with Koala Sampler? What cables do I need to use for doing live sets? Thanks! :)

You should try hooking the pocket operator to a stylophone gen x-1!

I find mine quite enjoyable.

IT CAN BE MODDED TOO!!! Korg have provided solder points inside to basically turn it into a synth beast!!! This is one of best how to’s about that here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iT__-bH8Q0o.html Jonboy xx

Was thinking of getting the GenX1, But I don't like the stylus - and worried that the keyboard onthe GenX1 would eventually be useless from getting scratched out of shape. Like how with works.

There seems to be no way to get signal into the delay without running it through the VCF. Is there a trick that I do not realize? I was hoping for just delay, but.. it seems that it has to be cutoff, if you want delay.

Nice video, how about monotron delay and E-4 ;-)

you can records those delays live on the PO? I tried to do it with my sp404 like a resample method and it doesn't work

Technically speaking, does the ribbon input device make this a fretless keyboard? :-D

1970's HAWKWIND 👌

How to plug it in through my interface to hear through my monitors? Can you play it in Ableton?

It's cheap I think it's worth it!

It can create vwery crazy and dark sounds and matrixes.

Sounds like the instrument they made the goat simulator music with

Can I use it with a keyboard

Can i plug this unit to a dj mixer?

Now I need to buy a pocket operator

how do you plug this into your Computer ?

Orba review 🤔

everyone reading this: do not use mono-cables for that device. there's a high risc to broke it

Bend your cosmic farts... You even can let the noise self oscillating with its filter which sounds quite nice. Very usable with a gate behind it.

I bought one...

you paired it with a pocket operator... dammit. now i have to get one. I blame you.

I have Stylophone SX-1 and it looks better for me: it has more controls and kinda usable keyboard - so you actually can play melodies on it. Mononotron is more like a toy, also thanks its backlight - any child would be happy to get it.

I miss this synth. i sell it cuz u cant really do something professional

I really cant feel this. This is so noicy and random for me 🤔

I've wanted one for a year or two, but shit, $50? I like it, the price isn't even bad, but it's just hard for me to justify the price