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A digital music box for the nostalgic remix artist
Ye olde music boxes were the first way for folks to play songs in their home by using a mass-produced cylinders, each loaded with a unique tune. As the player rotated the tube, irregular pegs jutting from it would strike a comb of tines on the box — and voila, audio for the people. We've come a ways since then, but the revolving player was too tempting a mechanism, it seems. The XOXX Composer is a modern take that's more beat pad redux than revolution, but it's far more charming and tactile than a field of buttons.