Maxim, February 2003

Shut up and make your own damn music. That’s the beautiful idea behind this handheld multitrack tune machine. It generates bass lines, riffs, and leads in any of over a dozen musical genres (hip-hop, rap, R&B, downbeat, ragga, manga, drum ’n’ bass, jungle, house garage, techno, trance, ambient, New Age, ballad, bossa, and our very favorite, polka!), letting you then sample sounds from any external source. There’s also a WMA/MP3 player and an FM tuner built in for the creatively uninspired—although those lazy asses do not deserve to rock. (Madplayer.com)