A stompbox is a rustic wooden box with piezo pickups that guitar players tap their foot on to get some thumpy rhythm backing sounds. The StompByte uses rustic 8-bit energy to play some surprisingly hefty kickdrum sounds, plus handclaps, a tambourine, some video game sounds, and even simple rhythm patterns. Runs off a 9-Volt battery or AC adapter, available fully assembled or as a kit to put in your own enclosure (maybe even a wooden box!).

Stomping the button triggers a sound. Holding the button for two seconds switches to the next sound/pattern. Patterns play a step with each press and release of the button. There are 10 samples and 3 patterns:

1. muted kick
2. rock kick
3. tr808 kick
4. woodblock
5. cross stick
6. tambourine
7. handclap
8. mario bump
9. mario fireball
10. mario jump
11. pattern: rock kick – woodblock – tambourine – woodblock
12. pattern: tr808 kick – tambourine – handclap – tambourine
13. pattern: mario bump – mario fireball – mario jump – mario fireball