The pricing is surprisingly low ($299) for being Teenage Engineering, wonder if they got tired of people complaining about their pricing? I guessed somewhere around $1000 before seeing the price.
Beautiful device. Ugh. Coming across ads like this is like a bad drug.<p>I can hear the equipment in my closet that I already barely use, crying out to me "don't do it!"
Curious that its got a nonstandard 46.875 kHz samplerate rather than 44.1 or 48.0 kHz.<p>Not that it matters since its only output appears to be on the analog side of the DAC.<p>This is a surprisingly well-featured sampler/sequencer for the price!
As I load up the website, it dithers for a moment before the full image comes up. I love this effect...Have I gone full circle from my dialup days? I think I have...
I don't know how they do their math, but they advertise it for 299USD but when I open the store it's sold for 349EUR which today converts to 380USD... That's a 30% difference that hurts.
OK I'm commenting twice and have no affiliations to TE or The Kount.<p>But apparently, The Kount made a buncha sounds for this thing.<p><a href="https://twitter.com/THEK0UNT/status/1727365475976216610" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://twitter.com/THEK0UNT/status/1727365475976216610</a><p>I'm not that good at making beats, don't have deep knowledge on tech specs, or even have good creative workflow (I'm a very enthusiastic dabbler). But The Kount's free sample packs are so good (IMHO), and the beats he makes are certified bangers (he uploads 1 min vids of them on Twitter/ IG/ YouTube). Just wanted to highlight this as well and makes me happy to know.
A long presentation and demo of the EP-133 is available here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjW6_BuXN_4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjW6_BuXN_4</a>
The device looks gorgeous.<p>I did a little bit of music creation with an Amiga 500 and Soundtracker, ~30-32 years ago.<p>What would be an equivalent software-only thing to warm up to this again, before I decide I really need to purchase this thing?
I love my PO-33. If I didn't have a SP-404 MK2 I'd be getting this. I still might be able to figure out how to justify it to myself. But really I don't need a 3rd sampler.
The image of Muhammad Ali taunting Sonny Liston to get back up is one of the most famous images in sports. I can’t imagine how much it cost to license.
I'm a total newcomer about this, but I would like to learn and start making "music". They advertise:<p>> MAKE USE OF THE CURATED SELECTION OF DRUMS, BASS AND KEYS THAT COME PRE-LOADED ON YOUR K.O.II.<p>Question: would I be stuck with their pre-loaded curated selection or is there any way I can "upload" any extra dum/bass/keys and use them?
What is a "super segment hybrid display"? Looks cool, has VFD vibes, but I assume it's just an OLED with an overlay or something based off in the Verge article "Most of the KO II’s parts are just off-the-shelf components, including the display"
Teenage Engineering Syndrome, oppressive proprietary products with undeniably appealing designs. On the surface, this is their bet effort yet. Props for that, I suppose.
i use my po-33 constantly. it's one of my favourite things I've ever owned. it's crazy how good they are at making little devices feel easy to use
I like that the old PO line looked like small calculators and this new EP version looks like a big desk calculator that an accountant would use. Nice detail in sticking with the “theme”.
Whereas an Analogue Synth actually does something analogue that (in principle) a laptop could not emulate, a standalone sampler like this is just a digital device in a box with nice buttons, right? So it does the sortof thing you could do on an ipad by paying $5 for a sampler/sequencer app. But it does it in a nice looking physical box with some cool buttons.<p>I mean, thats fine, but I just want to be clear about that.
Absolutely gorgeous and like everything else I’ve owned from them it will probably break if I so much as look at it crosseyed. Still this one is actually cheap enough that I might buy it anyway.