How to EP-133, K.O.II by Teenage Engineering for FREE | GAS Therapy #55 

I just found all the factory samples from TE EP133/KOII, free to download drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lqHracO15q4tDPq2FWmVHpW-x6wMKaYH Shout out to DECIMA1 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wg98Wk8drX4.html

For someone who has never seen you channel, just ordered my KO, and haven't been making music for years, i think you're spot on. I was using nothing but ableton years ago and i thought this product would be a good idea to help jumpstart me back into music but considering i would just be learning "how to do the same old tricks over again" im reconsidering not only my purchase, but my approach. Thank you for that. Subscribed.

"At a first glance ... ticking all the boxes" ... waiting for an eventual bad gear review on this :)

Koala is an ever expanding multitool. I appreciate you for continuing to spread its reach.

let me guess... koala edit: yep. this software is just unbeatable

Man you are my hero, everytime i have the impulse on buying new gear i always return to your channel and i stop the impulse. Thanks a lot!

Awesome episode as always. It’s all about making music and not collecting trendy gear! 🎹🎸🤟

Michael your vids are such a sobering and re-aligning energy in this world of new stuff. While gas does not affect me a as much - your reminder to make music with what you have is always relevant. Thanks and keep up the good work!

I'm always so happy when you post. Most original videos in the hardware space.

I just stumbled on your channel and immediately subbed after watching this vid. I really appreciate your anti-GAS approach and focus on personal skill improvement. Such a refresher after being inundated with essentially advertising infomercials from most “music gear review” channels. Keep it up - thank you! 🤘

I’ve been waiting for this one!

Thank you for continuing to make videos for this series!

Finally a sane viewpoint to contrast all the GAS. Kudos!

As always, I appreciate your reminders. The siren song of hardware that does things my iPad already does-and in a more limited fashion-keeps calling to me. At least with Teenage Engineering, their marketing makes it clear they don’t want me as a customer. 😄

This is your best video yet Michael!

You are 100% right. New gear can not make up for the lack of creativity. I love your work. Keep it up. God bless. Sani

This guy’s deadpan sense of humor and the way he spoofs other RU-vidrs is just so top tier. I love it.

Michael I just wanna say thanks for always sharing your knowledge you've always remind me that we don't need gears to create, just a DAW and how to properly utilize it

Always enjoy your videos Michael. Very informative and to the point. Keep up the great work.

Your videos are always a breath of fresh air. Thank you!

the importance of your work is immeasureable. thank you once again

fantastic video rly convinced me to just start my music prod journey (that ive been hesitating to try for 20 years) because DAWs seemed overwhelming and hardware is so enticing. thank you bro. earned a sub fasho

thank you i had a GAS problem in photography. your channel slaps

THE LEGEND RETURNS

Teenage Engineering almost got me this time around... Thanks for the slap on the wrist and the samples!

you've changed your delivery of the message and it comes across way better then your earlier vids. awesome and keep it up!

Love your content and videos. You always get straight to the point. You’re literally not wrong. Point proven.

I was waiting for this video. Thanks for sharing 🙂

the music world doesn't deserve you man. You are awesome!!

great to hear you again, think as you

stuff like koala gives old phones a new purpose haha dedicated sampler and sample/best of everything collection etc. also the touchscreens and displays are still amazing. also your content is amazing keep us on the wright path haha:)

After the announcement of the K.O. 2 Sampler just waited for the a GAS therapy episode about it and here it is. ❤ Btw.: i bought a cheap ipad some weeks ago and installed Koala, from which i heared first from this channel. Quick and powerful app! I have a lot of fun with it.

Thanks Michael and Happy Birthday!

All your videos are a big win. Actually useful!

The truth of it all is that these types of products are good for maintaining the need to evolve electronic instruments over time...and as we can see, it is also good for making other products like Koala gain publicity. It is always good that there is news products in the market, for better or worse. I prefer seeing new products in our lives each year and not being stuck in Ableton Live for the rest of our short lives. Peace ✌🏻

I was as gassing over this box but you and Koala saved the day. Thanks 👍

OMG I needed dis GAS so bad this week i have had the most i have felt so meh seeing thing all over the internet but can you trust the internet any more i may need GAS Therapy

Always a big Thank You for keeping us focus and show lighting Koala Sampler as a better alternative than the EP-133, for I've been a Koala Sampler user since day one! Again, Thank you from the Koala Sampler Community.

Waited for this one 🎉🎉🎉❤❤

haven't even watched it yet... but YESSSSSSS! you're back!!!

Your videos are always spot on...

Love this channel!

I love how you advocate for DIY when it's more affordable and high quality!

Yoooo! I'm so glad to find you, brother. Michael is keeping it real 💯. 🔥🔥🔥

Absolutely 100% agree and I was pretty much primed to buy this as soon as I saw it. It looks absolutely beautiful. I love the whole 1980s Calculator aesthetic. But 64 MB? And don’t get me started on broken speakers and faders straight out of the box, I say this as a teenage engineering fanboy too (before they started selling $1500 tables, I mean)

You are absolutely correct, thank you for knocking some sense into me. Seriously. I have enough devices, enough gear, etc. What I really need to do is myself into gear with improving my abilities and skills, I need to actually sit down and make music rather than fiddling with loop after loop after loop on new toys.

Bless. Your videos are dope af

Waiting for this one! X

Thank you. Always inspiring.

Cheers from Guandong! You rock!

1:20 Michael turns into Florian Pilz in seconds 😂

Gracias bro estos vídeos son necesarios y aportan un gran valor. Ojalá Koala pueda esponsorear tu gran trabajo!

Thank you for this wake up call! Just downloaded Koala - and if I don't get round to using it, it didn't cost me £299 :)

best channel on synth tube

thanks so much Michael for those videos! greetings from italy

Dude I love you 💪🏼

“We got KO II at home” KO II at home: 🐨

The Koala updates are AWESOME!!! The Mixer and Important libraries are fantastic 👍✨ I totally agree with your assertion that the K.O.II is an overhyped feelgood toy. Koala popped into my head right away! 😂 I've been using FL Studio Mobile a lot lately as well. Between the two, the possibilities are endless ✌️😮

What a refreshing video; subbed

I love this channel.

thank you for that video!!!!:-) Always its good to be reminded about GAS issues. Bless

Thank you, Michael!

👏🏽 this approach to gear really separates the doers from the dreamers

You're the best. Thank you!

I already bought my EP-133, K.O.II and enjoying the crap out of it, but I came here to say that I think you make some great points and I appreciate your thoughts and insight ✌

Totally agree bro, I got a pocket full of money and this doesn't gas me at all. Good video

Great Video. I am happiest pressing big plastic knobs while making hip hop. Using a dedicated hardware for music brings joy unlike a computer, the ultimate distraction machine.

Welcome back

Love your vids

Your videos are very healing my friend. Thank you. Im just in the process of selling my entire studio of many synthesizes, sequencers outboard fx etc etc. Thousands of moneys worth. It all was just catching dust. Funnily I bumped into your content after I made the tuff decision but its so confirming. Looking forward to live freely again without all the stuff, Gear addiction is a serious desease lol,

Welp... Thank you for the kick of reality. I've had the Koala sampler on my iPad for a couple of years and I never really dug in to it. Always something else to play with... life comes along, etc. To say that I feel hilariously dim for not even realizing simple functions on the thing would be an understatement. But hey, the TE released the KO2 I was all hyped up! I am so eternally glad that I kept my wallet shut. I;ll be watching more Koala vids from now on!

I love this video, and all your gas videos. I was working on a little track today with none of my hardware, and it's interesting how long I went just jamming and having fun for the first time in a while, just to get through a particularly crappy day. All of a sudden I was struggling with drums and wishing out loud I had a solution, and my spouse said "oh, you mean like your 808?" and I laughed because it lets me know which of these fancy toys I really love and miss, and which ones are just kinda extra presets and a subtle variant on the theme of "2-4 oscillator subtractive analog polysynth" or "DX7 but looks different."

well done hommie, GAS is real

I agree but i understand many people got the PO K.O for the portability and having a small and portable device with physical buttons and potentiometers you instead of another app I'm your phone. I don't think portability is a key feature of the K.O II and I will totally try koalas. Thank you for sharing

I think I found out about koala sampler from this channel way back when the sp404mkII came out...couldn't be more happy with the purchase, and I use it way more than any other gear or even Ableton, simply because of its workflow and by having it in my pocket..The export options only sweeten the deal..so thanks for recommending it! Cheers! (the EP-133 does look sexy though)

I’m starting to really thank my lucky stars I bought my MacBook instead of more beat making gear. I first got the dr. sample 303. It sparked a revolution in my mind. I became obsessed with, records, different record players, tapes of various formats, the different tape players and recorders and instruments. I filled my house with all kinds of 90’s musical toys that could cost a fortune to some. Then eventually the 404 mk2 and I do love using them. Although, there is no denying that you can achieve a smoother and more tactile workflow with the same, if not better results using a MacBook with GB and Koala. You won’t be seeing me selling them or trying to pawn them off anytime soon though. Once you put all that stuff in the same daw, it’s like a party in there. I love these videos. It really is showing us all and re teaching the lesson that started this beat stuff. You don’t need all the fancy new crap that costs a bunch of money to make good beats. In fact, often times, limiting yourself to stay inside a little box with added limitations can make you compromise ideas you would of never thought of otherwise. This brings new sound to the table and usually improves the workflow. Much like modern music corporations have a strong hold over the music we listen to on the radio. They get to tell us what is “good” and “acceptable” to be a hit played on the air. Akai and other analog machine companies are now trying to tell you how to make beats and limit you in the wrong ways. In your wallet. They don’t want to see you as a professional musician for real. You would probably make more money than them with less work. Everybody needs to take notes from this gentleman right here. He is onto something big.

Wow... I wasn't even aware that Koala Sampler is available for PC and MAC! 😳😳 Thanks for sharing! 😎

Yea man great video.

Been subscribed a long time. I don’t need to know…but your vids are a wonderful and welcome reminder to focus on creation and beauty and music rather than spending money on hardware…especially if it takes one back in some form or another. Pretty funny how your older MacBook and my standard 2020 iPad have far more options and capabilities than these overpriced things which do so far less with little to nothing that’s above. Yes. Let’s focus on creativity and music first. First. Always first! Keep creating and challenging, brother! I’m…WE are loving it! 🙂

Lovely Intro. Hi from Austria

As soon as I saw this product and the price and heard everyone saying "what a bargain!", I could here you saying "too much!". And I tend to agree. :) Although you couldn't find a good way emulate a broken fader with software. 😅

God bless you Michael. You do a public service sir.

Man legit therapy I needed, and them Hollywood transitions at the start.. phew

Michael you'd want to watch your back, the big synth manufacturers will be out for you

So True ! cheers

Some wisdom shared. Wow.

I agree 100% Koala is AWESOME!!!

This man is a saint out here saving all of us fools from ourselves with his words of wisdom.

I needed that . The GAS has passed

Thanks a lot.

yes `KoalamSampler is great I love it when I travel

I didn't give up on my musical dreams and take a visual art career to skimp on gear dammit! (You are totally right as usual but I think my wife has trumped us both this Xmas)

Love the toaster in the back. KO roast!

I’ve been making music off and on for 20 years. And you are absolutely right. Social is full of product videos masquerading as reviews though.

Yes!!! Koala sampler is the best. I honestly can't see the fuss of the EP 133, it looks nice. But Koala does it all

Cool video. I agree with a lot of what you say. To the using of the computer keyboard, i have tried countless times over the years and use it for auditioning sounds for a few seconds but if i want to play a melody i will use my external midi keyboard. The computer keys dont feel good to me if i play more than one note. The tactile feeling . For the Koala i can imagine the akai mpd 218 pad controller as being the perfect partner and you can get it relatively cheap used i suppose. Its an amazing controller if you want to play with samplers. I understand people that want to use something like the ko 133 . It is the idea using a dedicated hardware for the tactile feeling. Teenage engineering is a weird company that i am not supporting but i get the appeal and design. I share your view that you can use anything to make music. The defining instrument is ones own mindset after all

Your are great!

Exactly, the truth 🔥🔥🔥

Sold out til the new year anyway. Scalpers selling sealed ones for £550 on eBay, lol. I'm happy with my SP303/NTS-1/MicroBR combo.

Great point! Even Akai has the free iMPC for phones that has all these features. Plenty of free options out there, unless you really, really want to make music on something that looks like an 80s calculator.