TE PO-32 Tonic Introduction 

I have forsaken all other hobbies in the pursuit of pocket operator collecting.

I must say that this is by far one of the most useful introduction/tutorial videos I have ever seen. Thank you!

Thank you for introducing me to the OP-1 and the PO's. It's a life-changer for me, as I am becoming more serious about synths and music making than I ever have been before. I will continue to support you with views for years to come. :)

Good to see (hear) that they actually added sooo much valuable functionality in such a small device. The mute, accent and fx really makes it a beast on its own. I totally see why it is a bit more expensive.

"Play button plays the pattern" welp, you've made yourself another name for a channel

This is an excellent introduction. Thank you so much for posting this.

I just ordered the PO-33 KO and the PO-14 Sub. It seems like so much creative potential for under 150 bucks!

This video came just at the right time, my sample/library content HDD decided to throw a wobbler and i thought i'd lost everything, thankfully i have a backup, so working my way through this and all the other videos i haven't seen yet on your channel while i rebuild the content. thanks for another great video, Jeremy.

Man this is such a step-up from the PO-12. Even the chokes and mutes alone make it so much better...

Yes! Finally! Great Vid!!Now Trying to get my hands on one is proving to be difficult!

NIce and concise, the best part is we can actually made a little tune with your video!!!

i love the animations on these things

can't wait for the micro tonic video!!

Hey guys, I made a Po-32 Tonic Drum Preset available on FREE DOWNLOAD: instagram.com/pierrelabret/ enjoy! feedbacks welcome!

great lighting btw, video looks nice and colors too 👌

I actually love the editing on this video

"Add extra performance to your performance?" - Jeremy Blake 2017

Excellent video, thank you, much appreciated : )

Megaman is my favorite still that high lead one with the delay I think it's sound no 7? Is incredible. The fun part is the limitations of the scale you are on. So you can't just feel it out and improv and expect to be able to hit whatever. Half steps are missing all over the place lol.

10:42 forward sounds so good!

Superb video.

I just love these vids soo much :o

I love this specific pocket operator. It has a dark side the others dont

I have the volca Sampler and the Electribe Sampler Mk 2. I still want this. All the Pocket Operators have different dynamics that the aforementioned don't. I have 3 PO's. ❤❤❤

Cool kit as i been using Micro Tonic since it came out. Enter Santa-man.

Bloody hell Jeremy you are brilliant

Dammit I love this guy. His drink a beer with rating is outstanding!

Wow,this sold me

Hey there! Great video :D Maybe I got something wrong but accent + sound isnt really a mute button. If you press the sound he play the sound once with accent and then the choke happens. Great Pocket Operator though

It's nice to see how far you have come, I just remembered how insecure you sounded in some of your older videos. And now look at you! No nervosity, clear editing, a strong voice and even some funny parts :) Well done Jeremy, now I fancy this darn machine... I would like to buy it, but Microtonic is simply not worth it for me at the moment. What about the rumors about the limited polyphony though? I thought the Tonic is going to have 16 notes of polyphony, but in some discussion panels people claim that the Tonic only sports 4 note polyphony? Thank you for clearing this up :P

Aren't you ever tempted to break off that tab at the top? It looks like it's begging to be snapped.

good stuff !!!

Sounds super daft punk-y (well homework at least) :D I love it

I'm the operator with my pocket calculator

gotta collect them all!

Have you sync'd this to the OP1 or Electribe yet or plan to? please

i want to chose one of the "PO" products but i dont know which one. Is this one best for a begginer?

What pocket operator do you like the best? I'm looking into buying one

THANKS!

11:49 BURNIN IT

Hey Jeremy, I stumbled across your channel while I was looking at some trippy synthalicious tunes and I love what your doing man! You've convinced me to bite the bullet and finally buy myself my first wee synth machine and give it a go! So my question is, I was thinking of losing my synth virginity to the po-32, I like the seemingly all roundedness of this one compared to the others? But I thought I'd ask a pro before pulling the trigger

Please, how do I change individual sample volume levels?? Thanks!!

keeping really good beats is not easy.. now Time is changing for many people. do the good thing for everybody

Noob reporting in. This looks like fun. I have some questions. What is a groovebox? What is a VST? What is microtonic? What is step sequencing? What is swing? What is parameter locking?

Would you prefer this over rhythm for the drums?

These videos are always dope. Do you ever do live performances with these outside of your videos?

Quick! Everyone comment before you watch the video!

crazy, more functionality than a drumbrute lol.

i like the play button the best, amazing.

This seems amazing! I kinda want one just for fun... but I dont know about that price, I mean the sounds are great but 100$ + shipping is a lot...

That horse head woman scared the HELL out of me ! got minez for work ( they won't leave you alone If you have any thing other then an iPad ) got to be pound 4 pound the best groove box - had no idea

Is it possible to save patterns that you've created? Or does one need to record it in a DAW first or something

Such unique style of video. Don't be surprised when you see people trying to copy you! Just like Casey lol

Why isn't there something like a Pocket Operator cartoon music video, where all the crazy ways of sound visualization come together? Would be a pretty fucked up movie probably xD

What is the microphone used for? I bought a couple of these recently and love them but can't seem to figure out the microphone

Nice tencho at the end ;)

Hi, i have the Po-33 and im looking for a drummachine. What is the best choice? Po-32, Po-12 or korg volca beats?

12:20 this is so awesome

Whats with the hanger thing on top? Does it snap off? Do ppl leave this on so they can resell them when they get bored of these things?

"Swing" sold

awesome review! can u solo multiple sounds at the same time?

Hey Jeremy weird question -- where did you get the cutting mat you're shooting on top of? Mine is shot and I'm looking for a new neutral dark one like that :P Thanks for the great videos!

Would you recommend getting the silicone cases? They're a bit pricey but I don't know whether these things aren't too fragile without a case.

So I could get this thing to do sampling in Live if I wanted?

nice vid som

I want to make dark/deep techno and would like to use one of the POs either Tonic or Rhytm. Which one would you recommend me that would fit the style with its sound palette? Considering that I wont use Microtonic.

For what it is, I guess its actually pretty cool!

If I’m looking for a drum oriented PO to add to an arcade and a robot, would you recommend the tonic (without the vst) or the rhythm? What are the strengths of each one as a drum machine?

Very cool.

That's a neat device. I've got no clue about anything musical but you really explained it well! What's the point in the display surely something functional would be more​ useful?

11:25 THIS WAS SO COOL

so whats the diffrence with the drum machine in speak?

One step in the pattern mode sounds diffrent... So if i place kicks on 1,5,9,13 the 5 sounds way off? Can someone help me pls

I have the po-33 but I’m trying to get my hands on a po-32

you got really good there. How long before you got it all figured out?

4:45 “alright about130” *sees 131, pauses* Deeeeep sigh of ocd

Between this and the PO12, which will you choose function wise?

man, this thing looks better everytime I see it. makes me feel sad to look at my po12.

This is awesome! What would you recommend as the best choice for my first PO? I was wondering if I could play with these things and make EDM-ish sounds (with focus on bass and melody, I guess) with them. I don't know what to get first, though. I was thinking of the sub but I heard it's pretty limited compared to the robot? or should I get the tonic first?

This looks cool although I find the screen extremely confusing. Wish there was more...actual information on it? 😅

Does it save what you do or is everything lost when you turn the machine off?

so this just holds 16 sounds at once? it doesnt have banks like the KO?

So can these pocket things be used standalone without additional software.

which is more "fun" to you? the Arcade or the Tonic?

it looks awesome but I am a little confused at what's happening at 6:00 ... he wants to select 1 sound, and then proceeds to press everybutton on the pad... and only 1 sound appears, maybe it's the language barier but I consider myself decent in english so I don't think I'm really missing something... I just think it's weird, can somebody explain?

Can u tell me please how I can turn it off without resetting the patterns I’ve created ?

Would the PO-20 pair nicely with the PO-32 or should I look at getting a different one if I'm only going to have two to start? Great videos!

no explanation needed. do it quickly!

Can't spell recording without Red

so good, it's fucking bonkers

The only slight disappointment I had with this device is that the pattern chain maxes out at 64 which, don't get me wrong, is still better than the 16 limit that the first gen had but not as long as the 128 that the second gen POs had. 64 seems like plenty and for straight up grooves it is quite a lot but I found it to tap out when trying to do a full song's worth of variations. Anyways, only minor gripe because this unit had less pattern chain length than the 3 PO's that came before it. BUT... They are working with such a small amount of processing power and memory though so it's honestly astounding what this drum machine is capable of for its size. If the Tonic came in a larger box and had multiple outputs and midi, it would be a $700 machine. And it would be worth it. Nice video. Well explained.

YAY

Can this calculator machine do anything that the OP-1 can't do? (let alone the microTonic software?)

What's the range of sounds you can put on this? Could you put piano or guitar sounds?

Awesome. Can you copy between pattern banks (or something similar) ?

does anyone know if you can make melodies on this thing? or is that only on the Arcade 20?

Is there a way to set a volume of each sound?

Pretty much this and the K.O. And any other one and you’re set

Do you know how 2 add bass because I want to do some covers of songs

What do you think of the lock function? I'm new to synths in general but I'm looking at the PO systems as a cheap way to test the waters