Teenage Engineering making something CHEAPER than all the others?? FFS what's going on in this world lol. For 3 hundreds... TE will tear the market. I for one gon buy that on sight!
Please, I don't know how long you have been looking for the killer of the SP404mk2, but stop looking for it, there is nothing better than SP404mk2 in its price range, that thing made with LEGO pieces, it doesn't look like it can withstand hits from a beatmaker professional like Jay Dilla or DJ Premier right? Ok, it's a nice, very portable toy, it samples at 24 bits but only 64MB is nothing, I'm afraid it's very absurd to record at 24 bits in such a ridiculous memory. A USB or SDcard reader would have been great The best killer of a SP404 mk2 is a one future SP404 mk3.
$300 is tempting, but I think my brain has issues with any workflow where I can’t see the notes or song patterns/phrases/blocks. I never got on well with the POs either for that reason, unfortunately.
This is small enough, battery operated with 20+ hours of usage that you take this with you to the park, on plane, a vacation, trip, bathroom ( please, no recording sounds from the bathroom ) overnight whatever you wish. Just think, you're on your phone, your listening to something and you get a creative strike of lighting and you jack in, record your sample and make a beat around it. I think the $299 price is a clue. I think all the other new devices they are planning are going to be upgrades with much better pricing. I'm already saving for the next device. I've always been a fan just couldn't afford their products, no, I am hoping I can.
@@all.day.day-dreamer I work very well with the Dirtywave M8, and expect I would work as well with the PE Tracker Mini, due to being able to see the song and notes laid out in some form. The P.O.s stress my working memory and don’t jive with how my brain wants to do whole songs. I’ve also always been more of a programmer than a finger drummer, though that could be down to lack of practice. And, too late, I sampled at least one thing from the bathroom. (It was a shower door)
I don’t know about 404 killer. MKII is almost a daw in a box. For someone like me who hasn’t got to buy the 404 and who loves the po33, this device is perfect.
@@Reggi_Sample without getting into semantics about what does and doesn’t make a DAW, what I’m trying to say is 404MKII has a lot more features and capability than this new KO, but I still intend on making full tracks with this new KO.
That’s my whole thing I already have a 404 mk2 and I don’t see what the ko2 does that the 404 can’t do. Would it even be worth the buy or am I wasting money?
@@Rosier.Rosy. this can’t really do anything the 404Mk2 can’t. It’s more limited. If you rock a 404Mk2 and you’re cooking with it then stay with that. For me, I don’t have a hardware sampler besides the po33 and this is a perfect upgrade. It’s one of the more cheap samplers and has a more direct and limited workflow which helps me focus on cranking out tracks.
It’s clickbait fam. She said the same thing about the new korg kaoss replay. Watch she will most likely make a follow up video “I was wrong about the ep-133” within the next couple days/weeks. Just like she did with the korg kaoss replay. People are getting these already and the faders are already broken.
I don't know, the 404 screen doesn't compare to this screen no matter how big it is. Being able to edit samples by looking at and zooming in on the audio waves means that the 404 cannot be killed by this equipment. That said, it looks very nice and at a good price. Without a doubt they will sell many of them
I think it's a 7-segment LED display like on a digital alarm clock, rather than an OLED. That may be one reason they were able to hit this price point and battery consumption. But maybe I'm wrong.
It’s another shift show. I watched the koo koo tutorial and it’s menu system is very dependent on endless shift commands. I’m a big one button per function person so it fell apart quickly for me.👽✌️
This does not looks like a Screen a screen at all. Looks more like a Led Matrix, but instead of "leds" you have icons as pixels. And a AlphaNumeric Segmented Display at the center. But it looks gorgeous this way. :)
I’ll take back what I wrote and eat a large portion of humble pie. Just watched True Cuckoo’s tutorial and it changed my mind. This is KO 2000 and more.
Unfortunately EP133 is not what I wanted. It reminds me of MPC 500 with its 12 pads and slider that you assign effects to. Even its workflow looks like updated oldschool MPC workflow that defo will be liked by MPC heads as there are 4 layers (MPC Banks) and Scenes (MPC sequences). MPC 500 was alsobattery powered.I'm sure MPC 500 was the thing that inspired TE to make this device and I kinda loved my MPC 500 but TE133 offers more immediate access to its functions. All in all very nice device. Definitely worth the money!
Yeah I feel ya! I had the SP404 MK2 since launch. It's a behemoth, capable of everything under the sun, a real marvel, but geez, getting a track done on that thing just would take me forever. The flow was so convoluted, annoying. and just not intuitive for anything. Watching Cuckoo and everyone else just ... have fun with this device made me realize that was what I was really missing anymore in my portable production. After reading over the manual twice, watching multiple videos, and asking people on elektronauts a ton of questions, I decided this fits me so much more. So I packed up the SP404 MKII and got him ready for its new owner. Sold. I see so many people rushing out to buy this. Don't horde gear people, don't just mindlessly consume. Read up and purchase, and downsize. If somethings not fitting in your flow and you are excited for the KO II, get rid of it before purchasing.
I ordered one because i know they will sell out quickly, and if its not what you was hoping for will be very easy to sell it for what you payed .So that was no brainer .
You should have kept the 404. You went from pro equipment to a toy. Me personally I would not trade none of my current samplers for it. I will get one and add it to my inventory of sampling gear. But all those built in cheesy sounds that everbody will have is getting wiped clean.
What does it do that's actually interesting? 4 triple A batteries? It looks cool but a musical instrument is for making music at the end of the day, isn't it... I'm not seeing it. Personally I'm tired of these overhyped products that don't offer any musical value. WOW ITS CHEAP SO I HAVE TO BUY IT! Actually, you don't. And 300 dollars is actually not "cheap" at all. 2 dollars is cheap. And these people say they're anti-consumerism... seems pretty consumerist to me.
I actually have one. It’s excellent on the fly making music and natural when you get used to it. Using as master device with another analog device and guitar. Yes I had to fix my slider, first run. Working perfect and using bar style knob on slider which is much better and protects. Cheers
You technically don't have to buy anything. Musicians need to understand when they're being advertised to and resist missing out on new tech. Especially when their current mixes / productions aren't the best they can be. It's not consumerist for a company to release a product like wtf.
I came *this* close to buying a 404mk2 in the last couple of days but pricing,l ack of availability combined with concerns over workflow not being intuitive enough for me meant I didn't pull the trigger. So glad I didn't. Gonna get me one ASAP.
64mb of 16 bit 46 kHz sound should be 11.5 minutes of mono or 5 minutes 45 seconds of stereo sound. I wish companies making samplers would always state total sampling length from the beginning. There are calculators online you can use to figure it out.
I don't like TE all that much, but I don't hate this new one. I won't buy it personally, but I don't think this a slap in the face. I don't think gear being cheap is necessarily good either. Having something that really matters to you and inspires you is better than just one of those.
Gear being "cheap" (its 300 bucks, thats not cheap) just makes it accesible for those of us who have this kind of hobby and dedication but not much cash in the bank.
It seems TE has finally realized that everyone is not going to buy a 2k piece of equipment that can fit in their pocket. Christmas card.This is nice, but I already have a 404mkll, MPC One and Maschine +. I don’t need another sampler, what I need is a new fretless bass and the Take 5 synth. Trying to my GAS under control 😂😂
"Wav" audio (44.1, 16) is 10 mb /stereo minute... so depends a lot of the actual sampling stats. At "wav" thats a little more than 6 min... but that's stereo also, mono it's already 12+... I can see the device holding 16 minutes of samples... but probably not something you'd want super long melodic samples in, think yer right it will still be situated towards percussive one-shot type sampling. Anyone who's messed with a Volca Sample for any length of time though knows that Morpheus' speech to Neo still applies. "Some rules can be bent, others can be broken!"
People might wanna know that this thing comes with 64mb of memory. 64. That's... 6 min and 22 seconds of 16 bits 48kHz CD quality audio (and I've been told that's the only option). To put things into perspective, almost 20 years ago when Yamaha released the DTX multipad, it came with the same amount and people rioted. So... if you thought there was a catch... well this is it.
Color me shocked. I saw the announcement of the product, thought it was beautiful, but didn’t look any further because I expected it was going to be astronomically priced.
Hyped. The only downside is the memory but if it’s as easy to back up as the opz, it won’t be a huge issue. Wish there was expandable storage though for sure.
@@Blogspierre You can do 20 seconds in length per pad. But you can't have 20 seconds on EVERY pad, is what I meant to say. That would give it 16 minutes of sample time, and in no way is that possible with 64MB of memory..
I wonder if it will properly sync to an external clock.. The 404mk2 stumbles around like a teenager after his first four loko. It doesn't seem to affect event but it's been driving people nuts for at least the last year
K.O may land some body blows . . .but it’s no sp 404 killer. The effects, being able to control the Koala sampler on iOS. The O.P is a TOY compared to the SP. i own both
The most surprising thing about this is I don't have to sell an eyeball to buy one 😂 Looks grand though, looking forward to see what other PO's they're going to jazz up.
and YES!!! i've been looking for a sampler that is guitarist friendly, looking forward to videos when you get yours. i've been looking at this all day, in australia we get stung with a lot of import fees and crappy shipping rates, $299 is pretty good price, but for me in sydney thats about $456 and since we are out of the EU there will be some import fees, so this could be close to $600 at the door. considering the PO's are around $150-170 here this is still relatively cheap since a op1 is $2500-3000
@@thethrillofnoskill4521 yeah i noticed late last night my usual stores had them for "pre order" as they're waiting on shipment. to be honest, i thought it would be closer to $600 so $549 is better i suppose. but year we get stung hard with import fees and hsipping. i feel bad for the guys in new zealand, they sometimes get double shipping cause it hits out shores first then goes onto them
They should have sent you one. Your gear talk is a totally different perspective than the super technical nerds who have a lot of overlap in perspective.
Jade come on.... all the te "economic" line of products have tons of quality build issues, starting with the opz (the banana effect, retriggers, etc..) and ending with all the po (a lot of them stop working after a year) i know its not the same with the more premium line but lets be honest. I mean i like it, but i also like the opz and never got it, we should ask for more quality build and materials from te... remember you can get a sp404 for the same price so.... a lot of factors in the play not only the beautifull desing and hipster look
The roland sp 404 mk2 has its own a cult following which makes it a legendary machine and Roland as a manufacturer has been around for years so I don't think the comparison matches it .. and Roland will definitely be watching no doubt they'll be an sp404 mk 3 💯🔥🔥🔥🪬
I was almost going to pre-order this through their amazon listing. I paused this vid to take a break and do a short workout and 30 minutes later now it’s not available. They saved me $300 at least.
Why do they have 16 pads right there If you can't use all 16 for playing back the samples, can't use them as a sequencer? Really not sure about the idea of scrubbing thru your seq using the beats/bars numbers on the screen. Wtf
Jade what´s happening? The screen is a not an OLED screen like on op1, you can easily see that is it a super cheap basic screen like on old watches. If it´s offordable it´s for sure super cheap to build for TE.
Ordered it as soon as i saw it this morning. Ive been using the pocket operators as well as the OP-Z for quite some time. Weird but happy they are $299 & hope it can replace my 404
I haven't seen trimming like this since the roland ms1, sort of akin to byte offset, but i don't know if i would enjoy it as much as the simplicity of the po-33. which i guess is still going so eh.
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Yeah about that JWeezy....got mine yesterday and the fader port is broken already... everything else is top notch, but I still choose my SP 404MK2 over it
Neat and very much designed and marketed to get public opinion back off the hate train, its certainly what I would have done. juxtaposed with everything they’ve done, turning turned off folks back on in an instant, timed and priced in end of November to take full advantage of their outsourced manufacturing and get everyone talking.
teenage engineering is really weird but i get it right now good really useable stuff is cheaper but artistic stuff with new advance features are expensive as hell
The question is... Can this reloop live on your fruity loops project with all those effects with no feedback? Cus Thats the ONLY issue with MK II from Roland right now with many FL users
My understanding was that when chopped, it occupies multiple pads (depending on how many chops) but still only one sample slot in the sample bank. Although there is 4 x 12 pads so with 12 chops you still have 36 other pads to play with!
I grabbed one as soon as I saw a price tag that looked reasonable 😅 …also, 3:04 …just curious, have you played with koala? Definitely worth the $5+, and could probably be a nice companion to this new KO-133 (since both do midi things!)
