Swedish electronics firm Teenage Engineering introduced a brand new product simply in time for the vacations, a bargain-priced sampler with an alluring throw-back aesthetic referred to as the EP-133 Ok.O. II.
Because the identify implies, the K.O. II is a super-charged follow-up to the PO-33 K.O., a beloved sampler from the corporate’s Pocket Operator sequence. The unique Ok.O. was a tiny revolution, packing pro-level sampling capabilities right into a phenomenally small bundle, full with results, a sequencer, and choices for results. The Ok.O. II takes every part that made its predecessor nice and blows it up right into a fleshed-out bundle that holds true to the corporate’s signature playful, accessible design. It seems to be critical sufficient for actual musical initiatives however easy sufficient for anybody to choose up and begin enjoying.
Like all of Teenage Engineering’s greatest merchandise, it sits someplace in between a toy and a critical instrument. And at simply $299 it sits proper on the outer limits of impulse-buy territory.
The Ok.O. II allows you to load in as much as 99 samples (in stereo!) from any supply, after which mechanically breaks it up into particular person elements throughout the machine’s ten pressure- and velocity-sensitive pads. You possibly can fine-tune these samples with pitch correction, filters, results, time changes, and extra. It has a very revamped sequencer, together with a full-fledged DAW that allows you to construct out advanced preparations with 12-voice polyphony or 6 voices in stereo. The Ok.O. II’s parameters are programmable and controllable over MIDI as properly.
The place the Ok.O. II actually shines is a recent new workflow designed to take you from pattern to speedy musical satisfaction with just a few keystrokes. It has a beautiful full-color show that modifications and dances as you play songs and transfer by means of the machine’s numerous features.
You possibly can all the time depend on Teenage Engineering’s merchandise to look attractive, and the Ok.O. II is not any exception. It’s contained in a grey housing with orange and black accents that harkens again to the design of desktop electronics that had been alleged to look futuristic again within the ‘80s and ‘90s, giving the Ok.O. II an look that’s concurrently forward-looking and frozen in time. It’s laborious to have a look at it with out eager to convey one residence your self.
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