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Re: Medieval

#111
post #34

B&H has a demo of this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaIx0KMOg5I

This is the only video they need to market it. The Monty Python vibe at the beginning is hilarious, and the walkthrough delightful.

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#112
Shouldn't the Latin be "instrumentum electronicum"?

"instrumentalis" and "electronicum" are both adjectives.

(But it's 25 years since I had to read Latin at school.)

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#113
post #28

Nice 'Holy Mountain' vibes in the promo video. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_(1973_film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdXGhsAynGI

Mediaeval Cosplay?

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#114
Don’t forget the cocoa-scented pads. Most important feature! (I’m not kidding, it’s tucked away in the middle of the feature list.)

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#115

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How is this any different from any company selling musical instruments? Car advertisers don't sell you on their product by showing you the latest model stuck in gridlock traffic.

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#116
someday i'll be able to afford a TE product. someday...

if i can afford an OP-1 without flinching i know that i've made it.

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#118

Don’t miss the lovingly crafted manual: https://teenage.engineering/guides/ep-1320 Looks great blown up on a 4K monitor due to extensive use of SVG.

It, unfortunately, looks immune to zoom in a browser, for some reason.

Re: Medieval

#119
post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's certainly real. What was it about the video that made you think it's generative? That it's surrealistic?

Well yeah, mostly that it has a ton of actors and setpieces (and a horse!) for what AFAICT is a joke product. I mean, it's perhaps not a joke , but... surely anyone who actually wanted to be a touring musician with this kind of music would just load up sounds onto a regular board? Is "musicians who don't even know the genre they'll use professionally yet" a valid market in the first place? And it consists of short, h…

> Is "musicians who don't even know the genre they'll use professionally yet" a valid market in the first place?

That's not really Teenage Engineering's primary market, in the same way Rolex's primary market isn't "people who need to tell the time". Both T.E and Rolex products do their jobs really well, but the people buying them are buying more for the aesthetic than the function.

Teenage Engineering are primarily a design boutique, although musicians do use their products their main audience are collectors / audiophiles / graphic designers going through a mid-life crisis.

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