At first I thought this was an Aprils Fools' Day joke then I looked in the calendar and saw it was too late.
Is there any functional difference to the EP-133? Interestingly It seems that they have different operating systems.
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#182The 10-segment digits are very cool.
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#183Taking retro to its logical conclusion.
elements of the past and future combining to make something not quite as good as either
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#184Teenage.engineering must be owned by “people of leisure”, creating things they feel are personally fun and satisfying without worrying about the business side of things like profitability.
Sure the OP-1 and the PO-400 are cool, but the price of the OP-1 Field is a non-starter and the usability of the K.O II would make lookmumnocomputer cry.
Now… this!?! Who would look at this and say “yes, I need one of these” (I just checked the date to make sure it’s not either April 1st or Halloween)
Maybe they’re really performance artists wanting to hone their industrial design skills in parallel on the side
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#185I’ve been producing music on both software and hardware for 20 years. Borrowed the EP-133 KO II from a mate and found it to be highly initiative and pure style over substance. I don’t get what its selling point is. OP-1 I can understand but this thing is pointless. But at least the layout follows she Golden Ratio I guess.
The K.O II makes the Octatrack look like a UX Award Winner
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#186B&H has a demo of this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaIx0KMOg5I
One of the best gear demo I watched in last few years
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#187I know many musicians who love using Teenage Engineerings products for making music, performing live etc. However, I do think there is a case to be made for falling into the trap of being more interested in the gear than the thing you're meant to do with the gear. At the very least, Teenage Engineering hardware is generally very well designed, high quality and built to last. At least this product has some creative sp…
> However, I do think there is a case to be made for falling into the trap of being more interested in the gear than the thing you're meant to do with the gear. that is literally the intention behind all modern music hardware (eurorack especially) i think. i've been a producer for nearly 20 years and i've still never seen anybody make genuinely good music with any of these things. not even once. these 30-40 year old…
Hmm… “good” is relative. Lots of stuff out there
Ciani has been a pioneer in this space since the 70’e https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Ciani
Check out the boiler room set of https://caterinabarbieri.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W25FTlO42VY
Vogelsinger has pieces all over YouTube. https://helenevogelsinger.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYxheEGl2oM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W25FTlO42VY
Some others that come to mind: https://polypores.bandcamp.com/
https://bluetech.bandcamp.com/music
Evan B’s label for this music only https://www.behindtheskymusic.com/
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#188At first I thought this was an Aprils Fools' Day joke then I looked in the calendar and saw it was too late. Is there any functional difference to the EP-133? Interestingly It seems that they have different operating systems. https://teenage.engineering/downloads
Few new features (not revolutionary) and bigger memory
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#189I know many musicians who love using Teenage Engineerings products for making music, performing live etc. However, I do think there is a case to be made for falling into the trap of being more interested in the gear than the thing you're meant to do with the gear. At the very least, Teenage Engineering hardware is generally very well designed, high quality and built to last. At least this product has some creative sp…
> However, I do think there is a case to be made for falling into the trap of being more interested in the gear than the thing you're meant to do with the gear. that is literally the intention behind all modern music hardware (eurorack especially) i think. i've been a producer for nearly 20 years and i've still never seen anybody make genuinely good music with any of these things. not even once. these 30-40 year old…
People with the talent/skills/motivation to make music will end up making music with whatever they can get their hands on, and for anyone who doesn't fall into that category, no amount of equipment purchasing will fix it.
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#190I've managed to convince myself over the years I wouldn't actually use any of Teenage Engineering's stuff, however I might lust after it. But 200 hours of Manor Lords and a Lankum gig later, this was the fastest £249 I've ever spent.