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Re: TX-6 – Teenage Engineering

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Post by prmoustache »

IAmPym wrote: post #167
lamp_book wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> doesn't break Can get behind the rest of your comment but I don't think anyone's ever accused TE of making durable products. To their credit though, they replaced my broken PO without a fuss, so I'm not a detractor.

I have used TE products on occasion and looked into them deeply from a bunch of engineering perspectives. Compared to other products in a similar price point and form factor the likelihood of a problem is far lower. When you reduce the size you eliminate structural components and if you can't mill aluminum you're left with a lot of difficult choices to make to keep things stable. TE does a good job of balancing those…

Tell that to all the bent Op-Z owners whose dials pop out randomly from the case.

Re: TX-6 – Teenage Engineering

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Post by adamrezich »

vvvzxd wrote: post #179
adamrezich wrote: post #144

slightly off-topic but I often listen to podcasts while playing video games and I've long wanted a simple device—ideally battery-powered and portable but I'll take what I can get—that takes two audio inputs and produces one audio output, allowing me to crossfade between the two as needed, so I can mix between two audio sources on the fly. does something like this exist, and if so, how expensive is it? I haven't been…

2 channel audio mixer, pretty much one of the most common devices out there

interesting, I was looking on Amazon like a year ago and couldn't find anything like that, but now I see there's several <$50 devices just like that! thanks

Re: TX-6 – Teenage Engineering

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Post by scarecrowbob »

ruined wrote: post #22

if i wanted a simple mixer and usb audio interface with fx send and i didn't want to spend a thousand dollars on it, what's the range of alternatives i've spent under $150 on every individual item in my kit so far and it feels silly to blow past that on a mixer.

Behringer xr12 might be a good choice. I have been using the xr18 (x32, etc) for years and they are good values.

A Focusrite Scarlet 8i6 would serve as a mixer if you don't mind being tied to a computer.

But if you just needed a mixer, the Yamaha MG series stuff is fine and in line with your price point.

Re: TX-6 – Teenage Engineering

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Post by l33tbro »

lancesells wrote: post #115
smoldesu wrote: post #103

Hoo boy, Teenage Engineering is starting to get on my nerves. This is a neat piece of kit, but the specs on it pretty much relegate it to the "toy" category of their lineup. You're telling me people are going to use this 48kHz dongle as a portable DAC? You probably have a better output on your laptop. Pretty absurd. This thing is pretty much a physical iPhone app... that costs more than an iPhone. What really pisses…

Try to think of it in the same context as a watch. There are price ranges from $10 to probably $1M+. They all have a function of tell you the time. Price is a silly thing to be upset about it unless you truly needed it to live (which no one does).

That actually makes sense. Watches are a status item and, as OP (pardon the pun) points out, Teenage Engineering is a bit of an aspirational/hipster brand.

Re: TX-6 – Teenage Engineering

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Post by l33tbro »

ruined wrote: post #22

if i wanted a simple mixer and usb audio interface with fx send and i didn't want to spend a thousand dollars on it, what's the range of alternatives i've spent under $150 on every individual item in my kit so far and it feels silly to blow past that on a mixer.

There are far better and cheaper optionsavailable.

I recently bought a Mackie 1604 for a hundred bucks. It's from 1993 and they were basically designed to fall off buildings. Super transparent and likely to outlast this thing due to being much more operable. Not as pretty or quirky, but that doesn't really factor in to my use case.

For stereo compression, you can get a brand new Really Nice Compressor for a couple of hundred bucks. Steve Albini has these in his studio, so that alone should indicate their high quality.

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Post by colechristensen »

squeaky-clean wrote: post #136
colechristensen wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lots of people don’t know what a mixer or audio interface is.

And those people definitely aren't in the market for a $1200 audio interface. If you don't own several pieces of gear already, this device has literally no use. If you do own several pieces of gear and want to record and mix them simultaneously, a $1200 interface is not going to be the first one you purchase.

Sure, but people who know all had to learn eventually.

I often find myself wondering what a product or service is for not being a target customer in the know.

It would be nice if there were more instances of products telling people who don’t know what they are.

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Post by MrBuddyCasino »

gigaflop wrote: post #148
MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #43

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It looks interesting, but for me it hasn't got the same "want!" factor their other products have. The T1 10L ITX case just launched, waiting for its arrival: https://formdworks.com/

I was looking at SFF cases, so I keep an eye open for lesser-known ones. I was willing to add another to the list of contenders, but I just don't get why that site asks for a password, and shows only one image of something that they're trying to sell. I get that it's limited-run stuff, but why would they hide information about their product? Visiting their website is pretty much worthless if they only sell in batches…

They’re really bad at marketing, better check the subreddit or discord. It has been two years and this month it has finally launched, so it wouldn’t be insane to consider it.

The only contender is the JIMU D+ v2.0, or the Dan H2O if you can compromise on looks or quality.

Re: TX-6 – Teenage Engineering

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Post by LegitShady »

kmeisthax wrote: post #30

Like most Teenage Engineering products, it's an absolutely amazing-looking, well-engineered product with a ton of functionality that does a thing I don't actually need for far more money than I can justify spending on it.

TE products tend to be poorly manufactured. Go look at an op-z that bends and causes double trigs, with soft non standard feet you need to turn to open to get access to the interior of the device. Take a look at all the pocket operators they break regularly (I owned 4 and two broke from even casual use) and you cannt get spare parts like screens from te.

And ton of functionality? Go take a look at the ob-4 a Bluetooth speaker with a radio, a sort of tape delay thing, and no audio out.

I used to be a fan of teenage engineering but the low quality of the products I've had of theirs and the extremely high prices have led me to a totally different conclusion.

This mixer is overpriced and requires super special teenage engineering slimline cables to fit all of its inputs at the same time.

I am looking for a portable mixer but this monstrosity by a company that has a history of quality issues is not the mixer I am looking for.

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Post by fumar »

ketzo wrote: post #110
dmd wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't need to own my OP-1, but I'm glad I do. It makes me happy every time I look at it.

The OP-1 is one of those products that makes me want to change my entire lifestyle and personality just so I could possibly justify owning it. It's just so neat .

I have sold and bought the OP-1 twice now. At one point, I tried to replace my DAW and synths workflow with the single OP-1 unit. It didn't work. Three years later, I missed the OP-1 sounds and bought it on a whim, but I realized again how limited the sound palette is and its ability to work alongside non-OP-1 instruments. Both times, its aesthetic appeal and aspirational dream won over the rational me. It is a cool device. I will stick to Ableton Live, a few synths, and a midi controller.

The TX-6 is appealing to the gadget nerd in me...

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