Hey man just to let you know, im pretty sure YT gave me your video because my phone saw me comment on twitter that this thing looked neat. Idk anything about making music or anything like that but it was neat to watch your review and to learn what a musician looks for in that type of stuff. Great review, even for an outsider.
Thank you for checking it out. I wanted to give an honest review for people who don’t have a lot of(or any) experience with old school sampling, like myself.
Appreciate the honest video! Mine arrived Wednesday night, and damn, the initial learning curve is steep if you haven't used anything like this before. At first I found the naming conventions on it hilarious, but when trying to work with it, like you, it became annoying. I still keep the TE website open when I'm messing around with it, there's so much hidden in features. That all said, I'm still pretty stoked on it.
What other edition do you think they might make in the future? People were expecting other popular pocket operators in this new form factor but we basically got a reskin of K.O.2. If they’re doing another sampler again then it’s any theme really. I happen to like the medieval theme so picked one up, I dig it. Definitely one of the coolest samplers I’ve seen, aesthetically, and a great idea for a product overall by TE.
I wonder. This one does have some differences, like the arpeggiator, and the included sounds. I’m just hoping I can get used to the workflow. Because the look is cool, and the sounds are fun. Been playing with it since uploading this.
@@dreadwardbernays I do get your point about them needlessly renaming normal terms to sound ye olde English, just reading the manual. I wonder if you use this thing long enough you begin to use their terms like a raging lunatic! 🤣
I think the medieval them is funny. I think TE got inspired to do this theme because of all the outdoor in nature lofi beat maker videos 😂😂😂 there is always someone out in the forest near a brook tapping away on pads 😂 so I think its hilarious.
That makes so much sense. I actually thought of going up to Griffith Park and making some outdoor beats. So I guess they made the proper connection 😂😂😂
4:28. Take those two batteries and put them in your smoke detector bro 😎 😂. Sims Sounds like it’s almost dead. Haha. Nah good video though. Nah like you said all other videos show people using the Medieval who’ve had weeks with it. Nice to see someone using it and learning on the fly.
I thought it made sense to put up videos from a noob’s perspective. Gear videos make every piece of equipment seem so easy to use. Then, you get it, and have to learn Greek. Everyone thinks it’s the smoke detector. It’s my dog with his chew toy 😂
Just got mine and spent like 15 minutes figuring out how to erase. Is a lot of fun, but it is definitely not ableton like I’m used to. Excited to conquer this device tho
subscribed for the realness on the limits thing. i like giving myself limits so i can stay focused on creating, such as only allowing myself to pick from five snare samples or synth patches so i dont spend hours clicking thru sounds and not making anything. what i dont like is companies not including basic features, such as the op-1 not having an undo button, and then fanboys and gear youtubers distract from those majors flaws by saying “its fine, limits inspire creativity”. i can decide my own limits, i dont wanna be told a box i paid hundreds of dollars for has “limits” someone else decided will help my creativity
Agreed! Giving yourself guidelines is great. But excusing companies for excluding basic features, by alluding to these exclusions somehow making us more creative is just cope! Thanks for the sub 👊🏾
Thanks for the demo and your thoughts. Do you think it will be doable to get into the device and the workflow after spending enough time, if one has no knowledge about other samplers so far? Or which sampler would you recommend instead?
I think you can definitely learn the device. It’ll take time. If this is your first sampler, you might want to look into something easier. I’ve seen used MPC One units as low as $425. That device does nearly everything, and is easier to get started on, with the touch screen, and visual component to everything. If something battery powered, cheap, and very portable is your aim, one of these is a great choice. Just prepare for the learning curve. But, to be honest, the KO ii, is the same unit with better displayed icons, and simple names on the buttons. So, I’d pick the KO over this. The Medieval themed names have been the most constantly frustrating aspect. Some other options that are similar in price and possibly a bit easier to learn: Sonicware SmplTrk/Liven samplers, Elektron Model:Samples(seen used for under $200 before).
Just got one and it is not that hard to get this thing going. The quick guide is worthless but the online one is pretty clear, they should have included it in the box. It is a fun machine and I don't think this is a meme, you can make good stuff with it.
I guess it’s in the name but TE insists on flavoring some of their products with a teenage/childish motif. I really like some of their Pocket Operators but their screens are wasted with silly graphics which takes away space from essential operating information.
I'm an TE fan. But who was asking for a medieval theme? Not one person, that's who. After the $2K jacket they offered, I think the company is just trolling us at this point.
@@dreadwardbernays Yeah, I'm still wanting to get the K.O.II. Maybe the Medieval theme is brilliantly absurd--an unholy fusion of the new, the vintage, and the near ancient--and perhaps even a perfect reflection of the strange, contradictory times we live in. Or maybe Switzerland just got Vikings on Netflix.
I’ve got to say… this sampler is genius. I think they chose to go offbeat, but as a long-time RPG’er (yes, Dungeons & Dragons), this machine is beautiful and a great excuse to learn some Teenage Engineering. Also, the instruments are hard to come by (presumably). Great to have them packaged together in a fun and useful form factor. I hope the tool has depth, but it will always be useful. Sample quality seems strong.
![journey's end [liven ambient Ø and ep-1320 medieval] [folkish ambient]](/img/n.gif)
A wonderful time to make music. So many beautiful options.
So many, and much cheaper than when I was young.
@@dreadwardbernays That's a fact. 👍🏾
Yeah but do the buttons smell of chocolate? It’s the only metric I care about when buying music gear.
Thanks for the laugh. 😊
Yo this video format is awesome
Thank you 🙏🏾
Thanks for this. I'm going to get one for my daughter so that she can make the soundtrack for the new Dark Ages.
She’ll enjoy it. I miss it a little now. But I’m going to grab the KO 2 version.
Hey man just to let you know, im pretty sure YT gave me your video because my phone saw me comment on twitter that this thing looked neat. Idk anything about making music or anything like that but it was neat to watch your review and to learn what a musician looks for in that type of stuff. Great review, even for an outsider.
Thank you for checking it out. I wanted to give an honest review for people who don’t have a lot of(or any) experience with old school sampling, like myself.
Appreciate the honest video! Mine arrived Wednesday night, and damn, the initial learning curve is steep if you haven't used anything like this before. At first I found the naming conventions on it hilarious, but when trying to work with it, like you, it became annoying. I still keep the TE website open when I'm messing around with it, there's so much hidden in features. That all said, I'm still pretty stoked on it.
I have tabs with the manual open on phone, iPad and laptop smh 🤦🏾♂️ the struggle is real!
Cant wait to grab one
What other edition do you think they might make in the future? People were expecting other popular pocket operators in this new form factor but we basically got a reskin of K.O.2. If they’re doing another sampler again then it’s any theme really. I happen to like the medieval theme so picked one up, I dig it. Definitely one of the coolest samplers I’ve seen, aesthetically, and a great idea for a product overall by TE.
I wonder. This one does have some differences, like the arpeggiator, and the included sounds. I’m just hoping I can get used to the workflow. Because the look is cool, and the sounds are fun. Been playing with it since uploading this.
@@dreadwardbernays I do get your point about them needlessly renaming normal terms to sound ye olde English, just reading the manual. I wonder if you use this thing long enough you begin to use their terms like a raging lunatic! 🤣
I’m gonna use “quantum correctus” when punching in this part, etc
“Maybe I need to speed up my tempus?”
I’d like an arcade themed one of like 8 and 16 bit game sounds, maybe with a 12 bit mode for the sampler
As a HEMA practitioner who knows nothing about making music, I need this
Bigup Dreadward Bernays
great video! I find it funny they still haven't made the fader piece fit on the fader yet.
I was so afraid, putting the tip onto that fader. Seems like something they’d try to fix asap. I also wish there were endless encoders.
I think the medieval them is funny. I think TE got inspired to do this theme because of all the outdoor in nature lofi beat maker videos 😂😂😂 there is always someone out in the forest near a brook tapping away on pads 😂 so I think its hilarious.
That makes so much sense. I actually thought of going up to Griffith Park and making some outdoor beats. So I guess they made the proper connection 😂😂😂
@@dreadwardbernays exactly 😂
4:28. Take those two batteries and put them in your smoke detector bro 😎 😂. Sims
Sounds like it’s almost dead. Haha. Nah good video though. Nah like you said all other videos show people using the Medieval who’ve had weeks with it. Nice to see someone using it and learning on the fly.
I thought it made sense to put up videos from a noob’s perspective. Gear videos make every piece of equipment seem so easy to use. Then, you get it, and have to learn Greek.
Everyone thinks it’s the smoke detector. It’s my dog with his chew toy 😂
@@dreadwardbernays haha sounds just like a smoke detector. All good. Yeah the Teenager Engineering instructions are never the easiest to learn.
Just got mine and spent like 15 minutes figuring out how to erase. Is a lot of fun, but it is definitely not ableton like I’m used to. Excited to conquer this device tho
It took me about six hours to get comfortable. After that, it was a lot of fun. Flaws aside, it’s a great machine.
subscribed for the realness on the limits thing. i like giving myself limits so i can stay focused on creating, such as only allowing myself to pick from five snare samples or synth patches so i dont spend hours clicking thru sounds and not making anything. what i dont like is companies not including basic features, such as the op-1 not having an undo button, and then fanboys and gear youtubers distract from those majors flaws by saying “its fine, limits inspire creativity”. i can decide my own limits, i dont wanna be told a box i paid hundreds of dollars for has “limits” someone else decided will help my creativity
Agreed! Giving yourself guidelines is great. But excusing companies for excluding basic features, by alluding to these exclusions somehow making us more creative is just cope! Thanks for the sub 👊🏾
Hey man , good review 👍
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hey, can you please tell me the material of the product, is it plastic or metal?
It’s 100% plastic. Feels sturdy enough though.
Thanks for the demo and your thoughts. Do you think it will be doable to get into the device and the workflow after spending enough time, if one has no knowledge about other samplers so far? Or which sampler would you recommend instead?
I think you can definitely learn the device. It’ll take time. If this is your first sampler, you might want to look into something easier. I’ve seen used MPC One units as low as $425. That device does nearly everything, and is easier to get started on, with the touch screen, and visual component to everything.
If something battery powered, cheap, and very portable is your aim, one of these is a great choice. Just prepare for the learning curve. But, to be honest, the KO ii, is the same unit with better displayed icons, and simple names on the buttons. So, I’d pick the KO over this. The Medieval themed names have been the most constantly frustrating aspect.
Some other options that are similar in price and possibly a bit easier to learn:
Sonicware SmplTrk/Liven samplers, Elektron Model:Samples(seen used for under $200 before).
Your pictures in the background are hung crooked, drives me crazy. But one question, I cannot find anything about this. Is this devices waterproof?
I doubt it’s waterproof at all. Felt sturdy. But it didn’t seem sealed at all.
Wait, what? I’ve been watching your skate videos for years and I never knew you made music.
It happens. Made music longer than I’ve skated though. 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
Just got one and it is not that hard to get this thing going. The quick guide is worthless but the online one is pretty clear, they should have included it in the box. It is a fun machine and I don't think this is a meme, you can make good stuff with it.
Please for the love of God change your smoke alarm's batteries
😂
Dog with his chew toy my man 😂😂😂
I guess it’s in the name but TE insists on flavoring some of their products with a teenage/childish motif. I really like some of their Pocket Operators but their screens are wasted with silly graphics which takes away space from essential operating information.
Never had a PO. But this device did the same thing. Wasted space on the character, and took away some the visual feedback you get on the KO 2.
Oh great, just what the world needs, hiphop and trap beats with samples from the dark ages. *stabbing ears with a fork*
You can load in your own samples. The quirky stock ones’ novelty wore off on me, after a day.
Are you gonna get medieval on our a$$e$? Gonna start studying Latin to get my head round this one!
That’s what it feels like. The naming gets frustrating quickly.
@@dreadwardbernays Good to try new things, all part of the fun I guess. Thanks for the video, didn't even see this product coming!
Maybe should a played with it before video eh
No! That’s the entire point. There are plenty of videos where people have had the device and make it look easier than will be true for a beginner.
I'm an TE fan. But who was asking for a medieval theme? Not one person, that's who. After the $2K jacket they offered, I think the company is just trolling us at this point.
Definitely trolling 😂😂😂 Especially with the naming convention and some of these odd samples. Still fun to play with.
@@dreadwardbernays Yeah, I'm still wanting to get the K.O.II.
Maybe the Medieval theme is brilliantly absurd--an unholy fusion of the new, the vintage, and the near ancient--and perhaps even a perfect reflection of the strange, contradictory times we live in.
Or maybe Switzerland just got Vikings on Netflix.
I’ve got to say… this sampler is genius. I think they chose to go offbeat, but as a long-time RPG’er (yes, Dungeons & Dragons), this machine is beautiful and a great excuse to learn some Teenage Engineering. Also, the instruments are hard to come by (presumably). Great to have them packaged together in a fun and useful form factor. I hope the tool has depth, but it will always be useful. Sample quality seems strong.
Who wants a unit devoted to medieval music 😂 just download some samples to your DAW. I don't get it, what's next Teenage Engineering hippy box.
I predict some kind of alien/space theme. But, we’ll see.
Boring take, Steve!!!
Catholic monks requiring Gregorian chant music obviously.