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PO-20 24 28, Arcade, Office, Robot - CUCKOO Tutorial #1
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- Опубліковано 20 січ 2016
- The Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator series just got some new siblings announced at NAMM 2016!! Here's a little tutorial, guide, overview of the new charming little units.
PO-20 (Arcade)
PO-24 (Office)
PO-28 (Robot)
cheers
CUCKOO
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You are one of few people on UA-cam who actually give clear pointers on these funny little gadgets.
Thank you!
I just picked up the arcade and am looking forward to putting that in my retro-futurism arsenal!
+chris hadzipetros thanks mate!! It's tricky to explain sometimes, but I felt it had to be done!
cheers.
keep on rockin in the synth world!
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Great Im waiting for the Arcade and have the po-12 . Cuckoos info is the best about them, funny, creative and full of eehh lust :)
you have a very soothing voice
Ok see THIS is a demonstration. All other things I watch say, "oh this does 'this'," but don't actually show it, nor do they explain and demonstrate what 'this' can be used for. This video, however, explains what each thing does, how it can be used, how you can manipulate it, and how to join it with something else, and then he shows an example of each.
Just wanted to say that I love your videos and demos. So much creativity. It inspires me!
Thanks! I hope to make more.
+ToyRap Double commenting here :)
got to say i really love this guy. no mancrush, i'd just like to live inside his skin for a day,, tap out some damn smooth keyboard sounds with those sleek fresh fingers of his. such a mellow type of man you just can't not like. a cloud of puffy feathers in the summer sky. i wish i was more like him, but alas, i'm too much of a slave to my neuroses. well, next life, surely. big up to the true cuckoo, you rock compadre!
🙏🏼 Thanks for reaching out mate. Thanks for the very kind words!
meditate my dude!
The Robot almost feels like a hand held Commodore 64!
The Arcade feels like a nice drum machine, and I feel the office will lay dormant, until it lands in the right hands, then everyone will want one.
Superb video!
This was the best combination of review, instruction, and demonstration I've seen on these or any synth. subscribed!
+TacoSlammer thanks Taco!
love this cuckoo guy and all his reviews....he's like a synth Buddha...
more like Synth Jesus!
He turns into a synth monk when he performs.
Arcade ordered! Can't wait! The sampling possibilities are endless, too. Combining this with the PO-12 is gold.
I'm loving the po arcade's screen visuals :D
I enjoy your reviews, because you treat them musically, and don't just list off features.
Thanks for having the sensibility to program something that's actually listenable on these things. I don't know why people who demo instruments just make awful sequences to show 'what it can do.' Sure I want to know what it can do, but I'm more concerned with how it CAN be used.
Ordered the Office yesterday, thanks to your videos.
I got the PO-20 (Arcade) recently and it's so much fun to use on the morning commute to work. I can bang out 4-5 solid patterns by the time I get there. You forgot to demo the Drone function, Cuckoo! That adds such a layer of depth and continuation between patterns it blows my mind. The battery life on these things is impressive too. I've used it a ton over the last few days and it still says 98%. (They seem to have weeks worth of use per set of batteries.) I can't wait to get the Robot PO soon.
+Matt Laskowski (fox-orian) If I want to test the waters, which pocket operator would you recommend out of all the POs. I really like the sound of rhythm PO-12 and Po-20 as well.
+Corey S I have more background in keyboarding melodies / piano, but the gamer in me couldn't resist the PO-20 as my first choice. However, I actually just bought the PO-28 (Robot) today, and I have to say, I believe this one is the most well-rounded of all the PO&'s if you haven't considered this one. It seems to have a little bit of everything --- a drum kit with 16 sounds that you can make 16 patterns with as well as 8 (fantastic sounding) synth voices (split into high/low octave to make 16 total "voices") which allows you to play live on top of your beats. It's super SUPER easy to make great sounding melodies on this thing despite the limited number of keys. The voices also change greatly with the AB knobs giving you some nice variety of 8-bit tones.
The 20 is still a lot of fun, though, especially if you're more into sequencing over live playing. Cuckoo is right that the chords function on the 20 is a fantastic unique feature -- without any extra work you can instantly create variations of your patterns offering FAR greater variety with what you can get from your 16 slots. You can queue up 128 patterns / chord progressions in a chain to literally make a whole song, it's fantastic.
So my recommendation is:
Superior Sequencing / Beats - get the PO-20
For a little bit of everything - get the PO-28
You won't be disappointed with either and both will give that blissful hit of nostalgia :D Watch the videos for them on the teenage engineering youtube channel and see which one immediately grabs your attention more.
+Matt Laskowski (fox-orian) Thanks! I really like the sounds from the PO-20 so i think i'll get that one first. Although the synth voices in the PO-28 are really cool also.
Yeah, these are valid and great points. Also, in a recording recently, I could see how much the office could give as well. It stirs things up by adding a sort of messy space to the mix. It might not be as immediately rewarding as the others, but it's cool in its own way.
+cuckoomusic so basically, I'm bound to have some fun with any of them :^D great!
Arcade Kicks Ass! These 2nd series of PO's all looking great but the Arcade's chord feature is a total game changer.
I know this is from 2 years ago (almost 3) but I've come a little late to the PO party. Lol
It's never too late!
damn, the PO-20 sounds sooo freakin good. what a surplus profit! ordered my OP-1 yesterday and im really looking forward to link these two great machines. Also many thanks to you cuckoo for making all these great videos. It's always fun to watch you bending good gear. keep on!
awesome unboxing and review. Fun to watch!
Just got a robot for my six year old daughter for Xmas. Excellent video as always, CUCKOO!!!
You are my musical demo hero!! Everything else on the net is so dull. Keep it up dude!
Thank you Timbre! :) I'll keep keeping up as much as I can!
God, the more videos I see on this the more I want them, specifically the Robot and Arcade.
PurpleLizard 23 Getting the Arcade for christmas. Its a great music machine and i highly recommended it.
Just ordered the PO-28. It looks great fit making ring tones, for example.
great overview! I can see Office fitting into my drum section very nice.
coool thanks for the overview. I was thinking of ordering PO-12 but that Office 24 sounds like you could really make some nice dope little loops.
+Annie Dawg yeah, that Office has an untapped potential of being totally different than the others.
Awsome tutorials i had fun watching you jam on it !
Thanks!
This is such a great review. And your musicality is incredible. I look forward to further experiments with the arcade! I'd be very interested in buying mercy you come up with. Stickers, cables etc. and paying that bit extra for them to support your work.
Hopping over from the Volca FM video. After asking around on reddit, I think this is actually what I want. The arcade, in particular, looks like a fantastic little guy with which to start my journey, and maybe I can pick up some of his brothers and sisters once I get going.
The Pocket Operators is a great fun way to start out!
5:00 first video that explains how you can put other drumkit elements but the 1st one on the grid!
arcade + robot and you are in the chiptune heaven
Next paycheck I'm snagging an Arcade, it just sounds so fun!
this is such a great overview of the Pocket Operators
Only Cukoo can make a beat out of office sounds
this was way more helpful than the manual for learning some basics, thank you!
best facecam ever!
:-D
you are just such a great human
You are! Thanks!
Cool ! 7:30 and 17:45 are some really remarkable moments to me . Robot & Arcade & Voice landed in the cart .
Love you channel!!! You make awesome beats. Thank you for the uploads
I have the originals, but want that arcade one now! That is just amazing!
+canispeaktodave Same here but I want the 3 new POs AAAAAHHHH !
Just ordered the op-20/arcade thanks to you :)
They're always on! I think they just don't use much power if they aren't playing. So they stay on as long as there are batteries in them.
Heres something cool I hadn't heard anywhere yet, while in play if you hold the FX button and press play it fades out over 4 bars.
The Arcade into a Phonogene is amazing.
teenage engineering should back you for real
Awesome!! just getting into chiptunes/synths. Trying not to buy everything but man.......great Tutorial! Thanks Cuckoo! Keep the videos coming ...Good Stuff!
Great demo! You should do a jam on all the three of them or just sit the Arcade on a progression and jam over it on keys with the OP-1!
wou! hard to decide.. so i will have to get the 3 of them again! good demonstration!
I've just bought the Arcade. So pumped
💛
These are actually something quite special! I have the Arcade and Office.
Just ordered the arcade, really looking forward to using it :.)
I'm going to start wearing my pocket operators like that!
Cuckoo is a stand up guy. I only wish good things for this dude!
dope reviews as always, keep doing what you do
You look so kind. Thanks for the video
As a crystal castles fan this interests me greatly..
What a cracking review and demo - by far the best UA-cam has to offer. I got my Office last night and the instructions are pretty minimal and I don't find it particularly intuitive so your demo helped me get the hang of it. Nearly have it sussed now. It's a lovely little mix of fun and frustration. It does so much but in its own slightly odd and interestingly limited way. Despite he price (£50 does seem a bit steep - it feels like a £35 piece of kit but Teenage engineering do seem to like to charge something of a premium price for their stuff) I'm still tempted to fork out for another in the range - choices choice eh?
I'd love to know what (and if) the icons on the screen actually mean. Suddenly a little dictaphone appears and I'm blowed if I have the faintest idea why! Are they telling me anything useful (beyond the obvious like whether I'm recording or what the BPM is)?
Thanks again for the video - your work and wisdom are much appreciated :-)
Light is dawning gradually - I can see that the little tape deck I'm calling a dictaphone is showing me when an effect is active which is handy. Just need to work out what the rest of them mean now :-)
Hm and oscillator sink have the best voices I think hypnotic and beautiful you are a good chap mate
Cuckoo I know this is incredibly old but how did you "reseal" your PO-20?? You even had the batteries in there and everything already! I was trying to save my boxes to setup as art (and I did!) but to have the proper cases all squared would be awesome! Love ya bud!
I love my PO-12 and that arcade one looks awesome. Wish they'd update the OP-1 though.
+indigØld A chip tune engine in the OP-1 would be fantastic!
+indigØld an OP-1 update is promised for April
Awesome!
+AA Battery Software or Hardware update?
+indigØld I heard the OP-1 update will be in april. Let's hope it will happen and they put chord functions to it! :)
Great vid! I love these things.
6:37 - 6:46 this part is amazing
This is frigging incredible!
This is cucuuu. You are really great, I love your videos ! You are very magnetic.
Hey man. Always love watching your vids. You're a talented, knowledgeable man, and have such a pleasant demeanour! One thing - throw that Patreon link in the descriptions of all your vids!
+Five2nd thanks! yeah I try to do it, but sometimes I forget! It's most of the time in that info card.
well I'm donating now because thank you.
I don't have a lot of money, but I hope it helps.
+Five2nd you're a most generous person! Thanks so much!
+Five2nd every donation is helpful. It ads up for sure. So once again, big thanks!
so cool. well done
I feel like the PO-rythem would be awesome to own as a mini drum machine.
You litterally choked that tiny synth lmao thats a powerful calculator
Fantastic idea with the mirror in the corner :D cool
Awesome sound man
Arcade sounds great!
the arcade is an incredible machine and i have not had this much fun on a music instrument as much as this one right now im stuck on which po to get next to couple with my arcade im either thinking rhythm or robot oh decisions decisions
+John Wamos ha ha, great! It's really great stuff. I think, all in all, the Factory is probably my favourite. It's a bit wacky in a bleepy way and somewhat unpredictable way.
Thanks for the demonstration!
I hope they offer another 3 operator bundle for these new ones
veri nice video Thanks & greets from Switzerland 🤗😉
veri Veri COOL 👌👌👍👍
Thanks for the review. I purchased the arcade&office ,I might get the robots tonight. you should post a link so people can donate to you're account. your reviews help people learn features. you earned a donation. If 100 people each gave you a dollar, you'd have $100.
heard your voice. subscribed!
nice mouth watering presentation ^_^ QUESTION for the ARCADE: how do you know which button is for which chord (since the buttons are only numbered) ?
You just need to try it and memorise it, i guess ;-)
superb tutorial! och en trevlig kanal i övrigt! :D
Thanks for the video, really interesting !
I plan to buy some of them to make music for a sci-fi pixel art game I am working on. The Arcade and Robot looks good but I am not sure about the Office. Maybe another one from the previous units could be more interesing to perfect a set more oriented for game OST/sound fx ?
Best review! Thanks!
This is soooo COOL (oops now I did it as well) I will definitely get one! Thanks :)
Office is ok, Arcade is wonderful for its style....but I just love Robot.
You're awesome -thanks :D ...and I'll definitely be supporting you on Patreon!
The crazy frog thing tho! :)
The Arcade is awesome!
The Arcade is great but the Robot impressed me the most! The Office, not so much. It seems extremely limited in sound, only if you wanted a novelty office industrial beat.
Thanx to you making the Robot sound amazing i gone and ordered one :0
gosh! this is wonderful!
I want the Arcade and Robot ones!
This is nice...this is really nice.
these are interesting additions from teenage
You seem very musical, you should become a musician.
Thanks for this amazing tutorial. just one question: is it possible to remove only one layer from the pattern. if you record a wrong sound can you fix that by only removing a single sound or layer?
I thought they'd have made a better use of the screen's real estate for these V2... Really cool & funky nonetheless!
This toys might be even better with speaker and body included.
+Artyom Nikolaev A (not bad) speaker is included. It's located behind the screen that fires backward. At max volume they're pretty loud in a room, similar to a cell phone or 3DS or something. Not as much outside or in a crowded place though. They're actually built really sturdy --- not a flimsy PCB in the slightest. I still want to get the official cases for them though if only to give a nice polished look, I wouldn't say they're necessary however.
Eleven is one louder of course ;)
very inspiring! thx!
amazing video dude... You inspired me
+Ave Mcree thanks! I'm glad I could be of inspiration :)
cool review!
Robot sounds super sweet to me! doof doof doof
Axel F, that takes me back!
1:58 ”Now lets turn it up to 11”... 😂👍👍👍
Hi guys, just got my Robot and Arcade operator. Love them, but what really pisses me off as a musician is limitation within one scale.Also i can't select ALL of sharps and flats, am i doing something wrong here? Are scales somehow selectable? Cheers!
Does the robot have more than one key? Very goood tutorial!!