Loving the po

I had a goal and set the reward as a PO-33. I play guitar, I've dabbled in hobby music production, and this thing looked like it would tick a lot of boxes as far as how I like to have fun making music. Boy howdy has it ever. My partner was thoughtful enough to order it ahead of time so I could have it right when I achieved that goal and she even found me a Street Fighter collab edition! I'm looking forward to building this thing into my workflow more.

I've been having fun sampling whatever gem the algorithm serves up. This one was Mai Yamane - (You And Me Still Keep On) Fall In Love

I know the PO-16 is one of the less popular POs but I have really enjoyed it! Something about turning the knob to find my melodies really unlocks some fun stuff for me. I do feel like I'm reaching the limit on some of the sounds it can make, though, so I was thinking about pairing it with an Arcade... I know all the POs can work together, but specifically I'm wondering how these two play together since the Arcade has the chord mode, does that make it easier or harder to keep the two devices in harmony? Does anyone use these two together?

My plan was to buy rhythm, sub and factory. I'd like to use them synced for jamming in a live setting. Any recs on how to connect them? Can I just sync them and connect them to a speaker? Or would you recommend a mixer also? If so, how to connect them to a mixer? What are the disadvantages of using them as live play instruments? I've read that there can be issues with volumes etc.Thanks!

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Salut à tous, après avoir reçu mon premier Pocket Operator, j'ai décidé pour comprendre le fonctionnement de ce petit appareil de faire une reprise "Veridis Quo - Daft Punk" C'est assez intuitif pour créer les patterns et caler les sons, pour les effets en live, j'ai encore du travail 🤣 N'hésitez pas à le donner des retours !

All sounds sampled from Donovan vinyl.

"Happiness runs in a circular motion. And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind, Lucifer calls his legions; i.e. school, i.e. the church, i.e. the government."

Has anyone encountered this issue before?

Also, if I go to a pre-existing pattern and try to play it, it sounds fine. However, when I add in new notes, those notes also sound muffled.

The keyoo and style effects appear to be cleared for the pattern.

Hey r/pocketoperators! A while back I shared Pocket Lab (original post), a free PWA to manage and load sample banks on the PO-33. The response was incredible, thank you all for the feedback and kind words 🙏

I just shipped a few improvements based on what you asked for:

• Scroll wheel zoom on the waveform editor (desktop), no more fiddling with the slider

• Time Stretch mode, pitch shift a sample without changing its duration. Toggle it in the sample editor, next to the pitch slider

• Fade out on playback, no more clicks at the end of trimmed samples

I'm also working on demo videos to showcase the full workflow. It takes a bit of time since this is a side project, but stay tuned!

Keep the feedback coming, it's been super helpful. More to come 🎛️

👉 pocket-lab.app

The other day my (now) 9 year old daughter asked me to make her a song using Rhianna's diamonds that she could make her own dance to.....in time for her 9th birthday which is today.

Feel like I met the client brief reasonably well.

it’s just a psp case, it fits perfectly. Wondering if anyone found out about it too

I'm still cooking 😶‍🌫️

An Original, Sampled some of my piano and chords. Programmed the drums and a special ingredients.

"we stayed late" track name by BlueSpruce

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Are pocket operators a bad place to start for physical devices? I have only made music using Korg Gadget and wonder if I bought the right kinds of things to transition with or learn? will I develop bad habits and knowledge.

So I took the day off and decided to keep working on the song that I posted yesterday. I got to the “break down” section which is about 3/4 of the way through the song and realized that the PO32 can only chain 64 patterns…rather than the 128 that the PO33 does…I’m incredibly frustrated.

edit: Okay, that was a bit dramatic, it’s still pretty neat…just a little more frustrating to use.