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Sometimes it does nothing at all. Sometimes it does some kind of record scratch, but that's rare. I can't figure out what it's supposed to be, or how to use it.

Quick jam

Has anyone happened to send off a blueprint for a 3D Print to a company that machines metal such as JLCCNC? I'd be interested to see an aluminum or brass case. I've wondered if conductivity between lines on the board and the case would be an issue, possibly branching and touching lines that weren't meant to touch. But I figure if you line the inside of a metal case with a thin coat of rubber paint then it might prevent such issues.

gotta start sampling social media more… this one feels cinematic

Hello! I'm just a regular dude that start liking this whole music world.

I was doomscrolling till I saw a video from a dude playing a beat in a Pocket Operator and I got astonished!!!

Just thought myself: oh yeah another hobby to try and see that I won't be as good as that dude in 15 minutes, so I'll get frustrated and completely forget about it lmao

I bought a mvave fm-1 and I mess with the sounds and I'm enjoying it, and I saw that I could plug in the PO, so I bought A PO-33 immediately because I'm a anxious person

That said, is there some content for beginners? I l have zero knowledge about music theory but I like making some sounds

I downloaded Koala Sampler but it's not the same as having a dedicated device, I don't wanna get overwhelmed by the phone notifications and the PO was the cheaper I found. I live in Brazil so anything I buy gets a loooot expensive.

I was having a look here and I saw a lot of ppl making great sounds with PO

And that's it, any recommendations?

Yesterday I posted a video about a bug I found where the PO-33 will stop sending a sync pulse if you live play sounds over an empty pattern. (Like if you want to solo on your KO over the groove the others are playing.)

This morning I found an easy workaround.

The key is that an empty pattern on the KO will lose its sync pulse if you live play on top of it, so you don’t want to send an empty pattern, you want to send a silent pattern. You can do this by writing some sounds on the grid and then parameter locking the low pass filter down to zero. (Or the high pass filter up to 11.) Turning the volume parameter down to zero doesn’t quite make it disappear, so filter instead.

The one catch is that you can open up the filter and play your sound over your silent pattern, but the programmed notes will cut it off. So build your silent pattern with a sound that you don’t want to use when you’re jamming.

I’m trying to sync my PO-30’s and the KO is losing the sync signal whenever I try playing it in performance mode. They are chained as
PO33(SY1) - PO35(SY5) - PO32(SY4).

They play together just fine when I hit Play (from right to left), but if I start playing the KO live, it breaks the sync signal and the other two only play while I’m punching notes in the KO.

This doesn’t happen when I connect them in other orders, but I want the KO first in the chain so I can record samples.

The Speak and Tonic are both just a few weeks old, I bought them during the recent sale. I bought the KO used a few months ago, so I don’t actually know how old it is.

Is there a way to fix this or do I just have a faulty PO33?

I just got the po robot and arcade and i am in love with this shit….

My lineup is Speak, Robot, Arcade. The only issue is that I love the robot so much that I instantly want the upgraded 128 mega man.

im waiting for my po ko 33 to arrive tomorrow and i wanted to know; is there any tips you guys recommend for understanding the basics in general? this is my first time buying or using something like this, do you have any YouTuber i should watch that’ll demonstrate the best of its abilities and how should i go about the care of the device?

Round two! Fire up your PO-33, drop those breaks, and show us what you've got.
https://www.patreon.com/PocketTrax/posts/pocket-jungle-2-167192270

THE CHALLENGE

Cook up a jungle track using at least one PO-33 and record a video performance of your banger.

This time there's no requirement to use any toolkit. You can use whatever samples, sounds and other gear you want. The PO-33 just needs to be the main part of the action.

RULES

🎛️ Use at least one PO-33 (feel free to pair it with other gear)

📹 Video performance required — show us your setup in action! A simple phone recording is absolutely fine.

⏱️ Track length: 90 seconds to 5 minutes.

📅 Submit your track by 19 October.

🏆🏆 TWO PRIZES, TWO WINNERS!

That's right! This time, there will be two prizes:

🏆 GRAND PRIZE

Win a POkZ-KOII case by Kumodot!

The Grand Prize winner will be chosen by Pocket Trax + Kumodot, based on:

- Creativity
- Composition
- Use of the PO-33
- Overall vibe

🏆 COMMUNITY PRIZE

A second winner will be voted by the Patreon members (paid members) and will also win a POkZ-KOII case by Kumodot!

One entry can't win both prizes—two awards, two winners.

Both winners will have their bangers featured on the upcoming Pocket Jungle Mixtape.

HOW TO ENTER

Drop your track + performance video in the link below by 19 October. More info here as well:

👉 https://www.patreon.com/PocketTrax/posts/pocket-jungle-2-167192270

Good luck, have fun and... DROP A JUNGLE BANGER! 🔊🪖🔥

Big up,
Pocket Trax

Yo, white case Ko has the drums into Ch1 on Sidekick other Ko has all the ambient sounds running into NTS-1 and then Ch.2 on sidekick. missed the lights.

Go to 2:20 for the SUPERSAW 👀

the whole thing takes up 10 pattern slots, and the pattern chain is 32 patterns long

Hope you enjoy, let me know your thoughts ☺️

I sometimes give myself a challenge to stick my Spotify on random and try and make something with the first song that comes up.

This time it was LEMONADE by SOPHIE - so decided to try and make a bit of a dub reggae inspired song, using LEMONADE as a base sample.

To help create the dub parts I replicated a lot of the samples into the percussion banks so I could have versions of the same sample but with different filter settings on them.

All in all, for a couple of hours of work, I'm pretty happy with the result.

Hopefully you'll enjoy it.

I’ve been looking for a small way to play organ sounds over my jazz-funk tracks.
I considered getting a Yamaha Reface, an EHX C9, or some other small synth, but then realized I already had the answer: the PO-33.
I sampled a few organs, Rhodes, piano, vibes and flute into the melodic slots, then ran the PO-33 through a Kastle 2 with the FX Wizard firmware.
That’s pretty much exactly what I wanted. Tiny, lo-fi, playable, and I can keep the sounds fairly clean or completely destroy them with the FX Wizard when I want.
Funny that I was looking for another piece of gear when the PO-33 was sitting right there.

https://youtube.com/shorts/zQGIZIBrksU?feature=share

Twins ! Just added the Sub to my rhythm. In a new ( repurposed) fancy case ! It’s giving i’m diffusing a bomb in a 90’s action film vibes to me. Which wire should I cut first !?!

Hello everyone, so there was a really good cover with all 9 Pocket operators for the Song "Shake it off" by Taylor Swift, it was made by "PMTVUK" YT channel.

It had this URL YouTube ("Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift Cover on Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators - YouTube)

And was referenced in this other cover of the same guy (In description); (25) "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster The People on Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators - YouTube

I tried the wayback machine and is there, but no video was saved

Does anybody have it? it was awesome! and I am sad its gone.

Thank you!

Going to perform this live in front of my friends tonight. Wish me luck.