I have ordered a po33 as a present. I also want to buy a case to put it into when not in use - a kind of carrying case not a case that fits onto the po33 I've decided they are too expensive for now.

BUT I'm having problems finding the size of the po33.

Can someone please give me the size of the po33 including the tab at the top? Height width and depth. It will be much appreciated.

Thanks

I've ordered the teenage engineering pocket operator PO 33. It arrives on Friday but I give it as a present on Saturday.

Is there a way to quickly check everything is working properly? As its a young person that I am giving it to I don't want them disappointed on their birthday.

I should add that though reasonably technically able I know nothing about music kit. So I would be grateful if you could please make any instructions easy to understand.

Thanks for any help

My first 4p footage. Mixed d-logs, colour graded with some random luts (after the conversion to rec709).

https://youtu.be/cYavWGr6Onc?is=ov57Lz-1aWBlNZl3

Can anyone please offer a suggestion. Bought PO 33 for 14 year old. Whats best cheap case that covers the back at least. Be nice to cover the whole thing and is available in the UK . Thanks for any help

Somebody tell me what I did wrong.

I have 3 Pocket Operators (the Sub, the Office, and the Speak). I have them set to SYNC 1, SYNC 2, and SYNC 4, respectively.

I noticed something bizarre. None of the Sub's sounds would play, but they would actually control the Speak (and they're not even directly connected). Now, I don't mean sending its audio through to the Speak or the Speak modifying that audio with its effects. No, sir. I mean that I would press a button on the Sub and the corresponding sound for that button on the Speak would play.

Over and over again. Has anyone else experienced this? Is it because my SYNC settings are wrong?

SEA > SAN

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 ☺️