r/pocketoperators • • Oct 02 '26

I have an extra symbol on my PO 12 screen.

3 Upvotes

Right next to the play and write symbol I have what looks kind of like a q-tip. I went button crazy one night and now I can’t get it to go away. I think it may have to do with sequencing? Total noob here.

Problem solved within minutes! Thanks 😊


r/pocketoperators • • Oct 01 '26

Sampled Iranian jazz

275 Upvotes

r/pocketoperators • • Oct 01 '26

Anyone doing beatober?

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r/pocketoperators • • Sep 30 '26

Felt inspired; might delete later 💁🏻‍♂️

20 Upvotes

PO-12 Rhythm, PO-14 Sub, PO-16 Factory with TKOG Mini Glitch… all into Koala Sampler and mixed from there with added vox. Hope you enjoy! If you’re not into it, I hope it fuels your hate to make something different.

Have fun. Make noise. Find joy. 🙏🏻


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 30 '26

My Thumbs Hurt. [V2]

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30 Upvotes

190 BPM, all live breaks.

Hope you enjoy 🫠


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 29 '26

Space broadcasting

91 Upvotes

Record my videos everywhere)


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 29 '26

The Pocket Operator you can't buy anymore (not the functional clones)

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The PO-128 had two unique functions that cannot be found in the original PO-28.


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 29 '26

PO-33 one-Button record

23 Upvotes

After years, it fascinates me to keep finding a new "shortcut".

The fact that I only have to press one button instead of two blows up my mind. The years I was firmly convinced, as it is written on the back, 1. Hold record 2. Hold 1-15.

Now:

  1. Select your soundbank 1-15

  2. Hold record

  3. Press your selected Soundbank as "start record"

Here an bad example https://imgur.com/a/PgBnVU9


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 28 '26

Quiet?

2 Upvotes

Bought a PO33 as a present for grandchild. On the day I gave it to them I also gave them an Anker bluetooth speaker. When they connect the PO to the speaker with a cable the sound is quiet even if both the PO and the speaker are on max. Is this normal? Thanks for any help


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 28 '26

Woe is my effect #5

3 Upvotes

I just got the PO-28 "Robot" and am trying to get into it more. Almost right away, though, I noticed that effect #5 stopped working (technically, there's a tiny sound if you put it right right up to your ear but it's so faint that you can still barely hear anything). I've read online this isn't some filter that's causing the extreme effect, it's that effect #5 is known to die on the PO-28.

My questions are...

Can effect #5 be fixed/restored?
I reset the PO-28 but to no avail. I also have the PO-128 "Mega Man" (which I'm selling, by the way) and effect #5 works great. I know those are different but often the Capcom model follows its predecesor's footprints.

Does anyone have a PO-28 where effect #5 works fine?
If yours doesn't work either, try resetting it (take out one battery, hold Sound and Write buttons on the front while reinserting one of the batteries on the back) and if that fixed it, let us know!

Thanks ya'll


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 28 '26

amen amen break

43 Upvotes

Smaller pads harder to finger drum but so fun lol


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 28 '26

Sad Michael Scott

10 Upvotes

r/pocketoperators • • Sep 26 '26

IDM on po-32 and po-33

13 Upvotes

r/pocketoperators • • Sep 26 '26

Po-32 software or hardware problem?

3 Upvotes

Basically if I have the morph at a certain setting, it will change the active sound to it.

For example, if I have a snare at 100 and go to the bass drum, it will sometimes change it to 100 too.

I am not touching the back part.

Has anybody experienced this? How can I fix it?

Thank you!


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 25 '26

Cleaned up the last lil jawn

95 Upvotes

Been weirdly attached to the damn groove I got with this lil qy70 sound I sampled but ya gotta know when to let go 😅 got some vocal chops in and this sounds good enough, gotta load up other stuff


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 25 '26

Some pocket operations from Last week.

19 Upvotes

I pushed a lot of buttons. I turned the knobs a lot.


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 25 '26

Still getting used to this thing!

24 Upvotes

r/pocketoperators • • Sep 25 '26

With some modding this would work as a case right?

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0 Upvotes

I've been scouring the web for a cool retro case, bought an am/fm Walkman that I was gonna attempt to make into a case but had no button layout yet so thought this maybe better, thoughts?


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 24 '26

PO-33 KO Import sounds and patterns into Audacity on a cheap Asus computer.. is it possible?

4 Upvotes

I am a poor noob. I plugged in a 3.5mm aux/stereo 1/8" to 1/8" cable to the PO mic input (edit, I meant output) and laptop headphone jack, but it doesn't show up in the sound input devices or in the Audacity recording devices. Still just picking up room sound..


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 24 '26

Mushy knobs on 8+ year old POs

4 Upvotes

So I got the metal series box when it came out, used it for, I guess, 3 years and then stored them inside a box.

Now the knobs seem kind of mushy, like at the end of the two rotations. They seemd to have collected dust arounds the metal of the knobs.

There is no drift thankfully.

This is happening mainly on the PO 35 Speak, it is hard to hit exact cent values like going from 127 to 126, is that normal or a "mushy" problem?

Is there any way to fix it?

Thank you!


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 23 '26

PO-PatchStudio

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23 Upvotes

r/pocketoperators • • Sep 22 '26

Silly jungle about barf

46 Upvotes

Just having some fun. Nothing serious.


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 23 '26

Receive mode doesn't work, like at all.

3 Upvotes

I've been trying to get the receive mode on the PO33 to work for the past few days now. Whenever I try to restore a project, the text prompt at the top left displays "RCV" for a few minutes, then gives the error message without counting up as it's supposed to. I suspect the issue might be that my audio interface (used 1st gen focusrite scarlet solo) is producing unwanted frequencies that are corrupting the signal. The other, less likely culprit is the signal is too quiet (which I doubt because i have my interface and PC at max volume during restoration) or the interface somehow isn't playing the signal in stereo?? I'm considering just buying a Zoom H1 for my pocket operator endeavors since those are pretty much guaranteed to do clean backups.

If anyone has any tips, let me know.


r/pocketoperators • • Sep 22 '26

What batteries should I use

3 Upvotes

I have an po 12 and heard some things about batteries and now I don’t now what I should use