Yes, I'll be looking for data dump files on my computer! If not I'll make different sample packs to distribute with new songs!

@@GarHoover that would be awesome! Subscribed and excited to hear what you make next.

@@GarHoover I would also love to get those drum samples if you have a moment! Thanks for this video as well, I learnt a lot. Very much appreciated.

Hello! I just added a link to the Drum Samples in the description! Enjoy! @@technicolourdream

@@GarHoover Cheers mate! You're what makes the internet a great place.

Yesterday Farm Thank you! Also great input! I’m glad it didn’t feel rushed!

Thank you! I hope that you are still enjoying your pocket operator!!!

Thanks a lot! I’ll continue to try improve my PO-33 skills and share them with you all!

Thank you so much! I'm excited for you to begin your journey on the PO-33! Be sure to check out my other tutorials if you want to know how I create a song!

I have one. Just learning by you

Thank you! The PO-33 is amazing when you have great samples!

Flippin' Bird Thanks! I always value people giving input and that I’m happy this helped you out!

Thank You! I'm glad you liked it! Be sure to check out my other tutorial videos for the PO-33 as well!

Haha thanks! Good basslines are crucial!

You're welcome! I hope you enjoy your PO-33 to its fullest!

Sia Mozaffari I haven’t thought about doing that but that’s a pretty creative idea! It would definitely be easier to mix the tracks! I might experiment with it!

Thank you! Be sure to check out my other tutorials if you want to see these tips in action in the songs I make!

You're welcome! Be sure to check out my more recent tracks because I've been releasing the samples for each of those songs!

Haha I've had the same issue before! Adjusting note length is probably one of the most common things I do in my songs!

You're welcome! Feel free to drop another comment if you have any other questions about the PO-33!

Two at the same time is going to be wild!!! Have fun!

Rhys Thomas I’m glad I could help! The note length trick is huge for me, especially from keeping a sample from extending into another pattern!

Gar Hoover Yeh! I had no idea! I thought I'd found just about everything on this thing, but that was news to me. Do you know about Retriggers and copying sounds in write mode too? If not, I'll share a Reddit link with you for it.

Actually, I'll just share the link now. Thanks again: www.reddit.com/r/pocketoperators/comments/8v2239/some_secret_tips_for_copying_sounds_and_setting/

You're Welcome! I hope it helps you make some fun music on your PO-33!!!

I honestly have no idea, maybe they don't feel like listing out every function because it will look too overwhelming for a beginner using a synth for the first time? Or it could be just laziness?

Wow that's fantastic! Thank you! I hope you enjoy the PO-33! Feel free to ask me any questions about the PO-33!

@@GarHoover awesome thanks so much!!

What is it ???😟

“...which we all know”- not if you haven’t listened to any music produced in the last thirty years (except my own of course, lol)...

@@walrtbstudios5430 i dont know it either lol i dont like any mainstream music old or new really (obvi i like some classic rock i suppose i worshipped iron maiden and sabbath as a child) now i like instrumental stuff djent/prog metal, electronic, symphonic or all mixed together.

Thanks! It's my wedding ring but I see no reason not to rock it on another finger if you want!

@@GarHoover you've got it custom made i presume. Great style...

Alexey Kurilo It makes everything so much easier! Especially when trying to only play 4 sounds at once and not having sounds cancel each other out!

yep... this technique works well with drum patterns to..at least left knob..

Thank you!

Tuschedz I’m glad it helped! Yes the G# tends to get ignore in my compositions but in a performance with my PO-28 that I’m going to release today or tomorrow, I show it the lonely G# some love! Haha

@@GarHoover I've actually found that the G# compliments that D minor pentatonic scale nicely to form a very useful hexatonic blues scale!

Thank you! I've never watched Oceans 11 but I'm glad that the tips were able to help you out!!!

@@GarHoover if you love jazz, give that one a try! Some smooth criminal action stuff really

I figured it out, seems like some samples have been rearranged, but I got it. Love this. Thanks

Sorry for having to trim them! I’m glad you’re enjoying the samples!

Unfortunately the closest you can get to mutes and solos is turning down the volume or Low Pass filter on the tracks you want to temporarily mute! That would also be the best process for tracking out stems. I normally release record my full songs from the PO-33 in one take!

Zer0Spinn Thank You! I have a few more PO-33 tutorials on my channel feel free to check them out!

@@GarHoover Dude, I've binge watched your whole channel since I left the comment hahaha Amazing work 👏

Heath Wiseman Thank you! I usually keep the drum samples close together so that it does not take up too much of the sample space on the PO-33! I agree that the PO-33 does not do the best job at chopping up samples and whenever I upload drum samples it often requires me to trim them myself! The easiest solution is probably to space out the drum samples more however if they are space too far out some of them do not get chopped onto the pads automatically by the PO-33 and you need to add them in manually. It seems no matter what that manual trimming is necessary for the drum pads.

Thank you! I have included them in the description of the video!

@@GarHoover thanks I checked right after writing this lol keep it up man

Michael Cullen You can copy a pattern by selecting the pattern you desire to copy and then press Write + Pattern + 1-16 (the Pattern Bank you desire to copy the track to)! Unfortunately you can chop up and re-sample patterns and turn them into new sounds!

Prompted Hawk Thanks! That’s a good idea, I’ve never been to the Pocketoperators subreddit! I unfortunately did not record a backup of this kit but I’m going to start recoding the kits of new songs I create for KZfaq!

@@GarHoover That's great! As for the backups, another way would be to actually just put all the sounds in series with like a second or two between each other because proper backups are a bit dodgy to get working if you manage to even do it. Just a suggestion.

You're welcome! I'm always happy to help! I use to use an audio interface and record into Logic X but that was clunky and not too portable! Now I use the Roland Go Mixer! It records directly to my phone and I can record several different synths at the same time! It's Fantastic!

Yes, its a little more tedious process but can be far more accurate! During Performance mode, shape you sound to the desired settings and then press write and sequence in the steps you would like and then enter back into performance mode and adjust the sound to the next desired setting and then press write and sequence in the steps you would like for the new adjustment! I use this technique during builds to the drop in my songs!

My PO-33 will be arriving this Saturday 😁

Thats Awesome! I'm sure you're going to have fun with that!

The PO-33 is versatile because it is sample-based so you can upload any drum kits you would like and other samples! PO-32 is strictly a drum machine but it is incredibly immediate! Both the PO-33 and PO-32 can only play four sounds at once but when you use them together with the 32 handling drums and PO-33 taking care of all the samples and melodies you can get fair full sounding track!

Hi! Sorry for the delay! I would connect your iPhone to the PO-33's input jack and then hold down record and an open drum bank and then press play on the iPhone. Once all the samples are done playing let go of record and all the sounds should be on separate pads in the drum bank! You may need to trim to be a little longer then the the initial edit but that can be done on the PO-33 in trim mode!

Press BPM and Record together and the screen will say SY1. This will send a click that is meant to keep another Pocket Operator in sync with the PO-33 if they are connected but without the connection it will behave like a metronome!

@@GarHoover brilliant!

It sounds like you’re might want to get an audio interface to record the PO-33 into your Mac, you would record it into Garageband or another DAW if you have it. However, If you just want to record the backup Data of the PO-33, you get an audio interface for your phone and record it into there with iRig or Roland GoMixer!

@@GarHoover Thank you! I'll just probably get a 2i2

Yes it is an octave between 5 & 13! The 5 button is the location is the original sampled note! You can also shift the sample up an octave and then 13 becomes the original sample which means the rest of the notes on buttons 1-12 are higher than the original sample!

I don’t believe that I have the recorded data dump file anymore, but I can check! If not, I can send you a similar kit recording if you want! It should be 12 seconds or less!

I’m glad that this video help you out! I enjoy trying to push the boundaries of the PO-33!

@@GarHoover That would be fantastic! Thanks so much,

@@GarHoover You really are. Some things I never even considered. Just sampled some of your wonderful compositions as well!

@@GarHoover Hey man. Sorry to bother you. Just wanted to check in again to see if you still had these saved anywhere.

Trying to figure out the same thing. In manual says yes but i cannot find the way lol. Did you make it?

Micael Azevedo it’s been a long time since I had one of these, I can’t remember one way or another to be honest. I think I just made multiple banks with the parts muted I wanted muted

@@MikeHancho663 thank you for answearing!! I had it for some time and now i am starting to use it again!

I’m sorry for the really late response but you unfortunately can not mute tracks on the PO-33 then best you can do is roll down the volume or filter while holding “write” while it’s playing!

David J Kordsmeier Thank you! What you need to do is enter edit mode and hold down the hi-hat step you want to edit in the sequence and press BPM at the same time! On the screen you will see TR 2 and it will play two hits within that step. If you keep pressing BPM while holding down the note the screen will say TR 3, TR 4.... all the way up to TR 8! This means that you can have 8 hits of the hi-hat on one step! It’s really helpful for hip hop/trap beats and fills!

Gar Hoover thats the secret!! You might consider a topic just on that. No one has really covered this as a po-33 topic, but i guess this works across all POs.

David J Kordsmeier I agree! I seriously considering making a part two video with covering stuff like that and data transfers!

Gar Hoover a real description of data transfer and backup would be great

Gar Hoover yeah, How the f”@k did you find that function? That’s a good one! Many thanks for that! And I agree with a data transfer vid!

After looking at the outputs on the Alesis sr-16, it appears that it does not have a clock sync. You might be able to send a midi clock through the converter that will send a sync message that can be received by the Pocket Operator but that can be an pricey solution

Thank you! I Intend on making a video showing how I create my samples at some point! But until then here’s video that shows a good overview of sampling on the PO-33! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m6h4lrGHl9S7hmQ.html And here’s one dedicated to clean drum chops because the PO-33 sometimes struggles at chopping! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aah1frF8zbLak4k.html

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Thank you! I layered the drum samples beforehand in my DAW and then sampled them into the PO-33. You can download the drum samples in the description of the video!

@@GarHoover thanks!

Unfortunately, you can not. You must replace an entire drum-kit which can be quite a pain. I wish that was a feature!

Okay, damn. Thank you

Auxiliary to something e.g. 1/4 inch cable.

Thats a great question! I honestly do not look at the db of the sample but rather what the incoming audio signal is on the PO-33! I try and adjust the levels of my incoming samples so that their peak audio level makes it to about the first Knob (Knob A). This usually keeps the sample at a loud volume without it becoming distorted! You can also adjust the volume of the sample once it is saved onto the PO-33! Sorry for the late response!

Correct you cannot layer them! But you can copy paste a duplicate of the drum kit by press and holding write + sound and the select the bank where you would want to paste the duplicate drum kit!

Thanks! If you already have another snare sound store in the same drum bank as the snare that is sequenced in, you need to select the replacement snare sound in Performance mode and then switch to Edit mode and press the step with the snare you want to replace and the light for the step will shut off and then press the step again and the snare sound you selected during performance mode will Replace the former snare. This is a very tedious process and you will need to repeat it for every pattern but it is the only option for replacing the snare

@@GarHoover I am going to at least give it a try. Thanks for the insight!

You can copy a sample into a new bank by selecting the desired sample you wish to copy, and then hold (Sound + Write + whatever bank you desire). This will copy the selected sound and place it in the new bank! You can copy sounds from the melodic banks into the drums banks and vice versa!

@@GarHoover thanks dude. My ko is in the mail, can't wait. Btw, your beat in this video is better than 90% of the po-33 beats I check on here. Thanks again keep rockin'! :-)

Chaplin Early Thanks Man! Feel free to check out all my other PO-33 videos for inspiration! I’ve got covers and originals!

Thank you! What you need to do is enter edit mode and hold down the step you want to "stutter" or retrigger in the sequence and press BPM at the same time! On the screen you will see TR 2 and it will play two times within that step. If you keep pressing BPM while holding down the note the screen will say TR 3, TR 4.... all the way up to TR 8! This means that you can have 8 "stutters" on one step! It’s really helpful for hip hop/trap beats and fills! This can only be done to samples in the Drum banks, this will not work for samples in the Melodic banks!

@@GarHoover That's exactly what I needed. Nice 1 Gar!

Gar, just tried it on the PO-32 (which I use and generally like more than the 33) and it works! Excellent. Thanks fella.

uncle jeffree's left testie Hello! I really like the PO-33 for its versatility, you can chop a song and remix it pretty quickly, or sample melodic sounds and just make original content! The PO-33 is great for electronic if you have access to synth samples and drum samples, I know that some people find it frustrating to record in all of the sounds that they want into the PO-33 because it can be a little tedious! However, I enjoy the process and have access to a large library of sounds from making EDM over the years. The PO-35 looks fascinating, I’ve never used one myself but from videos I’ve watched and tutorials, it seems to take an sound sample and turn it in to “vocal synthesis”. It has many different vocal synthesis styles in the PO-35 and could be great for electro-swing. The other thing that PO-35 has is a micro tonic drum synth! Unlike the PO-33 which has sample based drums, the PO-35 has the ability to create amazing drum synth sounds that I think sounds great and could be great for an Electro jam! I think what it comes down to is whether or you want to spend the time, recording your own sounds into the PO-33 and chopping them up. I definitely think that the PO-35 is more of a pick up and jam type of pocket operator, but this is just my approach to using pocket operators! Hope this helps! (Sorry for any errors, I wrote this on my phone)