What's the best Pocket Operator case? Review and Comparison.

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Stephen McLeod

Stephen McLeod

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Taking a look at some different cases that are available for Pocket Operators. Some links below.
1. www.beatmakersboutique.com/
2. spillerphoto.com/
3. www.etsy.com/uk/listing/83832...
4. www.ebay.co.uk/str/xpowersdesign
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If you're in the market for new gear, my favourite place to find new and interesting synthesizers and other electronic music gear is Signal Sounds. They are based in Glasgow, but ship all over the place and often have stuff nobody else does. Find them at www.signalsounds.com/
If you're in the US and shop at Perfect Circuit, you can click through to see what they have in stock just now through my custom link. I get a small commission for any purchases made, which keeps me stocked up with whisky and beard oil. link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...
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@goldenstarmusic1689
@goldenstarmusic1689 3 ай бұрын
The humor here was enough to sell me. Those spillerphoto cases are beautiful
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 ай бұрын
This is such an old video. I'm glad it was useful!
@rookmaster7502
@rookmaster7502 2 жыл бұрын
I was seriously considering getting dedicated cases for my PO's, but I think simple, inexpensive survival boxes will do. The pocket operator is most at risk not while I'm using it, but when I'm transporting it.
@MattGreerMusic
@MattGreerMusic 2 жыл бұрын
I've bought and used all of these except for the survival box thing. The MPO XS is definitely the best of the bunch. Not only very protective but helps immensely with the ergonomics of the device. Makes it feel much more premium and usable. Another to consider is the DichStudios case. It's a lot like the PavelX case but has been around longer. BTW, for anyone who is looking for an option, at automotive parts stores, you can usually find very small rubber hose caps. They make excellent knob covers for these PO's and you can get a small package of like 20 for a few bucks.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah. That MPO XS case is a thing of beauty. The cost on the second hand market is pretty insane mind you. I'll check out DichStudios! I think when I did this video ages ago they didn't ship to the UK, or were out of stock or something, but jmmmMmmMm
@planetfour
@planetfour 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting together a thorough rundown, caseless and the stock po silicone case for me for now
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
:D
@howtoduit
@howtoduit 3 жыл бұрын
This review is invaluable, thanks for taking the time to make this video! I'd actually love to see another review down the line if you happen to spot some new/unique cases, pocket operator cases is like sneakers in the US for me haha
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sean! I literally just put up another case video if you're into them. I love cases as well haha. Any kind of weirdo accessory, I'm down with.
@bakedsauerkraut8571
@bakedsauerkraut8571 3 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod there are those great wooden cases for the pocket operators. at least they look great, maybe not that great to use. cremacaffe.shop/products/po-kit i hope beatmakers boutique makes some 808 design cases. just ordererd my mpo xs today, they just got restocked :)
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
They look great! Wouldn't mind trying them out
@im_amil
@im_amil 3 жыл бұрын
thanks for the video, i never take my pocket operator out because im worried about breaking it, i'll definitely check out these cases
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
The spillerphoto cases well worth a look!
@anoopsahal1202
@anoopsahal1202 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent and informative review , I went for the SpillerPhoto case, great value for money
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah! The Spiller cases are great.
@lcollet4530
@lcollet4530 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing breakdown of the cases! Thank you
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it was useful!
@timdanyo898
@timdanyo898 2 жыл бұрын
It'd be cool if the MPO XS came in at least 3 different colors so each color could represent at few different POs in the collection.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Would be awesome indeed!
@UniversalHomeboy
@UniversalHomeboy 2 жыл бұрын
Itd be cool if theyd restock the MPO XS :,(
@CNTRRNDM
@CNTRRNDM 2 жыл бұрын
Wow...I really enjoyed this one! Thanks for sharing your thoughts here!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Hope it was useful!
@zorbanongreco
@zorbanongreco 3 жыл бұрын
That's an exemplary review ! Thanx. I just wanna say that I bought 2 used POs that came with the original cases and i think they're ok. They stop the things sliding around coz they're grippy. You can see the lights if you look from above. Buttons work fine and feel ok & they have the various original symbols printed on them. Keep up the good work. 🐂💨 💨 💨
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah. I don't mind the original cases. I picked up a few used POs with them included, and they were good enough - just not the best option for the price!
@anthonyscott16
@anthonyscott16 7 ай бұрын
Very thorough comparison Bro. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@DECIMA1
@DECIMA1 3 жыл бұрын
Great video!!!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@shufflephunk
@shufflephunk 2 жыл бұрын
PS Don't get your hopes up that the MPO will give you a MPC like response since it's not at all the same mechanism. Yes there are grey pads hich touch nice but they have to reach the tactile button underneath where the MPC has sensor plates. Some times this rubber on the MPO feels a bit off. In the end its just what you get used to ofcourse but hey.
@mindworm7689
@mindworm7689 2 жыл бұрын
This video is essential
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
I am glad to be of service!
@LabRatWarfare
@LabRatWarfare 3 жыл бұрын
The pink lipstick into the pink background was slick dude! 🤩 Always love your quick intros, this one especially! That spillerphoto Commodore 64 case is super freaking cool as well, I love that one! (Also, you missed a couple replies to replies from me, one on your intro vid and one on my latest vid lol No biggie at all man, just wanted to mention them but not take up your comment section here with all that! lol) Always looking forward to the next one!! 😃🐀
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Ah damn, thanks. I'll take a look. KZfaq seems to lose comments a lot. I don't understand why. They don't appear in my video manager thing. Will check and reply!
@LabRatWarfare
@LabRatWarfare 3 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod No worries bro! Happens to me too! lol
@smashhead9728
@smashhead9728 2 жыл бұрын
I'm using a lunchbox, just a tiny one. Kitchen sponges keep the po in place and super save and there is even space for spare battery's and cable's
@czechchap
@czechchap 3 жыл бұрын
Good video, I'm tempted by the spiller photo one. I use a Tupperware box at the moment.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Cheers! They are great value.
@czechchap
@czechchap 3 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod by the way - have you seen their 3-in-one cases? OMGG absolutely stonking. spillerphoto.com/case_for_3_pocket_operators/
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Aye, they are wild haha
@pavelpavel9277
@pavelpavel9277 3 жыл бұрын
Big thanks 🙏🙏🙏
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@markc.7984
@markc.7984 7 ай бұрын
Thanks man!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 7 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@LikelyLoops
@LikelyLoops 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice comparison! I recently got the PO-133 and absolutely love it. Dropped it a few times already on my travels with luck being no damage. I have seen all these cases prior but really appreciate your thoughts. I like the BMB case been waiting for a restock (fingers crossed).. the only thing I was worried about with those squishy pads was the response from the trigger buttons. It seems you think its even better then the naked buttons which is reassuring.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
They just restocked the BMB case! In black though. It sold out really quickly. Did you manage to grab one? The squishy pads on the BMB are the best out of all the cases imho.
@LikelyLoops
@LikelyLoops 3 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod I stayed up late and managed to get one!! Woohoo its on the way. :)
@mikebenzamusic
@mikebenzamusic 3 жыл бұрын
Never heard about the transport cases. I’m totally in love with the MPO XS, love that Akai look
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
It's such a cool case, but soooo expensive. The Spiller Photo ones are great value alternatives!
@hovermotion
@hovermotion 2 жыл бұрын
Great review , the custom cases are now very hard to find.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah?!
@kmk4960
@kmk4960 2 жыл бұрын
Lol at 3:15. Yeah we got a lot of filthy money here in the States! Great vid. by the way!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was useful!
@raskaskoneisto
@raskaskoneisto 5 ай бұрын
I found that using any case with hard plastic buttons on POs that have a built-in mic for sampling results in every sample having an annoying loud click in the end of it. Of course you can and should trim it out, but it still uses up a fraction of a second of available sample time. And using only line-in for sampling fixes that also.
@cosmicdebris2174
@cosmicdebris2174 11 ай бұрын
I love that mpo xs my only issue is the unlabeled buttons
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 11 ай бұрын
Yeah. I think part of the reason for that is that each PO has slightly different functions on the buttons... so that means this case can be used on any of them.
@oprealmcom-pocketoperatorc4183
@oprealmcom-pocketoperatorc4183 2 жыл бұрын
Very informative video. I've embedded it on top of our list of PO case links over at OPREALM!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Aw nice, thank you!
@alexanderwiles2003
@alexanderwiles2003 Ай бұрын
i need an updated version of this
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod Ай бұрын
I am out the loop now!
@samuelz2214
@samuelz2214 3 жыл бұрын
That PO1200 is based on the SP-1200 man one of the best samplers ever :)
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Oh duh, the e-mu! Thanks :D so obvious haha.
@samuelz2214
@samuelz2214 3 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod haha yeah that one! Love ur content btw dude keep it up
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
@@samuelz2214 Cheers for watching!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
@@digi_tv It seems rougher than it was!
@cosmicsoundmachine1778
@cosmicsoundmachine1778 2 жыл бұрын
I almost want to buy a po just for the cases lol.. especially interested in the 3 in one's I've seen online
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
What are the 3 in 1 cases!?
@allanroney
@allanroney 3 жыл бұрын
I actually did succumb to a sharp intake of breath at that original price.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
it's wild.
@FuZZbaLLbee
@FuZZbaLLbee 3 жыл бұрын
I want a case for the OP-z, because the corners are sharp to the touch
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Quite right!
@leewightman8619
@leewightman8619 Жыл бұрын
Iv just got one of them normal cases and a wee travel case ...want one of them mpc style one..
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod Жыл бұрын
The MPC style ones are sweet. Check out Spiller Photo.
@zoned7609
@zoned7609 3 жыл бұрын
I bought four of the MPO-XS cases - the new black ones. I am not gonna scalp them. I got 4 because I am going to reverse-scalp them. AKA give two away. I will keep two for myself. The first one is going to Freebeat.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
The black ones look great! What a generous thing to do. I just had a look at your channel and now need to go get Stick Fight, so thanks. haha.
@zoned7609
@zoned7609 3 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod if I make a synth channel I will probably make it separate from this, this is basically where my game footage goes to die :)
@ThePrehistoricWars
@ThePrehistoricWars 2 жыл бұрын
To late to call dibs on the other one?
@wiggesobk
@wiggesobk 2 жыл бұрын
Shout out to Free Beat ✌
@leewightman8619
@leewightman8619 Жыл бұрын
I need to get one ..as I cant afford an MPC..
@WillisZzz
@WillisZzz 2 жыл бұрын
There's one on eBay right now for 200 pounds. Hopefully Beatmakers boutique does a bigger run. If not, maybe some enterprising human is working on their own version of something similar.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's crazy. They do release some every so often. It's worth keeping an eye on their site/signing up to the mailing list!
@tom22333
@tom22333 2 жыл бұрын
Xpower case incoming for me.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one!
@legendsflashback
@legendsflashback 9 ай бұрын
14:00 best
@mmafrance
@mmafrance 2 жыл бұрын
Bonjour, could you write down the name of the buider/seller of the transparent case? I didnt understood and obviously this would be the one i need...
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Sure. xpowersdesign. Number 4 in the above list in the video description.
@mmafrance
@mmafrance 2 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod Ah yes, so i foud them and it is Pavel Pavel around here, well unfortunatly they do not have cases for the moment.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
That's a shame! They often have them in stock so I would add them as a favourite seller
@spaceman103
@spaceman103 3 жыл бұрын
6:52 an E-mu Systems SP1200?
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Could well be! A better guess than mine, that's for sure ha.
@WxkR
@WxkR 3 жыл бұрын
The beatmakersboutique case has been out of stock for more than 6 mo. now, so I do not think it is an option anymore.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
You can still pick them up on the second hand market. I got mine not too long ago, but yeah - getting it from their site seems unlikely.
@im_amil
@im_amil 3 жыл бұрын
They’ve had a lot of them recently, Ordered mine yesterday, still in stock
@VJFranzK
@VJFranzK 3 жыл бұрын
Great Vid! Q: Which of these allow the Mic sound through best?
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Good question. Most of them have a mic hole which seems to work grand. If I had to make a decision though, I'd say the XPowers case.
@shufflephunk
@shufflephunk 2 жыл бұрын
Actually the BeatMakersBoutique case is right on georgeous, but also the most clumsy case to use, since mits all rubbery it has a terrible user function. I think the playability is the best on the TE mown case and the xpowerdesigns, and ofcourse no sleeve art all lool.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
I actually find the BMB one the easiest to use...
@shufflephunk
@shufflephunk 2 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod ah yes, as i ve mentioned in a previous comment it's all about what you get used to :)
@paulsanka5575
@paulsanka5575 3 жыл бұрын
Last one for sale on eBay mpo 33
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
300 quid is far too much.
@docmojoman9574
@docmojoman9574 2 жыл бұрын
Can you see the LEDs in the Russian case?
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
You can!
@PHeMoX
@PHeMoX 2 жыл бұрын
The official case not being partly hard plastic makes it a rather poor case overall. The device still gets squashed when in a bag. They're also kind of expensive for just being rubber.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@shufflephunk
@shufflephunk 2 жыл бұрын
I miss Dich Studio's cases
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
They were beauties
@Jim-Bough
@Jim-Bough 10 ай бұрын
If you keep it in your trouser pocket, the knobs will break first (from experience)
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 10 ай бұрын
Definitely don't keep it in yer trouser pocket!!
@Fermen80
@Fermen80 Жыл бұрын
You dont have to remove anything from the pocket operator when installing the original case. Dont know why you said that.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod Жыл бұрын
You need to take off the clip, unless they've changed the design...
@user-md3is4dq2d
@user-md3is4dq2d 2 жыл бұрын
I’m just really upset with the standard for “protection”. If it’s got a nice faceplate and backplate but the sides and internals are basically fully exposed, it’s shit. If it covers the screen, it doesn’t matter, because the contacts inside of the device will corrode over time, which means a lot more to me. Ideally it would be fully enclosed but it’s sadly not an option. I hate to say it but the pro case really offers the most protection.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the most expensive one is the best. Pricey but!
@valley_robot
@valley_robot 2 жыл бұрын
25 euro for the mpc ones is acceptable the beat maker ones are ridiculously over priced
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
Especially second hand!
@leewightman8619
@leewightman8619 Жыл бұрын
Dam you could actually buy a real MPC for the price of the case lol...
@felipesigne901
@felipesigne901 2 жыл бұрын
yeahh! let's buy more plastic products!! i love plastic! and fxck the ocean!!! or anything that live around me! (we are so cool .... look how we manage pleasant coloring visual in our video, we smart creative sensitive people. )
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
This is a weird comment that seems very misdirected.
@felipesigne901
@felipesigne901 2 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod o sorry i thought for a minute stopping plastic waste was a thing and alacrity (not sure that s a word in english ahah) toward promotors of shiny plastic stuff could be a position. Guess i live on the moon or something. Don't mean to start a fight with you anyway, i admit it was quite an out of the blue statement from me. So, "weird"ok i've been called that before. "Misdirected" i may need your help to figure how
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 жыл бұрын
If you want to express your thoughts on environmentalism, there are far more effective and deserving targets.
@felipesigne901
@felipesigne901 2 жыл бұрын
@@StephenMcLeod fair enough! keep up the good work
@NomeDeArte
@NomeDeArte Жыл бұрын
America is a continent
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod Жыл бұрын
wheesht
@infinity528hz5
@infinity528hz5 3 жыл бұрын
Check out Torsten spiller photo online he makes 3D printed cases for low price 👍😍❤️å Cheers
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 жыл бұрын
I talk about them! Got a whole bunch of his cases. They are great.
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