OB-4 Teenage Engineering "Review"

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Check out this overpriced bluetooth speaker that nonetheless is really charming and beautiful and high quality and mysterious. Listen to my music at bigwhims.ocm
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@instantknut 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad the thing is expensive. Imagine an affordable version of this in the hand of stoners everywhere. That would make every kitchen party unbearable.

@inthefade 2 жыл бұрын

LMFAO

@i_never_asked_for_an_alias Жыл бұрын

Even that i like a doobie here and there your statement is not wrong. xD

@djboboss4689 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂True.. Make it $1000 usd its worth it

@djboboss4689 Жыл бұрын

This object is soo amazing

@ComsiCaterpillar Жыл бұрын

Lol welcome to the 2020's . . . when I was a kid only old men complained about how expensive things were . . . now kids think a gallon of gas should cost a nickel and a Hershey's should be a penny. I think all prices have doubled in the two year since you posted too lol

@mikediva 3 жыл бұрын

thank you for convincing me to save my money :)

@cappaofficial 3 жыл бұрын

So it’s a A-B audio recorder 😐

@doranstewartstewart6521 2 жыл бұрын

Same the pocket operator is the only thing I’m interested in

@Buttlefunker 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review, I've been curious about these for a while. Great work with keeping it going even when things went wrong. 🤘

@kylehmu 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to see more reviews like this man!! great stuff

@pearsemacintyre1728 3 жыл бұрын

dude this video made me smile. thank you

@hamzaaqiqi5573 3 жыл бұрын

Haha fun review to watch. Especially the crackeling whitenoise when you “dropped” it ahhaha made it look so much worse. Thanks josh for keeping the weirdness in it

@joshraab6808 2 жыл бұрын

What should I review next?

@Khordmaster 2 жыл бұрын

You’re amazing for keeping the speaker drop at 1:40 in. Lmao love it!! Also congrats on the new born!

@buluidong 2 жыл бұрын

The ob4 master right here 🙏

@albanbrooke 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the review! I appreciate it.

@clappingman6949 2 жыл бұрын

Great review. I'm a fan of Teenage Engineering. I love the Op1, Op-Z is solid, and the Pocket Operators are fun, but I still haven't seen the whole vision with the OB-4. Especially at that price point and no aux output/ headphone jack.

@IliadScott 2 жыл бұрын

@UnderBridge Rock disagree on the pocket operators, idk about the op1 tho. The op-z imo had easily the shittiest build quality of the teenage engineering line up, and crashes/bugs way too often. I still love my OP-Z tho. I’ve never had bug issues with my pocket operators. Anyways I think some of the pocket operators do a really nice job of fleshing out some of the features that are definitely lacking or are pretty weak on the op-z. For instance, sampling on the z kinda sucks: it is unpredictabley kind of latent sometimes, and sample length is small. The biggest sampling issue is that you can only have 1 sample per track, so if I’m recording into a drum track and I wanted to record a sample per key to play some interesting found percussion type shit I’d have to first make a recording of all those sounds together and record them in. That’s fine and all, but for sample packs I have already together on my computer I can just drop em in Via file transfer. It really feels like to me the point of having a recording sampler is to be able to record multiple samples together. But then comes in the po-33, which is essentially a pocket sized fully fleshed sampler, which really expands what I can make on the z.

@benjaminmangum 2 жыл бұрын

As others have stated, the speaker stand malfunction and the complete lack of actual functionality (unless you want a glorified Bluetooth speaker/radio) made this the best review I've been able to find. I was intrigued because of the tape function and how I could incorporate that into my music production, but it's clear they didn't make this speaker to be used as a real piece of equipment. This honest and "uncut' review setup would be a refreshing and much needed service for those of us in the music production community. The sheer amount of paid reviews and sponsorships these days make it extremely hard to find equipment that may not be "industry standard". Unless you have the money to throw around and try a new thing whenever you want. Subscribed and hoping to see more!

@joshraab6808 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. What should I review next?

@benjaminmangum 2 жыл бұрын

@@joshraab6808 Back Bay Duet 50's

@voop00p 2 жыл бұрын

To be fair he didn't set the stand all the way the first time which caused it to fall.

@benjaminmangum 2 жыл бұрын

@@voop00p to be fair, something that costs about $700 and doesn't come with speaker grills built into the assembly shouldn't fall over from a button push regardless of if it's stand is fully torqued under it or not. The utility aspect of this thing is laughable, They didn't make it for someone who actually plans to use it for sampling or making music, and they didn't make it for someone who listens to music either. It's built for the Teenage Engineering fanboy club that thinks it's some miracle of engineering from my standpoint. If I wanted to listen to music at home, I'd just use my studio monitors or my Atmos system. If I wanted to go out and bring music with me, I'd use something that doesn't freak out and fall if I push a button. It's $700, you can get a h*** of a lot more practical and useful gear for the same price. Maybe it's just me. (This thing pisses me off so immensely, it's on every Instagram ad I've seen in my feed for the last month. Excuse my frustration.😂)

@voop00p 2 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminmangum Cost is irrelevant. It was user error and the stand wasn't set all the way. If you put a bike stand only halfway out and the bike tips over are you gonna point your finger at the manufacturer?

@kapnrex 3 жыл бұрын

This video is gold!

@aken2348 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Can you sample the radio and send it via audio out simultaneously (by that i mean, you dont need to switch buttons or what, you do your loop, you press record on your recording gear and when its done you change the station or go backward and so on)?

@bilalabdou-karim7779 2 жыл бұрын

Making people not buy something is pretty valuable and unique. You should build on that

@joshraab6808 2 жыл бұрын

What should I review next?

@bilalabdou-karim7779 2 жыл бұрын

@@joshraab6808 Hard to answer. I‘ve bought a pulsar-23 half a year ago and don‘t use it. I’ve been eyeing the quadrantid swarm synth and the polybrute. Depends on the direction you want your channel to take. You could make a series of „don‘t buy that“ with all kinds of products. Or maybe you want to stick with music. It‘s your choice and I‘ll be happy to follow your activities on here

@GuitarsAndSynths Жыл бұрын

@@bilalabdou-karim7779 yeah these are more affordable than modular and analog synths for sure!

@flottenheimer 2 жыл бұрын

Great 'review'. Thanks! Cool, fun device. Would love AirPlay support on this...

@rickardrenstrom6318 Жыл бұрын

Can someone tell me how good it sounds compared to say a Sonos 5 or something. I might buy one but I’m in it for the sound, portability and looks, not any of the “special functions”. Thank you very much!

@katedenhem6879 3 жыл бұрын

Best review ever.

@dominicscalise 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, you’re rad! What a fun video. Do you have any experience with the Sonos One? If so, how does this compare to one of those (just trying to gauge sound quality). Cheers!

@chandeleerjet5637 2 жыл бұрын

This would have been amazing as an fx/amp unit. Can sample things right in. Loop and layer and add other fx and record with a microphone

@filercoleman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I liked this review, thanks for keeping the flubs in there for sure. On that ambient setting, is there a mix contol associated with that? Can you control the amount of ambient processing or effect?

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

♥️ You can control the fade 1-100 using the scrub rotor next to the volume.

@CaleAnderson 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool to hear some Ray Lamontagne on here! :D

@Ancaja123 3 жыл бұрын

doesn’t seem like there’s a way to save recordings or a line out is there? If you wanted to use it musically would you have to mic the speaker or something?

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

Correct. Mic-ing the speaker. Not really for making music, i think, more for just playing around with sounds. . . . Still, my instinct is some software updates will allow you to capture someeeething via bluetooth or the line in plug.

@Googs5 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool, fun to see you playing with it like that. If I had money to burn I would totally pick this up due to it's looks and fun design. Did you pay $1000? Because I see it listed for around $600 on their site.

@kdiamond 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the demo. Can you apply the ambient effect to a loop? or do those settings not interact at all.

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

They dont interact at all

@user-md3is4dq2d 3 жыл бұрын

The ambient is the coolest part, that's the only reason I want one, but what would be REALLY COOL, is if I could just hook it up to a better speaker. Hopefully, someone will figure out how to mod one on, I would never try to figure that out on my own of course.

@misterlaurenceowen 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like you captured a bit of history with that “thousands of President Trump supporters are rallying in the nation’s capitol today” snippet

@awsom82 3 жыл бұрын

great review!! how it sounds btw?

@willtoulan 3 жыл бұрын

6:12 your face when you start listening to NPR on it hahahah 😆 made me laugh

@josebaldomir3073 3 жыл бұрын

Can you loop a song through bluetooth or just only through the radio?

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

Can loop through bluetooth!

@masterolivemedia 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this review. Just another dude trying real case uses, as opposed to a controlled and scripted demo. Thanks!

@joshraab6808 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching? What should I review next?

@elekktrikk_home_video 2 жыл бұрын

I could smell weed when you played in the air tonight with that trippy ambien setting 🤔😊😇🤪😉

@ILLUDIUM_Q_36 3 жыл бұрын

Damn man, you gone break that shit!

@GuitarsAndSynths Жыл бұрын

You are a funny dude! Sample into Roland SP 404 MK2 and chop up and use with OP-1 and Pocket Operators would be great way to use the OB-4. Battery power jams outdoors. Expensive but looks cool. The TX-6 mixer would be fun to use with this and OP-1.

@boerni01 3 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to connect earphones via BT or lineout?

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

Nein

@silentrocco 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the honest review and no fanboy blabla. And there is no AUX, so you can‘t save anything to a computer, no? The last function seems fun, still I don‘t see any magic happening.

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

Correct, no AUX. I think what confuses people is that people want TE to make devices that are super easy to bring into ableton or use for producing tracks, but that's not what they make. It's like being mad because your vespa doesn't have a big trunk or can't off road. Their devices are barely for musicians, they are for people who are just looking for a casual portal of some kind into music making. I think it's fun and juvenile, as implied by the name of the company. But yes. .. magic is probably an overstatement. They should have just called it the Fun Radio.

@silentrocco 3 жыл бұрын

@@joshraab6808 I actually love The Fun Radio :) Cheers!

@alexis12121212 3 жыл бұрын

@@joshraab6808 but they said it was magic! David Blaine it ain’t!

@Deezeone 6 ай бұрын

if it had a 4 stereo inputs for my operators and KOII that would have been amazing ...

@agenteagresivo 2 жыл бұрын

This could be a fun little toy for MPC users if it had a line out

@deverb_ 3 жыл бұрын

1:36 Even my wallet felt that...

@MaatStile 3 жыл бұрын

a friend of mine dropped my op-1 once and dented the corner, yeah...

@kioarthurdane 2 жыл бұрын

wow, march at the capital before that meant a very specific event known by it's calendar date.

@user-tr6zn1ve7p 2 жыл бұрын

When I heard the baby cry at 1:13 I just thought it was my baby girl. Thanks for that panic Moment :D

@user-gs6du1ex1b 2 жыл бұрын

What a stupid thing. I want it.

@sklobi 3 жыл бұрын

Song u looped in beginning of video?? What’s it called sir?

@sodiumlights 2 жыл бұрын

Dolly Parton...but I think the one you mean is by Ray LaMontagne, Airwaves. It was the first time hearing it

@sklobi 2 жыл бұрын

@@sodiumlights indeed it is. Many thanks good sir

@sodiumlights 2 жыл бұрын

@@sklobi more than welcome. That chorus is so gorgeous, but the funniest thing is how our cooldudereviewer tuned into a song called Airwaves while showing off a radio:)

@aczun 2 жыл бұрын

nice i like but i think it shoulder be 19 rack mount sampler for djs with no speaker and no radio

@charliedronkers 3 жыл бұрын

For the baby to sleep.... [closes tab]

@robertp457 2 ай бұрын

The marketing on their website is terrible. They never show it in a place where anyone can determine its size. They talk about how "awesome" it sounds, but there is no way to determine how good it sounds from their specs.

@jeitoots 3 жыл бұрын

There should be a locking point on the handle when it’s in that horizontal position. Mine collapsed once and I never used it like that again l 😂

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

Agree, really unfortunate because it's great at that angle.

@jnspincliffe2 3 жыл бұрын

This thing is so trippy

@wr6853 3 жыл бұрын

I thought my Chinese buddhism morning exercise grandma may need it.

@MrAmac916 3 жыл бұрын

Durable too :)

@chevronlotussacredsounds8541 3 жыл бұрын

Covid news never sounded better. Lol

@MarcellJjr 2 жыл бұрын

Epic loop bro 1:40

@sodiumlights 3 жыл бұрын

Hearing Phil Collins on it just killed my desire to own one!

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

Lolll

@edwardferry8247 Жыл бұрын

Kinda useless .. best review I’ve heard re this 👌

@craiglincoln6210 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review, looks great but ultimately pointless for me.. probably get a HomePod 2 although I hate Siri

@darkmatter3237 2 жыл бұрын

4:55 imagine being on shrooms and listening to that lol

@JACKOJACKO121 3 жыл бұрын

That babys like what the fuck

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

Lol’d

@bwest6275 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this demo. Prior, I was half interested in it. But now, my interest level has decreased to zero.

@bigwhims1822 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@i_never_asked_for_an_alias Жыл бұрын

First thing that came to mind when i saw this : "Ok cool, but where is the protection for the speakers ?"

@joshraab6808 Жыл бұрын

You have to buy a special bag for it from TE obviously. Haha

@officedotie 3 жыл бұрын

the poor kid his dads a looper literally ;)

@deydododontdedoh.5672 3 жыл бұрын

Ha, 'got it for the new baby' 😂 The type of excuse us blokes give to wives to justify buying a new toy for ourselves. 🤔😁😁😁 I like quirky items and this seems good in that respect but apart from the price its been spoilt by the lack of a line out, maybe if you could record radio then port it out to pc or offline storage etc to save favourite tracks (copyright issue I guess) or even some sort of CV or midi port to interact with it, afterall it does have a metronome? Adding these would have justified the cost without it's just a toy recorder thing.

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

Shhhhhhhh man she might read these!! And yes it has a metronome with a bunch of noises

@deydododontdedoh.5672 3 жыл бұрын

@@joshraab6808 ok 👍😁😁😁

@jamesbourne5905 2 жыл бұрын

Take my money

@city3015 2 жыл бұрын

100£ is a maximum I would pay for it.

@gladtobeangry 3 жыл бұрын

"Welcome to the board meeting, what have you got for us?" "It's a bluetooth speaker! With a radio in it!" "Wow...that's really...mundane" "Yeah but look, you can do this cool looping with it" ICANFEELITCUMICANFEELITCUMICANFEELITCUMICANFEELITCUMICANFEELITCU..- "Argh!! Please! Make that stop!" "There. And that's it! Amazing right!?" "So, basically you made a crappy sounding bluetooth speaker with a radio that can annoy people with repetitive noise?" "Yes!" "Sorry, but how the hell are we supposed to sell that to anyone?" "We'll aim it at hipster idiots, price it at 650 dollars and call it 'magic'! " "Hmm.. you, sir, are a genius."

@stefanorinaldo 3 жыл бұрын

this kind of products gives me hope for the humanity

@pshhh7856 2 жыл бұрын

Unusable,overpriced tinker box.

@wreignone 2 жыл бұрын

1:36 LOL So this could be useful, but, i think it could also be annoying

@scarletscarlet800 2 жыл бұрын

It's really playful, If I had extra money lying around, I'd buy one just for fun.

@stephenroldan5107 2 жыл бұрын

Pass

@LiamKillen 3 жыл бұрын

2 legit 2 quit

@spagbowlsparmacheese629 2 жыл бұрын

This is a fun but useless product that was created to fund other projects. Like selling merch hats etc..

@madcat5965 Жыл бұрын

There are so many better ways to spend $700 on audio/music gear.

@bjamminsincebirth3494 3 жыл бұрын

I’m been making useless stuff my entire life and no pays me for it.

@infinity528hz5 3 жыл бұрын

F Covid

@tinman2420 2 жыл бұрын

😂

@neoiano6652 3 жыл бұрын

I stopped by to see what the OD4 was all about with your ‘review’. Sorry, but I’m not quite sure what your overall message was with this video as you seem reluctant to give the product a fair review ? Granted it’s VERY expensive as is a lot it TE products, which is one of the reasons I stopped by (and to essentially see what it’s all about) but a review should surely be based an impartial assessment of the product’s features and specifications ‘claimed’ by the manufacturer, rather than an obvious bias from the start ? I take it you don’t like the product, but where were the pros/cons, reasons, rationales, etc, etc, etc ?

@joshraab6808 3 жыл бұрын

Uhh, that’s why review is in scare quotes.

@bossmedia4028 2 жыл бұрын

This gotta be the dumbest piece of gear ever

@torinoscaletunes 2 жыл бұрын

Pointless.

@incasbarra6 Жыл бұрын

que malo es jajaja

@Dipmanchip 2 жыл бұрын

Teenage Engineering really do be parting fools with their money. Can’t understand what all the hype is about them. Let me know when they make a conventionally useful, normal looking product that touts all their features at a reasonable price point and I’ll be impressed. Tired of all these overpriced weird looking clown products they come out with that don’t do half as much as other devices.