Just FYI, you can easily chop samples into 16 equal parts by recording a bar or 2 into the melodic section then copying it over to the drum section. When you do it this way, it ignores transients and just splits the sample equally!

bought mine the day it dropped in feb '18 and still carry it with me and use it every day. hands down the most use ive gotten out of a piece of hardware period. if youre reading this and on the fence about buying one just do it, you really wont regret it. you hardly see these being sold second hand for a reason.

I've got one on the way and I'm super excited about it. I've been playing around with the PO12 for about a year now, and I'm really looking forward to chaining the 12 and 33 and rocking!

Got a KO for xmas and have been having a blast with it. I think you're spot on with the 'to get you addicted to making beats' statement; I'm primarily a rapper and I already spend so much time in a DAW recording and mixing that I've never been especially excited to dive into production in Ableton/FL etc. and wanted a different way to start working on my own instrumentals. The KO has been a really fun and relatively cheap way to dive into production from the hardware side. Dig the video and hit you guys with a sub, look forward to more!

Love my KO. Had it a year or so and it’s huge fun.

I just purchased one for my kid for his bday- this review definitely makes me feel comfortable with having made this purchase. Also, This is by far one of the best reviews I’ve ever watched. Great review! Love that you drop knowledge as well as jokes.

I just got one after watching this. I love it, I want them all now!

I have always loved lo-fi sounds, so the po-33 was for me. Once you get used to the workflow it's really fun to make music with it and even becomes kind of natural. The only big problem to me is the limited memory...

This is my first synth purchase; ordered it on Amazon today.

I absolutely love my K.O. It got me hooked on making music. I can’t wait to buy an mpc now. It’s just the right level of capable and limited to keep ideas moving and not get in the way.

That was well put together! Thanks for the concise and balanced review.

Absolutely love my ko! You could swing the sequencer with one knob in real time, not many samples can do that plus the fx! Forget about it

I have the po32 and now looking to get the KO because of how fun they are to make beats. Teenage engineering in the future should update their PO’s to make them more studio quality, I wouldn’t mind spending the extra money.

Very awesome presentation!

I LOVE THE KO.

This is the best review. So clear- ty

Great video! I just got one for myself and i think you should make a video on all the hidden features of the KO! not explained in the manual. The more and more i use it, the more features i discover, sometimes not fully comprehending, like the parameter reset, the retrigger function for the drum section, a way to mute each sound at a time, etc. That would be really helpful thanks!

Love it, still learning it. Copy and paste patterns to other patterns interesting.

I have two, and im working on getting a third one. They are a great tool to have around

I've enjoyed all of the pocket operators but this one is IMO, by far, the best one. It's the only one in the line I've felt confident in being able to adequately produce complete tracks on just a single PO. I also find that it's an endless supply of inspiration. I'm fortunate. I have a studio with a lot of nice drum machines and synths in it but I can't seem to leave this one alone. I've already produced one album on it and I'm nearing the completion of a second one. I'd recommend a KO to anyone from beginners to experienced beat makers. It's a great instrument and TE really knocked it out of the park with this one.

having the 32 , 33 , 35 and they are incredibly versatile and give you all the first sights into sound synthesis, sequencing and sampling. So i totally agree with @Ollie Loops .

Resampling this gets incredible drums. I mainly use it crush and pitch drum sounds and then use those in productions. It's a great machine.

got one, and I love it

It is definitely worth buying and trying.

Super overview thanks. I just got one. The next task is to find time to play with it 📯🛎🎛🎹🎷🎧🎼🪕🥁

You honestly make the best PO-33 videos, keep it up man! 🙌🏾

3:55 had me weak omfg imagine a hired producer showing up with only a PO-33

Got mine coming in the mail today

Great vid! Actually, all your vids are pretty darn wonderful and very helpful. Thank you. Well, the PO-33 still my fav, Pocket Operator... quickly followed by PO-35 Speak. PO-32 Tonic with the Sonic Charge Microtonic was a sleeper for me, but way cool and useful, especially with the Patternarium which can be easily DLed to the PO-32 (Microtonic also useful with Speak!) Rest of the line is all unique, great and worth having... but if I could only have one, K.O. rules. Speaking of ruling on the PO-33, check out the impressive complete songs done by KZfaqr - Gar Hoover. His creative efforts and skill with the K.O. are mind blowing.

Just picked one up and I love it. Too bad I didnt pick one up about two years ago, I've been missing out!

Great video!

Thanks for all of these vids, this was in depth and more importantly, honest. I think ill get one. xD

It’s worth noting that the sequencer for percussive sounds allows you to change the note repeat value for each of the 16 steps in the sequence

As the P.O 33 is 8 bit, the noise is actually quantisation noise, but I'm buying the P.O because OF the 8 bit, crunchy nature of the samples, and because it is fun!

I got The PO 33, PO 32 and PO 14. The 14 is a tricky one to figure out and I'm still struggling with it, but I love the other two units. I got them to have an easy, standalone drum unit to use with my Boss RC-300 Loop machine and my guitar and it's awesome for that, but to me the best feature is its mobility. I sit on the train or on the bus with my headphones in and just rock along, it's great!

I would have to agree it’s a gateway. As soon as I learned the workflow and it’s capabilities I bought and op-z

Just ordered one earlier today. Hoping I can figure it out!

i enjoy my po quite a bit. ive been able to create some simple yet still nuanced beats with it . it sits nicely with a lot of the lofi gear i gots

I only have a PO-20 Arcade at the moment. But even with the arcade there’s a lot of fun to be had, plus it only cost me $40. Eventually I want to get the KO, because of the ability to sample and to do more than just “retro music”.

Do, I have one...? Yep. Just got it and so far I am having fun with it, I wish I had one as a kid. This is the kind of stuff I loved, I mean I still do love it. I do wish the screen was more useful, especially for $99.

Relatively new to music. Bought a synth in July. Ready for some sort of drum machine. Got REAL caught up in the K.O.II hype. Almost bought one. After reading about some of the hardware issues thought, who the hell am I to buy wunna these? So I just ordered the Po-33 and MAN I am stoked. I think this is going to be really good for me. "gateway device". That's EXACTLY what I want to hear. Knowing almost nothing about this type of machine, I think this will be the perfect thing for me to dick around with. Great video. Thanks!

Nice video, Ollie, thanks! I own a KO and I’d like to say that it is so compact that I actually lost mine! I hope it will turn up eventually from some bag or drawer 🥴

I'm looking to getting a ko I primarily loop guitar /percussive guitar to make instrumentals also I use the Akai mini play for the same thing, I like that I could use the line in to get 808 or 909 drumsets and one my of cats has a demon meow which could be fun with the mic, you explain stuff well, keep it going 🤙

Nice timing on the vid, mime comes in tomorrow

i think the ko is a great tool for “professional” and fun music making.its small enough to take field recording, playing on the couch, or sketching ideas which then later can be made on something more capable such as a daw. it has it’s own character and paired with some good sound sources you can probably get a group of friends rocking with a beat u made with a lil machine u had in ur pocket. personally i use it to sketch ideas or sample sound effects i hear from video games or day to day life and have it as a sound bank for later use. i’ve also used it in a band when no drummer was present to keep everyone on time :) the ko is the perfect companion for the op-z since it does not have sampling YET! BTW ollie great content as always! i can see much improvement in the quality of video and dialogue, please make a hidden feature video for ko and tonic! also maybe a video about pocket operator accessories or cases ☃️🌟

I've had one for a while now and love some aspects of it. However, its fiddly to program and the drum autoslicer often frustrates. I will persevere with it, though.

I have the million dollar question! Maybe the low quality resampling emulates the great sound of older 8 bit gear like Ensoniqe Mirage? Lets say

JUST BOUGHT ONE HOPE TO PUT MY RECORDS COLLECTION TO USE

I found a fascination with them I learned there are several types but I want one or two maybe all of them .

i wonder if putting compression on a loop, beat or whatever before sampling it into the PO 33 would clean it up some?

I know it’s a beginner device seen as a toy but a toy like this one for the price doesn’t offer the FXs this one comes with, as PO-35 or 32. This is a really good deal, these devices should come with extra functionality for EQing and isolate every sound through frequency spectrum and then it wouldn’t be seen as a toy, even though I think it’s a modern way to play around out of the box or a way to record a jam inside a DAW

I have a scarlett, I want my pocket to sound in my speakers, what kind of cables do I need? Good morning and thanks!

This is sick, i have the Tonic and have barely touched it. Im trying to figure out how to use the mic and record. Are they all the same layout, PO-33’s?

I haven't seen this in any of the video demos, so wanted to ask: Can you load a different sample onto each key (up to 40 seconds, of course), and just use it to play them back? (I understand it's not an MPC). I've mostly seen people putting in one sample, and playing that one sample in different pitches. Like putting "Woo" on key 1, and "Yeah" on key 2, and Chuck D saying "Bass!" on key 3, etc...

I purchased a PO-33 about 7 months ago. But a few days ago, for no apparent reason, it stopped turning on. I found him with a completely dead screen and couldn't resuscitate him. I did everything that is written on the manufacturer's website, but it did not give any results. I began to study this issue and it turned out that this is a common problem faced by po owners, it just stops turning on for no apparent reason. As far as I understand there is some error in the design or program. I wrote to the support service of teenage engineering, to which they replied to me that they could not replace my tool and could not repair it. They sent me a list of components so that I could order them and repair them myself. This is strange. Because absolutely nothing happened to PO, it just lay idle for a few days, and stopped working. If even the specialists of teenage engineering can't fix this flaw (judging by how often PO owners face this problem), why do they offer to fix it for me on their own? Then they stopped replying to my messages. I was very disappointed. I paid $ 90 for a piece that didn't even work for half a year. I was refused replacement, technical support, and no response at all. And the output sound of this thing is really shitty.

Got a K.O. coming tomorrow

Would you recommend the ko if you could only pick one? Looking for the most versatile one for fiddling - beat making, simple song creation, sounds/leads/effects...

Is it useful just for recording samples as a sound recorder when on the go, playing a melody then loading it into your daw?

I want to start sampling, is this the right choice for a beginner, or is there better options out there?

Probably the most painful shxt is the way you have to save/back up your projects

hi, newbie question. Is there a simple and cheap way to record the songs from the pocket operator to a computer or an iphone? without using an audio interface?

Sold on this, make music anywhere and it looks so fun. I checked out the case, seems like it leaves the back part open, is it worth getting? I'd wanna bring it everywhere of course.

I just the Rhythm and the KO and the arcade the arcade mainly just because it's cool

Does it have clicks like the op-1

Viva el PO-33, y viva Ollie Loops..!!!!

Can anybody tell me the closest gear to being this po but with higher bit and sample rate and still portable?

I was wondering if you can help me... I'd like to record my PO 33 patterns into Logic Pro. I have a Focusrite Scarlet 2i2 audio interface. I tried every which way last night and could not get anything to work. It was as if the audio interface did not recognize the PO 33-- no sound, Logic wasn't picking up anything. The audio interface itself is fine, I can easily record my synths to Logic Pro. So, what am I doing wrong? What cables do I need? I was using a single 1/8" from the audio out on the PO33 to 1/4" cable going into the Focusrite.

I just got this a week ago. Mainly to make lofi drums but I’m kinda lost. I don’t understand most of it lol. Always having trouble switching from pattern mode to Sounds mode

I love my 33 honestly the only issue i have is that it really doesn’t fit in my pockets lol

Should I buy this . Context is that I have be making music for a fair while. The reason I want to buy it is because of its portability which makes me think I can make music anywhere, but is the sound quality worth it . Can you make music anywhere . Or should I get a op-z or op-1

I dont own any drum machines or samplers and have been looking at the ko. Just trying ti get my hands on one and have fun. I hope it isnt to difficult to understand. used one once with a friends playing on a live set tho

Po33 is pretty much a mini mpc

I bought a po 33 recently, it worked for 1 day and when i tried connecting the line in to my ipad via usb-c to headphone, it worked for like 5 minutes and then crashed?? screen truned off, with no lights or sounds. The batteries were completely full, i even tried bending the battery connection tighter and trying new batteries... It still wouldn't turn on!!!

I noticed all my samples come in way quieter than the stock samples are. I try and boost the volume when recording the sample but it only helps so much. Anyone?

Forgot to mention how you can sync all nine pocket operators to each other and to other devices.

I wonder if I should upgrade to a sp404

what freq. & bitrate does PO-33 sample ?

The A/B knobs are breaking too quickly. There is no way to prevent them from bending or damaging whilw transportation or daily use. I have 4 poket operators. 2 of them already have broken A/B knobs and one of them have broken mini jack. I wish they made them just a little bot sturdier.

I recorded this tape with the PO-33. Really love this sampler! soundcloud.com/dreamsauce/pocket-cuts-po-33-tape

Mmm hmmm. Noone here -woof

can you show us some creations you made with this?

For the trim, instead of waiting 5 seconds , hit the play button

u forgot to mention it has a speaker built in :D

i've been on the fence about one for a long time, I don't mind lofi bit rates/sample rate, but i've heard a lot of ground noise in its recordings on some demo's and i'd like to have some control over that. also, i'm not entirely convinced of its lofi character, that's really what holding me back. some old skool samplers like akai's are lofi but they have a bit of soul to them. the ko just sounds a bit like its lofi for the sake of being lofi and they've not really tried to make it a desirable sound? tbh it would be great if someone could make a sampler which has the soul of an akai, emu but with the immediacy and fun of a po or volca. but tbh i'm probably asking for the moon on a stick!

I know some people that will body the mpc at a battle with this thing. Lol

Its great, but sampling a drum kit needed a little more thought. It would have been nice to be able to sample one sound in at a time rather than the single long stream method now.

I'm surprised you didn't cover the biggest limitation of all, the limited polyphony. That's very very limiting...

Good video. Go get some subs!

I'm extremely disappointed with mine . Bought it and was very exited but out of the box knob A is loose which makes it almost impossible to even set the time. Apparently there's no quality control on the factory. I made online research and there are several instances of P.O.s not functioning properly. Be warned and test yours right where you buy it. :( :( :(:(:(:(

It's a fun toy, no more, no less.

44 advanced level beats made with the PO33 here, I hope not to get knocked out by the 45th: kzfaq.info/sun/PLiByT7OamARW61Z8JRoKHfihgBfDalp07

i have my name in it

Gateway device? Aw shit.... Hahah.

Drum slicing on the PO-33 KO is trash. To get it to work right, apparently you have to record your drum as a melodic sound and then copy into a drum slot because recording directly to the drum slots never works right. That 16 sound slicing thing is trash: it doesn't detect the silences right no matter how much silence you put in.

I think this was informative, but it felt like a robot was communicating the entire time.

Just get Koala.

Its tencho instead of techno lol... silly

Everything is good about this thing except the screen which is highly uninformative and annoying with all it`s stupid blinking childish images.