Check KO 2 in stores here + BIG Q&A BELOW EU: thmn.to/thoprod/580267?offid=1&affid=623 US: bit.ly/40ZtGBE UK: tidd.ly/3GfYnZt Affiliate links support the channel at no cost to you, regardless of what you buy Q: How is the speaker's sound quality? A: It is not great. The click of the buttons can easily overpower sounds Q: How is KO2 vs Model:Samples A: Model Samples is not a sampler but a sample player with very deep sequencer compared to the KO2. The K.O 2 however can play back samples polyphonically and sample, and has a totally different feel to it. So similar in price, not in function. Watch my MS here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/la6iYJub39LUc58.html Q: Can I use the performance/punch in FX on external audio A: No. Only the send fx (chorus, delay, reverb, distortion, filter, compressor) Q: Song mode A: No, doesn’t seem to have a song mode unless I totally misunderstood something Q: Is it a Sp-404 killer? A: Watch the video and the answer should be an obvious NO. For some this is a better device due to its simplicity, but the SP404 mk2 has much deeper sampling capabilities and a screen that lets you actually see the waveform. It can also resample and that is a BIG part of its eco system. Watch my review of the SP-404 here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJyfitWlu7Pck58.html Q: Is it worth 299? A: While I don't think its crazy affordable (it is just crazy affordable compared to usual TE prices) it is worth the money I think. Q: If I have SP404mk2, Digitakt and/or Circuit Rhythm do you think I need this? A: Except for polyphonic sample playback I think there's a lot of overlap. Give it some thought before buying! How many samplers do you need? Q: How do you export your music? A: No export that I could find. Only stereo recording thru the output. USB is for MIDI and not audio according to the manual. I’ll add more Q’a and A’s as I get more questions…

Thanks Bo! A wonderful explainer of what to expect! Well done!

Thanks Bo. The video I was waiting for! Answered a lot of questions other KZfaqrs didn’t answer!

Great video Bo, appreciate how you showed making a groove on it and the pros/cons at the end

You came out with this one fast! Great to be able to watch while waiting for mine to come in the mail. I appreciated hearing the pros and cons.

Thank you for this. Best intro to the device so far.

Hey @BoBeats! I'm only half-way through this video, but this has been the best instructional out of many I've watched thus-far. Seeing so many changes in real-time, only to be capable of practicing it on my own K.O. II has been wonderful for building muscle memory. Thanks so much for the breakdown, and precise explanations. You're killing it out here. Keep it up, and I look forward to more!

Octatrack: "You'll never remember how to use me." 404 mk2: "Yes I could do that but you'll have to jump through these hoops first." Digitakt: "Nah you don't need stereo." KO2: "Re- what now?"

Best video about this device so far. Thank you!

AH YES I was waiting for the BoBeats demo of this! As always you've convinced me its awesome 🤤

Been watching your videos for years and this is finally something after years of wanting an op1 that is in my price range! Just put my order in and am excited for my first piece of gear!

This is a great video, and very helpful as well with learning the device. Everybody remember to take a break and instead of carving out time for music, carve out time for the people you love most. Or, share the device with them. My Four year old laughed while playing with it 😅

Fantastic presentation Bo. Thanks.

very close clear and well recorded.good work. thank you

Great vid, Bo!! Looking forward to programming beats on mine on the go

Bo! Selectahhh! Great and honest review. Im waiting for mine to arrive as i collect all types of samplers 😊

I'm becoming a groovebox collector but I've had hard time wrapping my head around patterns and sequences. I find with this unit I finally understand these basics that I can now apply to my Circuit Tracks and Rhythm and MC101. It's less menu diving to get to the place that you need to be. It may not be the best unit on the market but it's a great gateway into these machines. Very fun.

I hope it´s coming soon. Thanx for the nice explained video. Very sympathetic.

Great video Bo!,,,thanks for sharing your thoughts👍 i' m looking forward to you doing more videos with this little box of tricks.🙏

What a great tutorial. One of the best I've seen since this device has come out!! Very thorough and informative. Thank you. Mine is in the mail.

Great job on the video, as usual. Always liked your informative, level-headed style and you playing the f*ck out of anything you get your hands on. We're lucky to have a great reviewer (and teacher) like you!

I'm not convinced either that it's the one sampler to rule them all. However, I must say that your channel might be the one to rule them all! :) You always have the most in-depth and balanced reviews so when new gear comes out, you are pretty much the first channel on my list! Thanks much & cheers from USA!

Very nice review with good sounds, thx ❤

Bo your music is really advancing! I’m loving the tracks you’re creating in this vid!

I needed a sane review of it. the pluses and minuses. I knew we could depend on you telling it like it is. Thanks!!

Thank you for an outstanding review and demonstration. I am far, far away, from your ability as a musician, but it is great to see what this machine can do in skilled hands. Mine is being shipped.

It's much larger in person than I had expected. With the design aesthetic, I was thinking it would be around half that size. (I'm actually happy it's larger)

Really loved your review, I will definitely be getting one at some point!

Got super excited when you brought in the midi keyboard. 🔥

Thank you. Very balanced review!

by far this is my favorite demo of this device. i love your choice of samples when you showcased the midi keyboard, cant wait for mine to arrive

Looking forward to even more swedish music gear on my (IKEA) desk. Your country is pretty well represented here, Bo.

thank you excellent work-thru video, appreciated.

it looks like a very fun little device and quite affordable, I'll probably pick one up at some point thanks for the rundown Bo

thanks for showing me some new gear this cold Sunday

This is so informative and helpful. And some of those mini-tracks you demonstrate are fab. I'm receiving mine on Thursday, and I'm binging on all of those KO-II vids on KZfaq. Yours is by far the one where I learned the most about the device, plus I got to listen to great loops! Subscribing. 😘

This looks like it’s supposed to come with Prodigy, KMFDM, and Atari Teenage Riot stickers all over it

Trevlig video. bra jobbat 👍

Very much. Your demonstrations are pleasur. 👍

Resampling seems like a must have on something like this! Looks really cool

Got mine Friday - also thanks to Cuckoo! Loving it so far Bo.

so rad, epic explanation. I'ma own one someday but I'm in no rush what with having the SP. This seems fun but wanna focus on mastering the SP before jumping onto something else. Also I have the OPZ and that's already like a suped up pocket operator imo

well that jam round 4mins mark slapped!

Great job! Thank you for your work & honest opinion. I like the EP-133 very much and have two of them, both without fader or sticky button problems. The only thing I noticed is that the power switch on my second one needs way more pressure to switch. Greetings from Switzerland.

I agree with your assessment…it's FUN!

Nice! Best tutorial online so far.

Many thanks for your video. After the initial hype of (generally good) reviews I thought to myself I’ll probably wait a few months for T.E. To sort out the problems out, now I don’t think I’ll bother! Looks like my search for a new sampler continues!

Hi, great vid! What mic is this? Thanks

Watching videos on this machine is inducing GAS for the SP 404, great stuff Bo!

Really cool video!!

Great video ! Thanks Bob. Very appealing sweet piece of music-making. I'll grab one when the firmware update brings in individual pan, resampling, a possibility to refine the quantize (instead of on /off only) and the ability to record the punch-in fx, possibility to export not only the samples but a whole sequence. If they do that, then it will be close to perfection (aside from lacking an sd card slot).

I'm predicting that they will make another version of this based on the P0-20 arcade, with a synth engine, kind of like how there's the Circuit Rhythm and Circuit Tracks

Love that you're taking a teacher's approach with notes on paper. Feels authentic and I'm sure it's easier for yourself too. Just a small little detail that I appreciated about this review. The sampler isn't for me though. Pretty, but too limited. 😊

great video!!

I am new to such devices and music. But loved this! do you suggest a complete beginner to start with this one? thanks for the video.

Sweet video!

Great idea pad.

I can't stop looking at it. It's such a compelling object.

You did a pretty good job of chopping up a sample!

It IS limited for sure, but I’m surprised that it can play samples polyphonically - something the Digitakt or Octatrack cannot. So, that’s interesting.

Best review so far. As per use.

I came very close to ordering this, based almost entirely on the aesthetics of the thing (it's undeniably cool looking) but also the prospect of a rather useful/inspiring 'toy' to play with when I don't feel like getting stuck into a big project. Kiiinda glad I held out though. I realised an upgrade to K14 Collector's Edition was about £40 cheaper than the KOII and I got *so* many packs for my Maschine MK3 I think it'll scratch that itch for a while. If - big if - I have 300 bucks literally spare, I would still like one to have on the coffee table in my living room, or to use in bed. But right now I can do without it. Also hopefully they'll get to the bottom of some of the construction/quality issues too. By which time it'll no doubt be 3x more expensive to get one lol

Thank you very much for this video! It answered questions I had while digging through this bad boy I got yesterday. One thing I would love to see is 4 individual FX sends per group, without having to use destructive method of printing FX automation. Also, I don't think we can honestly be very critical of a $299 USD priced device haha, just my opinion.

It’s a very capable device. It can help you create anything if in the right hands. I picked up a couple and hope to get them soon so I can start a series on them. Great video BTW

EP-133 reminds me of MPC500 that I had back in the days. Same 12 pads, fader that you can assign FX and other things to, battery powered, banks of sounds, Scenes (same as sequences on MPC). MPC500 was built like a tank and the price was higher even back then - I got mine for $699 in 2007 (I think it's with discount) which translates to $1100 now. EP-133 has easier workflow but has less features for sure.

I’m hoping this will get as much love & firmware updates as Novation gave the Circuit! That device just about doubled its functionality in the years after its first release.

love this little machine, but especially the fact that it looks remarkably similar to an old school 10 key, paper roll and all.

I look at this as a suped-up KO-33: portable and fun but not to be taken too seriously. Build quality and durability are of high importance for a portable unit, though, and I think the jury is still out on some issues like the fader contacts bending. Have there been other reports of the speaker going out? I am an early adopter, but there is a delay related to the shipping carrier delivering the first batch if units to the particular store I chose here in the US.

I think this is the best explanatory video on this product. You clearly show the interaction with the midi keyboard. But actually, it is not complete but in association with other machines it will add functionalities. Personally Verselab Mv1de Roland can make arrangements except that there is no effect. The most important thing is how do we recover what we have just composed? EVERY TRACK? or at least does it work with a DAW directly or connect the audio outputs of the EP 33 to an external audio interface?

Actually, it Seems almost like an updated SP-303...vs the 404 mkii competitor some might think it is...the inability to chain sequences...most will prob use in conjunction with a daw these days, as most people tend to with these limited feature groove box samplers, so, they may have just assumed as much and figured sequencing in daw will suffice. The fact that it's only 300$, given what it CAN do, is probably it's biggest selling point, allowing those folks, especially younger beatmakers, with limited resources, to enter into the realm of sampling, with an at least "semi pro" level sampler, that has some contemporary features, versus the previous KO, or perhaps a hard to find, potentially wonky, SP-202, or some other, older, far less functional groove box sampler for a similar price...I could totally see my 16 yr old, and her band, having a blast with this..

Nice sho Bo. The TE product looks very sharp, Elsi mate EL desktop calcullator Sharp!

I've been shopping for a decent sampler. The EP133 KO II sold out so I bought a Roland SP404 MKII instead. Waiting for it to arrive....I don't think I will be disappointed although I would have jumped on the EP133 KO II if it had not sold out so quickly....and I didn't want to wait for the next batch to become available.

I like the idea of the parameters just being graphically represented, not relying on numbers but on the sound you’re creating. The step recording is basically the same as my Boss DR660 from 1992. Made me feel a bit nostalgic.

3:33 Bo goes INDUSTRIAL!

Great vid! I agree there's a lot of hype. However, I could be wrong but I really think it will suit me well. I might just have been duped by the hype 😂 very sorry I missed the first round. Guess I'll be waiting months

Great review! I agree with you on the poor execution of song mode. I hope in the future they can add ability to assign the scenes to the pads so you can launch scenes 1-12 (or more by using shift or other means) by pressing the corresponding key. I cannot imagine this software update would be that hard to implement.

Great coverage of the device, great video Bo!.. but I’m not convinced.. yet.. maybe they’ll update the firmware with some of the stuff you mentioned in the video, that would be awesome.. like the internal recording for example. Den som väntar på nåt gott, tar en kaffe medan jag väntar 😅☕️ cheers

very nice review - i learned a lot - thanks! but one thing i still can't elicit from the demos i've seen (or the cartoony manual) is whether it can record and send polyphonic midi to external synths without stealing its internal voices -- i noticed in the manual that if you set sound to 000 that it doesn't steal voices, so maybe it has no limit except the total (80k?) note count, but maybe i'm just being optimistic :) anyway looks fun and i can't wait for TE to get me my unit...

Really cool to see this little box in action. If I didn't have my eye on a Syntakt as my next piece of gear, I'd think about dropping the money for this and giving it a shot. I'm pleasantly surprised by the price point too, if I'm honest. Thanks for another great video!

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Nice video! Is there a way to mute/unmute Groups or Pads?

Thanks for the video! What about export capabilities? How can you transfer your creation to your computer to further work on it / mix it properly? Thanks !

thank you Bo

Good and ejoyable review as always! Quick question, can you use the punch-in fxs on the incoming audio?

great video! can you record tracks separately into a DAW for mixing later via USB like the way Elektron Overbridge works?

I think it’s great! It addresses many of the weaknesses I think the original K.O. had, more samples, longer sequences. But curiously enough you can’t really arrange songs? And the sequencer is much more basic than on the original where you could get visual confirmation of your patterns. I really hope they change this in an update (and maybe and companion app!) It’s weird you can have 99 scenes but don’t link them or at least make the play in order. I just thought I hadn’t figured out how.

Bo love your videos. Do you have a favourite "groovebox"? I'm torn between the ko ii, the sp404, and several others. An all around box for the hobbyist.

Great video, thank you! Can’t wait to receive mine :) I have a question : how do you export your track on a computer?

seems ideal minilogue brother

2 KO2's and a Korg Kaoss Replay that would be an amazing live performance set up.

I'm ok with this not having song mode, because even on Elektron grooveboxes I like to manually perform my songs and switch patterns on the fly. But I would have REALLY appreciated audio over USB. I hope it's possible for them to add audio over USB in a software update or something.

I own the Circuit Rhythm and Liven Lofi-12 and, based on the reviews, would place the EP133 somewhere between the two. I've preordered one from a UK store and hopefully some of these manufacturing/firmware bugs will have been addressed by the end of December when mine set to arrive. Can you manually adjust slice points (like you can on ther Circuit Rhythm)?

I actually find the step recording to be very simple. It's kind how I visualize ableton to begin with.

20:00 btw - Re: Audio-In - How does the sound clarity compare to SP404? Do you think it's clean enough to run a live vocalist through at a show, with added FX? (assuming you had another box with a vocal preamp before it in the chain?)

I am prepared to accept that you are way quicker than me at picking up new workflow but I was not exactly reassured about the complexity v accessibility of this device. It is amazing for its size. My first thought was of the desktop calculator I used when I gave up office work in 1985🤣🤣🤣 Looks to me like a richly appointed live tool, not a composer

I love the music u did with it. Why TE do not send u this? Well... good that u have hand on the pulse. For now i will try the Liven Lofi 12 that works great with OG PO33KO!

Eventually, the hype will "fade".

Thanks a lot Bo! Nice device, yes, but I guess I´d stick to my SP 404 MKII. Nevertheless: I like the workflow and I am sure it is a typical device for having fun on the road.

Great overview/review. Looks capable. I’ve never been able to get the hang of any TE product I have tried. Weird workflows. This looks to be the same.

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