teenage engineering pocket operator PO-35 speak, vocal synthesizer, sampler and sequencer with built-in microphone for 8 different voice characters

I love this little thing. It sits somewhere between a real professional tool and a toy. It's very small and portable, battery life is pretty good, and it can make a wide range of sounds. Getting a whole track devoted to Tonic is a huge upside; the drum sounds are deep and customizable, and the sequencer is great. Biggest limiting factors are that you are limited in terms of the sounds you can apply to the samples, and also there is two-voice polyphony: one synth sound and one drum sound on any given step. However, despite these limitations, the possibilities are still pretty deep, and chaining patterns together in a pseudo-"song mode" is possible. Overall, for $100, it's a great buy for anyone who loves synthesizers and music production. I wouldn't recommend this to a first-time synth buyer but if you already have a collection and want something fun and diverting, this is the one to get.

I hereby declare the need in our lovely planet earth for a special edition PO with phonemes from the MIKUVERSE to grace our ears in syllables galore! Wondaful device, clever, smart, teenage, pocketable, playable, sharable, snackable, so many good things about this... leaving me with just one great big desire, which is ANOTHER ONE with the cool benefit of HATSUNE MIKU voice samples instead of the (very good) default set which is contained within this awesome unit. If you look at youtube you'll find many people who say this is THE best pocket operator because it's totally unique in the music world. Nothing quite like it!

As the title says, it was a lot of fun. Recording voices and making beats was awesome. If you are looking to get into the PO scene, I'd suggest getting a Cheaper one first. The Arcade would be a good start. Sad to say, I had issues with mine and I was forced to return it. No matter what brand of AAA I put in it, I would randomly shut off and I was forced to manually reset it every time. Which if you don't own a PO, removing the batteries is a sketchy process. 5-Stars because it's a great product, I am just unlucky.

Takes a bit to get the hang of how it works, but once you figure it out it's really neat!

Accidentally order the po 35 instead of the 33 . Which got changed through the Amazon purchase settings on the way to check out. Can’t get refund because the stupid packaging is opened. (It’s a one time open tear away box ) the only difference in packaging is the label that I didn’t notice until realizing seeing the instructions. That being said, the unit is atrocious. Doesn’t have a back or delete or undo function ? Can’t get rid of the garbage pre loaded patterns, the reappear on EVERY FACTORY RESET. The beat machine is impossible to use. And the recording function won’t give you a clean tone to start with . Solid waste of money on my end. Never ordering gear off Amazon again

It takes a little to figure out the quirks and get proficient, but it sure is a lot of fun. I just wish I was able to store a lot more sounds. The 15 sounds slots go quick and you end up doing backups (which is super nice you can). Just make sure your backups are recorded in stereo. Keep in mind the recordings are a synthesized version of your audio, if you want sampling or more faithful recordings, then look at the PO-33 K.O.

The product itself is good. But be weary when ordering. It says "new", but when i got it, the original box had been open (and taped back), and the hanger was already snapped off and gone. Quite disappointing.

A little tricky to use. I would suggest the PO-32 instead. The sampling isn't that hot....

Un prodotto facile e divertente da usare e ricco di funzioni e parametri. È come avere un sintetizzatore vocale, campionatore e sequencer nel palmo di una mano. Mi ha impressionato il live recording, simile a quello dei prodotti Elektron. C'è pure la possibilità di trasferire i file con Microtonic di Teenage Engineering (venduto separatamente). Unica "pecca" la polifonia limitata a due voci. Purtroppo ho dovuto chiedere la sostituzione perché è arrivato col display LCD in frantumi, la confezione del PO-35 Speak è praticamente inesistente, si tratta di un cartoncino sottile che non lo copre nemmeno tutto e il prodotto è stato spedito in una busta che non lo ha protetto adeguatamente.

Good tim killer also peeves of grand parents an mothers if kids get it

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Ich finde den Pocket Operator richtig genial. Leicht zu bedienen. Voll im Klang! Schade nur das es irgendwie mit meiner Bestellung bei Amazon nichts wird. Habe den Po-35 bestellt und den Po-33 zugesendet bekommen. ---> Also wieder verpackt und zurück mit der Bitte um Austausch. ---> Dann den richtigen bekommen, beim Auspacken leider gesehen das das Display Flecken hat. ---> Nochmals zurück geschickt und einen neuen bestellt: Habe mich schon wirklich gefreut aufs spielen, doch beim Auspacken sind beim jetzigen Gerät wieder Flecken am Display zum Vorschein gekommen. Werde ihn jetzt zurückschicken und probieren ihn vielleicht wo anders zu kaufen. Wie gesagt das Produkt ist top, nur will ich bei einem Neukauf nicht einen störenden optischen Fehler am Gerät!

Desde luego te pasas horas jugando con el bichito y salen resultados únicos y verdaderamente inesperados (a veces bien, otras no, algunas veces crea aliens únicos e irrepetibles que yo de ti guardaría en un Daw externo, foraster@). Parece un juguete pero no, nada de eso. Soy músico con 30 años de sintetización y este chiquitín se ha ganado mi respeto por su magnífica versatilidad a pesar de sus lógicas cortedades dado su precio (no esperéis calidad de sonido de grabación, es un lo/fi muy lo/fi). En resumen: horas de experimentación con un aparatito que verdaderamente puede dar un guiño personal a tu música. Super contento.