The Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II at a glance:
With the EP-133 K.O. II, Teenage Engineering presents a fully-fledged sampler with sequencer in a super-compact format. At first glance, you might think of pocket calculators from the 80s, but this does not correspond to the qualities of this well-designed musical instrument with a super-segment hybrid display and twelve velocity-sensitive trigger pads. The EP-133 K.O. II has 12 tracks; the polyphony is 6 voices with Stereo samples and 12 voices with mono samples. At 46 kHz / 16-bit sample rate, the sound quality can certainly be considered studio-compatible. The internal memory is 64 MB and offers space for 999 samples. As most of the one-shot samples are quite short, there is still enough space for Stereo samples, freshly sampled audio from the audio input and vocals recorded with the built-in microphone.
Champ Edition
The Champ Edition is a special limited edition of the popular sampler and includes a high-quality, double-sided 10" vinyl of Loops & Samples Vol. 1 in addition to the instrument. This is ideal for sampling your own tracks and loops. This collector's item also features exclusive Muhammad Ali artwork on the inner and outer sleeve.
Memory management & sequencer
The sampler manages a total of nine projects, each with a capacity of 80,000 notes. Each project contains four times 99 patterns, which can have a maximum pattern length of up to 99 bars. Each pattern has twelve tracks for samples and MIDI, and a chromatic mode is also provided to play samples tonally. Notes are recorded in Live mode and a metronome can be switched on for rhythmic orientation. Thanks to the 15 Punch-In 2.0 effects, rhythm changes, fades and breaks are effortlessly achieved on a note basis. The samples in the pattern can be edited with standard parameters such as level, pitch, filter, A/R envelope, pan, etc. There are also six good-sounding audio effects and a master compressor.
Connections
Contact with the outside world is initially established via the built-in loudspeaker. Inputs and outputs for stereo line, MIDI and sync are provided via 3.5 mm stereo jacks. Power is supplied either via USB-C or four AAA batteries. USB-C is also used for data exchange with the computer and MIDI integration with the DAW. Audio is not transported via this.
EP-133 K.O. II Display
EP-133 K.O. II - performance demo
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Features:
Manufacturer:
Teenage Engineering
Construction / Number of Keys:
Desktop without keyboard
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