Sweden-based Teenage Engineering makes products for a very, very specific audience.
The $300 EP-1320 is really a reskin of the$300 EP-133 K.O.
II, but it seems designed to give the Renaissance faire reject in me a chance at sampling scores.
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The board also contains foley effects including the sound of swords clashing or arrows flitting across a battlefield.
The gear is supposed to have a redesigned suite of punch-in FX.
Otherstated sound featuresinclude torture chamber reverb, dungeon echo, and bardic ensemble.
II was a follow-up to the Swedish companys $100 PO-33 K.O.
micro sampler, itself renown for its capabilities compared to its miniscule size.
The text on the buttons is similarly on-theme.
Instead of fader you have fdr.
Other buttons are similarly rethemed, like tempus for tempo or codex instead of record.
Teenage Engineering is selling the board alongside a Medieval quilt bag compared to the K.O.
IIs shoulder strap bag.
Perhaps my favorite embellishment is the lone monk sitting on a small throne like an electronic piece of marginalia.
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II with a few quirks, and its better if you treat it like a middle ages-centric instrument.
Teenage Engineerings Latest Super Toy Is an 80s-Inspired Sampler
The EP-133 K.O.
II is half toy, half instrument, and all delight.
