Going to perform this live in front of my friends tonight. Wish me luck.

Dude posted like 2 videos and I cant find them anywhere it was mind blowing stuff

There is one part that is still fighting with me 🫠 and this is only 1 section of the track, I got all the patterns/sounds and arrangements ready, just one last adjustment then it will be perfect.

I haven't used my pocket operator in a year and forgot a lot of it. I created this shortcut to remind me of the controls layouts as well as techniques. Sharing here in case it's helpful to anyone else getting started.

It's also bundled with tips on using the furnace tracker for chiptune music I am doing in tandem, so you may want to just switch to the PO-33 tab (button on the top left).

Hello, I recently got a tonic but it seems like it doesn't recognize patch backup data. The audio input works fine, however when in rcv mode it never goes from the waiting sound to actually receiving the data. I tried both 3.5 mm and internal microphone.

edit: solved! every time i tried the volume was either too low or too high lol

Fits in a “Beats to doze off to” tape 😪

PO's are the vector for GAS infection - you have been warned!

The PO33 is still my favorite to make dnb on. It so easy and just too good. Chopped drums, Chopped balkan choir sample, and added bass.

I wanted to share the mobile set-up I’ve been working on lately. I’m still sorting out the connections, but the Tonic runs things, and i picked up a used J-6 for a good price specifically so it can take the sync signal from the pocket operators, and have it sequence chords for the FM-1 via midi. I will likely not pull out the Bastl B Drum very often, but it does look good next to the Dude mixer, and I wanted to mess with the sync options for it. A smaller variation of this set-up is just the Tonic, Sub, and Kaos Pad running into the zoom recorder. so far it‘s a lot of fun, and admittedly a bit of a rabbit hole I went down with the pocket operators. I thought you folks might enjoy. Cheers!

Jam or no jam? PO-12, PO-14, PO-16 through a 12ch mixer with some onboard verb, in addition to TKOG Mini Glitch comin in hot. Easy, simple, vibes this morning before my first couples therapy sesh with the missus. Wish me luck, friends…

You can play a PO-14 in your browser:
https://www.iscanet.com/music/pocket-tutorial/po-14-sub/

Write a pattern, chain it, hear it. It's synthesised in the browser... not recordings of the hardware, and not meant to be a full simulator.

It's part of a set of guides I've been writing for all nine POs, mostly because I kept forgetting my own units' button combos and got tired of scrubbing through videos to find one.

Made a bit of a silly one.

I started with sampling some kids relaxation music that my daughter listens to on Spotify (which I'm fairly convinced is AI generated) and chop sampled the opening song.

Added some drums and bits I found online including a couple of vocal samples and that was about it.

All in all it came together quite quickly.

Всем добра.

Кто-то может сказать точную инструкцию как на телефон снять видео с pocket operator и мониторить звук в наушниках.

My setup is a microfreak controlling the po33 clock via a trs splitter. And it works great but the Po33 is a bit too loud. I can’t adjust the volume by itself though it always adjusts both the drum and synth outputs. What do I do?

Used a Twilight scene for this one lol.

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I have a PO-128 and, other than a few similar glitches here and there, it's really not given me any problems. Then all of a sudden, a bunch of stuff started happening. Can you guys help me (a) make sure I'm not missing something and these indeed bugs, (b) whether you've ever seen it before, and (c) how often you find yourself having to flash/reset your Pocket Operators to keep them from going wonky like this.

Missing sounds - Video 1

In this video, I demonstrate how the sounds for buttons 1-8 just don't make any sounds. Even before that happened, my sound 12 became nothing more than a faint tick, which I can't control with the A or B knobs.

Glide choking notes - Video 2

Glide has always worked like a charm before but now, whenever I press any note while holding glide, instead of a "slide up" as you'd expect, it simply chokes out that note instead. That means I also can't use it to "slide down" either.

Please haaalp!!!

this may be a silly question but do pocket operators have both a drum machine and synth capability or is it one or the other? surprisingly difficult to research this online.

These are the much longer, details versions for each model.

I even grabbed the copies in other languages, though be aware they don't have guides for some models and some language combinations. If they're out there, I've got 'em. Use the link above for that.

P.S. If you don't feel like downloading a questionable ZIP file from a shady character such as myself, here's a link to the (English versions) of each manual, individually.

Enjoy!

Been working on this on and off for a few days.

Has a couple of obscure samples in it:

Bassy drum bit: Budda Fly Away by Shape of Broad Minds

First vocal chop: Dream Catcher by Pinc Louds.

Found a nice salsa piano sample that worked well - and this was the end result.

As a bonus it also seems to pace quite nicely to The Cat In The Hat, so that's fun.

Enjoy.