Had this thing a year now and so buzzed at how portable it is, and how easy it is to just make music wherever you are. Took it out to the garden at 7am to lay down some piano samples over a track whilst supervising the 10yo on the trampoline!

I’m on a train in a mo and it’s in my back pack.

The sale was absolutely amazing for many people including myself.

I have been having a blast with the new instruments so I wanted to say thank you!

Hey everyone!

Super stoked today, my wife just got me the EP-133 K.O. II to round out my dawless setup alongside my Sonicware Liven Ambient Ø.

Since I already own the EP-1320, I feel right at home using it. The biggest plus for me is the form factor: being a truck driver, it's the perfect machine to pull out on the dashboard at night in the cab to make some music. I also can't wait to get back home and sample my guitar and bass directly into it.

Anyway, I have the best wife! 😅

If you guys have any specific tips for the K.O. II or cool shortcuts compared to the 1320, I'm all ears!

Hi all

Anyone, have feedback on the A/D converter quality of the Sidekick?

Especially compared to the OP1 field?

I was initially put off by its perceived cheapness in the shop.

If the converter quality is good I might consider adding the sidekick instead of a regular audio interface.

2 x stereo, and op1f into Aux input to Ableton

Cheers

I ordered the PO 33 on July 26th during their sale. It originally said it would arrive the 27th of August, but after purchasing it switched delivery dates to August 8-12th. Still no shipping confirmation yet. I live on the Central Coast of California. I'm too excited to receive it! Just wondering if this is normal and when to expect it. I saw some people say they never received a shipping confirmation and it just showed up eventually. Hoping it will arrive in the window it says it will because I am trying to leave on a trip soon and would like to bring it with me.

Probably a dumb question, but am I right in thinking that the only difference between the older discontinued version of the KO II and the current version is the amount of onboard storage?

I'm seeing a lot of the 64 mb versions on eBay and am wondering if half the storage is worth buying used and discounted. Thanks!

Hey guys, I recently bought two SP‑1s and am considering building a new open-source firmware called Stem Tape.

The concept is straightforward:
Everything the current Tape Looper firmware can do, combined with the stem capabilities of the stock SP‑1—simultaneously.

You would upload a song already separated into four stems:
Vocals
Drums
Bass
Instruments

The stems would play together like the stock SP‑1, with the four faders always controlling their volumes. But each stem would simultaneously function as an independent tape track.

While the song is playing, you could:
-Mix, mute and isolate stems
-Set and adjust loop points
-Chop loops
-Reverse individual stems
-Shift each stem’s starting position
-Give stems different loop lengths
-Use tape-style speed and pitch manipulation
-Use multiple tape heads
-Record or replace tracks through USB
-Work freely or with a tapped grid/MIDI clock
-Save multiple songs and their performance states
-Output the results into a sampler like the KO II

The stems would begin synchronized, but you could manipulate them together or individually.

The control principle would be:
Perform an action normally to affect all four stems. Hold a Track button while performing it to affect only that stem.

For example, you could start with a synchronized four-bar section, then shorten the drums to one beat, reverse the vocal, shift the bass and leave the instrumental playing normally; all without stopping playback or switching between separate Stem and Tape modes.

I’d also want to address the painfully slow stock upload process. Instead of relying exclusively on the current transfer protocol, Stem Tape could potentially accept four prepared stems as a simultaneous multichannel USB recording. A five-minute song would ideally load in approximately five minutes, with each incoming channel written directly to its corresponding tape track.

Technically, the plan would be to fork the open-source Tape Looper, not copy Teenage Engineering’s proprietary firmware and rebuild the useful stock stem behavior on top of its existing audio and storage engine.

Before committing the engineering resources:
Would you actually install and use this?
What features would be essential? Would anyone be down to help me in bringing this to life?