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Don't be quick to dismiss a physical control from Teenage Engineering. Those Swedes are geniuses. Have you seen the OP-1? They are masters of constraints that p
by cormacrelf 7y ago
Don't be quick to dismiss a physical control from Teenage Engineering. Those Swedes are geniuses. Have you seen the OP-1? They are masters of constraints that push creativity along. I have no doubt they can make a crank fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z4hoazra_g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z4hoazra_g
- 0x8BADF00D 7y agoIf it was a little cheaper, I would probably pick it up for my nephew. But at the current price point it’s just way too expensive. Vague promises of future content are not enough to justify the price IMO.
- acomjean 7y agoTeenage engineering does make a handheld musical toy thing. I have a couple. They are very bare bones music calculator-sequencer things. They're called "pocket operators". Oddly fun to make beats on. https://teenage.engineering/products/po https://teenage.engineering/products/po This one has some better pictures and soundcloud audio. https://www.engadget.com/2015/04/22/teenage-engineering-pocket-operators-irl/ https://www.engadget.com/2015/04/22/teenage-engineering-pock... youtube has a lot on these little things.
- dangus 7y agoI’ve never heard of them before this post. Their other products are far cheaper and seem to have a more unique place in the marketplace. This is literally a game boy with a crank, you can get a thousand-game library device with dual color screens for the same price. Maybe nobody else besides TE is making cool portable synthesizers but this is definitely something that’s been tried before. Obviously it’s a novelty and not trying to be a million seller, but I’m struggling to see who would buy one based on the price and features considering the alternatives.