Operator 04
My Electronic Things Lyrics

@INTERNETMOWGLI

@@AudioPilzalmost like this guy is a journalist or something right

@PhillipHilton

I thought the same. Classic!

@istvantoth7431

super accurate indeed

@paulzavadski1565

its really simplier to arrange something with my free version of 8-track ableton)))

@neuronmind

Pressing down a little key , it plays a special melody.

@AudioPilz

❤️❤️❤️

@infn8loopmusic

Bleep de bleep bloop de bleep. Bum tsss
Bleep de bleep bloop de bleep. Bum bum tsss

@TheSciHi

At this point Florian not having a sponsorship from IKEA... ummm... I mean Teenage Engineering, is yet another reason why this world feels so unjust. Final jam was a killer!

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!! Yeah, I got a Billy on screen all the time;)

@denzeladams3500

Roland owes him money at this point

@treetopjones737

Those teenagers should take some tips on build quality from Mattel.

@mrudo8663

@@AudioPilz i use Ikea furniture names all the time to confuse chat bots an Ai prompts

@gettingcomfy

if you ever do IKEA bad gear, i got a pretty fucked up billy i can lend you ;)

@napotronix

I imagine it's what the SP-404 MKII would have been like if it had been born 4 months early and got a near-fatal oxygen deficit during labour. Sounds pretty good though.

@AudioPilz

Lol, shots fired;)

@mwl5

@TheMeditationChannel33

Operator of my pocket calculator

@AudioPilz

<Kraftwerk intensifies>

@TheMeditationChannel33

@@AudioPilz if I press this special key it plays a little melody

@treetopjones737

I had one of those grey screen calculators. Punch in a random number, hit sq. root, and you got a random melody. 😄

@mikeofalltrades3933

Alternatively, it could be the new school song, Fortunato & Montresor - The Operator

@shpongled587

shame!

@fruitproof115

"Flawless hipster flair" is the best description of the TE experience I have heard so far

@AudioPilz

😀😀😀

@DoctorNemmo

This is the best demo I've seen of the KO. Everyone else just makes a 4 beat pattern loop and then dicks around with the knobs and calls it a day. Also, it's great to see the PMA-5 around ! Still got mine.

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@alexjensen990

Dude... You f-ing kill me every episode... Most of all I appreciate the reminder to laugh at the absurdity of my gear obsession. Cheers.

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@enochroot9438

Great episode! In future I'll rate all Bad Gear on the MPE scale (memes per episode).... this one clocking in at a respectable 107 memes contained within

@AudioPilz

Wow, thanks for the heads up!!!

@roryjineffect

I think you just found your calling, official meme-r of record

@RaquelFoster

The awesome thing about the KO2 is that you get 4 lanes of 12 pads, and you can use all 16 MIDI channels. It's perfect for sequencing multitimbral rack stuff if you're looping patterns. But if you just wanna chain things and press play it can't do that.

Ridiculously, it sends SongPos 0 + Continue when you press play. It never sends a MIDI Start message. And it tries to restart everything on the current bar it was on. So it's an awkward setup because you need to get the start/stop signal from something else that actually sends a normal MIDI Start message.

So it's awesome in a very limited context LOL.

@AudioPilz

True that! Thanks for the heads up!

@alexgrunde6682

If TE made an overpriced Juno clone, the Gearspace thread on it would be 700 pages of flame wars

@AudioPilz

...and all of them would be secretly preordering...

@QualiaOne

We have all been waiting for this episode

@AudioPilz

❤️❤️❤️

@jeffryarchambeau5441

But not for long.

@bobbylimesmusic

Mr Game & Watch..! Wow that is exactly the entire Vibe of TE. Like he is the one who designed all of their products 🤯

@AudioPilz

Agreed!!!

@zachsteiner

It’s really impressive how many videos you crank out every week. Along with replying to pretty much every single comment. Wish I had your work ethic.

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@flow6156

lol the monorail cat got me

@AudioPilz

That one had me rolling too!!!

@secretterminal2179

Each friday I breath a sigh of anxiety when I don't see the microkorg 2 being featured

@AudioPilz

These are incredibly hard to get hold of!!!

@treetopjones737

@@AudioPilz Loopop showed one BUT some of the features he couldn't demo as they had not yet been wired up. #Unfinished

@MANVSScienceCAPE

It won’t be long

@johnsuggs7828

This comment actually made me laugh out loud

@EclipseAtDusk

Loving the Whisper of the Heart montage - easily my favorite ghibli movie, and worthy of being known as so much more than just The Origins of Lofi Girl

@AudioPilz

Agreed!!! Awesome movie!!!

@0e0

you could write a phd thesis on the term "dawless fast fashion"

@AudioPilz

Lol, great idea!!!

@MattGreerMusic

If it resampled (which I've heard TE is working on), it would literally double in capability but it's still pretty nice in current form.

@AudioPilz

Agreed!!!

@JeanLucConnery

Where did you hear that?

@hadrien5697

all this baby needs is Reverse/loop samples, Resampling, song mode, and recorded perf FX (and maybe some gritty bit crusher fx slot b/c it sounds so good). Honestly at this price point its quite inspiring and with a fast workflow, not perfect ofc, but still pretty fun.

@AudioPilz

Let's hope for some firmware goodness!!!

@teemunnee

Does it not have a song mode? Even the PO-32 and 33 allow for easy pattern chaining. That's a hugely missed feature if true

@user-mb8rf7qk5q

You're describing an SP404mk2. I have both...they make a good team.

@petertauscher316

The genre-specific memes always send me down a rabbit hole for a few minutes, before I realize I was still watching this. xD Jungle is indeed Massive.

@AudioPilz

R.E.S.P.E.T.C.E

@XHALE303

Fitting 80s retro song: Operator, this is an emergency, operator this is not a sampler for you & me. 🎵🎶🎶

@AudioPilz

😀😀😀

@imlxh7126

different song reference but both are bangers

@Andronicus2007

Brilliant review, the fast fashion idea for the P.O's is very clever too

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!!

@link13thedude

WHISPER OF THE HEART MENTIONED

@AudioPilz

Great movie!!!

@pontiuspilates

@@AudioPilz One of my absolute favorites!

@darwiniandude

Props to getting a solid episode like this out every week. Appreciate your dedication :)

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@DoomyMacDoomface

🎶 I am adding and subtracting! 🎶

@AudioPilz

😀😀😀

@tixomoments4046

🎶I am controlling... and composing🎶

@paralaxsoundsystems8168

I had a feeling this would end in badgear, but didn't expect to be this soon

@ThePrestoPrestissimo

Klangfarbe needs to push an unloved product

@AudioPilz

Direct-to-Bad Gear...

@Old_Man_Jay

@@AudioPilzAlmost like a bad movie so bad, it’s good! 😊

@GlenBerry

Yeah, I'm waiting for the day a prolific bad gear manufacturer like Roland decides to cut out the middleman and hires you to do the entire product launch for their newest offbeat groovebox! @@AudioPilz​

Think about it. After a period of expensive initial production and promotion, the TB-303 was a huge failure among its intended target audience, but it eventually became a coveted cult classic in the synth community. These days, Roland seemingly can't stop bragging about it. By launching a questionable new product design directly through your Bad Gear platform, they could make the transition from "culled product status" to "coveted cult status" in record time, and actually sell a ton of new reissue designs of that product in record time for record profits! 😉

@f3rny_66

Only audiopilz can make me look at a TE hardware for long enough that I notice that that screen reminds me of all-in-one AIWA towers from the late 90s with 3 or 5 CD interchangers. That.

@AudioPilz

😂😂😂

@cy9105

I'm the operator with my pocket calculator 🤖

@AudioPilz

🤖🤖🤖

@marcomino70

Beep boop....buuuuurrrrrrrr

@mirkokrankel6908

Top Tier Episode. Featuring one of my favorite toys, verdict is on point, one of the best jams and a dark souls reference. The weekend starts with a bang.

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!! Have a nice weekend!!!

@logamaguiar4970

As always, the best synth related content on the web! 🙏

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@czechplastik

Praise be the algorithm.

First time I've come across you, your work anyway. Obviously.

Enjoyable.

Thanks!

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@blackholemultiverse

This is proper bad bad gear rather than the often good bad bad gear often on the the show. TE almost got me on this one but after my PO33 died after only 3 months, decided to go back to my trusty good bad Yamaha VSS-30 and Casio SK1!

@AudioPilz

Ah, classic setup!!!

@crunchyfrog555

If I didn't have too many sampling options already, I'd absolutely go for one of these purely because I love how easy Tennage Engineering stuff is to access and use.
Plus, I'd buy the shit out of a Lego Delia Darbyshire set.

@AudioPilz

❤️❤️❤️Delia Darbyshire❤️❤️❤️

@leyetnin1

Well-rounded basses. Jeepers

@AudioPilz

🍑🍑🍑

@DECIMA1

THE EPISODE WE ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!!

@AudioPilz

😀😀😀

@BlackMajj

If TE ever would make a 80's analogue keyboard-ish thing it'd be priced at $49,999.99. And shrunk down to a smaller size than the roland boutiques and made of legos.

@AudioPilz

I’ll take 2!!!

@shean4

Another satisfying start to my Saturday. Thanks. :)

@AudioPilz

😀😀😀

@_innerscape_

The next one will be in the shape of a VHS recorder. No no wait! A FREAKKING BETAMAX!!!

@AudioPilz

I'd buy that for a $

@treetopjones737

Next: T.E. markets VCR that costs $2000. Hipsters love it.

@jboulderct

We've all been waiting with bated breath for this one and King Florian does not disappoint! Another instant classic with bonus points for aptly labeling the display "whimsical"

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@jamesmcn0000

According to Nintendo, he is just a prince.

@atomicafro

It really sits nice in the mix for Lo-Fi House / Retro dance drums.

@AudioPilz

😀😀😀

@iotaprime2892

So entertaining and informative. Love the jams.

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@Gmartin4049

Love this sampler. such a lovely and well thought out instrument. great episode.

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!!

@HitoriGnocchi

at most this should be 150 and thats being very generous. +300 retail is absolutely ridiculous.

@AudioPilz

I'd buy that for a $

@treetopjones737

Some YT channels shill $500-$600 FX boxes. SMH

@shawnmuench

Love that it has a pattern length for musicians

@AudioPilz

It totally does!!!

@mcentertain

Its kind of "ironic" that the ko-II is probably the only TE product I can take "serious" as well as this is the first episode of bad gear I did "enjoy" - and to say this MADLIB style... with youtube channels and samplers its pretty much the same thing: It is about what you put in it ... a sampler has no soul so you have to put some soul in it to make it sound funky!

@AudioPilz

Interesting take!!!

@solarbabies9682

I sold this thing as soon as I realized I needed more polyphony

@WOBSXDC

Bad Gear videos are the fun way to test the durability of your space bar.

@leduyquang753

I test the K key instead.

@AudioPilz

❤️❤️❤️

@memorysplinter1337

02:29 Florian you can't just play that out of nowhere while I'm eating 😂😂😂

@AudioPilz

😂😂😂

@StephanieSante

Absolutely Brilliant. Love the final Track. Great humor.

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@gadblatz4841

Bro finally. Long story short I've had three. One of them shorted out and I thought for sure TE wouldn't consider it for warranty replacement, but they were awesome about it and sent me new one really fast. Of the three I've had, I've had zero issues with faders or anything like that. Firmware update yesterday allows for library backups. They're seriously not bad at all for what they are.

@AudioPilz

Wow, that's quite a track record!!!

@LosingTeeth

I'M WELCOMED TO BAD GEAR!

@wboumans

The wooooooooooorlds

@AudioPilz

most-hated audio tools;)

@dinogoldie9716

Good review. A few more gripes:
1) It only has 9 project/song slots.
2) There is no way (at present) to back up projects (still only importing/exporting samples).
3) The keystrokes make absolutely no sense (the most notorious example being shift+Erase which doesn't erase anything but actually enters global settings).
4) 3.5mm MIDI sockets (adaptors sold separately - which is not the case with the Novation circuit Tracks, Sonicware Liven Lofi12 or similarly priced grooveboxes).
5) Gimmicky packaging which leads to #Fadergate (it's as if they made the boxes before designing the machines and rammed them in regardless).
6) A 12 pad UI which goes in order of bottom left to top right (most machines I've used feature 8 or 16
pads and work from top left to bottom right).
7) Machine depends on proprietary webware for sample transfer (it's 2024. I just want a machine into which I can slam an SD card containing wavs. Also, there is no stand-alone sample-transfer application. So when the TE website is down, you're screwed).
8) Poor build quality (I'm keeping mine boxed and in a drawer until Decksaver release their protective lid for this machine with its wonky fader, knobs and fragile display).

@AudioPilz

Thanks for the heads up!!!

@AdventureVanMan

Backup tool released yesterday!!!

@dinogoldie9716

​@@AdventureVanMan Does it back up projects? I thought it was just for erasing/restoring sample sets.

@afk_hesh

​@@dinogoldie9716 No they added a backup function to the sample editor

@MrMargaretScratcher

Agree on the 12 pad layout, although my Maschine starts from bottom left as well. Ideally the 4 group buttons would be pads too - the buttons have the pressure sensors, apparently. You could hold Sound + a group button to switch groups, and as a handy side effect it would eliminate accidentally changing groups when finger drumming.

@turtleCalledCalmie

Weeeee it's weekend, and new episode of stuff I would buy and cry I don't know how to use again <3 you do amazing job showcasing this hardware and your skills <3 Happy weekend!

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@krazywabbit

Drug test. Check.

Well played.

@AudioPilz

Thanks!!!

@CoreyBanet

great jams, as always!

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@ysteinsondrup9394

Been waiting for this! 😅

@AudioPilz

It was about time!!!

@rainbow_mess

nice to see it covered ... this is my favorite sampler right now. it's so fun.

@AudioPilz

👍👍👍

@duketranslucent3rd

"I'm the operator... with my pocket calculator". Death in Vegas Fabric - still one of the best!

@AudioPilz

👍👍👍

@Angelfacesongs

Wow, I was using this the other day and just got so frustrated, you kill it! P.S. thanks for using my amen break meme, day made! 🏆

@AudioPilz

Great one, thanks!!!

@jbmcb

Thanks for the review! I was eyeballing this thing and, since all my my stuff has gotten the bad gear treatment, I guess this gives me the go-ahead to get one. Unrelated: My son has your "enough reverb bro" pic hanging up behind the front of house mixer he runs at his high school theater.

@AudioPilz

Thanks!!! That poster is super epic!!!

@drew335

Happy Friday / Bad Gear Day!!! Love the TE fashion comparisons hahaha.

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!! Have a nice weekend!!!

@JosipCukon

phenomenal job as usual

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!!

@Studio_4to1

The one and only episode the world needed.

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@vecvan

absolutely need that fader for that analog feel woosh 😂

@AudioPilz

😂😂😂

@xyayura

Thanks for the new episode! I love your memes😂

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@lairdtomfrenchelectromusic2545

I've always wondered how long it usually takes you to get to grips with the features of the instruments you're testing.
Another amazing video! :)

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!! I'm usually ready to jam within 1-2h, am somewhat proficient within a day and everything is gone Saturday after the ep release😂😂😂

@lairdtomfrenchelectromusic2545

@@AudioPilz, You're a genius! 😀

@armignac

There it is. Truly Bad Gear!

@AudioPilz

😀😀😀

@WillisZzz

Thanks, Florian, I've been wondering about this one. Happy Friday 🙌😌

@AudioPilz

Have a nice weekend!!!

@WillisZzz

@@AudioPilz will do; sunny with a chance of modular synthesis over here in Canada

@jakewhite6106

I’ve been using it as a drum machine through my DAW and love it

@AudioPilz

Nice technique!!!

@roseutterback5755

Omg the 👑 I love this piece

@AudioPilz

❤️❤️❤️

@rorz999

I like the stock sounds more than the unit itself! Fortunately some hero shared them online.

Please do the Pioneer Toraiz SP-16 at some point! The sampler the world forgot 💔

@AudioPilz

Same here!!! Great suggestion, thank you!!!

@1blackone

4:26 THIS more than any other quirk of the thing made me perceive my K.O. II as a cool "toy" and not an actual sampler/groove box. Also, the point where I gave myself a teeny pat on the back for growing enough to need a little more outta my hardware. Now off to overshoot wildly and get a Dirtywave Tracker! lol

@AudioPilz

I want one of them m8s!!!

@princepaul5557

I saw this a while back, and thought? it won’t be long until AudioPilz does a Bad Gear video on this!

@AudioPilz

None too soon!!!

@wboumans

Love me some bad gear after diner 🎉

@AudioPilz

Cheers!!!

@michelnielsen2855

I find it funny how people use the price to justify the poor quality, the truckload of bugs and the terrible specs and poor feature-set. If you pay, literally a few Euros more then you can get a Novation Circuit Rhythm or an Electron Model:Samples. What you get for those few euros extra, is a ton of features, vastly more memory and dramatically fewer bugs (if any at all) -and of course no broken faders....

@AudioPilz

Yeah, these are serious competitors

@philippaeschlimann7832

i'm now becoming a patron. having so much fun with your videos.

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@slipknotboy555

Good stuff as always!
Honestly, it is kinda appealing (with some significant limitations, though, ofc)

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!!

@ZiegWarheit

And one cannot even type 80085 on it...

@AudioPilz

😂😂😂

@zoned7609

Just backed up all my projects yesterday. It's quickly becoming one of my favorite pieces of gear. Really gets me creating and creating, inspirational workflow

@AudioPilz

Nice!!!

@user-di3us9ny9q

I was right when i thought "this will be a record breaking time from release to a feature in bad gear"

@AudioPilz

😀😀😀

@audiowanderer

Thanks for the laughs and hey! Good job with the lofi beat at the end with all those ghibli images... 👌

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@CoachSteveM

Didn't make me regret returning my KO-133, but thoroughly entertaining and great jams.

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!!

@michaelmiller7928

I really like this device. I'm picking up music again after 9 years of absence. Being an adult now I can afford my own stuff. This seems like a dope way to start and have great fun.

@AudioPilz

Nice!!!

@Mr.Marbles

teenage engineering heard "ich bin der musikant mit taschenrechner in der hand" and thought: "damn, cool idea tbh"

@AudioPilz

😀😀😀

@jordanrowland2760

Damn, the lofi song you got out of this is legitimately amazing. I'm so bad with this device lol

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!!

@ThePrestoPrestissimo

Teenage Engineering SP 404 - Straight to Bad Gear

@AudioPilz

As is - of course - tradition...

@jonridley

Yup, this what I was thinking, it’s a daft sampler , not without its merits (same with op1) but still daft… I own an op1 so not really in a position to judge unless it’s my own errors 😂

@onlythistube

Sold mine after running again and again into issues with samples cutting off other samples... Limiting yourself is fine, but this was simply unmanageable... and not fun. Also the fader issue (used a round Lego piece to avoid it) and the limited FX per group somewhat frustrated me. It could have been great, but the devil is, as always, in the details, I guess...

@AudioPilz

Note stealing is a thing indeed

@Shred_The_Weapon

It puts me immediately in mind of Don Henley’s appearance on VH1 Stprytellers circa 2000 when he came out with his solo record Inside Job. During the show, he mentioned how one fan had clamored for him to sing an Eagles song and another suggested he modernize it. The result was a screwy hop-hop reinvention of “Life in the Fast Lane”, during which he slung (what looked like) a Boss Dr. Sample around his neck like a snuggly and triggered chopped samples from the original Eagles track as he performed the song.

@AudioPilz

Wow, I have to check this out!!!

@Shred_The_Weapon

I don’t think it’s uploaded here, AP, Unfortunately. I wish it were. Just did a search for it.

@raspberry1440kb

I'd actually love for there to be some sort of reissue and/or clone of the MUSO-N.

@AudioPilz

👍👍👍

@roseutterback5755

I got this the week it was released and it seems like nobody get the fader is recordable all u gotta do is hold the rec button as u move it

@AudioPilz

Super easy, barely an inconvenience!!!

@yourcitysleeps

Don't be sad, it happens to a lot of faders.

@AudioPilz

😂😂😂

@tMena45888

Gut busting review and awesome tracks to boot

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!!

@davidlockwood917

I see a new AudioPilz upload, I click a new AudioPilz upload... Twice...

First for the video's intended purpose, the second to catch all of the perfectly placed memes.

Another great release!

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!! Way to go!!!

@daniel_dumile

The screen flashing 69 bpm at @ 1:28, genius

@AudioPilz

;)

@waveshellomusic

That last jam was sliiiiiiick. I love my KO2. I think you nailed it with my two biggest gripes 1. Audio over USB and 2. Polyphony.

@AudioPilz

Thank you so much!!! Agreed!!!

@zoned7609

PRO TIP: a lot of the samples, even drum samples, are stereo and not mono.

I converted all my drum samples to mono, and I no longer have polyphony cutoff issues. Also using the mute groups helps

@waveshellomusic

@@zoned7609 Thanks! I use exclusively mono samples, but I use a lot of 4 note chords, and if the release of one chord leads into the next chord, then I'm eating up 8 voices! I could just sample the whole chord, but that just feels like an extra step and who has the time?

@amitkumar-wj8gn

At this point, I think there is a therapist just to help hipster companies deal with the slaps that you issue to them. Well done.

@AudioPilz

I think there is a company policy that my content is to be ignored at any cost;)

@goldenstarmusic1689

This is certainly one of the instruments and samplers of all time.
Great demo music you made on this!

@AudioPilz

Thank you!!!