Teenage Engineering OB-4 // What's all the Hocus Pocus About?

The mysterious Teenage Engineering OB-4. DEMYSTIFYING it with this demo/review.

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CONTENTS OF THE VIDEO:

0:00 Intro- Demystifying
2:13 Design + Aesthetic
3:33 How does it sound?
5:07 Differences (from your average radio/speaker)
11:06 How I use it
12:47 My Streaming Stats
13:35 Outro

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Teenage Engineering OB-4 // What's all the Hocus Pocus About?

This video demystifies the OB-4 and demonstrates what all of the hocus pocus is about! Of course, the main point here is to figure out if the magic speaker is right for YOU! 🤔

Shoutout to (at) alliebrowniest (Instagram) for the animations!

#teenageengineering #ob4 #demo #review

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[middaymeds]

After watching a bunch of videos on the OB-4, the only conclusion I can come to is that its main purpose is to give high people something to tinker with.

[wildnotemusic]

This feels like the ultimate tool for a music student. You have your metronome, and you can use the looping, sampling, and speed adjustment for transcribing jazz solos that are difficult to do at full speed!

[britishfireworks]

I loveee how the knob moves when changing and doing stuff

[markgirvan]

Great review. I took the plunge, I know it's expensive and not for everyone, but I have to say whenever I play it people always comment on the sound quality. And the ambient sounds you can get from it are totally incredible.

[matdavy]

Thx man you make good straight to the punch videos in a relaxed and intelligent way.

[schmapps]

I’m not an OB-4 hater by any means…I think you can come up with some very interesting textures and glitchy loops/soundscapes, and it’s a really cool idea especially in the realm of “lo-fi”. HOWEVER…just what are you supposed to do with those cool sounds once you’ve created them? No line-out is INSANE and makes this device borderline unusable for producers. Why, Teenage Engineering. Just….WHY?!

[jeitoots]

Works great as an ambient / drone machine. It has a built in ambient feature which is pretty good but I always use it for background drones. Just slow down any radio broadcast etc. I usually go down to 0.1 x speed.

[sofnaji]

I like that it has an L and R speaker in one unit

[andrewserich]

Dude, that just was off the hook., , , these guys are going to crack time travel...just wow.

[Shadow__X]

I really like the motorized knob and scratchpad, they give a whole new dimension of control and visualization to this thing

[sawtooth]

With OB 4 as a speaker for “out & about” sessions, has my attention, I’m intrigued

[stereoesquemusic]

Thanks for helping me decide that I DO want to spend the money on this! I assume there would be no latency with an aux line-in source? (e.g. the TE TX-6 field mixer)

[daniellove]

I've had one of these for months now and had no idea it did all of this. I just bought it because it looks cool and sounds good. I also use the chakra aligner chants as my kids' alarm clock.

[MDWeezer]

I've owned one for a while - it sounds great, I've never once been concerned about the battery life, it's always had a ton of juice in it and with the motorized volume and tape scrubber, I now want every device I own with encoders to be motorized... Also - the physical Ortho Remote is a great companion to it! Zero regrets on the purchase and I use it way more than expected. If anything, finding a jazz station, slowing it down to .8x speed and it's just bliss!

[GuitarsAndSynths]

Bought one on sale from TE and having fun learning to use it for monitor portable solution and sample and send to SP 404 MK2 to make fun beats.

[mattytrane]

Hope the channel keeps growing, your content is great. Thanks for looking at this product, its a quirky one for sure.

[AlexanderShelestov]

0:10
Any psychologist will tell you that you still have obligations. There is no other way if you want to maintain a good relationship with the brand and continue to receive goods from them for review.
It's just another form of advertising that has gained popularity among reviewers, that's all.

[barrywhite]

It’s pretty much an audio TiVo. How many times have you been listening to the radio in the car or anywhere else and felt you should be able to rewind? Add the captive TE audience and a super slick interface and there u go.

[Khordmaster]

Great video


So at 12:08 you’re getting latency even when plugging in or is that Bluetooth?