First Listen: DIY modular synth from Teenage Engineering #NAMM2019

For the new Pocket Operator Modular series, Teenage Engineering has leapt on the modular synth bandwagon with a DIY design that recalls the MO of a certain furniture company – also Swedish.

#NAMM2019

Gear Used:
DPA d:fine 4288 Directional Flex Headset Mic
Zoom H5 Handy Recorder
Canon EOS C100

Track Credit: HOME - ‘Twisted Light’.

[sketcherazzi]

Epic new direction - loving the DIY aesthetic, seems to really fit modular. Can’t wait to see and hear where this goes in the years to come.

[Deathgazeroo]

"Let's just do it!"
<fart noises>

[desultr]

Yay TE released something new! Time to start loving their last product, and move our hate to this!!

[jeisu]

0:44 oh yea that’s some nice music to my ears...

[atommachine]

Reminds be why i purchased a mozi net last year !

[aaaponte]

So can i just buy the yellow one and go? Without any other gear?

[MattGreerMusic]

I like Pocket Operators. I like TE. I absolutely LOVE my OP-Z.

erm... I've been thinking about something to get me into modular but I don't think this is it. Help me out, folks. Is this just a really poor demo, lack of sequencer or does it really just sound bleh?

[machmar]

Ok I get it. TN had no idea what theY were doing in the beginning and they needed to release something. That's why they don't have a booth. It's a not good prototype

[marcussyntar]

Non synth nerds be like *W... T... F ? ! ?*

[trashhold]

Awesome piece of gear, but a bit pricy for the gassy sounds

[MrClarkio]

Didn't sounds great tbh deff seemed to lack the warmth of other modular. It's an odd/brave move, not just the fact it's modular (kind of) but more so the fact it's analog unlike their other synths, feels a bit like an r&d project being forced into a product to me.

Not buying the portability line either, you're hardly going to pull this wedge of electronics out on a train or plane regardless of whether it battery powered or not.

[-BitHeart]

Hot garbage... So many diy and modular that sound way better IMO... Instantly disappointed and certainly not of the same caliber of TE prior units.

[scyhte]

this is exactly what i hate about most modular demos. just some guys fiddling random unpleasant noises together, thinking it sounds cool and "oh so modular".
thanks, but no thanks!

[matthewcoon]

If you're complaining about farts, noisiness, or poor design, this is probably not for you. Go play your yamaha moxf8 and practice your Billy Joel covers no one wants to hear