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So, you can connect directly a launchpad to play the KOII?

Nice video! I would like to buy my first hardware synth and I prefer analog semi modular. Under 500 which is the best one for a complete noob for start the journey? Thanks a lot

Until this moment I did not know what the umbrella meant. 😂 So yeah, great point.

37:31 what the 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴

legend!

excellent

One of the best ko videos. Thanks

I was interested up until you announced 'the drop test'. That on top of being so fucking worried about what some idiots are saying in forums... yeah, I'm just going to block the channel. This shit is stupid.

Loved the video, and very sensible (even if I didn't like the treatment of the MPC, even if I don't like them) and I might actually pick up a KOII as a result. I got the original pocket operator PO33 KO largely as something fun and accesible for making beats that my kids can use. My 8yo daughter can sample hitting a metal bar at the playground and work with it right there, make a little beat, put some vocal phrase in "I'm thirsty" is the main lyric from one of them haha. But it's pocketable, Mic, Speaker, Sampling - can set in and out sample points, pitch up or down, lowpass / highpass accross one knob range. It's great. But the KOII with it's far superior built in speaker and midi IO would be far better for 'actual' creation around the house - only downside is it doesn't fit in your pocket. Anyway. My only nitpick in your video is that I LOVE my OP-1 Field, it's just a pity about the price. But even the original, I don't consider it a toy - you've said there's never been a modern equivilent of the SK-1, and I think the OP-1 is exactly that. (except for price) Instant 1 key sampling from the built in mic and playback, But it's like an SK-1 with a built in four track portastudio and effects and some synth engines. For me, I think more in terms of notes on a keyboard than pads, having grown up with a Piano in the house since I was a kid. But I can take OP-1 anywhere and have sampling, effects, overdubbing, audio recording. For me it's great. Definitely not for everyone though, I get that.

Liked, Sub'd - I _was_ happy with my Microfreak. It even has features the mini does not! But this single specific example makes me want a minifreak now instead. So thanks! Not! haha :)

oh man thats such an incredible review! exactly what i needed to see and hear about the minifreak. i honestly didnt quite get the hype. always thought the usual sound demos sounded cheap and even awful. so thanks for showcasing the potential of classier sounds! ❤

OP-1 also had a high press rating but the scissor clips and keycaps failed before the actual button/nipple on the PCB

The Mod function in plate 140 react like a size knob, there maybe more to it though.

What a fantastic demo with a fair and balanced review. I snagged one when it was first announced, but I have yet to open it. I can't get myself to disrupt that beautiful packaging. :-) I have a soft spot for old school 'memory management' style sampling. My first sampler was an unexpanded Ensoniq EPS with 512 KB of memory. I became a MASTER of getting the most out of that limited memory. Sadly most modern samplers (including my MPC X) don't give off that same vide. This K.O. II seems to do so. I gotta get mine going.

oh mannnnnnnnmnn I got one of these in a trade and damn this slaps even harder than I thought it would

You're the summoning salt of the music gear world, great work!

What are your thoughts of this as a sketch pad for in bed, restaurants etc. do you think it has enough to get me to an 8 bar loop that I can take into the studio

We need this in Eurorack format.

Wonderful video and sample collection! Thank you for making it! And this technique is great not just for the KO but I think will work great for other size limited, polychromatic samplers like my picoTracker 👍

I think this sold me on the MF over the minilogue xd or hydra

Excellent review!

I have been trying to connect my Keystep Pro via a 5 pin mid to 1/8 inch 1010 Music adapter and I can’t get it to do a thing. I’ve been desperate to try this out since you posted the video. Any ideas?

Good insights, also I love the background music!

I dont get why you just got 7590 followers? Your content is so brilliant <3 even 5 years ago :)

that drop test was absolutely epic … laughed very hard 😂😂😂😂😂

Your content is outstanding. Thanks man.

What’s the bass patch at 1:38? Been thinking about it for days but new to synths haha

Great video. I have this alongside an MC707, TR8S, UNO Synth, JV1080 and Volca Sample 2. I tell myself I don't need ANYTHING else to make full tracks, but... ...you know how it is. :) I need to spend more time experimenting with the JX-08; you're right, it is a little powerhouse!

I wish that it supported sustain pedal via midi though…

Great review and walkthrough of the Minifreak. I did notice you said your Matrixbrute collects dust because of the Steiner-Parker filter. That’s ashame considering the deep capabilities of that synth and it having a ladder filter as well. There’s so many ways to configure the two filters that I don’t find it lacking in any way.

Less freaky? Rick James has left the chat.

That crusty old oscilloscope is awesome.

Comparing a VA to an analog synth just doesn't make sense. Of course you can go way deeper into osc tones and modulation but you are far from the sonic qualities of, let's say, a prologue. Anyway, I think the minifreak is a beast and perhaps the most versatile VA out there.

its hardly sounds stereo

Teenage Engineering is a toy manufacture.

Why am I watching this?

I need to get a better job

When you sampled the analog synth and played it back as a pad, would it behave the same way as doing this in ableton with simpler or sampler? If you need to use sampler what would you look for in the settings?

2:15 You forgot the free VST offers far below the given price point. Hybrid analog or not, one knob per function and "character" don't differentiate it enough.

Appreciate the attention to detail in explaining…

ISLA S2400

A lot of clever thoughts on samples, i’m try to keep those in mind. thank you!!

how did you generate pads at 13.05? Can the ko2 loop the sample?

This video convinced me the miniFreak wasn't just a microFreak with keys. Two of the best synths out there, and glad to have both (despite the fact I usually prefer full-size keys)

This was so helpful - Thanks!

How do you think would be for a total noob whos not a musician but fairly tech savvy?

Are you using 1 or 2 oscillators here?

Can you assign an envelope to either lfo? As in make it have a faster/slower attack.

Nice video. I like your idea about throwing it in a bag with a midi controller so you can use it as your portable sound bank. As a sequencer I think its a fail, and as a groovebox its definitely a fail, but I can see it being a great device as just a pure sampler to combine with a more robust sequencer or use to jam with friends.

Thanks!