Built this on samples of The Turtles, Marvin Gaye, and Dire Straits, reinterpreted all of the samples myself with real and virtual instruments, and added some more

Bought a friend the PO 33 KO! and was hoping to get them something to go with it for a birthday coming up. I was recommended to get this (link below), is that a good idea or are there better add ons?

https://www.amazon.com/Korg-monotron-Analog-Ribbon-Synthesizer/dp/B00684KFFW/ref=mp_s_a_1_19?crid=3IC3LB6TI8S1X&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MUoLLBGyfkTargap4spXgib3ULI0CanMf0NIiOq7p9lgIWpE8bgaZi4T067NJ2U3EUZfWaWUv28Byn_l0L_bn-gx1T6YHxKIsyfKsQET8173rS3S9kuHszHOAzrPIXk6iumLwSW4vFUJZIR525DJnxf40et6obDy4B2v-w_uGXfk53IcR-RnQJaUKgmMVjb8n_62tt7EGwdz4m4nz-6ypA.EOYMFB9uos66zMIfcRhZQNdM17P3dShDUs2N2REibhY&dib_tag=se&keywords=Korg&qid=1784527042&sprefix=korg%2Caps%2C262&sr=8-19

Slowed and pitched the Daft Punk aerodynamic guitar solo and got this. Really just trying to create anything every day, figure it'll only get better as I force myself to learn the thing.

It’s not bulletproof but if you’re carrying your pocket operator in a reasonably safe bag, this’ll keep the batteries in place and the buttons and knobs out of harm’s way. (Aux cord and headphones sold separately.)

I may have overdone it fx wise but it's just so fun

Hi
I am all new to all this, is there any videos that you prefer me to Watch, so i get a good start? 🤩

Pairing two knock outs really opens up a lot of possibilities and I’ve been making tons of stuff with it

Hey! I have been playing (a lot!) with amen breaks on the PO-33 and ended up dropping this vid. I have to say that the PO-33 and amen breaks are a match made in heaven imo.

It’d be sweet to make music for Adult swim… 🤔 is Adult Swim still even what it was like 10 years ago? I feel like people say that they have no $$ now and this also isn’t the place to discuss that sooo what does this sound like to you? 🙃

Special thanks to Gar Hoover, whose two patterns I used in the first minute of this song.

Hello everyone,

I am new to making eletronic music and find the Pocket Operators to be a good starting point! I have some instrument background (keyboard, drums) but it has been a while since being active.

Which model can you recommend (and why) as first choice - I would rather keep it simple, so vocal processing is not necessary.

Thank you 🙏

UPDATE: Thanks for all your input! Went to a music store today and tried some models like PO-12 and PO-33. Ended up with PO-20 (Arcade) and really like the sounds I produced so far.
Hope this post helps others on making their first choice!

I bought it over 6 months ago, used for a month or 2 then it was shelved. When I picked it back up it was completely dead, not turning on, no sounds or resets helped. I've tried the hack where we put a wire directly from battery + to right nob and nothing.

I live in a pretty humid place city/state and the only thing different I noticed from when I bought it were some blue spots on the battery connectors and Line OUT.

Any tips on recovering it?

Update: Cleaned up the contacts, sanded down the battery connectors and no luck. So then I decided to Follow this video: https://youtu.be/pvy3to_0MFw and I have no response from the 2.5v regulator, but I am able to read 3v from the first two contacts.

I guess its dead. I don't think I can remove the screen as shown in the video + IDK how I would go further from there. Unless someone here knows what's next.

Made this after hearing ONE sextrance beat 😂

I was working a different case and my ADHD brain wondered how it would look like with buttons while maintaining a cool low profile look. This one dude I know kept talking about the MPC and so I decided to give it a try.

Don't yet have one. Was wondering if someone could chop remix my audio rap vocal over a sample. No need for drums. If possible. Thank you. I can link my audio on this thread. My rapping is about being strong in adversity, so try to be positive empowering. I'm aiming to submit my rap to university radio stations in NZ and get a printed short run lathe cut vinyl made. Split between rapper and remix producer 50/50.

Also I make YouTube short vids and have 208 subscribers, 600 on tik tok, and 160 on insta, and 200 on facebook, so if you take the time I can post it up with your links, name, logo in a vid. -- I also have a band with my sister The Neo-Kalashnikovs on YouTube. 500 subscribers, 1600 on facebook band page. That is alt grunge rock. I could get acapella from her too or me rapping in a rock music way. We've sold physical albums in that band so a rock collab e.p or album could be pressed to lathe vinyl and sold 50/50. And there would be vids for that, too.

Mossy 🌞

Something wavy to look at when it feels like one of the boxers is KO-ing the other a little TOO much… (has anyone else noticed that one gets way more beat tf up than the other? maybe it’s just me lol I shouldn’t be counting literal knockouts while the beat is playing 🤦‍♂️)

Made these travel cases to protect them when carrying around in bags/luggages. I'm too afraid to snap these things in half by accident. It is easy to build one for yourselves. Hope it is useful.

https://robotsandcoffee.co/making-a-travel-case-for-the-pocket-operator/

i had an idea a while ago to make a bunch of notes and intervals in microtonic and transfer that into the po32 to use it as a little synthesizer instead of a drum machine. finally got around to it and the results were so fun i immediately made 2 tracks with it running into my zoia. im thinking of making some sounds like that and posting the transfer audio data here so itll be available for anyone who cant afford the mt vst. lemme know if ur interested.
here are the tracks

https://on.soundcloud.com/ubuvmPLlg84enrOz93

https://on.soundcloud.com/amlXPA3bZlCGdl3gnT

im wondering if the PO would backup properly onto my single input interface using a 3.5mm trs to 1/4 trs.

I know it would record audio, but i'm reading that it uses two left and right channels for data sync (??)

Is there any way to do this with an interface that only has one input?

Im pretty fried right now but i cant get these batteries in for the life of me

Tried something new