Pocket synth noisemakers
Teenage Engineering’s been teasing its tiny PO-12 for nearly a year, and for the NAMM show, it’s officially launching its pocket synth not as a standalone unit, but as a line of little noisemakers that look like Casio calculators with their faceplates snapped off.
The new PO-12, PO-14, and PO-16 are called the “Rhythm,” “Sub,” and “Factory,” respectively. The Factory is a lead style synth for playing melodies, the Sub is designed for making bass lines, and the Rhythm, predictably, is a drum machine. Each of the Pocket Operators has 16 different sounds, its own set of effects and filters, plus a 16-step sequencer.
As for the hardware, the Pocket Operators are intentionally minimal. You might even say excessively so. They consist of the printed circuit boards without any casing around them. There’s a little speaker built-in, to each, but there’s also a line-in and line-out, and apparently, a jack for synchronization as well. The POs are powered by AA batteries, and have a little bent wire stand that flips out.
They’ll all cost $60.
Source: Gizmodo
