Teenage Engineering is not any stranger to bizarre devices that defy description. It is a firm and, uh, . All of us knew that. We additionally knew that the corporate would doubtless be releasing a follow-up to its . We couldn’t in one million years, nonetheless, have guessed that it might be a .
That’s proper. The sequel to the Okay.O. II is a sampler constructed solely round sounds impressed by the center ages. It’s all right here, from Gregorian chants and lutes to drum sounds that recall Monty Python. The sampler additionally comes pre-loaded with tons of themed foley results, like sword slashes, arrows, livestock and, in keeping with the corporate, “an actual dragon.” The EP-1320 Medieval has all the things, if by “everything” we imply samples of screaming peasants.
Aesthetically, it’s principally the Okay.O. II with a special pores and skin. The design options crimson calligraphy, citadel towers and, in fact, loads of latin. As a matter of reality, it’s not even known as a sampler in any respect. The corporate’s calling it “the world’s first medieval electronic instrument” and there’s a big label on the entrance that reads “instrumentalis electronicum.”
There are new results, for these anxious it might simply crib from final 12 months’s mannequin. These embody one thing known as a “torture chamber reverb” and one other known as a “Bardic ensemble.” The arpeggiator has been redesigned and there are tons of of latest multi-sampled devices. Teenage Engineering additionally says, and I’m not kidding, that the drum pads scent of cocoa. We reached out about that final one and can report again once we get some information.
After all, it is a sampler at coronary heart, so customers can put something they need on it through the interior microphone or USB-C connection. It’s additionally primarily a Okay.O. II, so there’s the identical punch-in FX instrument, 9 reminiscence slots, dinky speaker and a battery compartment that holds 4 AAAs. However out of the field, it has all the things you may presumably want for a D&D-themed rave.
Identical to the unique, it’s $300. Orders . Diehards may also choose up a themed t-shirt, a vinyl report and a quilted carry bag.
The EP-133 Okay.O. II was an enormous hit, however was , together with plenty of items that shipped with busted faders. TE says all of this was as a consequence of poor packaging. Let’s hope the corporate received all that sorted out.