20 seconds with the recorder max
Can it recharge the batteries when powered in via usb c? That would be wild.
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Thanks. Is this for mono and stereo?
I wanted to hear this as well (hoping for a jank old Akai sort of sound), a brief few seconds around 19 minutes into the Cuckoo video is the best Iāve been able to do:
No visual sequencerā¦64mb storage without sd card ā¦ itās a fancy toy. M:S - is solid tool.
I also promised myself I wouldnāt watch Youtube vids where there is any kind of goofy face in the thumbnail at all
But they are to hard to resist 
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Nick Hook has done some manual walkthrough videos 
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Well I managed to order one last night at about 12pm after the TE store was working properly again
Iāve been watching videos and the pressure sensitivity of the pads in punch in FX mode seems a bit unreliable for the time synced FX
For me a better idea would have been that the pad triggers the effect and the slider adjust the depth/value of the effect
At least that way you could dial in exact amounts
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Iām quite indecise about this oneā¦ OG PO33 is one of my fav samplers (and I have an OT / SP404mk2 / m8 etc.) so I nearly instabought the 133.
But some things puzzle me. The 33 is very barebone, but it has one resonant filter per pad + recordable punch fx + THAT SOUND, MY MAN! So, while being undeniably lofi, it has a very cohesive, warm, crunchy sound that kinda mixes itself.
I see that the 133 has a much higher fidelity samplerate / bitrate, so we wonāt have that magical glue / crunchyness. And one non resonant filter PER GROUP + one send and no resamplingā¦ I dunno, I fear it will sound a bit muddy or crowded in there.
I know the first mpc were pretty limited on the sound shaping options too, but they had separate outs, tho.
Btw, this step rec mode is directly influenced by the mpcās step rec / events rec, I used it a looooot on my 500.
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Can we have more than 20 seconds if loading in a sample vs recording it in?
I missed the first batch at Andertons, then it was available to preorder early December, I caught that one. Now it just plain says sold out!
So how do people peg this against the sp404mk2?
Having had the SP, the usability on this alone is worth the money. I found the SP very cumbersome and trust me. I had them all the groove boxes.
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I donāt have an SP404MK2 but I donāt think one would necessarily replace the other. There was some discussion in the SP404MK2 thread: Roland SP-404 Mk2
A key difference I see is that the FX suite on the SP404MK2 is probably better at affecting incoming audio (and has more types of FX though quality of them is your personal opinion). The punch-in FX steal the show for me on the KO2 but those wonāt affect incoming audio. You can affect incoming audio with the other send FX (reverb, delay etc). KO2 looks immediate above all else.
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Yeah. The only advantage I see for the SP now is having 2 fx at once and being able to resample. And a few minor others.
HereĀ“s an interview with TE Founder / Designer David Eriksson
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Btw, this step rec mode is directly influenced by the mpcās step rec / events rec, I used it a looooot on my 500.
what do you mean exactly? how does it work on the 500?
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Another thing to consider with the KO2 is honestly the fader. Maybe it is small, but a lot of competing products donāt have one. So that gives me a reason to use it over something like Digitakt in a performance setting. Iām definitely in the āfaders for everythingā camp.
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Well, exactly like on the 133, if memory doesnāt fail me. You set a time div, hop in the step rec, navigate from step to step with two buttons, input your samples. And if you want to edit, there is also the event list that works in a similar way.
Funny thing is nobody liked it on the mpc.
Edit: Iām all for being hyped, but letās be honest, the sp404mk2 offers a lot more. Sd card for you library, no limit on sample duration, 16x10 pads, itās an audio interface, 2 fx bus + 2 set and forget fx + input fx, RESAMPLING etc. You can dislike the SP, true, but objectively, itās far more powerful. Is it the subject, I.donāt know. The 133 looks like it has mojo.
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I thought the same thing. This thing looks really, really cool (even the box is stunning), but it doesnāt really bring anything exciting beyond what my SP404mkii can do, in terms of features and workflow.
The PO-32 Tonic was really great though, so a drum machine based on that could be really unique.
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