I dig the card.
Wish the sp came with one cuz got dayum…
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Yeah, fx+group might be missing, but the shift+pad solo is on there.
Does it work as well as the TX-6, and does it keep external MIDI devices in sync, even if the source tempo fluctuates?
The TX-6 is the best hardware on the market for beat tracking so if the KO II does it equally well that makes it even more versatile, and a great companion for vinyl DJs.
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As someone who works is a graphic designer UI/UX person… this diagram literally makes my brain go into info overload panic mode.
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I’m actually starting to understand their hieroglyphics.
I’m becoming one with the online guide.
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the art is cool but when looking at this, if i wanted to do a count in record, i dont know what the graph is telling me to do, now that im really staring at it i get it, but still when learning the device its not very helpful. maybe it just doesnt click with my brain but i found it more confusing
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LMAO
Im not that advanced yet.
Shift + Play is count in record. Read it left to right.
it is when Rec is engaged, which i guess is indicated by the record up above, but that places the latched key “record” in the same column as the held key “shift.” its just not how my brain organizes things
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Cooked up some more Glitch. Mangled beats, fx juggling and a fun sample 
with a quick video i smashed together in canva, lol.
Im finding that if you do a little pre production and organizing you can really rip on this little box. I like how its a bit untamed feeling. Perfect for glitch.
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Exactly, you need to understand which menu, like Sound, Main, Tempo, etc., or task like Rec Arm to look for. And then if you are looking for a specific thing, like “count-in record”, read down the right side of the column under the “function” heading, and then it will give you the key command.
The card is certainly not something I would solely want to learn the machine from, but after going through some of the manual, and understanding which menu’s I would go under to do certain things, it makes more sense. Even better would a searchable PDF.
Also, the glyphs do make sense after a while. If you know it is something with a pad, say, under the sound menu, look for the grid glyph.
Unfortunately, tempo detection does not work during sequence playback. It only functions when in Sampler mode and the sequence is stopped.
shift play doesnt do a count in on mine.
if record is press, then just hit play.
shift isn’t needed. but thats what the card says lol
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I smoked up last night and played around with this thing. I now get why they are called Teenage Engineering and why they have such a dedicated fanbase. This thing is exactly what the teenager in me would have hoped an instrument of this sort would look like. Its toy aesthetics paired with the fairly powerful functionality and the mad portability are indeed something unique in the space for sure. Plus I’m somewhat impressed from the design / engineering point of view, especially considering the price point of this thing and the fact that they managed to design and build this with fairly standard parts.
I mean, next to this the SP404mk2 is user friendly, lol, but still, once the symbols and shortcuts are learned, this thing is unreasonably powerful for its size, form factor and price point.
Also, it sounds really good.
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During the recording arm, Shift+Play does a count-in overwrite recording. It is impossible to read that off this diagram.
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A sample made out of legos?
Pretty fun and inspiring. Draws me in and sparks my imagination.
I don’t see shift+pad solo on there. Where do you see it?
Regarding the sequencer, the EP-133 is more powerful than the SP404mk2.
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Yup, looks like that one is not correct. I think count-in record is just record arm+play. Shift+play overwrites.