Teenage Engineering Adds 40-Second Sampling, USB Audio to $329 KO II
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Updated · The Verge · Jun 27
Teenage Engineering Adds 40-Second Sampling, USB Audio to $329 KO II
3 articles · Updated · The Verge · Jun 27
Summary
OS 2.5 gives Teenage Engineering’s $329 EP-133 KO II sampler audio over USB, selectable lo-fi sample rates, sample reverse and an arpeggiator in one of its biggest updates yet.
40-second sampling—up from 20 seconds—comes by recording mono instead of stereo, while equal-length autochopping makes the KO II better suited to slicing and rearranging loops.
32 kHz and 26 kHz modes add progressively grittier character beyond the standard 46 kHz setting, and the update also improves time stretching, adds new scales and per-pad time shifting, and fixes bugs.
The same OS 2.5 update also reaches the reggae-themed EP-40 Riddim, while the EP-1320 Medieval gets only USB audio, extending a pattern of slimmer support for that model.