Teenage Engineering EP-1320 medieval ·
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Teenage Engineering EP-1320 medieval ·
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Teenage Engineering
In a world of uncertainty, do not for one single moment ever expect Teenage Engineering to do anything predictable. The Teenage Engineering EP-1320 medieval is an absolute testament to that!
Imagine you can look out of your window and see two fields. One to the left, the other to the right. In the left field, you have some weird and crazy stuff going on. Well, Teenage Engineering is WAY to the left of that field. More left-field than the band.
Today they’ve simply reinforced that with an instrument that delivers, what I believe is, something absolutely no one asked for. And yet, it is utterly compelling and, quite frankly, I want one. I mean, one cannot have enough Hurdy Gurdy in their lives!
What Is The Teenage Engineering EP-1320 medieval?
At its most simplest level, it’s an EP-133 K.O. with a ton of samples of medieval instruments. Instruments that use strings and bows, drums, percussion, foley sounds, all sampled live into the EP-1320 and ready top play across the pads.
There’s 32MB of user sample storage should you wish to add your own coconut-hooves or Knights who say Ni! All the factory samples are hardwired into the EP-1320 so you won’t lose any of the original sounds, and therefore making it totally unique from the EP-133.
Medieval Sounds, Modern Specs
Just because it sounds like it’s from the Court of King Arthur, doesn’t mean it’s powered by chicken poop and straw. Inside we have a hi-fi sampling engine (46kHz/16bit) along with the aforementioned 128MB of storage (96MB of ROM, 32MB of User Sounds).
Polyphony is six stereo voices, or you can have twelve mono ones, all of which are sequenced by the built-in sequencer. There’s a handful of effects to give your sounds the necessary ‘muddy sheen’ and the whole lot can be powered either by four AAA batteries or via USB-C.
There’s a stereo output and input, sync in and out, TRS-A MIDI In and Out and USB-C MIDI. Naturally, Teenage Engineering have also released a smattering of merch alongside the EP-1320 including a quilted hardcover case, t-shirt, keychain and a vinyl record featuring medieval songs and samples, presumably taken from Sir Lancelot’s playlist?
The Teenage Engineering EP-1320 medieval looks and sounds utterly unique and is available to order now for £299/€349. Oh, and did I say it has chocolate-smelling buttons?? Yup.
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