How are these, are they worth the money? I have seen these before, but thought they might be crappy "jokes". However, if they are decent, I would love to play around with them.

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brudgers 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

[context: I have eBay’d a couple of Pocket Operators because I was curious and the price was low enough I knew I could at least break even reselling on Reverb even after fees and shipping…This is how I rationalize my gas.]

Maybe buy one and if it is not for you be ok reselling it at a loss…framing it as renting an instrument helps me.

The Pocket Operators are musical and inexpensive for musical instruments.

Like any musical instrument practice hours are how you get amazing results and whether the instrument gels with you is the biggest influence of whether you put in the hours.

For me, the Pocket Operators haven’t gelled…I just don’t enjoy them enough to put in the time. But other people find them great and I can see why (not-for-me != bad).

	▲	sleepybrett 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The pocket operators have kind of 'grown up' and now they are doing a larger format thingie that is kinda like a pocket operator: https://teenage.engineering/products/ep I especially like the bardcore one: https://teenage.engineering/products/ep-1320

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ikamm an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They're definitely very capable but limited machines, I enjoyed mine a lot until the potentiometers started thinking there was a change in the degrees even when I wasn't moving them

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levicole 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have a friend that writes lots of music on the PO-33. They are fun, definitely toyish, but you can get good results:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBo8Rd7HxdU <- a friend that creates a lot of music on small "affordable" pieces of gear.

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mlyle 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They -are- decent modular chunks. They have a bit of opinion pushing you in certain directions as far as sound goes.

Each one does a pretty limited set of things and combining them can be annoying.

But you get a lot for the money you spend on them.

	▲	brudgers 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		combining them can be annoying The strong design opinions about how the Pocket Operators interact with other musical gear are a big part of why I haven’t had high enthusiasm for using the small PO’s when I’ve had small PO’s. For me, Volca’s are a similar ecosystem but to a lesser extent…maybe because the Monotrons sit lower in Korg’s product portfolio while the PO’s are rock bottom of TE’s product line.

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mock-possum 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s pretty capable hardware, but in my personal opinion the UI sucks. It falls into the category of “why did you make this hard on purpose” and I resent it.