It looks like an update to the company's Pocket Operator series.
Swedish firm Teenage Engineering has released a new instrument.
The EP-133 K.O. II is a mobile sampler, looper and sequencer with an integrated microphone and speaker, and room for 999 samples. It features a filter, pitch control, stereo effects and a compressor. It's styled to look like a 1970s desktop calculator, and in many ways is an update of an earlier sampler that Teenage Engineering released in the Pocket Operator series.
The EP-133 K.O. II offers six stereo voices (12 mono), 64 meg of memory six master FX and 12 punch-in FX, controlled by a matrix of pressure-sensitive keys (with polyphonic aftertouch) and one fader. It samples at 46 kHz in 16 bit. Connections include a stereo in and out, sync in and out and MIDI over USB-C.
All controls can be automated and recorded. Songs of up to 80,000 notes can be composed. You can also run it on four AAA batteries and it's only 16mm thick, so it's highly portable. Right now, it also comes in a 10-inch collectors' box.
Teenage Engineering has produced around a dozen versions of the Pocket Operator, including drum machines, synths and samplers. The first arrived in 2015 as a collaboration with the now-defunct clothing line Cheap Monday. The first Pocket Operator that could sample audio was called the PO-33 K.O!, so the name of this new instrument is a nod to that.
This may indicate that Teenage Engineering is planning to release a range of instruments in this new, larger format. Teenage Engineering confirmed that the "EP" in the name of this new device stands for "Extended Play," which could be the name of a forthcoming range of instruments.
Watch a demo of the EP-133 K.O. II.
Teenage Engineering's EP-133 K.O. II is out now priced €349 or $299.