EP-133 K.O. II hip hop Sampling Master Class

Here my free sampling master class for the Teenage Engineering EP-133 K.O. II. I cover all forms sampling features on the K.O. II like manual/auto-chopping, chopping breaks, time stretching, etc.
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0:00 intro
0:14 how do you sample & what can you sample from?
0:55 sample mode explained
2:36 counting bars
3:23 recording a sample
3:42 playback
4:09 locating the sample
4:24 sample chopping explained (manual chopping)
5:47 filtering & pitching samples
6:22 sampling a break beat
7:13 auto chopping explained
8:07 tap tempo & manual beat matching explained
9:32 using step sequencing
10:14 using smaller increments
10:43 let's finish up the beat real quick
10:58 micro bpm timing
11:30 adding a bass line & melody
12:35 time stretching explained

[@AveMcree]

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[@YoungZx]

Broo you a sick producer I like how used the akai plus with the ko and vinyl the most and I want to get into vinyl thanks for sharing

[@wozfromoz8795]

Saw a good tip yesterday, you can detect the tempo of a beat that is coming into the input, or even use the built in mic to detect the tempo of a sound, and it will set the tempo to that exact beat

[@AveMcree]

💪🏾

[@bboymac84]

🔥🔥

[@psychrockvinyl]

Oh dang! How do you do that!

[@Chilltown4eva]

​@@psychrockvinylHold Sample + Tempo while the incoming audio is playing 👍🏾

[@wozfromoz8795]

Got mine delivered in Australia yesterday, sadly I got a broken fader and broken volume pot / button :( sucks, but luckily I purchased from my local store, so easy to swap it for another one when stock is available, and hopefully batch 2 will be improved in quality a bit.@@AveMcree

[@Angelfacesongs]

Man that's sick. I spent a lot of time fixing my drum samples and bringing them down to mono to save space. This thing is so fun and you crush it! Thank you for the info on how to sample in and time gonna dive into that over winter break for sure.

[@kevpinnix678]

Really enjoy your spot - you truly have a gift whether you’re aware of it or not! I was happy to have tracked down the KO II from GC this morning (& it’s already shipping). Looking forward to its arrival, largely due to videos like these.

[@BIG1TOWER]

Just got mine noon today been rocking for hours. Really fun piece of gear and after a week of use you will know it inside out

[@AveMcree]

Great to hear!

[@enochroot9438]

This is so helpful, new to sampling and this really was an easy to understand masterclass. Keep them coming dude

[@sclr]

despite its shortcomings and issues of the rollout its a classic imo. thanks Ave for the tutorial. i'm off to the lego store to build a stand for this sucka

[@peacefulpigeon7254]

Thank you! Always great content - keep it coming!

[@josephconway8682]

That's some nice production there. I'm feeling it

[@BAMac964]

Thank you for this video Ave!!! I haven't received mine yet, but this helped give a better overview of what this little gadget can do.

[@BAMac964]

@AveMcree327 dude take your scamming self back to Nigeria or wherever you're from and get off @AveMcree page!

[@knewkid404]

New to the Channel. Watched your video yesterday and thought “he’s gonna have to start charging for the live streams like studio time” You’re really making heat bro bro! Subscribed immediately!!! I like that you were cross fading your progressions versus trying to jump from one sequence to the next.

[@AveMcree]

Welcome aboard!

[@DangiaWild]

Awesome video, really useful! Cheers from Italy!

[@livinproof718]

Your videos are making me want one real bad Lego /calculator design is 🔥 too

[@tombasports]

MAN! I Love your channel bourbon and beats!

[@AveMcree]

I appreciate that!

[@wallace_nelson]

I've Been waiting for this🎉

[@AveMcree]

✊🏾

[@Bigheadedwon]

This + the PT01USB for $400 and with both being battery powered you could sample and make beats anywhere. That’s actually pretty sick for sure

[@ChrisWickland]

Hey thanks for these great videos. Keep em coming .....please

[@enensis]

damn son this beats hard as hell. Thanks for the video I got the KO a few days ago and Ive been making music a while now but I learnt loads in this video.

[@joeford454]

Yo Ave great video with hard beat,im gonna get me one of theses,its sick

[@lorcazola]

FIRE 🔥.

[@Agatonga]

0:07 "for" now on! Peter never got the memo (on monday) that they exchanged the words "for" and "from".......thanks Brian

[@arcadecreative3641]

Man, I’ve been on my MPC Live II since it’s release and the K.O. 2 is exactly what I need for the parts of my day where the MPC is just too…. Big. She got weight.

[@arcadecreative3641]

You taught me everything I know about MPC, you’ll be teaching me until I can swing the K.O. 2 in the spring.

[@AveMcree]

No doubt

[@elsantoproductora]

You need to hold down the pads when you do the manual chopping. That way you don't get a short sample on each pad

[@AveMcree]

No you don’t. You can literally let the sample play to the end. Then chop the sample by pressing the “.” pad to whatever pad you like as shown.🤦🏾‍♂️

[@devioustrip5728]

@@AveMcreewhy do the chops end so quick? Have you tried holding down the pads ? sounds legit and prolly faster than manually extending afterwards 🤷‍♂️

[@DanDonk]

@@AveMcreeit was really rough but super funny watching watching you struggle like 9 times in a row with this issue on your stream. This guy is right, the samples get chopped to the duration of your button hold, that’s why yours are so short and need to be adjusted afterwards. Great vids though

[@devioustrip5728]

@@DanDonkhad the exact same feeling watching the live stream 💀💀 bro juss need to read the chat

[@elsantoproductora]

@@devioustrip5728 that's what I was trying to tell the guy.

[@DonjiKong]

SO SICK

[@PrincePresto1]

Thank you. Ultra informative

[@QueMusiQ]

0:18 YO! 🤯 That SAMPLE flip!

[@wit09]

Great video and supper helpful! Where did you get the tiny synths that you have in the shot?

[@wiggesobk]

Great video!

[@deepseadiver8191]

Thanks for the tutorial. Does it chop/trim samples automaticall at zero crossing?

[@jeffbarta6276]

thanks your a great teacher....!!!!!

[@SonicVibe]

i like that it has time stretching

[@nadirkarim7573]

I would love to see a bigger one the size of the mpc 3000 with this same look on it with a huge space

[@LaserEngraving911]

Does the KO 2 have time stretching of samples? if not maybe they will add it in the next update 🎉

[@PrincePresto1]

I learned a lot

[@EffingtonCouldBe]

Thanks the tips!!! Mine is on the way - couple of weeks.

[@llorenzo582]

dope video

[@AveMcree]

Thanks 💯

[@vinylselektaz6475]

Nice work. Just got mines earlier today. I must say it's way more intuitive than the Lofi 12. I give it a 8. I see this improving later on

[@SonicVibe]

i feel like the lofi 12 is easy with auto chop not sure why people are confused

[@AveMcree]

Totally agree

[@vinylselektaz6475]

@@SonicVibe I think it's the muscle memory with the Lofi 12. You know it's serious when they include a overlay to help you slice samples ...

[@SonicVibe]

i thought the same but for basic loops i don't even use the overlay just start and end points it's more for if you want to deep dive change a sample even automation now easy i think people think ya need it but most don't use the overlay if ya quick sample for me i deal with it cause i love the lofi sound it samples at @@vinylselektaz6475

[@stank666ocean]

pretty dope machine

[@noblewhitneyIII]

Dope tutorial Where did you get the mini samplers on the right?

[@ARORYRUSH]

Thanks for the video! On my ep133 the time stretch little clock thing is always lit on bank A and i dont know how to undo it, could you help me out?

[@bengrimm6901]

Thanks for the Vid! Since you used the 1/8 adaptor to sample from Phone, does this mean that you can’t use the USB-C for audio in like you can with the 404 Mk2?

[@AveMcree]

you can not use the USB for sampling

[@user-sh2cc7kg8h]

Great video! Does anyone know how move or designate a sample from one pad to another?

[@Reggi_Sample]

Blezz beats is definitely a member of the team😂

[@Iamvanngo]

🫡 Dope!

[@harrybatchelor7283]

Very helpful

[@AveMcree]

🫡

[@gdrdm]

Compared to the Pocket KO33 it seems more powerful yet oddly quite more limited in some aspects (no even 16 slices? per-slice filtering? step or slice parameter locking? ratchets? ... )

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

The big one - NO PATTERN CHAINING! Oh and the other big one - no way to transfer projects to/from the device

[@gdrdm]

@@MrMargaretScratcher Yep! Although I can see that one being included in a future update, the others not so much, unfortunately (hope I'm wrong)

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

@@gdrdm I hope so - mine got delivered this morning, and in between all the weird shortcomings and the fact that I could whack it on ebay and pretty much double my money, I'm a little reluctant to crack it open...

[@gdrdm]

@AveMcree327 Hey! Not sure what you mean...?

[@Pppliliev6096]

When I put an input the noise is very high; what can I do to sample more clear audio?

[@micemincer]

a question - I can only put like 4 sounds in it - like one on each group? (I know I can have whole percussion on one group)

[@AveMcree]

you can put as many sound into it you like but there's a polyphony limit.

[@lindasson]

I wanted to be one of them dudes who dislike this just because, but naw.. I ordered Imeeed- Giately! Great tutorial Ave, I'll use this 🙏🏾✊🏾💚

[@PhantomEG]

What are those mini mpc things next to the ko?

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

That J-Zone track !

[@djbash914]

Can we get a full version of this beat?

[@nopenullify8947]

Hey brother, not sure how you arrived at the "L C R" screen when entering into sampling. Watch: 1:05 Cuts into the next scene. Trying to figure it out ATM! XD

[@issmodissmo1485]

Have to wait another 7 weeks. I hope my unit is fine.

[@petro5]

Have you figured out how to play long samples yet? I’m at 140 bpm and have a loop that’s 4 whole bars but it cuts off at the end of the third measure in playback

[@AveMcree]

I believe that same issue happened in this video

[@wit09]

What is that first record that you are sampling?

[@browe]

Tasty at 12:12--like film scoring music for a Tarantino movie

[@jerrypizzini]

Why you count like that? I don’t get it

[@CezarCazan_evx]

Yo niiiice ❤ beat came out sickk

[@quicottetom9218]

And about resampling?

[@BIGBRORDEEZY]

what's better the Model Samples or the KO2??

[@AveMcree]

KO

[@RobotSnake]

@@AveMcreeI don't know man. The Elektron sequencer is WAY better. Plus more sample editing options like reverse.

[@ElementaryKnowledge3000]

It's a shame you can't see the waves when chopping like in Maschine. Otherwise, looks fucking great.

[@earlmonroe98]

Can I have your MPC Live II? You did say in the KO II video you had a problem. 🗣I'm trying to help you OG. 🗣Unc you don't need it. Let me gone get it🤷🏾‍♂

[@AveMcree]

No

[@earlmonroe98]

@@AveMcree you have a MPC problem unc. Don’t fight the intervention 😤

[@MegaKeppy]

Can you sample while the sequencer is playing?

[@AveMcree]

no

[@MegaKeppy]

@@AveMcree bummer. Thanks!

[@spikerzombie]

When the serato mobile app finna drop???

[@joestory1]

So no Truncating Samples to Save Memory ??

[@ninjaturdle69]

Nope not even on the web app

[@joestory1]

@@ninjaturdle69 😥

[@bill-o-visionstudios1310]

ordered this in the first hour, just arrived, fader is busted and making the screen glitch, had even pierced the box it came in. RIP

[@wozfromoz8795]

ditto, busted fader and volume pot on mine on day 1

[@bigbizz118]

Mpc1 or ko 2

[@Funkotronimus]

Wow, thank you! WAAAAY easier than following the guide …which, honestly, I haven’t really given a fair at yet 😜

[@AveMcree]

Glad I could help!

[@TechGently]

I wonder how many of you have tricked your spouses into buying this "calculator" for Christmas. "Wow you're so studious!" I know you did, some of you here...

[@AveMcree]

comment of the year

[@derbinhamler2103]

LMAO! Her: "Whatchu want for Christmas?" Me (with a somber face): "Not much, just a calculator..."

[@anthonyb1247]

Proceed with caution on this one. I was excited until I saw who manufactured it. They were dropped by one of the biggest music gear retailers in the world for a reason. Hopefully the quality of this product can keep up with the price and there is some sort of support model. Cheers.

[@locutz]

You didnt show us how get the tracks. Out when you're done though !

[@AveMcree]

title of the video is "Sampling master class".. So basically you're mad at me for actually sticking on subject. How about you type in "how to track out beats on EP-133" and discover I've talked about that already......

[@grafikwork3808]

Don’t blame the machine 🤣

[@ik6929]

Just got mine today..faders not working ,mfs messin me up rite now...

[@wozfromoz8795]

ditto :(

[@angelfmusic]

Crazy dissapointed at this non responsive fader. Didn't even install the knob and the fader is unresponsive. Purchased at B&H. Now to wait until January for replacement. Fuming

[@AveMcree]

Damn!

[@wozfromoz8795]

same here, i hope the next one i get works better

[@werex3]

Broadcasting communistic execution type beat

[@AveMcree]

LMAOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@ronburg3663]

That beat in the background is nuts 😳

[@ayokikando]

Fire video! The music was very distracting tho.

[@sirgigolo]

Workflow is just not there. There are easier ways to get things done

[@tonylyons7711]

The only trouble is many have bought this machine and the slider doesnt work .. it is made to cheaply

[@bigbizz118]

Works better with new york old beats

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

How do you get inspired when looking at that ugly calculator looking thing?

[@soulchorea]

If you grew up loving Japanese electronics, this look is very inspiring

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

@@soulchorea I guess each to their own. I studied Japanese for 6 years and love quirky Japanese things. But that doesn’t inspire me to make cool music, maybe to do my taxes with tho 🤣

[@soulchorea]

@@NoQualmsTheArtist 🤣 ok you win this round haha

[@NoQualmsTheArtist]

@AveMcree327 package for me! You're the nicest robot ever 😍😂

[@lescour]

Dude turn the background music down. It's so distracting

[@DA-fn4ss]

Especially THIS background music 😳

[@user-ct1wi2vl6x]

Cheap mans mpc?

[@tombasports]

I think its mores a modern mpc2000 WITH a few modern extras

[@robertjamesonmusic]

Looks cooler than mpc

[@AveMcree]

The mpc 2000 has way more features

[@towerrunner4675]

No, but rich mans K.O.

[@Purrrelll]

Sorry but that sample sounds terrible.

[@user-rg4mm6ln6o]

YOU DONT NEED ANOTHER SAMPLER! Stop throwing your money away chasing the next new hipster toy. Bunch of new age consumer beat makers with your GAS, and FOMO. Get good at making music, stop posting everything you do online, and for the love of god STOP buying another sampler you don’t need.

[@-STONECYPHER-]

Counterpoint: Die mad about it.

[@wozfromoz8795]

he's great at making music :) you got a link to your music

[@ArapBayraminOglu]

some questions: - Can I easily nudge notes I recorded left and right afterwards? - Can I jump forward/backward within a pattern that's playing?

[@AveMcree]

yes

[@Bibblebabbler]

Helmet not included 😂

[@AveMcree]

😂