P0-33 KO! Basic MUST KNOW controls

In this video I walk you through a host of the basic operations that you will need to make beats on your PO-33 KO!
I hope this is useful and if you have any of your own that I may have missed please leave a comment below!
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[@henrikpersson4698]

excellent mate. someone actually teaching, not just showing off. these units are so hard to learn imho

[@spvidz]

Hope it helped. Yeah they are a little tricky. If you have a break from it you need to spend time remembering all the key combinations again!

[@abcd-zh9om]

The resonance only works if you adjusted the filter also. I think thats why you didn't hear any difference. Great informagtive video by the way. Thanks!

[@spvidz]

Thanks for the info! 👌

[@Nilbog-Hunter]

This helped out a lot other tutorials were all over the place and this was simple and easy to follow

[@spvidz]

Very glad to hear that man!

[@TheOldBabylonian]

Res=resonance. It "discribes" the shape of the bell curve of the filter. If you have no filter selected there is no bell curve to shape.

[@spvidz]

Thanks man yep thats solved the mystery!

[@snappybro1251]

Describe*

[@jonnyhead]

Nice description, I would have said makes it sharper or softer but yours sounds more technical 👍

[@sonkira]

oh! that's why nothing was happening 😅

[@manmaas]

I came up against the same thing, 'This doesn't do anything!'

[@respobabs]

Someone may have said this already, but Resonance isn't audible because the filter wasn't engaged. Resonance makes the filter sharper (accentuates frequencies around the filter cutoff point).

[@angeloquinto789]

when recording to a button you could just hold the record button and just press the button you want to record into instead of holding both buttons

[@spvidz]

Ahh cool thanks for that man!

[@adams6571]

6 hours playing around of this device I couldn’t even understand how to chop the samples. Thanks for the video, big time saver.

[@spvidz]

Glad to help!

[@AcidSh33tz]

hell yeah thank you bro for blessing us with this series! 🙏

[@manmaas]

Perfect! Just dug this guy out from under all my other gear in search of a quick beat making tool and needed exactly this refresh! Subbed.

[@spvidz]

Nice! Glad I could help

[@jonnybeairsto3961]

Great job bud! Thanks for the videos (y)

[@sonkira]

For deleting you need to select the SOUND/PATTERN first and then just press RECORD+SOUND (to delete selected sound) or RECORD+PATTERN(to delete selected pattern). Not sure if you can instead press RECORD + SOUND/PATTERN + 1-16. In your case it was already selected here 3:20. Anyway, need to double check. I think that's why it didn't delete at 9:42

[@spvidz]

Yeah I think you are right. I always make sure the bank of sounds or the pattern is selected before I delete now as it can be extremely annoying when you get the wrong one

[@Ross_Antonich]

Best video explaining this device!

[@broke8246]

Super helpful! 🙏🔥

[@jonathandavies9451]

Super useful thanks

[@baconsledge]

Just what was needed. Awesome!

[@spvidz]

Thanks for watching!

[@impishjester]

Dope!! Thanks for this mate! 👊🏾

[@spvidz]

No problem 👍

[@GodsPoetryProductions]

I got my po33 ko today and your video helped me a lot. Thanks

[@spvidz]

Glad to have helped 🙏

[@ThizOne]

Thanks. This video was exactly what I needed. Well done 👍

[@spvidz]

Glad to help 🙌

[@donaldswan1587]

Really helpful, thank you!

[@SounDesignR]

fantastic guide

[@NOGASAYAN]

This was incredibly helpful, thanks for this! I already wrote everything down in my phones notepad.

[@spvidz]

Glad to help! Should have some more PO-33 content dropping in the next couple of days 👍

[@ultra1000]

Love this video, please more videos and also more tutorials for Po and Sp together

[@spvidz]

Definitely! all coming in the near future. Thanks for the support 🙌

[@jasonflanagan9264]

Thank you for the tutorial! This is the video that kept me fro mthrowing the PO 33 in the trash!

[@spvidz]

Glad to help!

[@Box-of-hats]

Just got mine today and this video has got me up and running in less than 20 mins. Thanks for this

[@spvidz]

Glad to help 👊

[@chrisbunchofflowersmusic]

Fantastic video. Easy to understand and useful. Many thanks and kind regards from Chris Bunch of flowers music

[@tysonsaner2527]

Very useful, thank you!

[@spvidz]

Glad it was helpful! 👍

[@shinseusagi224]

Awesome series man ty. Btw found out that when u record a sound in u only need to hold record and tap the number of the bank. This changed my world... freakin hate holding buttons all over the place with my sausage fingers... can.t see a damn thing. Keep it up Blood and thank u again 💫

[@spvidz]

Good tip man thanks!

[@codypower3994]

Thanks for this my dude

[@spvidz]

👊

[@BruceHarms]

That us THE operational of this device... Thank you!

[@spvidz]

no problem 🙏

[@leewightman8619]

Iv had my k.o for a week and i masterd it in a few hours thanks to videos like this

[@spvidz]

🙌

[@CNTRRNDM]

niiiiiiiiiiice...would you mind if I linked your PO-33 videos in my descriptions? cause your stuff's always so on point...this vid in particular is the best overview type of vid I've come across so far...well done, mate!!!

[@spvidz]

Of course not man, go ahead and thanks!

[@Blastnthru2u]

This video brought a smile & made me laugh. 👍

[@hovermotion]

Superb vid..

[@wiggesobk]

The KO has many hidden features like double triggering (holding bpm and pressing a pad). And of course the "game changer feature". There is a video on KZbin about that.

[@spvidz]

All in good time 😉

[@emixbase]

Double triggering (holding bpm and pressing buttons for sponds that are recorded in the drum section only)

[@sullycliftona]

I’m going to annoy u probably by asking a question … in a few days .. I’ve got a few machines but I need samples from stuff to add to my pro beat .. hopefully 🙏 u can help I’ll check back in a few weeks much appreciated little man ( I’m 50

[@rich8715]

Thanks

[@destiny5443]

thanks a lot！！！

[@fade2blak91]

hey bro good looking out!!

[@DJfreddyfresh]

great video btw try resonance after you have engaged the filter then it should sound adjust res now go and tweak the filter again

[@spvidz]

Thanks bro, I'll have a look into that!

[@iosmusicman]

Excellent thanks. Small thing though; around 6’45” the business about recording/recording when using FX was a bit unclear and I’ve listened to it several times. Great stuff though all the same. Cheers. Lee

[@spvidz]

Basically you can't edit/change parameters once you've input it into the step sequencer. Its like a recorder in the sense that its set in stone and can't be undone. It remembers what you added in (including FX data, its not just a marker of where to play that sound) If you want to change the sound (e.g repitch a snare) you will have to take out the snares, do what you want to do and add them in again.

[@iosmusicman]

@@spvidz understood. Thanks for the clarification.

[@barmyoldcodger]

Resonance only takes effect around a certain frequency of sound passing through it. Apply some res then adjust the filter to hear it

[@chipfilmstv]

This is just what I needed. I just got one of those SP style cases and completely forgot how to delete samples. You have a great channel because I am also learning 404 mkii by watching your vids. Looking forward to 2023! Lets go

[@spvidz]

Nice one man! looking forward to next year ✨

[@steveeyers5963]

Only need to press 2 buttons to delete. Record+sound will delete sound that is selected. Same with programs

[@spvidz]

Thanks man!

[@steveeyers5963]

@@spvidz all good 😉 still learning myself!

[@lastmountpit]

Resonance works together with filter, if you have no filter there is no resonance

[@spvidz]

Thanks for the info 👊

[@iosmusicman]

Subbed btw. Thanks. Lee

[@spvidz]

thanks man appreciate it!

[@1RoadGarage]

How long does this thing last on battery? Also, can you use rechargeable?? 🤙

[@spvidz]

it depends how much you use it and yes you can

[@aleister9682]

what you got that cord plugged into i cant figure out how to play it thru my computer

[@giocoso4576]

Clear bank : record + sound + bank

[@andrewdavis636]

After I delete a recorded sample and try to record another one it tells me the time is full even though the slot is empty. Why is my device doing this.

[@haydenthetoyologist4117]

Can you only sample mic recordings? Or can you sample sounds from another device? Because I would like to use this as a sound board to play sound effects at a college baseball game. Specifically I want to use cartoon sound effects and clips of Cartoon character reactions.

[@spvidz]

You can record any sound in to it. its got a jack input on the side

[@michapatron871]

Great! But I have one question: how to change quantity of loops in chain? For examle from 8 to 4?

[@spvidz]

Do the same process again and it will overwrite the previous chain

[@michapatron871]

@@spvidz I will try. Thanks!

[@abstractproductionz5734]

A chocolate kettle 🤔 could be the next big thing

[@granddesign]

Resonance didn’t work because it needs to have a filter applied to add resonance to.

[@spvidz]

Thanks yeah, that makes sense :)

[@paperherobeats]

everytime i sample into my po-33 it always makes my kicks/low end more crunchy than i want. any mixing/workflow tips on how to get a cleaner sound out of the po-33?

[@spvidz]

EQ is your best bet. The P0-33 aint designed to sound clean unfortunately

[@paperherobeats]

@@spvidz Thanks for the reply. I just found that making my kicks mono prior to recording them into the PO-33 and slapping on a slight low-pass filter helped me attain the level of grit I'm looking for. I just got this pocket operator and absolutely love the authentic lofi sound it produces!

[@jano.5485]

Pressing the sound button and a number makes the recorded sound play. This seems to not work for the drum set, correct?

[@goonknox]

Haha I totally forgot some shit too haha

[@DosingRWerd]

Hey can you load your own samples w out recording them ?

[@spvidz]

You can backup and load data from external devices teenage.engineering/guides/po-33/en

[@Lioney]

How do i remove effects?

[@DustyBeatking]

Is there any line-out on the PO- 33 if yes , does anyone know or could tell me how to do that ?

[@spvidz]

You use the headphone output as the line-out. You need a 3.5mm cable that goes to whatever you need at the other end. For example if you want to take the signal to an SP device with phono inputs you need a 3.5mm to phono cable

[@cookie13lu]

Is there away to live-record?

[@spvidz]

I’ve not used mine for a while so not 100% but I think you can if you have Write and Play on at the same time

[@cookie13lu]

@@spvidz That was it. Thank you very much

[@bjhbjhbjhweeee]

Thx video Q. What is "L"? Ex) i press three time, than L is L03 Q2. Now im understand how to play in write mode. In write mode, if i choose pad 5 and 11, play in one cycle repaet, pad 5 to pad 5 and pad 11 to pad 11. if i call this one cycle "scene 1", how i creat scene 2 ? I want to play sample no1 in scene 1, and than i want to play sample no2 in scene 2, like song mode...? or i arrangement three different sample in one scene, and than i want to create another scene in the same way too, and chain it. How can i this ? Q3. Can i live recording ? Ex, i play one sample really fast three time like "ba,ba,bam" and i want to put in different pad i played sound. Thx..

[@bigbizz118]

Turn bpm ticker off

[@surfinbearbeats]

Wow the volume goes past 11? It's the spinal tap of samplers

[@spvidz]

🤣

[@JakHart]

Paraphrased, "I've recorded a thing, modified the sound afterwards, and yet it doesn't change the original recording. How weird." Just guessing, you were born after '96, yeah?

[@spvidz]

you guessed wrong...

[@HoneyABadger]

Thank you so much - this tutorial has managed to be as simple as it gets .. teenage engineering's manual was, indeed, as useful as a chocolate teapot .. again thank you for the straight forward tutorial . 🤟🫶

[@spvidz]

Glad to help 🙌

[@edkfilms]

Thanks

[@spvidz]

No problem 👍