PO-33 K.O! Beginner Beat Walkthrough (Detailed)

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CONTENT OF THE VIDEO:
0:00 Intro
1:09 Drums
3:00 FX
5:00 Adding Patterns
6:47 Sampling
12:35 Live Performance
13:49 Afterthoughts + Jam
15:00 Outro
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PO-33 K.O! Beginner Beat Walkthrough!
I recently received a bunch of gear from Teenage Engineering (thank you) and so naturally it will be occupying my content for the next little while, no complaints there! Here's how to make a beat on the PO-33 K.O!
It took me quite a few attempts before actually landing on this beat. I started off with a more "Sunday vibes" slinky sort of beat, which didn't feel right in the moment. But then I incorporated my OP1...best move ever.
I wonder how other Teenage Engineering products will work with Pocket Operators- like maybe the OPZ or the Pocket Operator Modular 400. Only one way to find out I guess!
Thank you all so much for watching my content- virtual hugs to those of you who share, like and subscribe!
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[@matthart530]

First tutorial that actually helped. I've had this thing for 2 years and just did some quarantine learning haha.

[@LiamKillen]

That makes me happy to hear! More PO goodies coming soon 🙂

[@bigbrainmcflurry2425]

@@LiamKillenwhat are you playing them through ? An amp or laptop ?

[@quentin1838]

The 2-3 tricks that really did it for me and made this PO amazing, don't know if you heard about it : - You can do ratchet with drum sounds : In step edit mode, hold the step you want to ratchet and press bpm once (you can press it again to add more slices up to 8) -You can copy a specific step (meaning, with all its effects, tone, volume, filter) by holding its button down, and then you can paste it. - You can copy a melodic sample into a drum slot. It then slices it into 16 equal parts (thus its different from the algorithm that slices a direct recording into a drum slot which looks for transients) It makes it WAY easier to have well trimmed drum sounds (You can program 2 bars of sounds on each 1/8th note in a DAW (or whatever) and record it in a sound slot (trim it so that it's exactly 2 full bars) then copy it) -The same principle applies to a longer melodic samples that you can chop perfectly and then play with like you would one an MPC or any sampler. I really have a blast any time I play with it. Great video.

[@LiamKillen]

I knew of some of these and will definitely be covering this in future videos. Thanks for you input! 🙂🙂🙂

[@jazway27]

Yup. Finally someone who knows how to explain the device in a clear way. Thank you!!!!!!

[@LiamKillen]

Glad to help!

[@Shurk84]

Cool really liked your demo! And super neat and quick! Will try this week end 👌thank you mate!

[@LiamKillen]

I’m glad it’s useful to you! 🙂

[@PaulNewport]

One of the best tutorials I've seen. Thanks.

[@LiamKillen]

🍻

[@MariaCalfaDePaul]

Thanks so much for the video. I have a po 12 that I don’t use often enough and then I forget stuff. So now I decided to get this one which is coming tomorrow. Hopefully I can solidify the basic ins and outs and keep them in my brain from one to the other. They really are so much fun. Take care and enjoy your new gear !

[@LiamKillen]

Thanks for watching 😊

[@OMINOUSREDdotcom]

Thanks for sharing this video. This has been most helpful.

[@LiamKillen]

Always glad to help- cheers

[@djformalin]

Thx, Liam...very clear and helpful 🎼

[@LiamKillen]

My pleasure

[@Concreteowl]

I agree it’s refreshing to watch a tutorial that is as instructive.

[@LiamKillen]

I appreciate that! ❤️

[@crispyram2]

I actually can relate to this video, great one as always !

[@LiamKillen]

I appreciate that 🙂

[@SaEvSampleEverything]

That's really great tutorial for beginners! Thanks for contribution to KO community

[@LiamKillen]

My pleasure- planning on doing another one of these pretty soon

[@SaEvSampleEverything]

@@LiamKillen That's cool, let's grow the community! I've posted mine yesterday :)

[@mickeygentry6033]

Thanks a heap, I too have had this device a while and now I can use it!

[@LiamKillen]

Yay! Glad to help 😊

[@soopetube]

Man thank you so much!

[@LiamKillen]

pleasure! 🙂

[@kathleencoveny3860]

Snappy .. happy ... the button screen is fun to watch ... along with the top screen ...go go .. knock out !

[@LiamKillen]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@henrikpersson4698]

excellent, mate

[@LiamKillen]

Many thanks!

[@MA-rs5je]

Excellent !!!

[@LiamKillen]

Cheers

[@MatthewJVita]

Great vid! Just ordered mine! Are there any preloaded drums or you load everything upon arrival?

[@LiamKillen]

there are preloaded drums but it's super easy to upload a new sound.

[@DjSuess]

Okay , question answered. Shoulda watched this first! Thanks! I like your Hi Hat

[@LiamKillen]

Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@crowfoot7355]

Thank you

[@LiamKillen]

Pleasure

[@mecha8042]

Gracias hermano mañana llega mi pockets

[@LiamKillen]

Glad to help! 🙂

[@Ruru-bb9gb]

The knockout babyyyyy 💥

[@LiamKillen]

😄😄😄😄😄 I appreciate you!

[@Ruru-bb9gb]

@@LiamKillen thanks man, likewise

[@LiamKillen]

@@Ruru-bb9gb cheers

[@kairynsaechao2364]

Do you have any idea what the website means for the pocket operators not to surpass the 5 volts peak to peak when syncing them together? I know you can connect like all of the models together which is somewhere around 8 or more, little worried what this means as I want to pick a few more of the models up. :)

[@LiamKillen]

It’s not really much of a. issue for me.

[@NorthGameStudio]

great video my dude, quick question, i feel like my knob A is super sensitive, like damn near impossible to trim and adjust the filters. Did you have the same experience or is my PO just boosted?

[@LiamKillen]

Thank you! That sounds like a busted PO though 🙁

[@NorthGameStudio]

@@LiamKillen NNNNNnnooooooo, lets call it a performance enhancement feature

[@LiamKillen]

@@NorthGameStudio Creative enhancement- hehe

[@nocallnoshow6878]

I love combining the Tonic with the OP-1, but I'm sure the KO! works just well too! I lent mine to a friend, and haven't tried it myself, yet. Keep up the great work on videos!

[@LiamKillen]

Thanks so much! Some more coming out on this thing soon 🙂

[@buckbumble]

I may sound weird by saying this but your sample reminds me of some kinda electro version of ‘Putting on the Ritz’

[@LiamKillen]

Is that like an old jazz standard?

[@crowfoot7355]

👍

[@LiamKillen]

👾👾👾👾👾

[@regend762]

It works.

[@LiamKillen]

Indeed

[@sinewaymusic]

Is there a way to record notes in chromatically pitched using the step sequencer? You recorded the entire melody on the OP-1 so you never had to program an actual melody on the PO sequencer. Is it possible, or is the only way to record chromatically live? I'm looking for a tiny thing to record arp sequencer I "hear" in my head to quickly capture melody ideas and they're typically faster than I could reasonably record in live, so a way to record it in the step sequencer is important. 😊

[@LiamKillen]

You can record chromatic notes with the PO 128- all of the other POs you're stuck with the notes programmed!

[@sinewaymusic]

@@LiamKillen Really? I just saw someone use p locks on the PO-33 to change pitch!

[@ReketSquad1]

Broo!🎉

[@LiamKillen]

Cheers! Thanks for watching :-)

[@Bob-ex6uh]

THANK YOUUUUUUU

[@LiamKillen]

cheers!

[@Bob-ex6uh]

@@LiamKillen you helped more than the other videos on here 🙏 very in depth

[@davidpickett3546]

Are the samples from the op 1 synched to match Bpm of the PO or are they already at the same BPM..?

[@LiamKillen]

I'm pretty sure that all of the tempo syncing I did in this video was manual.

[@rackadactal4466]

Can you blend the po-33 with a midi fighter? This would be a awesome build yes ?

[@LiamKillen]

I’m not if you mean like a midi po 133

[@llllllllllllllllllll]

yo how did you get your mini sync cable so buttery straight?

[@LiamKillen]

I can’t remember lol

[@elsantoproductora]

Do you know if it is possible to use the Po33 as the master and start op-1´s tape? I want to sequence the drums with the Po and record the audio to the tape so I don´t lose the stereo field on the Op-1.

[@LiamKillen]

You might need like a midi hub for that sort of manoeuvre

[@elsantoproductora]

@@LiamKillen op-1 to midi host to volca to pocket operator and back to the op-1 🤪

[@bigbizz118]

Is it possible to save a high hat pattern to play automatically fully on repeat a 2 step with putting in into a slot

[@LiamKillen]

If I remember correctly, as long as there’s nothing else playing in that kit and there’s not too many other layers- it should work

[@bigbizz118]

@LiamKillen so record the high hat pattern 4 different ways in 2 separately melody slots I should be able to play both type of hi hats at the same time mixing it up

[@michapatron871]

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

[@LiamKillen]

example: hit pattern 1 4 x and pattern 2 4 x and they will both loop 4 times :-)

[@michapatron871]

@@LiamKillen I understand that, but what if i want to change amount of loops in chain from e.g. from 8 to 3?

[@Hakucho64]

At 1:32, you say you're choosing button 5, but you actually press button 9, below it? I guess you meant to say 9, because that's in the drum bank (9-16) and 5 is in the melody bank.

[@LiamKillen]

It’s possible- made this one a while ago so the memory’s a lil foggy

[@boazvandongen2293]

Hey I have a question! When I'm making a drum pattern. When I go in to write it still lights up the knobs I used for a different sound even tho i last clicked another sound. So I can basically play one sound per knob. Does anyone know what im doing wrong and how I can fix this??

[@LiamKillen]

I don’t have my PO with me but try experimenting switching back between write and perform to plug in new sounds...might have something to do with that.

[@LouieThousand]

Did you figure this out? Im having the same issue?

[@LiamKillen]

Try going to perform and then doing the same action- i don’t have my PO in front of me but that’s what it might be.

[@nd1984graz]

IMPORTANT - DON'T MISS THE LIVE SEQUENCING OPTION! Hold the WRITE BUTTON and add LIVE aditional Notes to your Pattern! 🐼

[@LiamKillen]

Thx for this addition! :-)

[@qalx]

#PO33GANG !!!!!!!!!!!

[@LiamKillen]

Glad to be part of it!! 🙂

[@sullycliftona]

Is this cool therapy for you to… it is to me. Music. Is the key 🔑I don’t own t a drum machine. But what about line from mixer from a deck ? For phono samples..also

[@sullycliftona]

U did recommend the tr6 s. It’s super easy to get going tho sometimes I get hassled with my pro beat sequences.. like I get propper nice tunes normally break beat melodies. But don’t know how

[@LiamKillen]

Yeah music = therapy for sure for a lot of people.

[@LiamKillen]

Yeah TR-6S is almost always my leading entry lvl drum machine that I recommend for pretty much every genre.

[@petrosnikopulos7098]

im gonna wait some years for behringer grandfather operator series to buy

[@LiamKillen]

They would have already done it by now

[@petrosnikopulos7098]

@@LiamKillen just joking bro ,i ve got po 33 already and its so much fun, btw thanks for your sharing knowlege

[@marekward6202]

Lost me, shortly after pressing write and selecting some sounds. I think you may have pressed play shortly after. Im guessing the happy coments either weren't complete beginner's or read between the lines. Do you have a beginner beginner video😄

[@LiamKillen]

If you need extra help my Discord community might be helpful to you for PO stuff ! Here's an invite: discord.gg/xj8J2xJuBP

[@gr4phic3r]

that's not all 😭 ... how to delete a whole pattern? on the back of my PO stands CLEAR >> 1) hold record 2) click pattern ... but this doesn't clear the pattern, do you know how?

[@LiamKillen]

Try playing through the pattern you want to clear while holding those buttons

[@gr4phic3r]

@@LiamKillen thanks, after factory reset it is working now 😁

[@LiamKillen]

Awesome!

[@Kumodot]

I can Relate to the Tempo knob sensibility. lol

[@LiamKillen]

That’s the most annoying thing about it I would say.

[@SaEvSampleEverything]

Yeah, I even ended up replacing the knobs with less sensitive ones

[@LiamKillen]

Where’d you get those?

[@SaEvSampleEverything]

@@LiamKillen Got them from both local radio shack & ali. Here's my post about it www.reddit.com/r/pocketoperators/comments/cga7yr/replacing_knobs_on_po33/

[@silverspeak4813]

I messed around with it before looking at tutorials and now it literally does nothing the same as everyone else’s

[@LiamKillen]

🤔

[@___xyz___]

Your intro broke my vintage speaker...

[@LiamKillen]

I’m sorry to hear that

[@vprice509]

Semi-useful.

[@LiamKillen]

Does that mean that you watched half of the video?

[@LiamKillen]

cuz that’s actually pretty good! lol. Cheers

[@gibletoid]

You have your 5 and 9 confused.

[@LiamKillen]

🤔

[@gibletoid]

No big deal dude, your vid was great. You just misread the patch number. @@LiamKillen

[@grant_vine]

Don’t your fingers get sore lol

[@LiamKillen]

not yet lol