4. SAMPLING & CHOPPING // KO II teenage engineering // beginner tutorial

this tutorial explains how to record & chop samples on the teenage engineering EP-133, also known as KO II or KO 2. MORE TUTORIALS SOON…
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[@SONWU]

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[@anthonycotto9251]

I think this is the best tutorial for this machine. Thank you. You make it very clear.

[@SONWU]

Thanks!

[@buyukberber]

Definitely agreed!

[@SONWU]

@@buyukberber 🙏

[@AlfredoAntonioMartinez]

Thanks alot for teaching us how to use it! I am not musician or producer, only I want to buy this thing to start to make my own samples and some beats, and this is excellent to understand, because sometimes when I see other videos, only touch alot of things without explaining and make me feel that it is hard to use. You are the boss.

[@SONWU]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@damelos4039]

Very good! TY Love this series.

[@samplikprost]

awesome! thank you for explaining 🙏

[@SONWU]

Thanks :) nice to see you here!

[@rmxchvlet]

Love this guy

[@SONWU]

🙏

[@JaydenLawson]

Thanks Son

[@SONWU]

My pleasure!

[@gaetanofrangella]

great tutorials!! we love the work you do! my question is, when ever i sample a sound it seems like it saves over a factory sample. is there a way to go around that? i dont want to loose those factory sounds. thank you!!!!

[@madedigital]

Very clear ❤it

[@SONWU]

Thank you!

[@iamyourfuture808]

excellent

[@firstandlast4415]

Son Wu, you've come up good again. thanks for the video. Just a couple of things.... 1) at 8:00, when you're recorded your sample, I don't know whether you noticed but the KO II truncates the early part of the sound automatically where there is no sound. 2) I sample a sound then copy and paste this to various pads, this gives me some flexibility when editing the pads, just a workflow choice.

[@SONWU]

Thanks! 1. I don't know, if I am understanding right…but when sampling, it always waits for the volume to exceed the threshold, so there is no silence in the beginning. 2. Yes, there are always various ways to go about this, depending on your needs :)

[@nonpersonhuman]

Great tutorial, just received the device and currently working my way through these videos. Please correct me if I'm wrong, maybe I am from another timeline but I could have sworn there was a feature to connect the ko-ii to the PC and load pre made samples directly to the ko-ii's memory rather than manually recording them using line in. I hope this makes sense.

[@SONWU]

thanks, here you go: teenage.engineering/apps/ep-sample-tool

[@sgtrock70]

Is there a way of going back in after you have exited sample mode to edit start/end points etc? I keep having to re-do it

[@SONWU]

only in the sample edit menu shift + sound…then go to trim

[@poco_a_poco_music]

Let’s goooooo!

[@SONWU]

👊

[@apollothamc]

Great vid.. question .. can you make a loop point at the end of a sample on this device in edit mode..

[@SONWU]

Unfortunately not…but you could try using timestretch!

[@poco_a_poco_music]

Hi Son Wu. Does sampling ever overwrite an existing sample or is the new sample automatically assigned to an empty sample slot?

[@SONWU]

I haven't noticed anything being overwritten…it always looks for empty slots.

[@Blobabee]

Anytime I chop a sample and use it in multiple scenes, it will wipe out the chops, if I change it on another scene. Is that supposed to happen? I would have hoped it retained the chopped sample in one scene, if I change it in a committed / duplicated scene

[@TenaciousTunesday]

Nice tutorial! How do I slow down a sample, or change the pitch?

[@SONWU]

press sound and turn the black knob to change pitch, shift + sound to get into deeper sound editing…navigate right to get to timestretch.

[@Knypsterino]

Great tutorials! Can you decide which number your recorded sample is going to get? When I record a sample it gets a random number/placement.

[@SkyshifterBass]

I’m wondering the same thing. The first two recordings I did overwrote numbers 33 and 34. I don’t want to overwrite the built in samples (yet)

[@SkyshifterBass]

Actually scratch my last comment. It didn’t overwrite anything. I just assumed it did until I realized that those slots were blank lol 🤦‍♂️.

[@1barllama]

That should be possible. You can select an empty sound before sampling to that pad.

[@austino35]

@@SkyshifterBassI actually thought the same thing when I recorded my first sample lol

[@user-sh2cc7kg8h]

Great video! How do I shift a sample I accidentally recorded from one pad to another?

[@SONWU]

press sound, then shift + C to copy the current pad…then go to another pad (make sure you are still in the sound menu, then press shift + D to paste. Or just go to a new pad, press sound and use -/+ or the numbers to navigate to the sample you want to use.

[@user-sh2cc7kg8h]

Thank you so much! It’s an external sample I recorded and did not want to accidentally erase. @@SONWU

[@ericdemonsant4918]

thank you ! when i launch a long recorded sample when the beat is playing, sometimes it stops playing in the middle of it, whereas I keep the launch button pressed. How can I fix it ?

[@SONWU]

Check my SOUND & EDIT tutorial ;)

[@Kevlun4]

An amazing video!! What do i need to connect or use the KO II? i want to buy one but idk if i can or i need to connect it with my pc for record my sessions

[@ZTEARS333]

I was wondering too. Also can i sample from any device i plug in the output? Like playing spotify on my phone?

[@SONWU]

Yes, to record into the computer you need an interface. There are other samplers that have audio interfaces built in already though, if that interests you more.

[@SONWU]

@@ZTEARS333 Anything you plug into the INPUT can be sampled, yes!

[@ivoryjacksoniii402]

question...how is it that you can still preview the recorded sound while in the sample section with all the pads blinking..anytime I do this I have get out of that mode into the sound section to preview the sound on whatever pad I put it on...

[@SONWU]

have you already sliced it to multiple pads? Try playing the bottom left pad.

[@alexaho1558]

Hi! Is there a way to start the recording of a sample without holding the pad? With a stereo input, can i switch to internal mic and external source before the recording? Thanks

[@SONWU]

Sadly, no…hope they add it in an update.

[@alexaho1558]

@@SONWU Thank you for the response 😁

[@caevv6026]

is there a way for the device to wait with the live chopping playback until i press the first pad? i think its quite hard to nail the first slice on the first pad, since it automatically starts playback when i hit shift + sample

[@Mr_Tummy]

Agreed, it would be better if the device waited for the first pad to be pressed, then the sample starts, also wish I did not have to hold down each pad.

[@knewkid404]

Any idea why my sample won’t play back in sample mode. Like after I’ve recorded it? When I go back to main I can hear the unchopped sample but not before exiting the sample mode.

[@SONWU]

sorry, that may just be one of those quirks…

[@knewkid404]

@@SONWU It was..didn’t start until I downloaded 1.1.2 but the recent update fixed it. 🙏🏾

[@madedigital]

You sound Austrian. One of my best friends is from there ...sound desigers

[@SONWU]

Close, I'm German :)

[@giuseppemagistro6648]

How can I switch from line input to mic recording? If anything plugged in INPUT I see anyway L-R

[@SONWU]

I don't think it's possible if anything is plugged in.

[@hotdog3700]

Can you have two samples in the same group?

[@SONWU]

Sure!

[@neilrevenga]

How do you let the sample just play as a loop on repeat?

[@rottensaliva]

Hi. Did you find out how to do it? I have the same issue.

[@neilrevenga]

@@rottensaliva It only would Repeat If I was Layering on The Sample. I ended up returning it and Got an Sp404 instead.

[@NimbusAbi]

whats that watch you have?

[@SONWU]

Timex Command Urban :)

[@madedigital]

More..sloŵ down or speed up the sample

[@SONWU]

What do you mean?

[@dertyp6767]

Hey, schau noch mal die ersten 2,5 Minuten. Ich glaub da doppelt sich der Teil zur Inputlautstärke und dem Clipping. Ansonsten danke für den tollen Content immer. Schreibe nicht so oft.

[@SONWU]

Danke für den Hinweis…werde das rausschneiden, sobald YT es erlaubt.

[@NarcoticBoomBap]

auf deutsch wäre cooler gewesen :)

[@SONWU]

Ja, aber dann müsste ich 2 Kanäle haben ;)