Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. Synth nerds shopping for gear will come across plenty of options that seem a little overpriced: generic raspberry pis in plastic enclosures, iconic instruments going for around 50% of the repair cost needed to keep them up and running for the next 5 years and the usual Reverb madness raising the blood pressure of GAS victims all around the globe.

Today we are going to talk about PO-33. While this 2018 lofi sampler, microscopic groovebox and indispensable salted caramel latte chaser is both affordable AND powerful, it might be part of Teenage Engineering’s most perfidious strategy to go EP-133 medieval on your wallet.

Big Shoutout to legendary Farbrausch youtu.be/k_oTQd93eRI?si=pWbSVrfGd9TjY4YL

That Teenage Engineering Thing
Bad Gear - OP-TOY!!!
Pocket Operator
Teenage Engineering PO-33 K.O!
TE PO33 KO
Teenage Engineering OP-XY

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:06 Overview Teenage Engineering PO-33
01:33 Audio Quality, Melodic, Drums, Slicing ,...
02:20 Polyphony, Basic Features
02:50 Punch-in FX
03:11 Sequencer
03:38 Workflow Hacks
04:04 Connectivity, Sync, Audio
04:18 Enclosures, Pricing
04:41 Hate
05:06 Jam 1 ( Downbeat )
06:06 Jam 2 ( DIY Trance )
06:55 Finale ( MicroHouse )
07:25 Verdict