Teenage Engineering PO-20 Pocket Operator Arcade Synthesizer

Small enough to fit in your pocket and powered by a pair of AAA batteries, the Teenage Engineering PO-20 Pocket Operator Arcade Synthesiser features real synthesised arcade, drum, and chip-tune sounds with 16 punch-in effects including solo chords, filters, fill-ins, glitches, and arpeggios.

The synthesiser parameters can be locked, while a 16-step sequencer, which holds 16 patterns in memory, can be chained into a song with up to 128 patterns. An integrated clock and alarm clock expand the creative possibilities of the instrument. A jam-sync function with 3.5mm audio in and out connections allows for multiple synthesiser units to be linked together.

Using high-quality components with low-power consumption, the synthesiser is cleverly designed with a Silabs EFM 32 Gecko CPU, a Cirrus Logic DAC, and a Knowles speaker placed under a novel animated LCD on a single circuit board.

A foldout stand makes it easier to play and rear panel speaker solder terminals allow you hook up the unit to a larger sound system. An optional tailor-made silicone pro case (sold separately) adds anti-slip feet, battery protection, and professional-feel buttons to this very unique music-making device.

Features

Sounds

• 1. bass
• 2. bass drum
• 3. snare drum
• 4. hi-hat
• 5. tom
• 6. blip
• 7. hardsync
• 8. noise fx
• 9. arpeggio
• 10. melodic arp
• 11. falling arp
• 12. octave arp
• 13. lead
• 14. vibrato
• 15. portamento
• 16. echo

Chords

• 1. dm
• 2. em
• 3. Esus
• 4. E
• 5. F
• 6. G
• 7. C/G
• 8. E/G#
• 9. am
• 10. C/A
• 11. dm/A
• 12. D/A
• 13. A
• 14. B/A
• 15. C
• 16. D

Effects

• 1. solo chords
• 2. solo chords + lead
• 3. solo drums
• 4. solo drums + bass
• 5. lowpass slow sweep
• 6. lowpass fast sweep
• 7. highpass filter
• 8. highpass sweep
• 9. fill-in
• 10. fill-in (fast)
• 11. retrigger
• 12. retrigger (fast)
• 13. glitch
• 14. glitch (fast)
• 15. blinds
• 16. rising arpeggio