Final month, a Reddit person noticed Teenage Engineering posters teasing the discharge of some mysterious EP-40 and EP-2350 fashions this Autumn. Nevertheless, we is likely to be one step nearer to realizing what the fashions is likely to be, because of YouTuber Koji Seto and a since-deleted submit by Japanese instrument retailer Rock oN Firm.
Rock oN Firm’s X submit showcased a number of photographs of what’s assumed to be Teenage Engineering’s new gear. If the photographs are actual, the corporate is ready to launch a battery-powered mixer, presumably the EP-40, in addition to a brand new EP-2350 Riddim Supertone sampler.
Contemplating the title, the EP-2350 Riddim Supertone sampler could also be dancehall/reggae impressed groovebox, full with an identical Ting FX microphone. The sampler particularly appears to be a brand new tackle the EP-133 Okay.O. II.
Visually, the brand new sampler can also be a extra playful tackle the EP-133 Okay.O. II. Moderately than easy numbers on the bass, drums, keys, and pattern buttons, they’re now printed with quirky icons of the corresponding devices, with a vinyl report printed to symbolise samples.
The numbers which were printed elsewhere even have much more character, with a bolder font moderately than the sleeker EP-133 Okay.O. II font. It’s a design that definitely falls in keeping with the vibrancy of reggae and dancehall, that’s for certain.
The supposed EP-40 has a extra primary, muted look. The 2-channel mixer appears to have a three-band EQ for every channel, together with an LCD display and a few 3.5mm inputs and outputs.
Regardless of Rock oN Firm deleting its pair of posts, YouTuber Koji Seto has swooped in to avoid wasting the day. He appears to have attended an official Teenage Engineering launch celebration, posting ample photographs documenting the event on Instagram.
“I sneaked right into a mysterious celebration!” he writes. “There was a mysterious machine that seemed very fascinating… The small print are nonetheless shrouded in thriller. Let’s sit up for [finding out about] it.”
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