Teenage Engineering PO-32 tonic

Just wow. If this thing doesn't make you smile within 5 minutes, you just don't like making beats!
It's genius. There's a lot of subtlety in the timing of the effects, and because they are triggers, rather than say on the Po-12 where they are constantly applied, you can create so much variation.

The "gating" "limitation" is GENIUS! So (I havent used the microtonic software yet) the kick drums are all on "Group 1" (The left column as you look). Then left to right, its group 2 -4...
So you can choke your own drum loops, creating build ups, and then unleash the effects for fills!
With the time stretching effects, you can create amazing stuff.

You just gotta be constantly in the flow! No midi to do it for you ;)

For coming out with ideas it's genius.

It's just a shame there's not a way to spit out midi data, just to capture - to apply to say a drum rack in ableton.

You will come up with stuff on this, staring at ppl walking down the street, that you never could before hahah!

Line up some beefy kicks, and a nice pattern....then play with that Bassline (Bottom left corner). If that doesn't make you laugh...i don't know :)

Plug it into some speakers, you’ll find a surprisingly capable drum machine, based on a deep synth engine. While the sounds are not fully programmable from the unit alone, you can get a lot of variation from the sound morphing, automation and effects. The effects in particular make a the PO-32 useful, letting you drop in momentary fills, variations and little flourishes of sonic interest on the fly. If you want to go deeper, you can add the Microtonic software ($99) and gain complete control over the PO-32’s sound engine. And it’s genuinely pocket sized if you like to keep something more tactile than a phone with you for some beat doodling