Teenage Engineering 400 Modular demo by Baseck and Cuckoo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Teenage Engineering is launching their new Pocket Operator Modular systems this spring. Here we're seeing the 400 system being demonstrated by modular musician Baseck. He's explaining as he's going along, so I didn't wanna mute the mic. In the end I'm exploring it myself, and I've cut out the mic so that you can hear the raw sound.
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I’m so glad we’re seeing some people with analog/modular synth experience playing with the 400! A lot of the earlier videos were people messing around and it really didn’t show how versatile the system can be!
Matt Lang : I agree, it's great how he explains what he's doing as he is doing it. 👍🏻
This is the only demo of the 400 that has made me interested in buying it. I love the concept but would like to hear more interesting demos like this, showcasing how it actually SOUNDS
This going to be so difficult to hide from my wife
It's "Pocket operator" so you can hide it in your pocket :-D
maybe you could make a camouflage overlay for the faceplate
mount it to a wall in ur toilet and tell ur wife it is controllin the humiditi of the air or its controllin the voltage of ur home electricity last one is no a complete lie
"What? I've had this one for years. How come you've never noticed it until now? It's always been one of my favourites. You never take any interest in my hobbies. Remember I played it last year when (insert name of synth friend) came to visit?"
@@lecliche8849 thats defenitive the better solution, but includin a lie, tellin her its a voltage controller in some direction the truth even if its bended ;)
6:22 cuckoo knew to hush for a sec when that came in haha. Bringing exclusive Baseck content. Next level cuckoo. Really enjoyed this.
9:05 Tobias nails the very supportive dad look.
Those are some quality bleeps and bloops
Leave it to Baseck to create some killer sounds with whatever you put in front of him :)
Yeah! I wasn't even interested in modulars, but this guy knows how to convince you to buy something he uses!
Modular godfather
@@Zer0Spinn modfather?
Excellent stuff. Thanks Cuckoo. Worth more than all the other videos I've seen of the 400.
Cool to get a proper demo!
Right. this is the only demo where it sounded decent
Yes, I don't get the new demos of this and the new Volcas with fast blips and arps. @@RP-mp4ow
This is the only video with someone who knows how to use a modular. Sad they didn’t send it out to other mod video makers.
Yeah I think this might be the only unit right now. Glad we could hook up with Baseck. He’s the best!
Cuckoo: Your show in Tokyo changed my life!
Baseck: Oh I put that together hastily right before sound check.
Makes it even more epic!
@@truecuckoo true
+cuckoomusic much love cuckoo!
This is awesome, it's so cool that modular is becoming cheaper & more intuitive now! Thnx Teenageengineering & Cuckoomusic !
Awesome! Baseck Masterclass using just the 400!
really cool tutorial on how to disarm a bomb, many thanks! i still exploded but it sounded cool.
Love Baseck since the PO-33(?) youtube vid... such cool vibes!
This was awesome. I'm so excited to for the system, hats of to TE for being different and creating something like this! Bringing modular to the masses. Omg that pan over to Tobias at 9:05, he looks so happy and proud!! So cool to see.
It was good seeing cuckoo delve in to the modular with that happy content face as he killed it with the best demonstration. Go cuckoo.👍
beautiful machine. not convinced about the pricepoint/use ratio yet, but so far you guys seem to get the best sound off it.
I don't quite understand some design decisions. eg it lacks reverse polarity protection, as claimed on TE's site, which is like 10 c worth of components..WTF
The modules use a 3 pin power connector when running off the included power supply and distribution bus for the pre-configured systems. The connector can only be placed in one direction, because it locks with a tab. So there is no reverse polarity needed for beginners using the system as a standalone. It's hard to tell but the actual connection to the module is probably 3 pin too, or possibly hard wired. I would bet the 10 pin is entirely separate.
I guess they figure once you are ready to expand into full euro, you should be to confirm connections to power before turning things on?
Okay! This would have been just the thing to show me about four years ago, just as I started building my own system. It would have probably saved me a lot of cash and debt, but left me without all the working knowledge of electronics that I’ve reaped in those efforts. I think it’s the perfect time to release a setup just like this, and just this price range and size. This is the perfect sort of modular for anyone looking to either get into it without paying quite so much, and without the life sentence (as in life sacrificed). I would give this to maybe a pianist or maybe a piano teacher, like my moms. The modular scene is still booming, and it’s so true you get so so much flexibility, especially if you wanna voltron-merge yours with your best friends’. This is awesome.
This guy knows a thing or two. That unit will sell
Baseck, fuck yeah.
At last we get to hear the yellow peril in action, until about 6 mins in it was sounding like my SH-101 in sequencer mode then it went somewhere else into deep space modular mode. I like it a lot, I haven't ventured into the modular world gear wise but this thing is like mini full modular system. Very tempting and a very enticing product. 😎👍
those patch cables look pretty nice. Just a small quick observation. I applaud TE for what they are doing with the pocket models.
@CuckooMusic This is exactly what I meant when I said you can have one guy sit at a system and then have someone else sit at the same system and it will be totally different. The moment Baseck sat down and started tweaking it became "his" system! If I sat in front of it, or Tobias or you, it would sound entirely different! Modular = Magic!!
Agreed, but I think that is true for any instrument. It is how you approach it.
We are losing one more battle with GAS after each new demo from NAMM.
The _G a s_ gets real at this time of the year.
Thanks for the video. I had the sweetest time watching it. Totally sold on the 400. Hope you will make more vids of this kind in future!
A big electronic block of cheese
LMAO I WANT IT!
Yea but ur wallet doesn’t
@@AveMcree we all want it...
Also, you're a legend 🙏
This is why I keep coming back to the comments
The funny thing is, i havent even watched the video yet bc ive been extremely busy
I cannot wait for the next four weeks to go by - so excited to get my hands on this haha
It comes with 15 patch cables just like those in the video, that's cool.. I must say these are very cool and highly desirable, they just look so and sound damn good..
i love Baseck and I love Cuckoo..this is awesome and i haven't even started watching yet
and now i'm watching and it is indeed awesome!
I agree :)
Yes! 100000x more stoked now! Awesome demo!
perfect demo !very clear explaining of this
Every face Tobias makes, makes me chuckle.
Baseck is the G.O.A.T. at weird shit!
Excellent video/interview/review. Cool to see a real demo of one of these being used.
Thank you for the first really amazing demo of the 400 :)
This is so great, amazing to see the process and walk through
Imagine TE implementing ability of sampling 400 sounds with opz and then it auto mapping to the keyboard with effects engines running algos that visualize what the sound is doing on the different levels with the ipad, I'm really hoping for this
Right up my alley! Great demo, now I want it even more.
Bravo Cuckoo!!! I have enjoyed a lot your crazy patches😀Actually I have nothing yellow in my setup. 😃Super color and super sound👍
Baseck is great.
Man this sounds pretty dope
Sounds great. This company seems a bit gimmicky and trendy, but they really do make some great gear. OPZ is super powerful and unique, and this thing sounds like a great analog synth. Great first effort
anybody else notice that goku fig back there?
one in the front, one in the back?
There's one in the corner..next to the door
Great demo. Makes more sense than modular has done to me before. I want to play with it.
Nice juicy squelchy sounds coming from that beast. Reminds me of the ARP 2600 a little bit. Very impressed.
Someone should build this exact setup in VCV rack. That way you could see if it fits your Modular needs
I have a feeling these are going to sell like hot dogs.
Nice sounding filter and snappy EG’s. Thanks for the demo
Wow, it looks like fun but easy to loose your way I guess. You looked like you were working an old time phone switchboard in a hotel! 😀
Superb demo....got me thinking about the 400...although I have much to learn (and have fun with) my neutron. Nice one guys
that system 400 sounds very good! cant wait to get one.
Thanks man! This is such an awesome hang
HAHAHAHA @16:29 "Okay, this is interesting... ummmmm uuuhhhh" Never had that look a million and one times before!
This is awesome
Brilliant
Awesome! Thank you for sharing
Out of stock already on the TE site!
Looks like a hit on their hands 👍🏾
Baseck havent seen in years bro ! Since the days of gameboy hacked live shows ! Great stuff. I want one
@baseck really know his way. awesome patch!
I particularly liked YOUR patching cuckoo :)
YESSS LIVE LIFE IN SEARCH OF TERMINATOR NOISES WITH A PONYTAIL
This plus a DFAM, what a pairing!
The best psy trance i heard in a while
so much awesome content this weekend...
Holy smokes I never knew I wanted modular . This sounds so good. NIN style . I love it
Sound scientists exploring the edge of possibilities 2019
Go basek! Peace Christo👽🐕🎶
ok now it is hard to resist this piece
sounds like cukoo is playing “alien communication “from the +fax record label
Cuckoo is THE MAN!! Psyched to know you and call you friend to the Zero System community :-}
Forgot the name of the guy who makes soundtracks for Doom games. This stuff is made for him.
Mick Gordon, but hes more of a pedalboard guy than a synth guy. I saw his entire dev days presentation and he didnt seem to use as much synthetizers as sheer pedalboard production thinkery
@@fenixman2 Maybe. Last thing I saw about Doom (2016). And this dude was messing with his modular.
Basek's always ace.
Okay so I'm like just now dipping my toes into synth stuff, so I need someone to check my understanding of what's happening. Basically what these guy are doing is taking a wave and tweaking it in subtle ways, using the sequencer to play a loop so they can hear how it sounds as music with different pitches and tempos and whatnot, to more or less handcraft a sound. That sound, then, can be used for other purposes, perhaps run on the sequencer loop to be played over by another sound, or as the sound itself, controlled by a midi keyboard or something. The sound they've created, or maybe more accurately the modification or "modulation" is what a patch is, hence the name modular synthesis. It's not modular because you can put a bunch of these things together (as modules) to create complex sounds so much as it is modular because you modulate the sound.
Does that sound about right, or is my understanding flawed?
I think you have grasped it all.
Cool, thank you! It seems really obvious now that I explain it back to myself, but when I first watched this demo months back I was like, "What's the big deal? He's just messing with a loop." The loop is just there as a means to propagate the sound and isn't supposed to be impressive itself so much as demonstrate all the actually impressive noises he's handcrafting that could be used in many ways, kind of like a painter making splotches to show off the cool blend of pigments they crafted, or perhaps show off a type of brush stroke. The thing about sound, of course, is that you have to keep playing it to keep hearing it, whereas with paint it only has to be painted once to be seen countless times.
Never liked modulars but this one looks and sounds amazing to me. Really want to get one.
Sounds incredible. And I don’t mind the yellow at all :D How does one sync this instrument with something else? In my case that would be a computer. Sounds great on it’s own, but how would you use it in a broader production environment?
You would have to use a CV clock trig signal to sync it. For instance Retrokits RK005 is a midi interface with a CV output as well. That could send out a sync signal.
You really got on a roll in the end!
Nice colour contrast yellow/blue. You must have a nice camera filming in that light.
Yeah I’m happy it managed to shoot in this dark environment. It’s a GH5.
I was running 17.20 through the reverb cuckoo sounded nice :)
good idea..did the same and it made it even better..really drippy in parts
Great video. Thank you.
i love this interview- he sounds like - a real performer. i think this way... not sure why>? weirdness. yea.
outrageous
6:23 11:05 17:28 🤩🤩
Man, that’s a beefy patch. Love it.
That's lo fat turkey dude !
I was sad when it was over. 🎶
it looks cool. Sounds good. Love the Lego knobs lol.... Aww yeah.
Baseck ftw! nice demo
8:53 was so sick!
The Opz and and this thing.It makes sense.
Modular is so magical.
Baseck is a badass as usual, and @cuckoomusic you shot that first demo in such a visceral vérité way, kudos! Also, way to get Baseck to talk while patching; a first for sure! ... one question, why the TRS cables? Will it patch with Euro given the TRSes?
sounds fucking mean i cant believe i want it
This is great
I love the look but sound wise and money wise I’m thinking behringer crave and a used o coast.
Baseck doing some nasty stuff 🤘
This makes me want to listen to the Pi soundtrack again
TE have done well, you just know more modules are coming.
I wonder if the 14 days return policy still goes, after folding the front plate...😁
spaceman Wait, do you wanna sell it?
@@GarHoover No not yet. But I can offer you an OP-1 for €10.000 of the rare 'misprinted' OP-Z for €7000😁
bleepy bloopy for the masses
very nice!!!!
Awesome 😎