Teenage Engineering PO-12 User Manual

PO-12 rhythm overview

selected

tempo

play / rec mode

indicates write mode is active

break away hanger

time / additional info

sound parameters A / B

sound

to select sound hold

sound and press 1-16

alarm

pattern

to select pattern hold

pattern and press 1-16

bpm

press to select tempo

hold to set master volume 1-16

hold step 1-16 + m

to set multiplier

sound 1-16

pattern 1-16

eects 1-16

auto power o (a.p.o.) the unit auto powers o when no buttons are pressed for a while, only powering the display to show time. press sound + bpm to show battery status.

folding stand

knob A / B

function

eects

to use eects hold FX and press 1-16

play / stop

write

sound 1-16

1. bass drum

2. snare drum

3. closed hi-hat

4. open hi-hat

5. synthesized snare

6. sticks

7. cymbal

8. noise

9. hand clap

10. click

11. low tom

12. hi tom

13. cow bell

14. blip

15. tone

16. bass tone

eect 1-16

1. low sample rate

2. distortion

3. bit crush

4. delay

5. lowpass ﬁlter

6. lowpass sweep

7. hipass ﬁlter

8. hipass sweep

9. stutter 3

10. stutter 8

11. repeat 8

12. repeat 6

13. note shue

14. feedback

15. parameter lfo

16. vibrato

PO-12 rhythm manual

ユーザーズマニュアル

1. getting started

power-up

insert two fresh AAA batteries. pay attention to plus and minus poles.

set clock

set time by turning knob A for hours and knob B for minutes. press any key to conﬁrm and exit.

alarm clock

press sound + pattern. set alarm clock by turning A for hours and B for minutes. (disable by turning knob A all the way down.) press any key 1-16 to set pattern for the alarm. to stop alarm press any key.

reset clock

reset the clock by removing the batteries and start over.

2. play

select pattern hold pattern and press any key from 1-16 to select pattern. blinking led indicates active pattern.

play press play to start playing. press play again to stop.

sequencer a pattern consists of 16 steps.

3. making a beat

select sound hold sound and press any key from 1-16 to select sound.

create press write. rec symbol is lit on screen. enter sound/notes in grid. active steps will be lit. press play to listen to your pattern.

4. tweak the sound

adding eects

while playing, hold FX and press any key 1-16 to punch-in eects. hold FX without pressing any key to clear eects

1. low sample rate

2. distortion

3. bit crush

4. delay

5. lowpass ﬁlter

6. lowpass sweep

7. hipass ﬁlter

8. hipass sweep

9. stutter 3

10. stutter 8

11. repeat 8

12. repeat 6

13. note shue

14. feedback

15. parameter lfo

16. vibrato

parameter locking

hold write while turning knobs to write sound parameter changes over time.

5. swing

hold bpm and turn A to adjust the swing.

6. tempo

press bpm to switch tempo. the bpm will be displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. HIP HOP (80 bpm) DISCO (120 bpm) TECHNO (140 bpm) hold bpm and turn B to ﬁne-tune tempo (from 60 to 240 bpm).

7. volume

hold bpm and press any key 1-16 to adjust master volume.

8. live record

while playing, hold write and press any key 1-16 to punch in notes. notes will be quantized along with current swing setting. release write when ﬁnished.

9. step multiplier

press and hold any key 1-16 to select step while pressing bpm to insert a re-trig on that step. press bpm mulitple times to switch between 2, 4, 8 or 16 multiplier.

10. making a song

(pattern chaining)

copy pattern

hold write + pattern and press 1-16 to paste the active pattern to the corresponding new slot.

clear pattern

press funct + pattern to clear the active pattern.

chain pattern

press and hold pattern and select which patterns 1-16 to chain by pressing the corresponding key

1-16. up to 16 patterns can be chained. one pattern can be selected multiple times. example 1,1,1,4 plays pattern 1 three times then moves on to pattern 4. after last pattern is played the sequence will start over again.

11. sync multiple units

connect a standard stereo audio cable between the units. the master unit will control the tempo of the slave unit. hold funct and press bpm on master unit to toggle sync modes. press repeatedly to toggle between dierent modes displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. press play on slave unit to wait for master clock sync. press play on master to start.

sync modes

there are 5 sync modes. default mode is SY0. when sync is used the signal will be split between audio (right) and sync (left).

sync scenarios

example A

chain: PO-12 PO-14 PO-16 setting: SY1 SY5 SY4

example B

chain: external PO-12 setting: volca SY2 iphone computer synckontrol

example C

chain: ext. PO-12 PO-14 setting: SY3 SY4

example D

chain: PO-12 ext. (split cable) setting: SY1

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