Teenage Engineering’s Ko Sidekick Is A Mixer With Fun Performance Effects

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Terrence O'Brien

is nan Verge’s play editor. He has complete 18 years of experience, including 10 years arsenic managing editor astatine Engadget.

The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering’s stylish caller two-channel mixer, intelligibly designed to link 2 of its KO-II samplers for unrecorded performances and DJ sets. Though, it tin link immoderate 2 audio sources, not conscionable TE gear. The mixer leaked a mates of times, but what those leaks didn’t show was that it’s besides a robust effects processor that brings immoderate of TE’s beloved punch-in effects to immoderate instrumentality successful your arsenal.

The EP-136 by default supports 2 stereo ins, but tin besides beryllium switched to 4 mono inputs utilizing divided audio adapters. In addition, it supports 2 stereo channels complete USB-C, truthful you tin really usage it to power DJ apps connected a telephone aliases tablet if you want. Each transmission has a elemental three-band EQ and a built-in compressor pinch 3 different modes. While nan Sidekick uses nan aforesaid creation connection arsenic nan KO-II and moreover connects straight to it utilizing pegs, it thankfully eschews nan EP-133’s cryptic icon UI for a small, but high-res colour LCD screen.

The astir absorbing portion of nan KO Sidekick is its transmission effects. There are six successful total: a DJ filter, tremolo, delay, tape, loop, and siren. You tin dial successful nan magnitude pinch nan mod instrumentality or, conscionable for illustration connected nan KO-II, usage nan pressure-sensitive pad. The harder you press, nan much melodramatic nan effect. You tin moreover automate an effect truthful it changes complete time, without you having to support your manus connected nan pad.

The Sidekick automatically detects nan BPM of incoming audio to make judge rhythmic effects for illustration nan tremolo enactment successful sync. And, effects tin beryllium tally successful bid aliases parallel. So transmission 1 tin person delay, while transmission 2 has tremolo, aliases you tin stack them truthful some effects are connected nan maestro output.

The Teenage Engineering EP-136 KO Sidekick is disposable now for $179.

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