PO-12

Links

https://www.teenageengineering.com/guides/po-12/en

Sounds

sound 1-16

1. bass drum2. snare drum3. closed hi-hat4. open hi-hat5. synthesized snare 6. sticks7. cymbal8. noise9. hand clap 10. click11. low tom 12. hi tom 13. cow bell 14. blip15. tone16. bass tone

Sound Selection

Currently selected sound can be determined by Holding down the Sound Button and looking at the right right of the screen. -01 thru -16 to indicate active sound. This is ONLY displayed while Holding down Sound Button. It goes back to clock after.Hold down sound button and press key from 1-16 to select active sound. Upper right corner of screen should change.During playback currently selected stound is displayed in step sequencer so trigger timing information can be edited.

Recording Sequences

Press once to enter record mode. During record mode you can enter current selected sound into one of the 16 steps.

While playing, hold write and press any key 1-16 to punch in different sounds in real time. notes will be quantized along with current swing setting. release write when finished. This ignore current active sound.

Master Volume

Press and hold bpm while press 1-16 to set master volume level.

Knobs A/B

There are two knobs.

In Non Playback Mode with Write OFF they control sound parameters.

The changes are global and impact all sounds future on the fly sound button presses meaning If I change the sound while testing bass drum, snare's sound will change as well when I test that. In other words sound parameters are NOT preserved per sound.

We can however record sound parameters per sound in the sequencer . First get the sound you want in non Playback with write off. Then Enter steps in write mode those steps will records the sound parameters along with the steps allowing you to adjust per instruments sounds in the sequencer.

Patterns

Select Active Pattern

Currently selected pattern can be determined by Holding down the Pattern Button and look at the blinking 1-16 key.Hold pattern button and press any key from 1-16 to select pattern.A pattern consists of 16 steps.In NON Playback Mode each # step is illuminated for the currently selected sound to indicate step trigger location in the active pattern.

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 Patterns

Chains Patterns to create a full song. 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.

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).hold bpm and turn A to adjust the swing.

Audio Output

There is a mono speaker.There is a stereo output and a stereo input.The input is ONLY used to sync multiple pocket operators with a click track using line in and out.
As far as recoding out PC all audio is basically mono even when output is set to Sync Mode SY0 stereo. Still if you ever want to record to PC it's a good and not sync with other devices it's a good idea to understand the sync modes.

sync modes

connect a standard stereo audio cable between the units. the master unit will control the tempo of the sync unit.hold funct and press bpm on master unit to toggle sync modes. press repeatedly to toggle between different modesthere are 5 sync modes. default mode is SY0.when sync is used the signal will be split between audio (right) and sync (left).
ID input outputSY0 stereo stereoSY1 stereo mono/syncSY2 sync stereoSY3 sync mono/syncSY4 mono/sync stereoSY5 mono/sync mono/sync

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 multiple times to switch between 2, 4, 8 or 16 multiplierThere are 16 steps per pattern. A Step Multiplier means play some sound more times between this step and the next step.No clue how it know which sound to apply this too. Maybe all?

Effects

while playing, hold FX and press any key 1-16 to punch-in effects. Hold FX without pressing any key to clear effects as it plays.

effect 1-16

1. low sample rate 2. distortion3. bit crush4. delay5. lowpass filter 6. lowpass sweep 7. hipass filter8. hipass sweep9. stutter 410. stutter 311. repeat 812. repeat 613. note shuffle 14. feedback15. parameter lfo 16. vibrato

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