 Hey, this is Dani with The Verge. We're in the back of a Ford Expedition right now in a parking lot, but that is because we stumbled across Teenage Engineering, and they have created this nice little hub for us so that we can test out some of their products. We have two new products from them that build off of the very popular Pocket Operator series that they've had. And this is really cool because for the first time they have a vocal synthesizer, which is this one right here. It's called Speak. And then they also have this other one down here called the... they all look sort of similar. This is the KO, and this is the first time that they have had a sampler. So a lot of the other Pocket Operators come with their own sort of presets almost, and this is the first time where you can really run with whatever you want. There's a little microphone built into the top, and these can become very fluid pieces of equipment where you can just morph whatever sound that you want. So one of the cool things about the Pocket Operator series is that you can daisy chain these together. So right now we're going to put three of them together, and all you really need is just the stereo eighth-inch jack, and then they can talk to each other, whichever one you have at the front. And right now we have this gold tonic. This is going to be the one that is the... was considered the master that is going to set the tempo and make sure all of the ones that are connected together are in sync. So we're going to test out Speak right now and actually record a sample into it and give it a go and see how it sounds. So I'm going to press Record, just button right up here, and then I'm going to press which pad I want to assign the vocal to, and then I'm going to speak into it. The verge. So you can hear it gave me a click track, which is something that you would normally want just to give you a sense of the time when you're recording something in. So it's recorded my vocal, and then I'm going to play it back, and I'm going to try and get rid of that little bit of empty space that was before my voice and trim it to exactly when I was speaking. And it's triggering really just at the beat of the vocal. At the beginning of that phrase. So now that we have just that sample recorded in, that's where the fun comes, and we can start assigning different effects to it and really play around with how the audio sounds. Woo! That sounds like it could be on a techno track. Do you see up here? It's telling me the type of character it's assigning to the voice. So there's a robot, a fifth, a vocoder, oh it's adding a little synth effect noise. That's kind of creepy. I kind of like this vocoder one. That's cool. This was a lot of fun to use. I've played with some pocket operators in the past, but to be able to record myself in was a pretty good time. It's always fun when you have multiple units to chain together and to really just let the creative process fly. So I think I might be getting one of these for myself. These two new models, the KO and the Speak, finish out the medals line for pocket operator, and they both go for $89. So if you want something that is maybe an intro to Synthesis, if you're new to this whole game and you want something that you can play around with and is pretty intuitive but gives you a lot of flexibility, this might be the thing that you're looking for, especially with this new line because you can record yourself directly into it. There we go. Verge. Signing off. Fabulous. Fabulous. And then turn this. Fabulous. Oh, wow. Yes.
 Hey, this is Dani with The Verge. We're in the back of a Ford Expedition right now in a parking lot,
 but that is because we stumbled across Teenage Engineering,
 and they have created this nice little hub for us so that we can test out some of their products.
 We have two new products from them that build off of the very popular Pocket Operator series that they've had.
 And this is really cool because for the first time they have a vocal synthesizer, which is this one right here.
 It's called Speak. And then they also have this other one down here called the... they all look sort of similar.
 This is the KO, and this is the first time that they have had a sampler.
 So a lot of the other Pocket Operators come with their own sort of presets almost,
 and this is the first time where you can really run with whatever you want.
 There's a little microphone built into the top, and these can become very fluid pieces of equipment
 where you can just morph whatever sound that you want.
 So one of the cool things about the Pocket Operator series is that you can daisy chain these together.
 So right now we're going to put three of them together, and all you really need is just the stereo eighth-inch jack,
 and then they can talk to each other, whichever one you have at the front.
 And right now we have this gold tonic.
 This is going to be the one that is the... was considered the master that is going to set the tempo
 and make sure all of the ones that are connected together are in sync.
 So we're going to test out Speak right now and actually record a sample into it and give it a go and see how it sounds.
 So I'm going to press Record, just button right up here,
 and then I'm going to press which pad I want to assign the vocal to, and then I'm going to speak into it.
 The verge.
 So you can hear it gave me a click track, which is something that you would normally want just to give you a sense of the time when you're recording something in.
 So it's recorded my vocal, and then I'm going to play it back, and I'm going to try and get rid of that little bit of empty space
 that was before my voice and trim it to exactly when I was speaking.
 And it's triggering really just at the beat of the vocal.
 At the beginning of that phrase.
 So now that we have just that sample recorded in, that's where the fun comes,
 and we can start assigning different effects to it and really play around with how the audio sounds.
 Woo! That sounds like it could be on a techno track.
 Do you see up here? It's telling me the type of character it's assigning to the voice.
 So there's a robot, a fifth, a vocoder,
 oh it's adding a little synth effect noise. That's kind of creepy.
 I kind of like this vocoder one.
 That's cool.
 This was a lot of fun to use.
 I've played with some pocket operators in the past, but to be able to record myself in was a pretty good time.
 It's always fun when you have multiple units to chain together and to really just let the creative process fly.
 So I think I might be getting one of these for myself.
 These two new models, the KO and the Speak, finish out the medals line for pocket operator, and they both go for $89.
 So if you want something that is maybe an intro to Synthesis, if you're new to this whole game
 and you want something that you can play around with and is pretty intuitive but gives you a lot of flexibility,
 this might be the thing that you're looking for, especially with this new line because you can record yourself directly into it.
 There we go. Verge. Signing off.
 Fabulous. Fabulous.
 And then turn this. Fabulous.
 Oh, wow. Yes.