Thank you very much. I use my Smartphone with "caustic"-app free (and a short mini-jack cable) as an endless soundsource to go for my PO33. You're never running out of sounds and ideas with this combination. Saved my life on so many boring nightshifts...!
This is great! Love it! Love all synth stuff theres no bad for me. Just ordered one of these and am planning to use it for bass lines with my guitar and Korg mini drum kit, and maybe use my Stylophone beat too. I like to do stuff live I'm old school.
+1 on the Gar Hoover shout-out- that guy is a GENIUS. +1 on the reset idea too- I had put my 33 aside because I didn’t immediately sound like Messrs Hoover and Tinez. Stupid, I know. Now- how to find more hours in the day?
Great video and such a great performance there just in some seconds 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. I have been out for a while but keep following you and your videos. Keep on the great work 👍🏻
It always got on my nerves of the lofi label, for one, for one it's the reproduction of the sounds that define the lofi part of it, it still requires lofi tools like bitcrushing, noise(pink or white) or whatever, some of these tools are really overpriced and let's face it crappy production can do it for free! I have finally completed my collection of POs and somehow ended up with two new Arcades and two Tonics, I do purposely double up some synths, right now I have 3 craves, but I want 16, and 16 edges, I just ordered 3 more Behringer Brains now I'll have 6 mainly to replace Pico. I double up on O coast and ocntrl, I doubled up J 6s , it just works for me! I'm ordering the Muse and it will play with the Eurorack system plus accent the Motiff and Kronos, and Nautilus. Let alone all the desktops! My studio got robbed and destroyed, some of what I mentioned might not even work correctly, by an ex girlfriend, she destroyed my computers stole a bunch I hadn't even opened yet. I'm dedicating a RUclips channel to just songs for her! They will not be about love or respect, more about how much I wish she was dead! I'll do a serious channel or two as well. I plan on using the POs as state of the art sounds! I think the stigma of them will change! Peace! Changed my name to SatanDevil for that channel but the others will still be Rexcellencemagee.
These pocket operators I just learned about a few weeks ago have quite some capabilities but geez all those button combinations to do all the functions look to get pretty convoluted and confusing until you get some solid practice remembering them.
Quieter drum hits behind the accents that give the groove some feel. I am sure this can be explained better but this is my basic understanding. For example if your bass drums are on the one have an occasional hit on the and before the two but make it quieter.
I kind of dug what you had going on there at the end LOL question, after you make your beat like you did and say you wanted to keep it cuz you wanted to make different ones but not lose that one how do you transfer/save that beat externally?
PO, it’s very low building quality gear, I regrade of any dollar what I spend on it. Even in this video, screen of PO does not work.best sampler is just 4 dollars Koala.
Technically you need to have a smartphone to get Koala sampler, which is way more than the $89 Pocket Operator K.O.. Plus the battery will last much longer than your smart phone.
@@FreeBeat well, a simple double 3.5mm wont work for me, cause the audio on my Mac is only output not input :( it’s easier with the model cycles and usb
@@newflanged_ get yourself a Behringer UCA202 (www.behringer.com/behringer/product?modelCode=P0484) and a "3.5mm TRS to dual RCA" cable, and you're away!
Hey, does your PO33 hum/buzz when you plug in an aux cord? Mine does, regardless of device- even another PO. it can’t really be heard over music but I’m having a hard time finding out if this is normal. I’m assuming it isn’t!
Ladies and Gentlemen- You know him. You love him. I give you master of the Pocket Operator- Free Beat! What we didn't count on was the PO-33 having a mind of it's own. I played it back at half speed (thanks RUclips) and I got lo-fi hip hop. Video gamey, and not a standard boom bap beat. But still something I can hear millions of tweens rapping about Fortnite to. :)
Its lofi bud tos not too lofi its actually not as noisey as alot of older high end samplers but its one of them samplers where boombap dnb and house are the only things that really sound authentic
That's SUCH a narrow-minded view though. You can literally use this for whatever genre you'd like. Just because something is lofi doesn't automatically mean you can only use it for boombap, dnb, and house. That kind of view is what holds musicians back instead of moving them forward.
@@FreeBeat yes it can make other stuff but it does other styles better it's not gonna make an authentic sounding trance track but it's gonna make a nice house track
@@panchikofan123 Exactly. Therefore to break the stereotype that you can only make hip hop tracks that are lofi, would be to make a hip hop track that is NOT lofi.
I like that "storm over the mountain" visual you made on the screen. that's next level.
Haha completely unintentional too!
To be honest it's better then the horrible toyish screen animation
'pro' tip, instead of clearing multiple patterns individually you can just clear one then copy + paste it all across
Never thought of that. Much quicker
Sweet jam! These PO's can do anything!! Almost showtime!!
Thanks, see you at the show!
Thank you very much. I use my Smartphone with "caustic"-app free (and a short mini-jack cable) as an endless soundsource to go for my PO33. You're never running out of sounds and ideas with this combination. Saved my life on so many boring nightshifts...!
Oh man Caustic is awesome! Once I get a new PO-33 I plan on making a video with that setup. Thanks for watching!
Nice to hear something funky with this rather than the usual PO-33 creations, especially that wee solo. Top stuff!
Thanks so much!
that was a solid demo of the device: technical enough and very musical
well done!
Thank you!!
Hot dang i need to reset my ko those sound awesome great teaching and inspiring Free Beat
Always inpressed how you know wher each step is and plug em in and then you just live recorded 16th notes no prob so versatile bravo
This is great! Love it! Love all synth stuff theres no bad for me. Just ordered one of these and am planning to use it for bass lines with my guitar and Korg mini drum kit, and maybe use my Stylophone beat too. I like to do stuff live I'm old school.
Awesome ! Mine is on its way. Been waiting to get one for a while and I’m excited to finally play it ! I appreciate all your videos !
Me too 👌😁
love the little live jam with the improvised solo! not cheesy at all...ok maybe a little, but it was really fun!
Haha thank you!
Totally agree on Gar hoover. He is amazing using the PO 33
He's incredible haha. Such a good ear.
KO packs a punch right out the box.. thanks for sharing
It's definitely not a lightweight 😉
I never even considered using the po33 to make lofi hip hop and still see no reason why that would ever be a stereotype of the device 😅
Yeah for the first couple years of the devices life that's basically all anyone ever used it for haha.
Lo fi hip hop is pretty fuvking lame tbh. Says more about the users than the device
boombap
@@Laubotje stop hating
@@Laubotje it's the only type of hiphop that's tolerable though
Very cool Thanks for posting, it really opened up new directions for to how approach my PO 33.
Awesome! Thanks for watching :)
This is a overall lofi sampler. And this was a great example of some nice sounding lofi sounds.
Thanks for watching!
It’s a real instrument I know, they patina and whatnot, but seeing dirty electronics… Great vid!
Thank you so much!
The beat made me smile. good stuff
Thanks so much!
PO-33 Wavetable. Great Video mate!
Thanks for watching!
you really are an inspiration duude
nice jam
I'm super glad he was self aware and owned the fact that it's a cheesy track!
Absolutely! Always have to embrace the cheese 😂 thanks for watching 😁
@@FreeBeat
Thanks for replying 👍✌😘
@@FreeBeat you nailed that solo though
PO-33 is literally good for anything. Depending on your roaster on the sample bank right? Great video!
Exactly! Thanks for watching :)
Don’t sell yourself short! That was an awesome tutorial and a great final jam. Love the PO 33!
I really appreciate that, thank you!
+1 on the Gar Hoover shout-out- that guy is a GENIUS. +1 on the reset idea too- I had put my 33 aside because I didn’t immediately sound like Messrs Hoover and Tinez. Stupid, I know. Now- how to find more hours in the day?
Genius it's a great word to describe both of those guys haha. Thanks for watching and happy jamming!
Great video and such a great performance there just in some seconds 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. I have been out for a while but keep following you and your videos. Keep on the great work 👍🏻
Thank you so much!
Another excellent video from the P.O. Master!
While I certainly don't agree with calling me the PO master, I certainly appreciate it haha. Thank you!
It appears you broke into a little dance towards the end :) What a fun little piece of device
New user here. This has been so helpful. Thank you!
Glad I could be of some help, thanks for watching!
holy shit man that melody was insane!
Thank you!
It always got on my nerves of the lofi label, for one, for one it's the reproduction of the sounds that define the lofi part of it, it still requires lofi tools like bitcrushing, noise(pink or white) or whatever, some of these tools are really overpriced and let's face it crappy production can do it for free! I have finally completed my collection of POs and somehow ended up with two new Arcades and two Tonics, I do purposely double up some synths, right now I have 3 craves, but I want 16, and 16 edges, I just ordered 3 more Behringer Brains now I'll have 6 mainly to replace Pico. I double up on O coast and ocntrl, I doubled up J 6s , it just works for me! I'm ordering the Muse and it will play with the Eurorack system plus accent the Motiff and Kronos, and Nautilus. Let alone all the desktops! My studio got robbed and destroyed, some of what I mentioned might not even work correctly, by an ex girlfriend, she destroyed my computers stole a bunch I hadn't even opened yet. I'm dedicating a RUclips channel to just songs for her! They will not be about love or respect, more about how much I wish she was dead! I'll do a serious channel or two as well. I plan on using the POs as state of the art sounds! I think the stigma of them will change! Peace! Changed my name to SatanDevil for that channel but the others will still be Rexcellencemagee.
Thanks for watching!
So true @Free Beat! A sampler is only as versatile as it’s user 😎👍 Having said that, I mostly make hiphop on my PO33, so... yeah ... 😁😅
Get out there and make some elevator jazz today! Lol thanks for watching :)
6:28 "Ha ha ha!" success!
I'm always on the fence about whether I should keep my laughs in or edit them out lol. Sometimes I get really into it and the audio will clip hahaha.
Thats right, you can do hi-fi hip hop as well :P haha nice jam. Even without a screen.
Haha thanks!
These pocket operators I just learned about a few weeks ago have quite some capabilities but geez all those button combinations to do all the functions look to get pretty convoluted and confusing until you get some solid practice remembering them.
Okay now you just showing off with that solo dude hehehe 🔥🔥🔥
Hahaha doing my best, thank you!
Love your vids, Free Beat. Since you’re a drummer, can you try explaining ghost notes?
Quieter drum hits behind the accents that give the groove some feel. I am sure this can be explained better but this is my basic understanding. For example if your bass drums are on the one have an occasional hit on the and before the two but make it quieter.
I forgot which RUclips it was, but Free Beat explains and details Ghost Notes.
Maybe he'll remember what video it was...Lol
@@howardanderson3061 I meant more like explaining how to program them into a beat to make drums seem more natural rather than what they are...
@@Myfortyfives Got ya...the art of making programed drums sound like a real drums with groove. The Holly grail
tremendo crack!!! you have the magic bro!!
Thank you!
I caught the end of the livestream last night. I didn't realize I wasn't signed up for notifications. I fixed that.
Awesome, see you at the next one!
Real nice jam, so fun to play
Thanks so much for watching!
U nice with it 🔥🤖
Nice playing, wow!
Thank you!
Great video
Yeah that aint HipHop lol, very Prog/video game-ish indeed Mr Free Beat....Good stuff
Gar Rocks
Thanks as always!
"but not enough attention is paid to it's overall strength as an arrangement device" - says who? That's what I got to know first about the po-33.
This video is almost 2 years old, when I posted it, there weren't a lot of people doing full compositions on it yet :) thanks for watching!
@@FreeBeat maybe not in the hiphop area.
Awesome!
Thanks!
That's so cool actually!
Thanks!
What'ts the easiest/cheapest way to back up the po33 without using a computer?
Get a portable tascam or zoom recorder and record the backup sound to that!
@@FreeBeat thanks
Idk I make jungle on it
Thanks for watching!
Cool jam :D
Thank you!
I kind of dug what you had going on there at the end LOL question, after you make your beat like you did and say you wanted to keep it cuz you wanted to make different ones but not lose that one how do you transfer/save that beat externally?
You can back up your pocket operator to a computer pretty easily, or just record your track into recording software :)
@@FreeBeat
Oh ok sweet. Not gonna lie I thought it would be more complicated for some reason
Please do a rock song!
PO, it’s very low building quality gear, I regrade of any dollar what I spend on it. Even in this video, screen of PO does not work.best sampler is just 4 dollars Koala.
Technically you need to have a smartphone to get Koala sampler, which is way more than the $89 Pocket Operator K.O.. Plus the battery will last much longer than your smart phone.
Koala is awesome! I still prefer the pocket operator though due to the fact that it's an actual piece of hardware. Thanks for watching!
Got some ideas for my PO-33. I wish it was easier to record what I create directly into my iMac :(
What difficulties are you having recording?
@@FreeBeat well, a simple double 3.5mm wont work for me, cause the audio on my Mac is only output not input :( it’s easier with the model cycles and usb
@@newflanged_ get yourself a Behringer UCA202 (www.behringer.com/behringer/product?modelCode=P0484) and a "3.5mm TRS to dual RCA" cable, and you're away!
@Andrew Swan thank you so much! The link you posted didnt work for me but ty! Gonna look it up
Hey, does your PO33 hum/buzz when you plug in an aux cord? Mine does, regardless of device- even another PO. it can’t really be heard over music but I’m having a hard time finding out if this is normal. I’m assuming it isn’t!
late to the CUM PARTY but use duracell batteries and it’ll fix
Ladies and Gentlemen- You know him. You love him. I give you master of the Pocket Operator- Free Beat!
What we didn't count on was the PO-33 having a mind of it's own. I played it back at half speed (thanks RUclips) and I got lo-fi hip hop. Video gamey, and not a standard boom bap beat. But still something I can hear millions of tweens rapping about Fortnite to. :)
Hahaha I knew someone was going to halve the tempo and call me out. I should have known it would be you! 😂
@@FreeBeat I can't help myself. :)
Its lofi bud tos not too lofi its actually not as noisey as alot of older high end samplers but its one of them samplers where boombap dnb and house are the only things that really sound authentic
That's SUCH a narrow-minded view though. You can literally use this for whatever genre you'd like. Just because something is lofi doesn't automatically mean you can only use it for boombap, dnb, and house. That kind of view is what holds musicians back instead of moving them forward.
@@FreeBeat yes it can make other stuff but it does other styles better it's not gonna make an authentic sounding trance track but it's gonna make a nice house track
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Did my video put you to sleep?
I don’t understand this video. You tried to break the stereotype that PO-KO 33 can only make Lo Fi tracks by making a Lo Fi track???
he said lofi HIP-HOP
@@panchikofan123 Exactly. Therefore to break the stereotype that you can only make hip hop tracks that are lofi, would be to make a hip hop track that is NOT lofi.