Thank you so much! I'm excited for you to begin your journey on the PO-33! Be sure to check out my other tutorials if you want to know how I create a song!
This is a great tutorial with a unique perspective and tips I haven’t seen elsewhere. I’d encourage you to make more PO tutorials as I think you add a lot to what is already out there.
.....adjusting note length...the PO-33 is just great. thanks for this tip as well! EDIT: HAHA just realized I commented before :) Overlooked that tip last time
This was actually super helpful... There was even a handful of features I didn't even know about. Speaking of which... I recently got into synths, and I got a Volca, Monologue, and a Crave in the past year. I just want to know... WHY TF do synth companies (specifically) not explain everything in the manual? What's the point of adding a feature if you don't tell people about it?! I can think of a lot of stupid reasons, but very few practical ones. Every manual I've ever received in my life goes into excruciating detail about every last possible function, but synth manuals are basically one sheet of paper that says "turn it on and have fun!" "ooohh... We're so quirky and fun and super cool no really you guys!"
I honestly have no idea, maybe they don't feel like listing out every function because it will look too overwhelming for a beginner using a synth for the first time? Or it could be just laziness?
I always come back to your tutorials. So inspiring your work. It‘s so astonishing what the PO-33 is capable of if you know how to use it. Keep up the good work!
Sampling an A note is a really solid tip too. I've been playing around with that today, and it really makes composing much easier. Also, not only do you get the A minor, C major, and A minor pentatonic scales - you also get the D and E minor pentatonic. Feel kinda bad for those G# buttons though.
Tuschedz I’m glad it helped! Yes the G# tends to get ignore in my compositions but in a performance with my PO-28 that I’m going to release today or tomorrow, I show it the lonely G# some love! Haha
I've only just acquired one of these so I haven't explored it much yet. BUT this is such brilliant advice about sampling the melodic scales which is incredibly useful about switching between minor and major scales. That really is a "game changer". Many thanks and please keep up the good work.
This is a very useful vid, thank you. These little beasts are fairly simple to understand but guides like this add a lot of insight into their possibilities. It didn't occur to me that you can have more than a C major scale to your samples!
@@walrtbstudios5430 i dont know it either lol i dont like any mainstream music old or new really (obvi i like some classic rock i suppose i worshipped iron maiden and sabbath as a child) now i like instrumental stuff djent/prog metal, electronic, symphonic or all mixed together.
GREAT tips, and thanks for the drum samples! Added: amazing what you were able to cram into this video in under 10 minutes, yet it doesn't feel rushed at all. Awesome!
Found you from “Free beats” channel. So glad to find your videos. Thank you. Newbie with these po’s. Have a po 12 for years but will be getting the 33 tomorrow
Fantastic vid, all really clearly explained. Forgot about using note length to stop a sample running to the next pattern! Have sometimes been trimming a second copy of the sample instead 😂
This video is awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and your skills on this machine are inspiring! I'm not sure if this is something you do or not but it would be great to have a video where you can show how you export tracks into a DAW in separate channels. I know it may defeat the purpose of the PO but sometimes you just come up with something that you would like to have a little more control of and add more tracks to. This product is amazing for starting tracks.
Sia Mozaffari I haven’t thought about doing that but that’s a pretty creative idea! It would definitely be easier to mix the tracks! I might experiment with it!
Wonderfully helpful. Thanks for sharing your brill, bro. I'm finally getting back to the KO from Bastl land. LOL. Even snagged a 2nd KO. Should be interesting...
Great practical tutorial, different than most of the others out there. How do you get the stutter hi-hat sounds (for example, during 5:20, hip-hop or trap beat)? Are you simply inputting the hi-hat rapidly, is that an FX overlayed, or some other technique?
David J Kordsmeier Thank you! What you need to do is enter edit mode and hold down the hi-hat step you want to edit in the sequence and press BPM at the same time! On the screen you will see TR 2 and it will play two hits within that step. If you keep pressing BPM while holding down the note the screen will say TR 3, TR 4.... all the way up to TR 8! This means that you can have 8 hits of the hi-hat on one step! It’s really helpful for hip hop/trap beats and fills!
Gar Hoover thats the secret!! You might consider a topic just on that. No one has really covered this as a po-33 topic, but i guess this works across all POs.
How do you record your finished songs? I would comprehend better with a video. I am a novice with these things. I have always been interested in sequencers samplers but never pulled the trigger until now. I have a ko ordered and out for delivery because it seems like it's a good way to get my feet wet. I was going for an opz or op1 but wasn't sure.
Gar Hoover Yeh! I had no idea! I thought I'd found just about everything on this thing, but that was news to me. Do you know about Retriggers and copying sounds in write mode too? If not, I'll share a Reddit link with you for it.
Actually, I'll just share the link now. Thanks again: www.reddit.com/r/pocketoperators/comments/8v2239/some_secret_tips_for_copying_sounds_and_setting/
Correct you cannot layer them! But you can copy paste a duplicate of the drum kit by press and holding write + sound and the select the bank where you would want to paste the duplicate drum kit!
Please dude could you do a vid showing all the mute & solo options (are live mutes/solos possible?). Also how you might go about tracking out stems if so need be. Many thanks for the great tutorials
Unfortunately the closest you can get to mutes and solos is turning down the volume or Low Pass filter on the tracks you want to temporarily mute! That would also be the best process for tracking out stems. I normally release record my full songs from the PO-33 in one take!
I want you to know I’m here because of your Summer of Synth appearance with Bo Beats. I love you demonstrating using Pocket Operators in various musical styles. Would it be fair to ask you to Highlight the differences between a Po-33 and PO-32? The 33 is better for this purpose, or does these things better, the 32 is better for this purpose or does these things better, here’s how to use them together… stuff like that. Especially the “here’s how to use them together…” not a lot of channels do that.
The PO-33 is versatile because it is sample-based so you can upload any drum kits you would like and other samples! PO-32 is strictly a drum machine but it is incredibly immediate! Both the PO-33 and PO-32 can only play four sounds at once but when you use them together with the 32 handling drums and PO-33 taking care of all the samples and melodies you can get fair full sounding track!
i have no idea what the track "we all know" is lol i just got one of these, im a loooong time guitar player i play mostly djent/prog metal. i do a lot of video game covers and anime too and i have also always loved elements of edm, dubstep etc. not most of the music that exists (i find good ones but its very hard to find ones i like im very picky) is stuff i like in those last genres but like i said, elements of them. so i love electronic epic stuff mixed with symphonic or metaly sounds but avoid classic sounding guitar at all costs the focus is super modern for example carol of the bells the orchestra that just adds an 80s sounding guitar part and calls it a metal version was crap imo. though the august burns red version actually added metal parts and made it modern and nice.
hey thanks for the drum samples and all the incredible content, another guys channel recomended you when i was looking for which po i should get first, ended up settling on ko, but how do i actually copy them in? as one continuous sound or do i just pause between and do individually? i got it yesterday and this is my first ever experience with sampling. i downloaded some synths mostly using helm (about to check out vital the guys new one) but have been struggling with those too, bc i dont have a controller for them yet. i cannot figure out how to move which keys are on my computer keyboard i get a strip of piano keys on my letter keys but cannot slide it either way. i did once by accident (my cat did stepping on the keyboard) so i have no idea how i did it but knowing its actually possible just makes it more frustrating lol.
I love this video, it help me a lot!!! If possible, can you give us a video of how to backup data on PO-33 (what do we need to use to transfer the data to a Mac that don’t have a input), right now I’m having this problem of not able to transfer my data to my MacBook since my MacBook don’t have a input and idk what product I should buy to give my MacBook a input for the 3.5mm male to male audio core that can transfer data. I want the product that I need as a input to give HIGH QUALITY AUDIO to my MacBook? If you can’t make a video. Can you give me some advice on what product I should buy for my MacBook to give it a input? (my MacBook’s headphone jack would not work as a audio input.) Thank you so much!!! I really need some help 😅
It sounds like you’re might want to get an audio interface to record the PO-33 into your Mac, you would record it into Garageband or another DAW if you have it. However, If you just want to record the backup Data of the PO-33, you get an audio interface for your phone and record it into there with iRig or Roland GoMixer!
It's hard to get the timing right so you get a good drum spread on all the pads any tips on that please. Thanks for all the great videos that been really helpful. Unless of course there's a different way to do it that I don't know about that's always a possibility.
Heath Wiseman Thank you! I usually keep the drum samples close together so that it does not take up too much of the sample space on the PO-33! I agree that the PO-33 does not do the best job at chopping up samples and whenever I upload drum samples it often requires me to trim them myself! The easiest solution is probably to space out the drum samples more however if they are space too far out some of them do not get chopped onto the pads automatically by the PO-33 and you need to add them in manually. It seems no matter what that manual trimming is necessary for the drum pads.
Select that sound you want to remove (Sound + its number), select the pattern its in (Pattern + its number), then go into write mode (press Write once so the square symbol comes up). The LEDs lighting up will be that sound, you can deselect them just by pressing the number keys. if some LEDs light dimmer than others, they are either other samples in that drum kit or other pitches in that melodic kit you selected.
@@DeaBroggn Idk how I didn't see this but I figured it out on my own! Still, thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment. I'm going to copy and paste it in my notes just in case.
Really fantastic video! This is exactly the kind of stuff I wanted the K.O. to do. I've been looking forever for a simple yet robust sampler that I could use as accompaniment and in demos. This is the first thing I've found that appears to check all the boxes.Most importantly I wanted some sort of drum machine that didn't sound like a drum machine! It's surprisingly hard to find an easy way to program rhythm tracks that are suitable for rock music. Of course the stock sounds aren't that great, but this video is surely a proof of concept. Do you think there's any way you could share what you've created here - particularly that live kit? This would help me out tremendously and I'm sure many others. A data dump would be great, but even just a recording of your playing all the sounds in sequence would work. If not, do you have any recommendations for a guy without access to an actual kit?
I don’t believe that I have the recorded data dump file anymore, but I can check! If not, I can send you a similar kit recording if you want! It should be 12 seconds or less!
Good tutorial, You should post this on the r/pocketoperators subreddit if you haven't, I think it'll be appreciated. I for one didn't know about the note length and I've had it for a month or two or three now at least. Also a lot of the other tips reminded me of things I forgot and that filter tip will be useful, because now that I think about it I've made a couple tracks that had a lot of sounds competing for the same frequencies. Also if you managed to record a good backup of this kit, please do try and share it on site that doesn't compress, I'd appreciate it a lot.
Prompted Hawk Thanks! That’s a good idea, I’ve never been to the Pocketoperators subreddit! I unfortunately did not record a backup of this kit but I’m going to start recoding the kits of new songs I create for RUclips!
@@GarHoover That's great! As for the backups, another way would be to actually just put all the sounds in series with like a second or two between each other because proper backups are a bit dodgy to get working if you manage to even do it. Just a suggestion.
I'm really enjoying your videos on the po. I'd like to ask you something : if during a playback you enter the write mode by keeping the write button pressed and, on top of a note already recorded, you modify its effect, let's say the low pass filter by turning the knob during the recording, the po records the smooth transition between the effect settings made with the knob. Is it possible to program such behavior? Another example is to introduce a sound by making it starting at low volume and progressively increase the volume during the pattern using the knob. Can this be done smoothly by programming it or shall I manually change the volume for each note in the bar? I hope my question is clear enough
Yes, its a little more tedious process but can be far more accurate! During Performance mode, shape you sound to the desired settings and then press write and sequence in the steps you would like and then enter back into performance mode and adjust the sound to the next desired setting and then press write and sequence in the steps you would like for the new adjustment! I use this technique during builds to the drop in my songs!
Hi! Sorry for the delay! I would connect your iPhone to the PO-33's input jack and then hold down record and an open drum bank and then press play on the iPhone. Once all the samples are done playing let go of record and all the sounds should be on separate pads in the drum bank! You may need to trim to be a little longer then the the initial edit but that can be done on the PO-33 in trim mode!
Press BPM and Record together and the screen will say SY1. This will send a click that is meant to keep another Pocket Operator in sync with the PO-33 if they are connected but without the connection it will behave like a metronome!
Solid. and I’ve been wondering about panning. if Po is stereo i/o it seems possible but when i sample a panned instrument it seems to get rebalanced evenly. Is there a way around this?
Thank you! I layered the drum samples beforehand in my DAW and then sampled them into the PO-33. You can download the drum samples in the description of the video!
Great tips, thank you! How can you take this video with the original PO audio? I'm trying to do it using a TRRS splitter with my Android phone (OnePlus 5) and it's just impossible... my records are almost inaudible... 😔
You're welcome! I'm always happy to help! I use to use an audio interface and record into Logic X but that was clunky and not too portable! Now I use the Roland Go Mixer! It records directly to my phone and I can record several different synths at the same time! It's Fantastic!
Hey... great video... I was hoping to find a tip on replacing a sound that's already in multiple patterns. For example... What if after you made 4 different patterns, you decided that you would like to swap a snare sound? Would that be possible? Swaping a sound to replace on all in one move? I thought I saw a video that showed how to do that but I can't remember which video and now I am lost. Does anyone know how to do that?
Thanks! If you already have another snare sound store in the same drum bank as the snare that is sequenced in, you need to select the replacement snare sound in Performance mode and then switch to Edit mode and press the step with the snare you want to replace and the light for the step will shut off and then press the step again and the snare sound you selected during performance mode will Replace the former snare. This is a very tedious process and you will need to repeat it for every pattern but it is the only option for replacing the snare
The PO-33 can only play 1 sound at a time per sample, but can have 4 different samples playing at once, as long as they are in different banks (or tracks as tend to call them). If you have a sample in a melodic bank or drum bank it will only one play one note at a time (monophonically). However, you can also have 3 different samples playing from 3 other tracks. So you could have 1 melodic bank playing a monophonic lead line on one track, another melodic bank playing a bass line on another track, a drum bank playing drums samples and another drum bank triggering sampled chords. Does this answer your question? If not I'm happy to help!
After looking at the outputs on the Alesis sr-16, it appears that it does not have a clock sync. You might be able to send a midi clock through the converter that will send a sync message that can be received by the Pocket Operator but that can be an pricey solution
Hey loved the tutorial!! Curious if there’s a way to mute tracks? I use this as a sketch pad and would love to be able to record it into my daw multitracked one at a time
Micael Azevedo it’s been a long time since I had one of these, I can’t remember one way or another to be honest. I think I just made multiple banks with the parts muted I wanted muted
I’m sorry for the really late response but you unfortunately can not mute tracks on the PO-33 then best you can do is roll down the volume or filter while holding “write” while it’s playing!
Michael Cullen You can copy a pattern by selecting the pattern you desire to copy and then press Write + Pattern + 1-16 (the Pattern Bank you desire to copy the track to)! Unfortunately you can chop up and re-sample patterns and turn them into new sounds!
I notice on my PO-33 that I have the prebuilt in sounds taking up 8 slots. If I record and sample over top of them is there any way to get them back? It seems kind of lame that if you record over any of the built in sample sounds that you'd have to reset the whole device just to get them back.
You can copy a sample into a new bank by selecting the desired sample you wish to copy, and then hold (Sound + Write + whatever bank you desire). This will copy the selected sound and place it in the new bank! You can copy sounds from the melodic banks into the drums banks and vice versa!
@@GarHoover thanks dude. My ko is in the mail, can't wait. Btw, your beat in this video is better than 90% of the po-33 beats I check on here. Thanks again keep rockin'! :-)
You cannot create choke groups but with each drum back being monophonic it will naturally choke out the other sample that was previously played in the drum group! I do mention how to adjust note length for sounds in the melodic banks!
Hey I'm do you have a tutorial of how you put your samples onto the PO and split them up? I'm very new to this :) or do you know a link where I can learn this. Cheers bro! Your work is incredible by the way!
Thank you! I Intend on making a video showing how I create my samples at some point! But until then here’s video that shows a good overview of sampling on the PO-33! ruclips.net/video/eBHcNV2nWV0/видео.html And here’s one dedicated to clean drum chops because the PO-33 sometimes struggles at chopping! ruclips.net/video/3BEKNKhLvcU/видео.html
What db are the samples set to when you line in? I put together some on my ko but its coming up very low. Just curious what db you have it set to when recording them in and what to aim for.
Thats a great question! I honestly do not look at the db of the sample but rather what the incoming audio signal is on the PO-33! I try and adjust the levels of my incoming samples so that their peak audio level makes it to about the first Knob (Knob A). This usually keeps the sample at a loud volume without it becoming distorted! You can also adjust the volume of the sample once it is saved onto the PO-33! Sorry for the late response!
Would you mind uploading your data dump so we can use those samples? They sound amazing! Thanks man
Yes, I'll be looking for data dump files on my computer! If not I'll make different sample packs to distribute with new songs!
@@GarHoover that would be awesome! Subscribed and excited to hear what you make next.
@@GarHoover I would also love to get those drum samples if you have a moment!
Thanks for this video as well, I learnt a lot. Very much appreciated.
Hello! I just added a link to the Drum Samples in the description! Enjoy! @@point-rat
@@GarHoover Cheers mate! You're what makes the internet a great place.
Wow, I'm going to rewatch this when my KO arrives, your tips and tricks are pro level. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much! I'm excited for you to begin your journey on the PO-33! Be sure to check out my other tutorials if you want to know how I create a song!
I have one. Just learning by you
This is a great tutorial with a unique perspective and tips I haven’t seen elsewhere. I’d encourage you to make more PO tutorials as I think you add a lot to what is already out there.
One of the greatest PO-33 tutorials out there! Thank you so much for sharing this!
This is the most helpful out of all tutorials I’ve watched so far, it got me excited to play again
.....adjusting note length...the PO-33 is just great. thanks for this tip as well!
EDIT: HAHA just realized I commented before :) Overlooked that tip last time
you idea about layering the drum kit samples was genius. thanks!
Thanks a lot man! Would love to see a pt. 2 :)
This is the best advanced PO video online. Struggling to trim the drums to match the video.
I figured it out, seems like some samples have been rearranged, but I got it. Love this. Thanks
Sorry for having to trim them! I’m glad you’re enjoying the samples!
You really know a lot about music and how to use that humble PO-33. Thanks for the video. :-)
Thank You! I'm glad you liked it! Be sure to check out my other tutorial videos for the PO-33 as well!
This was actually super helpful... There was even a handful of features I didn't even know about. Speaking of which... I recently got into synths, and I got a Volca, Monologue, and a Crave in the past year. I just want to know... WHY TF do synth companies (specifically) not explain everything in the manual? What's the point of adding a feature if you don't tell people about it?! I can think of a lot of stupid reasons, but very few practical ones. Every manual I've ever received in my life goes into excruciating detail about every last possible function, but synth manuals are basically one sheet of paper that says "turn it on and have fun!" "ooohh... We're so quirky and fun and super cool no really you guys!"
I honestly have no idea, maybe they don't feel like listing out every function because it will look too overwhelming for a beginner using a synth for the first time? Or it could be just laziness?
Nice tutorial...I think it will help loads of people starting out. There's just so much you can do with this machine!
I always come back to your tutorials. So inspiring your work. It‘s so astonishing what the PO-33 is capable of if you know how to use it. Keep up the good work!
Thanks a lot! I’ll continue to try improve my PO-33 skills and share them with you all!
Sampling an A note is a really solid tip too. I've been playing around with that today, and it really makes composing much easier. Also, not only do you get the A minor, C major, and A minor pentatonic scales - you also get the D and E minor pentatonic. Feel kinda bad for those G# buttons though.
Tuschedz I’m glad it helped! Yes the G# tends to get ignore in my compositions but in a performance with my PO-28 that I’m going to release today or tomorrow, I show it the lonely G# some love! Haha
@@GarHoover I've actually found that the G# compliments that D minor pentatonic scale nicely to form a very useful hexatonic blues scale!
I've only just acquired one of these so I haven't explored it much yet. BUT this is such brilliant advice about sampling the melodic scales which is incredibly useful about switching between minor and major scales. That really is a "game changer". Many thanks and please keep up the good work.
Thank you! I hope that you are still enjoying your pocket operator!!!
This is a very useful vid, thank you. These little beasts are fairly simple to understand but guides like this add a lot of insight into their possibilities. It didn't occur to me that you can have more than a C major scale to your samples!
"That song we all know" is a hella wavy track, took my a sec to hear it :P
What is it ???😟
“...which we all know”- not if you haven’t listened to any music produced in the last thirty years (except my own of course, lol)...
@@walrtbstudios5430 i dont know it either lol i dont like any mainstream music old or new really (obvi i like some classic rock i suppose i worshipped iron maiden and sabbath as a child) now i like instrumental stuff djent/prog metal, electronic, symphonic or all mixed together.
Nice Tutorial! I didn't knew that i can change the lengh while it's playing.
wow, impressing! when you played those durms, i knew this is quality. aaaand i made my decision, i'm buying a po 33 ko! thanks man!!
Thank you! The PO-33 is amazing when you have great samples!
Just love the bassline
Haha thanks! Good basslines are crucial!
GREAT tips, and thanks for the drum samples!
Added: amazing what you were able to cram into this video in under 10 minutes, yet it doesn't feel rushed at all. Awesome!
Yesterday Farm Thank you! Also great input! I’m glad it didn’t feel rushed!
Ty very much for this video, was using po-33 for long time but some things was new and surprising for me :D
Your ring 💍 is dope! Want one
Thanks! It's my wedding ring but I see no reason not to rock it on another finger if you want!
@@GarHoover you've got it custom made i presume. Great style...
I had no idea of a lot of these tips, thanks man, nice video!
Found you from “Free beats” channel. So glad to find your videos. Thank you.
Newbie with these po’s. Have a po 12 for years but will be getting the 33 tomorrow
Wow that's fantastic! Thank you! I hope you enjoy the PO-33! Feel free to ask me any questions about the PO-33!
@@GarHoover awesome thanks so much!!
Zajebisty obrus. Robi świetne złudzenia optyczne. Nie wiem na czym się skupić 😂
Excellent tutorial. I just bought one of these cool bits of gear, and your video is helping me learn the ins and outs. Thanks
Fantastic vid, all really clearly explained. Forgot about using note length to stop a sample running to the next pattern! Have sometimes been trimming a second copy of the sample instead 😂
Haha I've had the same issue before! Adjusting note length is probably one of the most common things I do in my songs!
This video is awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and your skills on this machine are inspiring! I'm not sure if this is something you do or not but it would be great to have a video where you can show how you export tracks into a DAW in separate channels. I know it may defeat the purpose of the PO but sometimes you just come up with something that you would like to have a little more control of and add more tracks to. This product is amazing for starting tracks.
Sia Mozaffari I haven’t thought about doing that but that’s a pretty creative idea! It would definitely be easier to mix the tracks! I might experiment with it!
Wonderfully helpful. Thanks for sharing your brill, bro. I'm finally getting back to the KO from Bastl land. LOL. Even snagged a 2nd KO. Should be interesting...
Two at the same time is going to be wild!!! Have fun!
Great video Gar! Clear, concise and informative. Keep up the great work...it's appreciated! Just subscribed. :)
Muchas gracias...
THX for this video bro. great job!
Cheers from SPAIN!
very helpful..ty. nice samples! espesh the double bass
A lot of great info 👍
awesome video, thanks
Thanks so much gar Hoover you’re a good dude!
Nice one brother! Very knowledgeable. I appreciate you taking the time to show us these tips!
Flippin' Bird Thanks! I always value people giving input and that I’m happy this helped you out!
thank you very much for this clear and inspiring tutorial!
Excellent video, thank you
Excellent tutorial.
"A big thing that a lot of people get frustrated with is that you can only have four tracks playing at once."
**Cries ins PO-35**
My PO-33 will be arriving this Saturday 😁
Thats Awesome! I'm sure you're going to have fun with that!
Sone great tunes were made on the Commodore Amiga back in the day and that only had 4 channels (tracks).
omg, note length.. i even didnt think there is smth like this in my PO.. thanks man
Alexey Kurilo It makes everything so much easier! Especially when trying to only play 4 sounds at once and not having sounds cancel each other out!
yep... this technique works well with drum patterns to..at least left knob..
This is a very helpful video, as David pointed out below, you cover stuff that one else has.
Thanks
Another amazing video. Thanks a lot. Please Keep it up!
Would love those drum samples
Thank you! I have included them in the description of the video!
@@GarHoover thanks I checked right after writing this lol
keep it up man
Very cool Thak You
Great practical tutorial, different than most of the others out there. How do you get the stutter hi-hat sounds (for example, during 5:20, hip-hop or trap beat)? Are you simply inputting the hi-hat rapidly, is that an FX overlayed, or some other technique?
David J Kordsmeier Thank you! What you need to do is enter edit mode and hold down the hi-hat step you want to edit in the sequence and press BPM at the same time! On the screen you will see TR 2 and it will play two hits within that step. If you keep pressing BPM while holding down the note the screen will say TR 3, TR 4.... all the way up to TR 8! This means that you can have 8 hits of the hi-hat on one step! It’s really helpful for hip hop/trap beats and fills!
Gar Hoover thats the secret!! You might consider a topic just on that. No one has really covered this as a po-33 topic, but i guess this works across all POs.
David J Kordsmeier I agree! I seriously considering making a part two video with covering stuff like that and data transfers!
Gar Hoover a real description of data transfer and backup would be great
Gar Hoover yeah,
How the f”@k did you find that function? That’s a good one! Many thanks for that! And
I agree with a data transfer vid!
Great tutorial but nothing happens when I try to apply filter on the whole pattern. Anyone lnows why could that be?
How do you record your finished songs? I would comprehend better with a video. I am a novice with these things. I have always been interested in sequencers samplers but never pulled the trigger until now. I have a ko ordered and out for delivery because it seems like it's a good way to get my feet wet. I was going for an opz or op1 but wasn't sure.
Thanks so much for this! That note length tip was great! Awesome tutorial man!
Rhys Thomas I’m glad I could help! The note length trick is huge for me, especially from keeping a sample from extending into another pattern!
Gar Hoover Yeh! I had no idea! I thought I'd found just about everything on this thing, but that was news to me.
Do you know about Retriggers and copying sounds in write mode too? If not, I'll share a Reddit link with you for it.
Actually, I'll just share the link now. Thanks again:
www.reddit.com/r/pocketoperators/comments/8v2239/some_secret_tips_for_copying_sounds_and_setting/
Great video with some awesome tips!
Thank you! Be sure to check out my other tutorials if you want to see these tips in action in the songs I make!
Great tips 🙌
Very informative, thank you.
Great! Thanks for the samples, they're really appreciated!
You're welcome! Be sure to check out my more recent tracks because I've been releasing the samples for each of those songs!
Nice tips, thanks!
You're welcome! Feel free to drop another comment if you have any other questions about the PO-33!
Excellent tips! Thanks so much :)
You're welcome! I hope you enjoy your PO-33 to its fullest!
If I make a kit in the drum section, can I not layer sounds from the same kit onto a single step ?
Correct you cannot layer them! But you can copy paste a duplicate of the drum kit by press and holding write + sound and the select the bank where you would want to paste the duplicate drum kit!
Very good and interesting tutorial👍🏽
Please dude could you do a vid showing all the mute & solo options (are live mutes/solos possible?). Also how you might go about tracking out stems if so need be. Many thanks for the great tutorials
Unfortunately the closest you can get to mutes and solos is turning down the volume or Low Pass filter on the tracks you want to temporarily mute! That would also be the best process for tracking out stems. I normally release record my full songs from the PO-33 in one take!
Wow! Great vid! Lots to learn.
I want you to know I’m here because of your Summer of Synth appearance with Bo Beats. I love you demonstrating using Pocket Operators in various musical styles. Would it be fair to ask you to Highlight the differences between a Po-33 and PO-32? The 33 is better for this purpose, or does these things better, the 32 is better for this purpose or does these things better, here’s how to use them together… stuff like that. Especially the “here’s how to use them together…” not a lot of channels do that.
The PO-33 is versatile because it is sample-based so you can upload any drum kits you would like and other samples! PO-32 is strictly a drum machine but it is incredibly immediate! Both the PO-33 and PO-32 can only play four sounds at once but when you use them together with the 32 handling drums and PO-33 taking care of all the samples and melodies you can get fair full sounding track!
Really cool, thanks!
oceans 11 theme more or less. very nice tipps!
Thank you! I've never watched Oceans 11 but I'm glad that the tips were able to help you out!!!
@@GarHoover if you love jazz, give that one a try! Some smooth criminal action stuff really
thaks man!
Nice tutorial!
i have no idea what the track "we all know" is lol i just got one of these, im a loooong time guitar player i play mostly djent/prog metal. i do a lot of video game covers and anime too and i have also always loved elements of edm, dubstep etc. not most of the music that exists (i find good ones but its very hard to find ones i like im very picky) is stuff i like in those last genres but like i said, elements of them. so i love electronic epic stuff mixed with symphonic or metaly sounds but avoid classic sounding guitar at all costs the focus is super modern for example carol of the bells the orchestra that just adds an 80s sounding guitar part and calls it a metal version was crap imo. though the august burns red version actually added metal parts and made it modern and nice.
great tutorial!
awesome, thx!!
hey thanks for the drum samples and all the incredible content, another guys channel recomended you when i was looking for which po i should get first, ended up settling on ko, but how do i actually copy them in? as one continuous sound or do i just pause between and do individually? i got it yesterday and this is my first ever experience with sampling. i downloaded some synths mostly using helm (about to check out vital the guys new one) but have been struggling with those too, bc i dont have a controller for them yet. i cannot figure out how to move which keys are on my computer keyboard i get a strip of piano keys on my letter keys but cannot slide it either way. i did once by accident (my cat did stepping on the keyboard) so i have no idea how i did it but knowing its actually possible just makes it more frustrating lol.
awesome video thank you
You're Welcome! I hope it helps you make some fun music on your PO-33!!!
How do you record or overdub live bass, piano lines or whatever while loop is going?
thanks for this video its really useful thanks
I love this video, it help me a lot!!! If possible, can you give us a video of how to backup data on PO-33 (what do we need to use to transfer the data to a Mac that don’t have a input), right now I’m having this problem of not able to transfer my data to my MacBook since my MacBook don’t have a input and idk what product I should buy to give my MacBook a input for the 3.5mm male to male audio core that can transfer data. I want the product that I need as a input to give HIGH QUALITY AUDIO to my MacBook? If you can’t make a video. Can you give me some advice on what product I should buy for my MacBook to give it a input? (my MacBook’s headphone jack would not work as a audio input.) Thank you so much!!! I really need some help 😅
It sounds like you’re might want to get an audio interface to record the PO-33 into your Mac, you would record it into Garageband or another DAW if you have it. However, If you just want to record the backup Data of the PO-33, you get an audio interface for your phone and record it into there with iRig or Roland GoMixer!
@@GarHoover Thank you! I'll just probably get a 2i2
It's hard to get the timing right so you get a good drum spread on all the pads any tips on that please. Thanks for all the great videos that been really helpful. Unless of course there's a different way to do it that I don't know about that's always a possibility.
Heath Wiseman Thank you! I usually keep the drum samples close together so that it does not take up too much of the sample space on the PO-33! I agree that the PO-33 does not do the best job at chopping up samples and whenever I upload drum samples it often requires me to trim them myself!
The easiest solution is probably to space out the drum samples more however if they are space too far out some of them do not get chopped onto the pads automatically by the PO-33 and you need to add them in manually.
It seems no matter what that manual trimming is necessary for the drum pads.
thank you!
How do I remove a sound from live play? Sometimes I accidentally hit a button while holding record and it ruins the whole loop I made :(
Select that sound you want to remove (Sound + its number), select the pattern its in (Pattern + its number), then go into write mode (press Write once so the square symbol comes up). The LEDs lighting up will be that sound, you can deselect them just by pressing the number keys. if some LEDs light dimmer than others, they are either other samples in that drum kit or other pitches in that melodic kit you selected.
@@DeaBroggn Idk how I didn't see this but I figured it out on my own! Still, thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment. I'm going to copy and paste it in my notes just in case.
Really fantastic video! This is exactly the kind of stuff I wanted the K.O. to do. I've been looking forever for a simple yet robust sampler that I could use as accompaniment and in demos. This is the first thing I've found that appears to check all the boxes.Most importantly I wanted some sort of drum machine that didn't sound like a drum machine! It's surprisingly hard to find an easy way to program rhythm tracks that are suitable for rock music. Of course the stock sounds aren't that great, but this video is surely a proof of concept.
Do you think there's any way you could share what you've created here - particularly that live kit? This would help me out tremendously and I'm sure many others. A data dump would be great, but even just a recording of your playing all the sounds in sequence would work. If not, do you have any recommendations for a guy without access to an actual kit?
I don’t believe that I have the recorded data dump file anymore, but I can check! If not, I can send you a similar kit recording if you want! It should be 12 seconds or less!
I’m glad that this video help you out! I enjoy trying to push the boundaries of the PO-33!
@@GarHoover That would be fantastic! Thanks so much,
@@GarHoover You really are. Some things I never even considered. Just sampled some of your wonderful compositions as well!
@@GarHoover Hey man. Sorry to bother you. Just wanted to check in again to see if you still had these saved anywhere.
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nice
Thank you!
Good tutorial, You should post this on the r/pocketoperators subreddit if you haven't, I think it'll be appreciated. I for one didn't know about the note length and I've had it for a month or two or three now at least. Also a lot of the other tips reminded me of things I forgot and that filter tip will be useful, because now that I think about it I've made a couple tracks that had a lot of sounds competing for the same frequencies.
Also if you managed to record a good backup of this kit, please do try and share it on site that doesn't compress, I'd appreciate it a lot.
Prompted Hawk Thanks! That’s a good idea, I’ve never been to the Pocketoperators subreddit! I unfortunately did not record a backup of this kit but I’m going to start recoding the kits of new songs I create for RUclips!
@@GarHoover That's great! As for the backups, another way would be to actually just put all the sounds in series with like a second or two between each other because proper backups are a bit dodgy to get working if you manage to even do it. Just a suggestion.
Thanx man!!
I'm really enjoying your videos on the po. I'd like to ask you something : if during a playback you enter the write mode by keeping the write button pressed and, on top of a note already recorded, you modify its effect, let's say the low pass filter by turning the knob during the recording, the po records the smooth transition between the effect settings made with the knob. Is it possible to program such behavior? Another example is to introduce a sound by making it starting at low volume and progressively increase the volume during the pattern using the knob. Can this be done smoothly by programming it or shall I manually change the volume for each note in the bar? I hope my question is clear enough
Yes, its a little more tedious process but can be far more accurate! During Performance mode, shape you sound to the desired settings and then press write and sequence in the steps you would like and then enter back into performance mode and adjust the sound to the next desired setting and then press write and sequence in the steps you would like for the new adjustment! I use this technique during builds to the drop in my songs!
Thank you. What ia the easiest eay to import the drum samples if i just have an iphone connected to the oocket operator?
Hi! Sorry for the delay! I would connect your iPhone to the PO-33's input jack and then hold down record and an open drum bank and then press play on the iPhone. Once all the samples are done playing let go of record and all the sounds should be on separate pads in the drum bank! You may need to trim to be a little longer then the the initial edit but that can be done on the PO-33 in trim mode!
Great vid, very useful. Could you tell us how to record using the metronome? Had it going once and now it cuts off when i play a note.
Press BPM and Record together and the screen will say SY1. This will send a click that is meant to keep another Pocket Operator in sync with the PO-33 if they are connected but without the connection it will behave like a metronome!
@@GarHoover brilliant!
Solid. and I’ve been wondering about panning. if Po is stereo i/o it seems possible but when i sample a panned instrument it seems to get rebalanced evenly. Is there a way around this?
The pocket operators are mono devices.
2:10 can you explain how you layer percussive elements over the samples? I’m new to the PO-33 and your drums sound awesome
Thank you! I layered the drum samples beforehand in my DAW and then sampled them into the PO-33. You can download the drum samples in the description of the video!
@@GarHoover thanks!
Great tips, thank you!
How can you take this video with the original PO audio? I'm trying to do it using a TRRS splitter with my Android phone (OnePlus 5) and it's just impossible... my records are almost inaudible... 😔
You're welcome! I'm always happy to help! I use to use an audio interface and record into Logic X but that was clunky and not too portable! Now I use the Roland Go Mixer! It records directly to my phone and I can record several different synths at the same time! It's Fantastic!
Hey... great video... I was hoping to find a tip on replacing a sound that's already in multiple patterns. For example... What if after you made 4 different patterns, you decided that you would like to swap a snare sound? Would that be possible? Swaping a sound to replace on all in one move? I thought I saw a video that showed how to do that but I can't remember which video and now I am lost. Does anyone know how to do that?
Thanks! If you already have another snare sound store in the same drum bank as the snare that is sequenced in, you need to select the replacement snare sound in Performance mode and then switch to Edit mode and press the step with the snare you want to replace and the light for the step will shut off and then press the step again and the snare sound you selected during performance mode will Replace the former snare. This is a very tedious process and you will need to repeat it for every pattern but it is the only option for replacing the snare
@@GarHoover I am going to at least give it a try. Thanks for the insight!
You said it can play 4 sounds simultaneously but mine seems to only want to play one at a time. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
The PO-33 can only play 1 sound at a time per sample, but can have 4 different samples playing at once, as long as they are in different banks (or tracks as tend to call them). If you have a sample in a melodic bank or drum bank it will only one play one note at a time (monophonically). However, you can also have 3 different samples playing from 3 other tracks. So you could have 1 melodic bank playing a monophonic lead line on one track, another melodic bank playing a bass line on another track, a drum bank playing drums samples and another drum bank triggering sampled chords. Does this answer your question? If not I'm happy to help!
Great video! I have a question: Can i replace single notes in an existing drum-kit with a record?
Unfortunately, you can not. You must replace an entire drum-kit which can be quite a pain. I wish that was a feature!
Okay, damn. Thank you
Help, how do I get an alesis sr-16 to send the tempo audio to a po33? I've tried sending in a loud noise at all the sync modes and nothing works.
After looking at the outputs on the Alesis sr-16, it appears that it does not have a clock sync. You might be able to send a midi clock through the converter that will send a sync message that can be received by the Pocket Operator but that can be an pricey solution
Hey loved the tutorial!!
Curious if there’s a way to mute tracks?
I use this as a sketch pad and would love to be able to record it into my daw multitracked one at a time
Trying to figure out the same thing. In manual says yes but i cannot find the way lol. Did you make it?
Micael Azevedo it’s been a long time since I had one of these, I can’t remember one way or another to be honest. I think I just made multiple banks with the parts muted I wanted muted
@@MikeHancho663 thank you for answearing!! I had it for some time and now i am starting to use it again!
I’m sorry for the really late response but you unfortunately can not mute tracks on the PO-33 then best you can do is roll down the volume or filter while holding “write” while it’s playing!
I want these samples!
This is helpful! Hey do u know if there’s a way to sample a pattern you’ve made
Michael Cullen You can copy a pattern by selecting the pattern you desire to copy and then press Write + Pattern + 1-16 (the Pattern Bank you desire to copy the track to)! Unfortunately you can chop up and re-sample patterns and turn them into new sounds!
I notice on my PO-33 that I have the prebuilt in sounds taking up 8 slots. If I record and sample over top of them is there any way to get them back? It seems kind of lame that if you record over any of the built in sample sounds that you'd have to reset the whole device just to get them back.
Very good, ty man. Question:. There's no re-sampling possible just using the 33 right?
Thanks again 🙏
You can copy a sample into a new bank by selecting the desired sample you wish to copy, and then hold (Sound + Write + whatever bank you desire). This will copy the selected sound and place it in the new bank! You can copy sounds from the melodic banks into the drums banks and vice versa!
@@GarHoover thanks dude. My ko is in the mail, can't wait.
Btw, your beat in this video is better than 90% of the po-33 beats I check on here. Thanks again keep rockin'! :-)
Chaplin Early Thanks Man! Feel free to check out all my other PO-33 videos for inspiration! I’ve got covers and originals!
I'm not seeing it in the time line listing, but is their a way to do choke groups?
You cannot create choke groups but with each drum back being monophonic it will naturally choke out the other sample that was previously played in the drum group! I do mention how to adjust note length for sounds in the melodic banks!
@@GarHoover Right on! Thank you! So maybe I might get one just to play with.
Hey I'm do you have a tutorial of how you put your samples onto the PO and split them up? I'm very new to this :) or do you know a link where I can learn this. Cheers bro! Your work is incredible by the way!
Thank you! I Intend on making a video showing how I create my samples at some point! But until then here’s video that shows a good overview of sampling on the PO-33! ruclips.net/video/eBHcNV2nWV0/видео.html
And here’s one dedicated to clean drum chops because the PO-33 sometimes struggles at chopping! ruclips.net/video/3BEKNKhLvcU/видео.html
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What db are the samples set to when you line in? I put together some on my ko but its coming up very low. Just curious what db you have it set to when recording them in and what to aim for.
Thats a great question! I honestly do not look at the db of the sample but rather what the incoming audio signal is on the PO-33! I try and adjust the levels of my incoming samples so that their peak audio level makes it to about the first Knob (Knob A). This usually keeps the sample at a loud volume without it becoming distorted! You can also adjust the volume of the sample once it is saved onto the PO-33! Sorry for the late response!
I have a scarlett, I want my pocket to sound in my speakers, what kind of cables do I need?
Good morning and thanks!
Auxiliary to something e.g. 1/4 inch cable.