PO-32 Tonic + Microtonic Tutorial

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  • čas přidán 17. 05. 2017
  • Hello. Here's a tutorial on the brilliant Pocket Operator drum machine PO-32 Tonic, and its software sibling the Microtonic.
    Get your own PO-32 Tonic through my affiliate link:
    teenage.engineering/store/po-...
    The sound pack I'm using in this video is available for all of my monthly Patreon supporters. It's also available in my online store.
    Cheers for your support everyone!
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  • @csselement
    @csselement Před 6 lety +122

    New user reference guide:
    3:27 01. Master volume
    4:00 02. Sound demo
    4:21 03. A & B sound parameters
    5:07 04. Planning settings for a kit
    5:54 05. A word on polyphony
    7:12 06. Selecting pattern
    7:50 07. Clearing a pattern
    8:21 08. Select a sound, write a pattern
    9:24 09. Shuffle/swing setting
    10:36 10. Setting BPM
    11:36 11. Live recording a bass
    12:55 12. Parameter locking
    13:34 13. Silently select sound
    14:53 14. Add a clap
    15:19 15. FX overview
    19:39 16. FX jam sesh
    20:31 17. Copy pattern
    21:01 18. Delete pattern
    21:12 19. Plan song over several patterns
    23:56 20. Chain patterns
    25:16 21. Syncing to a Korg Volca
    28:42 22. Export presets and patterns
    31:59 23. Import presets and patterns
    33:55 24. Microtonic: Creating sounds
    34:35 25. Microtonic: Introduction
    35:56 26. Microtonic: Make a kick drum
    39:59 27. Microtonic: Morph states
    41:58 28. Microtonic: Make a snare
    46:30 29. Microtonic: Make a metallic sound
    51:52 30. Microtonic: Make a tonal sound
    55:45 31. Microtonic: Saving kits
    57:29 32. Microtonic: Send kit to PO-32

  • @justinjohnson4246
    @justinjohnson4246 Před 7 lety +197

    Over an hour with the Tonic? You're a true scholar who makes useful tutorials, not useless unboxing vids that don't teach you anything.

    • @GPK-BENSH
      @GPK-BENSH Před 5 lety +5

      I didn't even realize I'd been watching for an hour until I read your comment, lol

  • @ck-ck
    @ck-ck Před 3 lety +22

    if you snapped of the memory lock tab and want to reverse that, do OT solder the two contacts toghether, but rather solder a micro switch so you ca switch the lock on or off whenever you like to ...

  • @thearcenist
    @thearcenist Před 5 lety +42

    I just bought one of these and I can't tell you how valuable this video was to me. From zero experience with a drum machine to actually understanding the thing in an hour. You rock, sir.

  • @unreliableobserver
    @unreliableobserver Před 6 lety +11

    Love that this guy is using a mirror, what a champ!

  • @mattkaz9604
    @mattkaz9604 Před 7 lety +14

    I always chuckle at the dubstep noises you make when you first present a piece of gear.

  • @rDigital2A
    @rDigital2A Před 4 lety +11

    You perform a real service to the musician community. Thank you.

  • @russianvoodoo
    @russianvoodoo Před 7 lety +51

    I just freaking love your videos. The way you film them is different from the others. Way of placing the camera (filming screen and not screencasting), seeing your reflection, it all together feels like I'm sitting right next to you. You know, like friends home jam session. It makes you think about all this new software and hardware in a such more relaxed way. You're are great dude, cuckoo!

  • @malcolmbliss777
    @malcolmbliss777 Před měsícem +1

    You. You. You made me buy this. Opened it up today 12 hrs ago. Loving it. My 3rd PO.

  • @runoneman
    @runoneman Před 2 lety +2

    When you brought in the Volca FM, at 26:00, I was like... OH YEAH, now it's gonna be good!

  • @JamesLevineAndSons
    @JamesLevineAndSons Před 6 lety +7

    Wanna have some fun? Do this:
    1) Whichever drum patches saved to your PO-32 currently, select sounds 1-8 twisting the morph knob all the way left for each sound. It's quick because once you select the next pad, the knob will practically already be in place. And I forgot to add: put the pitch, dial A, into the center position, say 4 bars, for each of the same pads
    2) Open microtonic desktop. Slide Morph fader all the way to the LEFT. Open a preset, construct or save a kit, or load in each patch for each pad.
    If you're like me, try loading a preset that comes with a kit and patterns.
    3) Optimize the order of the pads on MT by dragging the lanes up and down in the full-view sequencer. Better results than the "Optimize for PO-32" option, but you could press that button instead on the transfer interface if you prefer. When this window is open, MT will give you a preview of what the pattern will sound like, voice stealing and all, on the PO-32.
    Sub kicks, for example, should not really be on pad 5 because it'll end up belonging to the same voice assignment as your main kick. I save subs to pad 8. Otherwise, it's 1=kick, 2=snare, 3=closed HH, 7=Open HH. And you have some leniency with the other pads, perhaps a tom or bass tone on 5, a clap on pad 6.
    Just because a pattern doesn't use all the pads, don't just order them as the first handful of pads, unless one is clearly muted due to it being in an init state or something like that. You might go back and use those other pads for other patterns after all, or you might just enjoy playing the full kit on your PO-32
    4) Transfer all the sounds and pattern to buttons 1-8 and pattern 1, or transfer all patterns 1-4 if you have some patterns already in place on MT.
    5) Put Write button in perf mode on PO-32 so you can freely adjust the morph dial for each pad 1-8, and now turn each one fully clockwise. (If you're in edit mode, you'll be literally rewriting the default morph position for that related pattern, and you'd need to be holding the write button down to alter the morph dial for each pad. Not what we want to commit to in this example.)
    6) Go back to microtonic desktop. Slide Morph fader all the way to the RIGHT. Open a preset, construct or save a kit, or load in each patch for each pad.
    7) Repeat steps 3 and 4. That is, transfer the sounds to the same top buttons 1-8. If you loaded in a different pattern entirely with this other kit, save these additional pattern(s) to pad 9 or 5-8 as examples, so you ultimately can give yourself an even number of patterns per kit. Which leads us to the tip:
    Now the morph dial on the PO-32 will transform between the two kits you created on microtonic. They didn't even need to be related to each other, and you didn't even need separate buttons for 2 patches. Any patterns you transferred will automatically recall the morph position you positioned them in, hard counter-clock, and clockwise. You could repeat this for transfers to pads 9-16, essentially saving 4 kits to PO-32 with room for 4 patterns each. I like to pack a bunch of patterns that have a similar tempo, even if they were saved as separate presets with separate kits.
    Also, the patterns will be remembered in their morph position, although it may not show it in performance mode. That is, the first row as I've set it up will be the first kit, the 2nd row the 2nd kit, etc. If you want to play a different kit over the current pattern, you'd still need to adjust the dials in performance mode.

    • @TehSquidManGaming
      @TehSquidManGaming Před rokem

      I know this comment is 5 years old but is there any way to upload a transfer patch or reference one your talking about to get an idea of sounds that would work cohesively

  • @jellyfishaudio
    @jellyfishaudio Před 7 lety +30

    I like the pocket mirror lol

  • @thetownwaites118
    @thetownwaites118 Před 5 lety +3

    I been using Micro Tonic since it came out. I always wanted a stand alone drum machine just like it. Now this. WOW!

  • @TheKeyToMusicOfficial
    @TheKeyToMusicOfficial Před 6 lety +24

    i upvote your video because of the first 6 seconds. thanks

  • @nikpharesmusic5768
    @nikpharesmusic5768 Před 7 lety +9

    Great job Cuckoo! Just received my PO-32 yesterday and loaded your patches on it today. Sounds great, thank you! Can't wait to try it with a few other gadgets of mine.

    • @truecuckoo
      @truecuckoo  Před 7 lety +3

      +Nicholas Phares cool thanks! Great to hear :) I hope you'll have a great time together with the new PO-32!

  • @lundsweden
    @lundsweden Před 3 lety +2

    I am really enjoying Cuckoo's tutorials on the Korg Volcas and Teenage Engineering Pocket Calculators!
    It looks like you're having fun which makes it enjoyable!
    There is enough depth to the reviews to help decide whether or not to buy a certain bit of gear, without getting too bogged down with details!

  • @Jmdeleeuw-
    @Jmdeleeuw- Před 5 lety +4

    The face mirrors are my favorite part of any cuckoomusic video. It's always so funny.

  • @Oblique331
    @Oblique331 Před 7 lety +62

    "Tsh Tsh Drum machine - wooOoooo"

  • @insomniamachine8452
    @insomniamachine8452 Před 6 lety +1

    Just bought one po-32 and purchased for the microtonic! Fantastic drum machine!

  • @itscrawford
    @itscrawford Před 6 lety +1

    Great video! I was very curious as to how these things worked and super relieved that you had a video on them. Your channel is awesome man. You're like the Bob Ross of electronic music thingamajigs. I greatly appreciate how in depth and interesting your videos are!

  • @jacobesmagobes8664
    @jacobesmagobes8664 Před 4 lety

    I just got the Po-32 and this has been extremely helpful!!! Thanks for creating this Cuckoo!!

  • @ChristianRoeb
    @ChristianRoeb Před 7 lety +2

    Love your Tutorial Videos - learnt so much and fast about any device you are showing.

  • @vincentsonoma
    @vincentsonoma Před 5 lety

    Thank you for this! I find most other tutorials for the PO-32 (and the manual) to be all but incomprehensible.

  • @tonoormusic
    @tonoormusic Před 7 lety

    Thanks for this in depth tutorial of the combo.

  • @modgrip805
    @modgrip805 Před 5 lety +1

    Just bought one. VERY EXCITED! IT"S NICE! I LIKE!

  • @ignaciodelvillararce4925
    @ignaciodelvillararce4925 Před 7 lety +2

    Watching your tutorial I thought that I can use the morph function to manipulate the level of the sounds and it worked! Now I can mix the sounds better in the PO32. Thanks for your videos! they are always very inspirational!

    • @truecuckoo
      @truecuckoo  Před 7 lety +1

      Cool, yes. The volume per sound is a missing feature. Great idea to bake it into the sound design!

  • @CNTRRNDM
    @CNTRRNDM Před 2 lety

    THE best PO-33/Microtonic tutorial out there!!!

  • @runoneman
    @runoneman Před 2 lety

    Your sound effects in the beginning, intro, are awesome. lol. Great video as a whole.

  • @powerpointcycling
    @powerpointcycling Před 2 lety

    This tutorial is a pure gold. Thanks!👍

  • @e.l978
    @e.l978 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the tutorial : the little toy turns to an incredible machine thanks to your help !

  • @mCKENIC
    @mCKENIC Před 7 lety

    Absolutely FANTASTIC Cuckoo - Thank you!

    • @truecuckoo
      @truecuckoo  Před 7 lety

      +mCKENIC Thank YOU! Happy to hear I'm being useful :)

  • @joseherrera2634
    @joseherrera2634 Před 4 lety

    Big thank you to you for putting this tutorial up

  • @stockholm1752
    @stockholm1752 Před 6 lety

    Watching your interview with Magnus really helped. Now I want one. Way more than a toy.

  • @natjes6017
    @natjes6017 Před 4 lety

    Very cool seeing you work the program. Can´t believe it sends the data over sound via the macs speakers! And that it works!! Totally awesome 😁

  • @rgriggs9
    @rgriggs9 Před 6 lety

    Love your videos. Thank you for sharing!

  • @onurson4000
    @onurson4000 Před 5 lety +1

    just a small addition: to sync with external devices this is the explanation of the sync mode.
    ------: input---------output
    SY0: stereo-------stereo
    SY1: stereo ------mono/sync
    SY2: sync---------stereo
    SY3: sync---------mono/sync
    SY4: mono/sync-------stereo
    SY5: mono/sync-------mono/sync

  • @AveMcree
    @AveMcree Před 7 lety

    great video I like the claps you made

  • @EnochLight
    @EnochLight Před 6 lety

    Very much appreciate this tutorial - nice job!

  • @ceetronic
    @ceetronic Před 3 lety

    Superb tutorial! Thank you!

  • @feonao
    @feonao Před 4 lety

    Thank you so much for helping with this toy!

  • @duckwrth2472
    @duckwrth2472 Před 5 lety

    You are one of a kind! Great tutorial dude(: I'm heading over to buy a pack from you cuckoo 🤙

  • @nickfertner3831
    @nickfertner3831 Před 2 lety

    just picked up this kit. real nice.

  • @magnificus23
    @magnificus23 Před 4 lety

    awesome and useful video, especially those text notes on the top of the screen. thanks!

  • @morgensterngruen
    @morgensterngruen Před 6 lety

    thx for that fine description!!

  • @cshaw317
    @cshaw317 Před 2 lety

    👏 great video, love it!

  • @saymoonartcine
    @saymoonartcine Před 6 lety

    Thanks a lot....if not...TONIC & other similar stuff....realy complicated for the FIRST time.. sooo ..great JOB. MAN.

  • @jo_ey
    @jo_ey Před 6 lety

    Great tutorial!

  • @ChrisLorensson
    @ChrisLorensson Před 3 lety

    Epic. So useful. Thank you!

  • @claude-patricktv5701
    @claude-patricktv5701 Před 7 lety +3

    At first i tought it could actualy record vocals , how epic it would be with some tuning

  • @pabloperez6749
    @pabloperez6749 Před 7 lety +25

    By far the best tutorial on PO-32 out there...excellent job and thank you Cuckoo! BTW...how did you get your name?

    • @truecuckoo
      @truecuckoo  Před 7 lety +16

      +Pablo Perez thanks! I got my name from Cuckoo Giannis Cuckoo bar on Crete island.

  • @Mark-wk5xx
    @Mark-wk5xx Před 5 lety

    I have bought one because of you. Thanks a lot

  • @NicoResonic
    @NicoResonic Před 7 lety

    Thanks a lot! Super Cuckoo! Appreciate it!!

  • @pianoatthirty
    @pianoatthirty Před 3 lety +1

    Sonic Charge's synths are like secret weapons these days. THANK YOU for this video

  • @elektr4
    @elektr4 Před 7 lety

    cool idea with the mirror!

  • @lkbkbj8923
    @lkbkbj8923 Před 5 lety

    This was great, thanks a ton

  • @LuisHouses
    @LuisHouses Před 7 lety

    Great video!

  • @mortgagejunglist
    @mortgagejunglist Před 5 lety

    picked up the Tonic just on this video, cheers

  • @oldskoolhead0
    @oldskoolhead0 Před 4 lety

    great tutorial thanks

  • @gapster77
    @gapster77 Před 3 lety +2

    This is a good tutorial.

  • @wadenweh
    @wadenweh Před 3 lety

    Thank You!

  • @travisjohnson108
    @travisjohnson108 Před 6 lety +3

    this guy is the man

  • @udomatthiasdrums5322
    @udomatthiasdrums5322 Před 5 lety +1

    love it!!

  • @MottiWolkenbruch
    @MottiWolkenbruch Před 6 lety

    Great, now I need this one, too.

  • @ThomasColeFZ
    @ThomasColeFZ Před 4 lety

    That was really cool Cuckoo. What an awesome introductory video. I'm torn between getting a young boy interested in music one of these pocket operators. I just can't decide on which one to get him. PO32 vs PO35 ?? This video alone would be a big help in getting him interested/helping to learn it. Please keep up the good work.

  • @DECIMA1
    @DECIMA1 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for dis!!! I just made a video with the tonic and a lyra 8 hehe

  • @inventanew
    @inventanew Před 3 lety

    so helpful

  • @pierrelabret
    @pierrelabret Před 7 lety

    Hey guys,
    I made a Po-32 Tonic Drum Preset available on FREE DOWNLOAD:
    instagram.com/pierrelabret/
    enjoy! feedbacks welcome!

  • @Casious_Productions
    @Casious_Productions Před 6 lety +7

    33:32 ..Mr.Mr Oizo "Flat beat".... XD

  • @Hartekist2France
    @Hartekist2France Před 7 lety

    Very cool!

  • @angelodomino
    @angelodomino Před 4 lety +1

    *Love* your video's

  • @tefatenu
    @tefatenu Před 7 lety

    hey man thanks for the video. thx for sharing your wisdom as well. super full walkthrough po 32. thank you. @cucko

  • @Sklang32
    @Sklang32 Před 5 lety +1

    Just got my tonic ordered yesterday. Only two years late this time!

  • @cheddy_chedderson_cheddouard

    thank you a lot, very usefull. Power too you

  • @ejmakela7525
    @ejmakela7525 Před 3 lety

    GREAT video! I just discovered you. Also watching interview with you and the developer. REQUEST: Please consider making LEDs more visible in your tutorials. It was a little hard to follow along when I couldn’t see which of the PO-32 LEDs were on or off.

  • @yay5179
    @yay5179 Před 6 lety

    wow look @ all this free advertising :OIOOOO po-32 === sooooo luckkky to have you man! peace out \o/

  • @paddling_out
    @paddling_out Před 7 lety

    Hey Cuckoo, great video. Would you recommend this over the Volca Beats or PO-12?

  • @SoopSoopa
    @SoopSoopa Před 5 lety

    i want this man in my life

  • @wul01
    @wul01 Před 7 lety

    I managed to load the kit featured in the future music you tube review , they played the whole transfer

  • @Salvolama
    @Salvolama Před 5 lety

    Ok .. Chukp I buy the pocket tomorrow is fantastic!

  • @nikolayk5449
    @nikolayk5449 Před 6 lety

    Hi Cuckoo! First of all thanks for the great vid! I have a couple of questions, is there any way to delete FX layered on the pattern? Is there any way to transfer my patterns to microtonic software so I could use them in my DAW?

  • @seaglassgalaxy4857
    @seaglassgalaxy4857 Před 6 lety

    Great video dude!! Can I use the Microtonic software on my iPad?? Or is there any way I can import sounds using my iPad?

  • @sigurowski
    @sigurowski Před 5 lety

    hey cuckoo. quick question. If I download new set of sounds how can I back to my settings? is my factory settings gone forever? Or is there an option to download new pattern of sounds to - for example pattern 2 and still have sounds on pattern one - factory settings ??

  • @itsnotaboutu10.3
    @itsnotaboutu10.3 Před 3 lety +1

    Ur cool! Thanks for ur videos. A

  • @sofnaji
    @sofnaji Před rokem +2

    I prefer your videos to others because you make percussive noises with your mouth

  • @user-vb8wm2pg1v
    @user-vb8wm2pg1v Před 4 lety

    Спасибо!

  • @purpleturtlehurtle
    @purpleturtlehurtle Před 2 lety

    Great tutorial, very useful. Somehow i still don't understand what is microphone for. Can you actually record something or it's just for that weird data transfer?

  • @emilianotapia8283
    @emilianotapia8283 Před 3 lety

    Suuuuuper goood!

  • @gurpchirp
    @gurpchirp Před 5 lety

    holy shit. what a time to be alive.

  • @DeejayRach0
    @DeejayRach0 Před 6 lety

    is it working with cubase? can send the end sound to cubase and use them for my track ? sorry for my english

  • @Endlesssssss
    @Endlesssssss Před 2 lety

    Dense question but can you record your voice onto it like the ‘35?
    Or,
    If I had voice samples on my Mac and transferred would it give it the same treatment as the ‘35?

  • @jesusagustintapiaflores2925

    cool

  • @juanmypatatafreskita8377

    You are fking awesome

  • @mattpaxton6579
    @mattpaxton6579 Před 6 lety

    Hi Cuckoo!, This is Matty.
    Is it possible to copy a pad to another pad?
    Really enjoying this device, great reccomend.

  • @joantorruella4891
    @joantorruella4891 Před 6 lety +1

    Best vocal sound fx, almos as good as reggie watts

  • @SubQuark
    @SubQuark Před 7 lety +3

    Hi Cuckoo! I'm wondering which Pocket Operator to get, PO-20 or PO-32. I know it's difficult to give a general recommendation, but which one have you had the most fun with? I'm looking for a small device to use on my patio in the summer. I already have plenty of synths and drum machines, for example Digitakt, OP-1, Volcas and Roland Airas. I love making beats, which PO-32 seems to be best at, but I also want something that can make more complete "songs", which points me at the PO-20. Do I simply need both?

    • @truecuckoo
      @truecuckoo  Před 7 lety +7

      +ProQdev ha ha. The 32 is undoubtedly the most serious instrument, with the most depth. but without the software Microtonic you really can't explore the depth. It's a simple but versatile and great sounding engine. The 20 is great with the chord progression and side chain chords etc, but the sounds and expressions are limited to this one kind of style. If you're happy with that, it's plenty fun.

  • @eduardoperales6582
    @eduardoperales6582 Před 6 lety

    Why I can't use the keyboard of my Mac while I am using Microtonic? I mean, I need to select between the numbers 1 and 8 with the mouse instead of with the keyboard, and it's a mess 'cause it's slowly if I want to see how all the buttons work and at the same time I need to use the mouse to pick up the number of the drums noise. Thanks !!

  • @danielgalis6644
    @danielgalis6644 Před 7 lety

    Hey Cuckoo! Love this video! So i am buying the PO-32 and Microtonic, and i'm planning on buying a Volca later to go with it for a (kinda) portable set up. Right now i am looking at the Keys and FM. Which one would suit it better? I mostly want to make mellow hip hop and would like some "spacey" sounds. I know they use a different kind of synthesis but for me it comes down to the sound. Thanks in advance! (sorry for my english i'm from Slovakia)

    • @truecuckoo
      @truecuckoo  Před 7 lety

      +Daniel Gális cool Daniel. Thanks. Spacey as in space invaders alien shootemup games? The FM is certainly capable of sort of alien sounds. But sometimes it's hard to make "normal" sounding keyboard sounds.

  • @JamesLevineAndSons
    @JamesLevineAndSons Před 6 lety

    what if in mircotonic you worked on all your presets from the center morph position, then adjusted the changes in the A and B position, then moved the morph position back to center before saving. Wouldn't you only need to save the preset once, rather than twice, in order to capture all the differences between A and B?
    You'd still need to remember to put the morph fader into the center position before loading a preset again, or it would place the preset in whichever position you had last left the morph fader.
    Also, if you load that same preset again without remembering to put the morph dial into the center, wouldn't you run the risk of going beyond the parameter range of the PO-32 when you transfer the preset?
    Finally, will the PO-32 remember the position of the morph dial when the preset is imported. In other words, if the morph is in the center on microtonic, will the morph fader be in the center for each patch?

  • @tristanpolliandersen3524
    @tristanpolliandersen3524 Před 7 lety +2

    Can you buy the Dreadbox Erebus v2 and make videos with it

  • @MrAndo
    @MrAndo Před 7 lety

    Hey cuckoo, your videos made me fall in love with the pocket operators and i'd like to get one now, but I can't decide which one to get between the arcade and the tonic. I love the arcade sounds, but it's kinda limiting genre speaking while the tonic seems more versatile but it's also more expensive and I don't think i will be able to get microtonic as well (don't have much of a budget). Which one would you recommend?

    • @MrAndo
      @MrAndo Před 7 lety

      Nevermind, I couldn't resist and i bought a po-32 :P

    • @truecuckoo
      @truecuckoo  Před 7 lety +1

      +fillermo he he. The tonic will without any doubt be the one that will (musically speaking) last the longest.