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Teenage Engineering’s KO Sidekick is a mixer with fun performance effects

The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering's stylish new two-channel mixer, clearly designed to connect two of its KO-II samplers for live performances and DJ sets. Though, it can connect any two audio sources, not just TE gear. The mixer leaked a couple of times, but what those leaks didn't show...

Teenage Engineering’s KO Sidekick is a mixer with fun performance effects
Image: The Verge
The EP-136 KO Sidekick sandwiched between two KO-II samplers. | Image: Teenage Engineering

The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering's stylish new two-channel mixer, clearly designed to connect two of its KO-II samplers for live performances and DJ sets. Though, it can connect any two audio sources, not just TE gear. The mixer leaked a couple of times, but what those leaks didn't show was that it's also a robust effects processor that brings some of TE's beloved punch-in effects to any instrument in your arsenal.

The EP-136 by default supports two stereo ins, but can also be switched to four mono inputs using split audio adapters. In addition, it supports two stereo channels over USB-C, so you can actually use it to control …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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