Hey Elektronauts just released an album of some Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator beats! If you’ve been wondering what you can do with these little guys, have a listen!
https://virtualflannel.bandcamp.com/album/pocket-beats
Really, really good stuff. Was any Elektron gear used (eg: loops tracked into an Octa). Or did you use a DAW?
More questions, did you make a bunch of patterns and then jam with them to make each track? I ask as I’m going to make some PO tracks and wondering how to best go about doing it.
Was thinking about tracking each PO into an OP-1 and then using the 4th Track for the OP-1.
Options. Options.
Thanks so much homie! No Elektron gear on this one, just all three PO’s being clocked by Trigger Box on an iPhone. All the inputs go into a mixer and then are two-tracked straight to Ableton. No FX ITB or OTB other than Master Limiting. I really wanted to JUST PO IT (and I just realized that should have been the name of the album …damn).
So, ya to start I would create a pattern on each unit. I used the volumes on each unit to bring parts in and out and give the song some structure. For each track I would usually do two passes, one just the song really plain in some kind of song structure, and the other a jam tweak fest. I would make a composite of both jams for each track.
The real fun of these things will come in sampling in the OP-1/Daw, layer ing into your productions. I just wanted to challenge myself for this one, it was fun and I like where the POs lead me.
Cheers man, thanks for checking it out!
Made a little vid.
Thanks for the breakadown, was super useful to read how you approached it. Is also inspiring to know that it’s all just PO’s. Nice.
I purchased that and Neon Waves. 
Hey congrats man, you made the Teenage Engineering newsletter!
Thanks homie! That made my day! Also, really appreciate the support!
Nicely done, VF.
Thanks for sharing.
Expertly crafted and strangely cinematic. Bit of a Monomachine timbre to those little gadgets.
Well done!