Bad Gear - We're basically DOOMED

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the show about the world's most hated audio tools we, the people of the future, are no strangers to miniaturization in music technology corg Walkers getting something, let's call it off label, used Roland boutiques cognitive dissonance and you probably wouldn't If you want to have one of these with you when you get searched at an airport, today we're going to talk about the tx6 teenage engineer, this luxurious swiss army knife among microscopic music-making toys, tailor-made for the most popular tool sheds of the wealthy and stylistically secure. audio chat Setters has it all: seamless mixing functionality, basic sound design facilities and a design approach that, depending on your social media bubble, will either make you a lifestyle icon or see you as yet another indicator that, At first glance, we are

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to failure.

It's taking the whole insert joke here boxes a tiny universe of brushed aluminum covered with almost comically small but multifunctional knobs six whimsical sliders for track volume with a small mute button as a companion, each slightly larger button letting you allows you to activate two FX engines but more on that later, the screen will make you wish for the cryptic front panel of an old Roland rumler from the 80s, just like the aforementioned antiques, the workflow is menu heavy, EQ levels simple functions and mutes, even essential functions such as setting gains and pans require you to navigate a narrow corridor of options using the shift button, however the per-channel DJ-style filter is more than usable and the set-and-forget compressor is excellent to add accessories to the battery.

The measurement is excellent given the size of the unit, as you may have already discovered. A device like this doesn't come with full size xlrs and five pin midi so compromises have to be made as there is no physical midi and you have to make do with Bluetooth and USB control, the narrow rear panel did worth remembering. Fame, yes it's true that many standard cables will block neighboring input, so you may want to consider purchasing official team teen engineering cables or a similarly slim variety if you want to maximize the 12 channel count; However, there is a surprisingly generous 6.3mm cable.

The master output can be accessed with a well-designed adapter, a freely assignable auxiliary output for FX and a headphone jack with a hidden headphone mic preamp using an adapter. It did not include phantom power for condenser microphones, for boring technical reasons, the two integrated F Xs. They're easy to use, come with basic algorithms and some other fun stuff, but I couldn't find a way to map them to the numerous knobs. Most of the other functions, and there are many, can be found in the menu navigated to using shift and Dom main. Encoder Solo Knob Assignment Saving and recalling scenes and activating Ground Lift is just the tip of the iceberg.

You can use the TX as an audio interface in two or 12 channel mode. Select sync sources, including actual musical material fed to the audio inputs. The unit is willing to talk to external card readers for DLL recording, there is a tuner, master limiter and DJ mode, plus the little mixer sport, features teenage engineering that added a full TR style drum machine and synthesizer very basic activated from the midi track buttons or preset pattern sequencer with randomization the synth is nothing special but it's a pretty nice drone machine to drive all the other people in your modern co-working space crazy the player functionality SL sample length is much more interesting with a maximum sample length of 5.5 seconds, it can be activated with track buttons or with the sequ SE sequencer.

The sequencer loop requires precision and discipline as expected, this fancy feature doesn't come cheap and four-digit prices for a small mixer are quite an investment, the TX6 is a rare combination of a high-end audio centerpiece. range, a multifunctional doll toolbox and an expensive lifestyle hack. Has teenage engineering found an untapped market or is it another anger-bait marketing stunt? You've already heard a slightly unusual version of the team's Bad intro tune. I had to improvise a little to get the TX synth functionality to work here, but the internal drum machine sounds great. It's time to go back to square one and use it as a real mixer.

Jams like these tend to speed up my aging process, although I found taping Shady adapters to Posh cables aesthetically pleasing, it's certainly nothing you'd want to deal with in a life situation, like mute buttons. which were half broken right out of the box. I want to know how the TX fares as a sampler and an auxiliary drum machine in combination with a pocket operator and some random

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again, the main challenge here was the tiny controls on the TX which make it difficult to build up muscle memory. The clock and USB midi sync are linked and I appreciate the powerful routing. possibilities, while I'm not a fan of the Primitive synth engines, the drum generators are surprisingly awesome, let's take them as far as possible.

Yes, I know tx6 sound generators weren't designed to create full tracks, but I'm going to do it anyway because I'm beyond caring Soul Destroying Music for Corporate Events, Promotional Video Footage and AI vs. Human Rhythm, Verdict on battles, given the ongoing horrors of Endless Video Jam with Cam Audio, it's safe to say the world desperately needs products like the easy-to-use, stutter-free TX6. integration into a smart device environment and powerful enough to act as the backbone of a home studio; However, although these criteria are more than met, I found the overall user experience frustrating, a horrendous price and minimalist audio connectivity, apart from the lack of physical midi in the menu and the sophisticated front panel and workflow. they make it look like a design studio, not something I really want to make music with, even though it's not as unstable as the TX.

I'd probably stick with a blue box, a simple field recorder or maybe even a baby face, there's this. Ongoing debate over whether Teen Engineering is a call-up gang with an impeccable Pokerface or a truly visionary company. I have come to the conclusion that they take their results very seriously. Thanks for watching and until next time. Hello guys, I hope you enjoyed. episode feel free to like, subscribe, become a patreon, leave a comment about what other gear you'd like to see and hear on the show, and use one of the links below supporting the channel regardless of what your order defective equipment YouTube, goodbye, thanks to all my sponsors for supporting the channel and welcome to Noto Voda's thanks, as I am currently preparing for a digit 2 workshop.

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