fantastic!!!
Hmmā¦ The packaging now says āTECHNOā. Does the display still read āTENCHOā?
Hmm.. The packaging now says "TECHNO". Does the display still read "TENCHO"?
Yes, and in the olnine maunal, too.
NEWSFLASH: @motone outed as Jesper's 9 year old daughter! :-):D This is so TENCHO !
Hey dudes. Ok, Iāve looked at enough of ybr 32 stuff to say that it looks rad. The main thing that got me was hearing the breadth of sound you can pull from microtonic. I love the long "reverb"snare with no actual reverb. Also, some long āsynthā soundsā¦ Would be cool if you could set diatonic or pentatonic scales to the knob a from microtonic. Would expand the functionality to be a really usable synth too. Maybe possible?
I have a question tho - can you transfer just one sound, or do you need to overwrite the whole 16 sounds? Also is it 16 sounds across the whole 16 patterns, or 16 sounds x 16 patterns (tweaking sounds not included). Iām guessing the former. Lastly, how does pattern transfer work? And really lastly, how effective is the āaccentā buttonā¦ I woulda rly loved a solo function. But accent looks fun.
PS. Iāve read the manual, and other things, so not being heaps lazy asking this stuff.
Love.
not sure if this has been covered, since i havenāt read the entire thread, but the software does not work with osx lion, osx 8.0 or higher is required. i have a pc iād love to try it on, but i donāt have access to it just yet. first impressions, i love the sounds it comes loaded with, and some of the pre-programmed patterns have some nice flutter/shuffle to them that i am very interested in learning how to re-create. so far i am more impressed than i thought i would be and i havenāt been able to access the software component of this device!
I successfully got microtonic talking to PO-32! Iām running microtonic in OSX 10.7.6 using Logic Pro 9 as host. You only need OSX 8.0 to run it as a standalone plug-in.
You can transfer either a single sound to a single slot 1-16 or transfer sound + sequence (up to 8 sounds 1-8 or 9-16 and then a sequence that replaces an existing sequence 1-16). You can also revert back to the factory sound using microtonic if needed. It works pretty sweet!! The first microtonic sound I sent to the PO-32 wasnāt loud enough so I cranked up the volume in the app then sent over again until it sounded better.
There IS a solo function on the PO-32 sound button + sound 1-16 as well as the ability to mute vertical rows of sounds. I discovered a trick while holding a solo or mute button you can also add that buttonās corresponding FX.
Accent is fun too.
Iām totally diggin it 
There IS a solo function on the PO-32 sound button + sound 1-16 as well as the ability to mute vertical rows of sounds. I discovered a trick while holding a solo or mute button you can also add that button's corresponding FX. Accent is fun too.Iām totally diggin it
OK. Now I have to find this one 
Iāve just played it for 15 minutes, this one is definitely a must have if you liked the PO-12.
I really felt at home instantly.
So far there are some FX I donāt like too much, as they almost cut the sound.
But the #9 is very powerful, it lets the bass decay slower while treble decay fast, so you have an instant boom in your sound.
Canāt wait for the end of the day 
I successfully got microtonic talking to PO-32! I'm running microtonic in OSX 10.7.6 using Logic Pro 9 as host. You only need OSX 8.0 to run it as a standalone plug-in. You can transfer either a single sound to a single slot 1-16 or transfer sound + sequence (up to 8 sounds 1-8 or 9-16 and then a sequence that replaces an existing sequence 1-16). You can also revert back to the factory sound using microtonic if needed. It works pretty sweet!! The first microtonic sound I sent to the PO-32 wasn't loud enough so I cranked up the volume in the app then sent over again until it sounded better. There IS a solo function on the PO-32 sound button + sound 1-16 as well as the ability to mute vertical rows of sounds. I discovered a trick while holding a solo or mute button you can also add that button's corresponding FX. Accent is fun too.Iām totally diggin it
Thanks mate. So accent just makes that step louder?
How do you solo vertical rows?
Wait, how do you mute?
Cool, so you can add FX while soloing by holding FX? Thatās cool.
I had an idea one time to try to tweak the FX on my PO12 by turning the knobs while holding FX, but alas. This was not a thing which did anything
I donāt think you can tweak the effects, but you can record a layer of effects then trigger other momentary effects to mix it up. It sucked that you couldnāt do this on older POās.
Iāve only scratched the surface in Microtonic. I need to test out the morph feature, which maps to knob B on the PO. If Iām understanding it correctly, you essentially get 2 sounds per slot if you utilize morph. Some of the other presets Iāve loaded (mostly from Patternarium) donāt utilize it fully.
Yeah, I was unsure but the way PO-32 works now feels very natural!
I was wondering if it was my memory, thx @Zzzach for confirming 
I love the fact that you can either play ānotesā or FX on top of what you recorded!
Aaaaah canāt wait for the next hour ^^
I didnāt get into morph but the sound I pulled from the app to PO-32 did include knob A & knob B functionality! I think it was knob A controlling pitch and knob B was like a noise decay.
Soloing a single sound or Muting column(s) is covered in the manual but you can also trigger the FX associated with the solo/mute button being held. So for example, start your sequence then hold down button 15 to mute 3,7,11,15. Since FX 15 is reverse if you press FX (while still holding 15) you will get mute + reverse FX on the non-muted sounds currently playing in your sequence. You can even mute multiple columns! Hold down button 15 and button 4 will mute 3,7,11,15 and 4,8,12,16 if that makes any sense.
It says in the documentation that knob B is morph. If morph can handle a bunch of parameter changes, it would essentially double the amount of sounds one could toss onto the PO-32.
@Zzzach that sounds so cool Iāll give it a try this weekend! I might need a 2nd PO-32 just for custom Microtonic stuff:)
PO-32 ->OTO BIM -> OP-1 = yikes
I got it how the Mute and Solo workā¦
Either youāre in Rec mode, where the FX are recorded as automations and note as grid mode.
Or youāre in Perf mode.
Here you can Sound+step = Solo on the instrument (āSOLā is displayed)
Or you can Acc + step = Mute a whole column (= track)
It totally make sense, this PO is a jewel of UI in its minimalistic way, itās really well designed.
So glad I pulled the trigger on this one !
@LyingDalai You have to be in performance mode but thereās no need to press Acc + step to mute, simply holding down a step will mute the column. This will initially trigger a note but then the column will mute. Solo doesnāt trigger a note it just solos that stepās sound.
All right, thx for the precisionsā¦
I can confirm the morph being capable of making wildly different soundsā¦ tested with a snappy kick that morphs into a completely different waveform with slow attack, pitch wobble, etc.
best PO ever
maybe itās the new excitement but imho one of the greatest electronic instruments ever made
it sounds beautifully by itself. iād change 2 or 3 sounds although it does not even need micro tonic to be worth it
all FX are useful in comparison to PO-12. i do love PO-12 btw, but this surpasses it.
i already got a second. thinking about a third, and a fourth and a fifthā¦
if only it could load in chordsā¦
Sonic Charge are you there?
maybe it could happen using the 4 voices with synth voices