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Title: Teenage Engineering's PO-80 Record Factory both cuts and plays vinyl Post by: HCK on September 30, 2022, 04:05:03 pm Teenage Engineering's PO-80 Record Factory both cuts and plays vinyl
<p>Teenage Engineering is best known these days for its electronic music-making gear (https://www.engadget.com/teenage-engineering-op1-tx6-expensive-fun-181029889.html), but now it has an option for creating physical copies of those tunes. The Swedish brand has released (https://teenage.engineering/store/po-80-record-factory) a PO-80 Record Factory that, as the name implies, lets you cut vinyl records at home in addition to playing them back. The extra-cute orange and white design is part of the draw, but the real appeal is the simplicity — you just need to plug an audio device into the 3.5mm jack and start recording.</p><p>You're limited to monophonic sound, and you won't be cutting more than a single with a B-side. The included five-inch blank records (complete with sleeves) allow for about four minutes of audio per side at 33RPM, and three minutes at 45RPM. There's an adapter for playing seven-inch records, and all power comes over USB.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>If the concept looks a bit familiar, it should. Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki initially explored (https://www.inputmag.com/design/make-your-own-mini-vinyl-records-with-this-80-dollar-record-cutter-yuri-suzuki) the idea with a record-cutting machine he built in tandem with the magazine publisher Gakken. Suzuki is a friend of Teenage Engineering, and teamed up with the company to develop a new version with the "Pocket Operator (https://www.engadget.com/teenage-engineering-street-fighter-megaman-capcom-pocket-operators-161207054.html) mentality" and a revised design.</p><p>The Record Factory is available for $149. While that's not trivial, it's not a lot to spend if you want to produce tangible copies of your lo-fi music. Just be prepared to look elsewhere if you intend to release whole albums.</p> Source: Teenage Engineering's PO-80 Record Factory both cuts and plays vinyl (https://www.engadget.com/teenage-engineering-po-80-record-factory-cutter-150130221.html?src=rss) |