Teenage Engineering TP-7 Tape recorder

Lovely! I’m only at the beginning of my field journey; tracking my op-1f order atm
Not so tempted by the mixer but the recorder will be hard to resist!

1 Like

I just realised what this is missing, and it’s Kanye. If only they’d brought it out a year ago.

1 Like

Just found out that the TX-6 got major major major updates (since I looked last time) including sync to audio, midi, midi cc, midi clock sync, insert FX etc. :open_mouth::astonished: and (Edit: no multitrack recording but) record to thumbdrive. I think thats a lot for the price given its inthewoods-ability. Hope the TP-7 will evolve, too and the internal mics are usable and the USB will accept my AKG mic. That would be all 🥸:sunglasses::face_with_monocle::sweat_smile::nerd_face::wink:

I’m prepared to let go of some unportable gear like big Jomox boxes or Akai HDD recorders or 19” Akai samplers or Ensoniq Sampling Keyboards. :open_mouth: Well, I realize I’m not prepared :flushed::fearful:, I will just work more I guess or make cuts in food and clothes. Or found a business that needs that sort of equipment to operate properly. :nerd_face:

1 Like

What where when

Current release 12.5 does not have multitrack recording. Guess you mean to a DAW or TP-7

2 Likes

It doesn’t? Maybe I read wrong (current manual online). But it would make a lot of sense that you would need the TP-7 for that matter.

As Klaus would say: You will own nothing but TE equipment - and you will be happy. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:🥸:sunglasses::partying_face::partying_face::partying_face:

Yeah only records main stereo out to USB currently. Guess this wont change anytime soon since a benefit of TP-7

2 Likes

Released today?

2022-10-11: downloads tx-6
TX–6 guide

It’s just me who just found out about these updates since I looked at it the last time (and gave it a pass). Sry :slight_smile:

Aha thought it was a new firmware released. :laughing:

Five Large if you borrow the money for it from the mafia. Plus the vig…….

1 Like

What wig?
Speaking of: I could just borrow the money from my future self. I’m sure he’s better than me and will figure something out… kind of a snowball scheme, I know, but it works for decades already. Sure thing…: :sunglasses::sunglasses::sunglasses::wink:

1 Like

Yeah I got excited for a minute haha

What wig? Why, Morrie’s wigs of course!

YARN | Morrie's wigs don't come off! | Goodfellas (1990) | Video ...

this luxury clothes comparison returns every time but it’s not really on point… there’s not only $10k bags there. there’s lots of brands, so there’s competition also (within the niche). there’s design as a main element, the real content of the product (not so much with equipment)

why no one compares TE to Leica? same great build quality, same ease of use, same lack of functions and similar markets (rich family shooters & enthusiasts who mostly buy it second hand). it’s just Leica has a great history and fabulous optics which TE lacks.

the price is not a problem here imo. the philosophy is. pros pay more for cameras (despite the cheaper stuff gets you there). I’d pay more for Octa mk3 if it was just a perfected version of the original. etc.

2 Likes

AFAIR the discussions around Leica (M cameras and lenses) were more or less the same, except that analogue Leicas don’t lose value when bought used, even if Leica decided to develop newer versions. Nowadays I see M6 Leicas more or less as accessories of sporty men over forty in their vintage Mercedes cabrios. (Yes, plural, all of it :wink: - however, state and age of vasectomy in these samples: missing data) :sweat_smile::partying_face::partying_face::partying_face:

2 Likes

vintage Mercedes cabrios and vasectomies?
do you see TP-7 owners as that much cool?

„Cool“ wouldn’t be the category I’d associate vasectomised gym-bodied men over 40 in a vintage Mercedes cabrio with a Leica M6 in the front seat passenger‘s seat with. :thinking::face_with_monocle:

And as far as I think I remember I didn’t associate them with TE TP-7, at least I hope so.:astonished::flushed:

And I want to add that I am sure there are plenty different speci-men owning Leica M6. 🫤🙂But those I don’t tend to see in the wild with their Leicas. For whatever reason.

Right now an M6 has probably more attract-opposite-sex-magnet-characteristics than a TP-7. But who knows, 2073? :wink:

All I know is: TP-7 ticks a lot of boxes and I want one before Florian has a chance to roast it :sweat_smile:

Oh, and before I forget:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CsgLnnvND8L/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Besitz verboten! Wachhunde werden verfolgt!

Did @Ess have time to write up his thoughts on the TP-7. Would be interesting to hear them as he put it at his fave device at Superbooth in another thread