The kooky geniuses at Teenage Engineering are again with a new gadget that is guaranteed to make you salivate right up until its price tag smacks you back again to actuality.
The maker of drool-worthy synthesizers just declared the TP-7, a teeny portable recorder that functions a “motorized tape reel,” which spins as it captures audio and can be managed like a click wheel.
Teenage Engineering imbued this digital recorder with layers of nostalgia, evoking both equally the early-ish times of digital (like Apple’s initial iPod, Gizmodo points out) and the however-additional-distant times of tape. The TP-7 also appears to be to pull from some legendary digital camera layouts its recording indicator beams like Leica’s red dot, even though its leather-based back would seem to draw from Polaroid’s traditional SX-70.
In other text: The Stockholm-centered audio organization is teasing yet yet another lovely, entirely overbuilt and borderline unnecessary gadget. It is $1,499 and “coming this summer time.”
I want one particular desperately.
Alright, all right, I’ll emphasis — assure.
The TP-7 also capabilities document, perform and quit buttons, a rapid-ahead/rewind result in, 128 GB of storage, and an inner mic and speaker. The device also supports up to 3 external mics (by using 3.5mm audio jacks) and it can link to an Apple iphone or laptop computer by way of USB-C or bluetooth. Teenage Engineering claims its battery lasts all over 7 several hours.
The TP-7 is element of Teenage Engineering’s higher-conclusion “Field System” assortment, along with the OP-1 music maker and CM-15 mic. But if you want a flavor of Teenage Engineering’s quirky equipment without having the prohibitive price tag, you can still peep its pocket synths, which are largely “sold out” on its website but commonly cost just north of $100 on web sites like Reverb and eBay.