Teenage Engineering Riddim Supertone, Ting, and DJ Mixer Revealed in Possible Leak
Another knockout from Teenage Engineering?
Is the Teenage Engineering Riddim Supertone a dancehall variant on the EP-133 K.O. II sampler? Leaked photos suggest a reggae-themed set with a Ting FX unit and DJ-style mixer!
Teenage Engineering Riddim Supertone, Ting, and DJ Mixer
Teenage Engineering has been pretty quiet lately, with only the Field System Black released in the last year. I figured it was probably working on some new products, but I wasn’t expecting a dancehall reggae-themed sampler, DJ mixer, and effects unit. But then again, you never expect what Teenage Engineering does.
A post on r/syntheizers on Reddit is showing a set of new products from TE that appear to be based on the EP-133 K.O. II sampler. There’s the Riddim Supertone, Ting FX, and an unnamed DJ-style two-channel mixer. The pictures seem to have come from posts from the Japanese musical instrument shop, Rock oN Company, on X (formerly Twitter), which have since been deleted.
An additional set of photos of the Riddim Supertone showed up elsewhere on X from user Koji Seto, who says, “Wow! I found a puzzling device! Don’t ask me about details. That’s the party tonight!” Very cryptic. Seto-san seems to be a tech YouTuber with a lot of videos about phones and those kinds of devices. Maybe he’ll post more later about the Riddim soon.
Teenage Engineering Riddim Supertone
So, the Riddim Supertone. Remember, these are unconfirmed leaks. We don’t have any actual information or confirmation, but based on the two different sets of photos, they look pretty real to me. I could imagine a reskinning of the original EP-133 K.O. II, but this seems to be more involved with that, with entirely different designs in the screen. A reggae variant of the EP-1320 Medieval, perhaps.
Case in point: rather than the A, B, C, D buttons on the keypad, the Riddim Supetone sports graphics of four instruments: a drum, bass guitar, keys, and a record, suggesting DJ effects.
Teenage Engineering Riddim Supertone Friends
Along with the Teenage Engineering Riddim Supertone, the photos also reveal two new devices, a DJ-style mixer and an effects box called the Ting FX.
The unnamed DJ mixer is a slim, two-channel affair with the same colorway as the Riddim. It has two channels, each with a volume fader, FX and Cue buttons, gain, and three-band EQ controls. There appear to be controls for headphone volume, master volume with a MOD switch, a vertical LCD screen displaying volume levels, and an exposed battery chamber for two batteries. Looking at the labeling at the top, there are two inputs plus an auxiliary channel and USB, possibly for audio but more likely for power. But we shall see.
Lastly, there’s the Ting FX unit. It’s a handheld box with a prominent speaker on it that mirrors the ones on the Riddim Supertone. It’s hard to tell what this does. Effects are a big part of dancehall DJing, with delay especially prominent. You also need a good dub siren. Maybe that’s what this is? Looking around the back, there appear to be three dials on the side and… a belt clip? Color me curious.
Teenage Engineering Riddim Supertone Pricing and Availability
As these are leaks, we have no idea when (or even if!) they’ll come out. As for price, the Riddim Supertone will probably be around $300, which is the standard price for the EP-133 K.O. II.
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