Half the size of a laptop, the QP-1 ($849) designed by Teenage Engineering is an amazing piece of engineering. It is a synthesizer, , sampler, drum machine, 4-track tape recorder, and a mixer with built in effects. It also has the most coolest looking display, and you can take in all the excitement for 16 hours on a full battery charge! That is one long ass session. Here are some more details:
- Multiple Synthesizer Engines with Exchangable Architecture
- Built-in 24 Voice Instant Live Sampler
- 4 track Tape Recorder with Variable Tape Speed
- 6 Minutes Recording Time. (Up to 24 Minutes)
- 4 track Mixer with EQ, Effect, Drive and Master Out
- Multiple Exchangable Effects
- Multiple Exchangable Sequencers
- USB MIDI Controller – MAC & PC Compatible
- 2-Way USB File Transfer – MAC & PC Compatible
- Color Coded Vector Based User Interface
- Instant Reverse and variable Tape Speed Recording
- Full Classic Tape Editing Capabilities
- Master Tempo with Beat Matching to Tape Feature
