Teenage Engineering is well-known these days because of its. electronic music-making gearIt now has the option to create physical copies of these tunes. The Swedish brand has PublishedA PO-80 Record Factory allows you to cut vinyl records at your home and play 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.
Monophonic sound is your limit. You can only make one single cut with a B side. The five-inch blank records come with sleeves and allow for approximately four minutes of audio per side at a 33RPM speed, and three minutes at a 45RPM. The adapter can be used to play seven inch records. All power is provided by USB.
It should look familiar if the concept seems familiar. Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki initially ExploreThe idea was born out of a record-cutting device he developed in collaboration with Gakken, the magazine publisher. Suzuki, a friend of Teenage Engineering and the co-developer of a new version using the “Pocket Operator“Mentality” and a revised design
The Record Factory can be purchased for $149. Although it is not inexpensive, the Record Factory is affordable if you are looking to create tangible copies your lo-fi music. You should be willing to find other options if you want to make whole albums.
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