EDM did not exist in medieval times but that does not mean people of today cannot reimagine if it had. If you have this wild imagination of what if medieval times have EDM, whether for a cyberpunk-themed medieval game setting or just to experiment with a new music style, the Teenage Engineering EP-1320 Medieval is for you.
Billed as the world’s first medieval electronic instrument, the EP-1320 will turn modern-day minstrel into an EDM wizard with a library of phrases, play-ready instruments like the hurdy-gurdys and lutes, and one-shot samples from “an age where darkness reigned surpreme”. Wait. What? Is teenage engineering sure this isn’t the world’s first middle-earth electronic instrument?
Anyhoo, the device also boasts Gregorian Chants, thunder drums, and punishing percussive Folex FX—making it the ultimate medieval beat machine. The new Teenage Engineering EP-1320 Medieval further rocks a brand new arpeggiator, a redesigned set of send effects and punch-in FX, a collection of multi-sampled instruments, a line input, a built-in speaker, and a built-in microphone.
In addition to a bucketful of one-shot samples, the Instrumentalis Electronicum includes a variety of easily playable medieval instruments—perfect for playing on the pads or an external MIDI keyboard. It is powered by 4 AAA cells and boasts a host of I/Os, including USB-C, MIDI output, MIDI input, and more.
You can check a rundown of the specs of this Bard’s dream EDM instrument on teenage.engineering, and if you are down, you can pick up the teenage engineering EP-1320 Medieval now for US$299.
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