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Teenage Engineering’s KO Sidekick is a mixer with fun performance effects

The two-channel mixer brings some of TE’s punch-in performance effects to any audio input. The two-channel mixer brings some of TE’s punch-in performance effects to any audio input. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The EP-136 KO Sidekick is Teenage Engineering’s stylish new two-channel mixer, clearly designed to connect two of its KO-II samplers for live performances and DJ sets. Though, it can connect any two audio sources, not just TE gear. The mixer leaked a couple of times, but what those leaks didn’t show was that it’s also a robust effects processor that brings some of TE’s beloved punch-in effects to any instrument in your arsenal. The EP-136 by default supports two stereo ins, but can a

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Teenage Engineering’s KO Sidekick is a mixer with fun performance effects

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