Teenage Engineering Teams Up With “Rick and Morty” For A New Synth

I bought a similar one of these for a band I managed almost ten years ago and I have yet to see a return.

 

The teenage.engineering website is hilarious. The front page features two things as of this writing 1) an announcement coming from the music device company about a new collaboration with the producers of Rick and Morty for a new synth (we’ll get to that in a second) 2) some scary white kid slowly gazing through my soul whilst wearing a long-sleeved shirt featuring an aluminum can top fastened to it. I’ve come to learn that it’s an artist by the name of Buster and the scene shown on the website belongs to the artist’s video for the track “You’re In Love With Your Hair”. I’m still a bit shook up, but I feel a bit better that it really happened.

In any event, teenage.engineering is getting ready to release a new collaboration with the producers of Rick and Morty for a Pocket Operator called a PO-137. Not only does the device include 120 seconds of memory, a built-in alarm clock, and an LCD screen. But voices, tones, and sounds inspired by Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty will be included as part of the device which comes out July 11th for a limited time and supply. Onboard drum machines, a vocal synthesizer, and a built-in mic will ensure that you’ll be able to make your homemade sounds as miserable as you want them to be. You can even take the synth for a demo on the company’s website here.

Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network’s late-night programming block Adult Swim. The series follows the misadventures of cynical mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his good-hearted but fretful grandson Morty Smith, who split their time between domestic life and interdimensional adventures.  In May 2018, the series was picked up for an additional 70 episodes over an unspecified number of seasons.

Roiland voices the eponymous characters, with Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer and Sarah Chalke voicing the rest of the family. The series originated from an animated short parody film of Back to the Future, The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti, created by Roiland for Channel 101, a short film festival co-founded by Harmon.