Chapter 10
Scenes & songs
Commit variations as scenes, then chain them into a song.
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Scenes
Scenes are the sections of a song — intro, verse, drop. Each one remembers which pattern every group plays. Build them with Commit, switch between them live, and chain them in Song mode.
Working with scenes
- Hold MAIN and press − or + to step through scenes, or hold MAIN and type a number to jump to one (MAIN mode).
- Press SHIFT + MAIN to store the current scene and carry on in a copy (Commit).
- Hold ERASE + MAIN for two seconds to delete an empty scene that isn’t in the song (
DEL), or to clear one that is (CLR) (Erase and undo).
When a scene change happens
| Code | Scene changes |
|---|---|
| 410 (default) | Immediately |
| 411 | At the end of the bar |
| 412 | At the end of the pattern |
From the community
1. SCENES & PATTERNS // KO II teenage engineering // beginner tutorial
SON WU
Part 1 of SON WU’s beginner series: projects, scenes and patterns explained clearly before you start recording.
LEARN The EP-133 KO2’s SONG MODE, Patterns, and Scenes Once and For All 👀
Bass Robotics™
Clears up the patterns-vs-scenes-vs-song-mode confusion, then builds a song arrangement.
Nevermind... Why I Changed my Mind Playing Live with the EP-133
Ricky Tinez
Launch-era look at live-performance limits such as pattern changes, project swaps and FX sends, with workarounds.
Song mode
Song mode plays scenes in an order you choose. The song list holds up to 99 positions, each playing one scene for as long as that scene’s longest pattern — up to 9,801 bars in total.
- Hold MAIN and press ENTER to open the song list editor. The display shows the current song position.
- Use − and + to move between positions.
- Hold SHIFT and press A to add a scene to the song list.
- Hold SHIFT and press − or + to change which scene the current position plays.
- Press PLAY to play from the current position, or SHIFT + PLAY to play from the start.
Key combinations
- Hold MAIN + ENTER
- Opens the song list editor.
- − / +
- Moves to the previous or next song position.Song list editor
- SHIFT + A
- Adds a scene to the song list.Song list editor
- SHIFT + C
- Cuts the current scene to the clipboard.Song list editor
- SHIFT + D
- Inserts a scene at the selected position.Song list editor
- PLAY
- Plays the song from the selected position.Song list editor
- SHIFT + PLAY
- Plays the song from the start.Song mode
How songs behave (OS 2.0.1 and later)
- The song stops when it reaches the end — or loops, with setting 421 (song loop on).
- Stopping returns you to the position you started from.
- Leaving song mode keeps you in the scene that was playing.
- Loop mode pauses the song’s progression while it is on.
- Since OS 2.5 the MIDI song position pointer counts from the start of the song, so a DAW’s playhead lines up.
From the community
K.O. II champions update OS 2.0
teenage engineering
TE’s own four-minute tour of OS 2.0: resampling a chord, hands-free sampling, song mode and sidechain, each shown on the device.
KOII gets a MASSIVE UPDATE! // RE-SAMPLING, SONG-MODE & more…
SON WU
Thorough chaptered walkthrough of everything OS 2.0 added, from resampling and song mode to MIDI changes.
Teenage Engineering KO II 2.0 update Guide Tutorial
XNB
Hands-on guide to the four big OS 2.0 features: resample, song mode, sidechain and the new intervals.
LEARN The EP-133 KO2’s SONG MODE, Patterns, and Scenes Once and For All 👀
Bass Robotics™
Clears up the patterns-vs-scenes-vs-song-mode confusion, then builds a song arrangement.
EP-133 K.O. II – From Empty Project to Finished Track | Step-by-Step
LuanaBB
Builds a full track from an empty project, intro to drop, and arranges it in song mode.