If you want to learn how to use your pocket operator more effectively these are some tutorials, lessons, and other educational resources that can help you bone up.
Contents
- Official
- Pocket Operator drum patterns (Free PDF Booklet)
- PO-33 Custom Drum-Kit Tutorial
- Pocket Operator Notion Hub
- Big Umami's PO-33 KO Video Guide
Official
Teenage Engineering have their own set of online lessons for the pocket operator series.
Pocket Operator drum patterns (Free PDF Booklet)
Paul from shittyrecording.studio is selling a gorgeous step-sequencer pattern guide called Pocket Operations. To support the community and promote learning, they have also made a free, direct-download printable PDF booklet available so you can print, fold, and staple/bind your own miniature copy at home. It simplifies drum programming for the pocket operator across rock, techno, hip-hop, house, and breakbeats.
PO-33 Custom Drum-Kit Tutorial
This excellent PO-33 Custom Drum-Kit Tutorial video by /u/Death_Rave_ walks you through the step-by-step process of creating, tuning, and slicing custom drum kits on your PO-33 Knockout sampler from any external source.
Pocket Operator Notion Hub
Tired of having dozens of browser tabs open while programming beats, Reddit user /u/davilatwin1 created this comprehensive Notion wiki. It consolidates all official manuals, shortcut lists, drum templates, community tutorials, and other useful links into a single, clean workspace. Notion users can duplicate this page to customize, document their workflows, or add their own cheat sheets.
Big Umami's PO-33 KO Video Guide
For those who prefer visual walk-throughs, /u/BIGUMAMI on YouTube provides some of the best step-by-step video guides for the PO-33. This tutorial breaks down the essential skills: sampling from external gear, pitch-shifting, slicing samples across the drum keys, and building full boom-bap / lofi sequence tracks with a very easy-to-follow visual workflow.