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Teenage Engineering’s new OB-4 is a radio, instrument, and speaker all in one
Sep 30, 2020
The synth wizards at Swedish electronics maker Teenage Engineering just introduced perhaps their most perplexing and intriguing product yet: a rewindable radio and speaker system called the OB-4 . The device, which is available now in black or red for $599 , is as sleek and well-designed as the company’s standard synth products, but it packs a whole lot of interesting tech under the hood.
The core feature of the OB-4 is its manual rewind dial paired with an integrated motor, which the company says will let you rewind back to anything you’ve listened to in the past two hours on a rolling basis — whether it was live radio, a Spotify playlist played via Bluetooth, or even an instrument plugged in, like one of Teenage Engineering’s synths. From there, you can replay what you’ve heard or mess around with the audio itself by time stretching and looping it.
“Have you ever wished you could instantly rewind when listening to the radio, to hear the title of the song just played? OB–4 continuously memorises everything you listen to on an endless looping tape,” the company writes on the OB-4 product page. “Rewind, time-stretch and loop at the flick of your fingertips. on purpose or by accident. instant rewind on radio is just one of the OB-4’s magic tricks.”
What might you actually do with this? It’s not entirely clear right now. The company has only a short teaser video showcasing the OB-4, and it doesn’t include any real-time demonstrations of the rewind tech.
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