Teenage Engineering's Medieval is a sampl—sorry, an instrumentalis electronicum—promising hurdy gurdys, lutes, gregorian chants, thundering drums and various other special effects on the historical theme. It's a themed variant of the Swedes' EP-133, and sold at the same price: $299.
"The EP-1320 is the first of its kind: featuring a large library of phrases, play ready instruments and one-shot samples from an age where darkness reigned supreme," the company wrote in a press release. "The instrumentalis electronicum is the ultimate, and only, medieval beat machine. "
The gadget has a built-in mic and speaker, 6 stereo voices, 96MB of sounds in ROM and 32MB of memory for samples, 9 projects, pressure-sensitive keys and multifunctional faders and MIDI in/out. It's powered by four AAA batteries or USB-C and is 240 mm x 176 mm x 16 mm (9.45 in x 6.93 in x 0.63 in).
You can run up the tab with an accompanying $100 quilted bag that looks the part.
Embedded below, an unboxing and demo:
Embedded below, a video showing off all the default sounds. Jump 5m in, or 8m in if you just want to hear the hurdy gurdy.
And a marketing video from B&H
EP–1320 Medieval [teenage.engineering]
