Teenage Engineering EP-1320 Medieval

The EP-series samplers are amazing portable machines that can basically allow you to create tracks from start to finish. Out of the entire series, I wouldn't recommend EP-1320 first, unless you really see use for medieval-themed samples (which are quite amazing I must say!). If you'd like to focus on other genres/sounds, it will do fine, but EP-133 and EP-40 will grant you more versitality, in terms of samples, storage and possibility to remove stock ones. Regardless, if medieval-ness is your thing, this one is a no-brainer.

Pros:
- Very unique looks, beautiful display
- Tons of functions, both for composing and adding cool effects
- 220 fantastic medieval-themed samples
- Portable, very light, can be powered via four AAA batteries, the box will fit in any backpack
- Easy to sync with other devices*
- Good price for a quite capable sampler

Cons:
- *the IN/OUT sockets are so close together you need to use cables with VERY thin endings
- Can't remove stock samples
- Can take a longer while to menu-dive and learn all functions, but that's to be expected with a device this small. It's as convenient as it can be as far as I'm concerned
- The manual and settings are stylized to latin/old English I guess, sometimes it might be annoying when trying to figure out a specific funtion
- Uploading samples can be done only via TE's website. It works fine, but why can't I just download the sample tool?

As a fan of everything medieval and medieval themed, also TE fanboy I bought it on a whim. It is a decent sampler, it has a nice sequencer, effects are really good, punch-in effects are fun as hell, looping, chopping samples works great.
As for the cons of this little machine- you’ll have to learn a lot of button shortcuts, I’ve encountered a couple of glitches and factory samples that can’t be erased are not everyone’s cup of tea and their use is limited. Build quality is okay.
Would I buy this again? Not really, I’d go with EP-133 but for what it is (a gimmicky sampler) it’s decent