Teenage Engineering EP-2350 FX MIC Replaces the Ting

Teenage Engineering has released the EP-2350 FX MIC, a reworked handheld microphone with built-in effects and samples. It takes the place of the Ting, a model that has been discontinued and that originally came out together with the EP-40 Riddim Supertone sampler. What the microphone can do has not changed. The housing, however, has been redesigned so that it now matches the look of two other EP-series devices, the EP-133 K.O. II sampler and the EP-136 K.O. Sidekick.

Connection

The signal leaves the microphone through a coiled cable with an ordinary line-level output. Every sampler in the EP series is supported, the EP-40, EP-133 and EP-1320 Medieval among them. Because the output is a standard line signal, the mic can also go straight into another sampler, a mixer or an audio interface, as long as it has a line input. A large orange talk button on the side switches the microphone on.

Effects and samples

• Four voice effects: Echo, Spring, Pixie and Robot.
• Control: in effects mode the talk button sets the intensity, and shaking the microphone changes the effect.
• Presets: effect settings can be edited through a JSON file.
• Four sample slots: samples are triggered from the microphone itself; the new version ships with four new samples.
• Own sounds: users can load their own samples over USB-C. Recording samples directly on the microphone is not possible.

Power and price

Power comes either from two AAA batteries or from a USB-C connection. The EP-2350 FX MIC can be ordered now for $58, £51 or €59. The retail listing published with the announcement shows the EP-133 K.O. II at $311 and the EP-136 K.O. Sidekick at $168.