The Teenage Engineering TP-7: A new spin on handheld recording
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The Teenage Engineering TP-7: A new spin on handheld recording · Source: Teenage Engineering
The Teenage Engineering TP-7 is a 24-bit 96 kHz handheld recorder and interface with 128 GB internal storage and 7hrs of recording time.
We’ve all dabbled with field recording at one stage or another and up until now, the Zoom H-5 was a mainstay in the sock drawer of hipsters worldwide.
Teenage Engineering TP-7
At first glance, the TP-7 is reminiscent of the famous Nagra recorders from the Watergate scandal. However, politics aside, it is a sight to behold and has been ergonomically designed to fit in the palm of your hand for the utmost functional immediacy.
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- The TP-7 recorder · Source: Teenage Engineering
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- Connectivity · Source: Teenage Engineering
The centerpiece of the TP-7’s design is the motorized tape reel that spins as you record, allowing you to instantly scrub through the audio, pause recording, or navigate through menu functions.
Meanwhile, there is a see-saw-like control at your fingertips that Teenage refers to as “the rocker.” This works in conjunction with the wheel, giving you speedy fast-forward and reverse scrubbing functionality.
The TP-7 app. · Source: Teenage Engineering
Need to transcribe speech into text? No problem. The TP-7 connects to your devices via BLE or USB, and the TP-7 app does the rest. Connectivity includes 3 TRRS stereo inputs/outputs, one main stereo minijack/headphones out, and there’s a built-in mic and speaker.
Also included in the package are a 6.35 mm jack adapter, textile USB-C cable, user guide, and reusable plastic storage box.
Pricing and availability:
The TP-7 will be shipping this Summer for $1499 and will be available from your favourite retailer.
More about the TP-7:
- Official product page
- More from Teenage Engineering
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12 responses to “The Teenage Engineering TP-7: A new spin on handheld recording”
too expensive
$1600? Why not just use your phone? what features does this offer over using a phone and a micro SD card?
Doesn’t matter. Respectfully, people are still going to buy it.
Those people are not me. I’d rather buy groceries or even a flagship keyboard/synth… Or more vaporwave tapes.
Food or synths – it’s always a tough one.
I use their modular patch cables for 2 outstanding reasons:
They were a gift from a very good friend.
They are of high quality – slim, less bulky with a pleasantly non-slippery surface feel.
I own no other TE products, my growing Eurorack + desktop system is more than adequate to continue experimentation, inventiveness, creativity & expansion of consciousness + knowledge.
128GB is well over 150 hours at uncompressed CD quality. So why only 7?
I think it has 12 mono / 6 stereo channels. So it’s some kind of multitrack thingy.
the price is insane you can just buy an SLR for that money, and a mic. needs to be $300 to have a snowballs chance at succeeding …
No xlr input, no 48v, pretty useless, am I supposed to plug a cheap minijack mike into a 1500$ recorder?
No, they want to you to use their CM15 mic, I suspect.
Foolish product 🤣even if i won in a lottery…… or you have to be born as a rich to get interested. But these products fool the normal working man and let you open your eyes, you are nothing but a small ant in a bad System.
Typical overly expensive teenage engineering gear. It’s probably fantastic in its own way and yet needs a second mortgage to acquire
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