Like most Teenage Engineering products, it's an absolutely amazing-looking, well-engineered product with a ton of functionality that does a thing I don't actually need for far more money than I can justify spending on it.
And ton of functionality? Go take a look at the ob-4 a Bluetooth speaker with a radio, a sort of tape delay thing, and no audio out.
I used to be a fan of teenage engineering but the low quality of the products I've had of theirs and the extremely high prices have led me to a totally different conclusion.
This mixer is overpriced and requires super special teenage engineering slimline cables to fit all of its inputs at the same time.
I am looking for a portable mixer but this monstrosity by a company that has a history of quality issues is not the mixer I am looking for.
> how do you even use those features?
It has knobs, what more do you need to make music? The user guide if you’re curious: https://teenage.engineering/guides/tx-6
The synthesizer is probably more 'because they can,' once the rest of the software/hardware interface is in place. It's close enough to what they've already done lots of with the pocket operators; might as well throw one in so people can prototype sounds easily.