Teenage Engineering Riddim Supertone, Ting FX and Mixer LEAK

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Is there some new Teenage Engineering products due out soon? It seems that this leak (posted via Reddit) which picked up on some X (formerly Twitter) posts from a Japanese DJ shop RockOnCompany showing a DJ rig setup may indicate there is! The X posts have since been removed.

RIDDIM Supertone

The RIDDIM shows a similar form factor to the other TE products K.O. II and Medieval (pictured below). Under the product name we can see the text “Original Layering Machine”. The DJ picture shows two of the RIDDIM devices sporting different graphics next to the in-built speaker, one with boxing gloves, the other a circle with images in a pie graph.

There seems to be 4 instrument buttons to the left of the number pad with icons representing a drum, bass or guitar, keys and sample. The sample button could indicate a record and possibly be linked to FX.

The display shows an array of icons which light up based on selection. Some are not so obvious what they represent. Of special interest are these circular icons which look somewhat like a snowflake?

Connections on the top show Output, Input, Sync, MIDI, USB and power.

The term “Riddim” has origins to the Jamaican Patois, where it is the pronunciation of “rhythm”. Traditionally Riddim in Sweden is pronounced “Rytm” and is used in context with electronic music.

TING FX

Next to the RIDDIM we can see what looks to be an FX module named TING FX. This shows a built-in speaker and 3 knob controls. On the bottom looks to be the I/O audio connections.

Underneath there looks to be a gray stand or clip perhaps? To the left there seems to be a triangular push button – which may act the same ways as a foot switch on guitar pedals.

Compact Mixer

The gray device looks to be a compact mixer of some sort. It has an interesting layout which shows rechargeable batteries in the top. The mixer seems to support 2 channels with controls of gain, EQ low|mid|high, a CUE button, level slider and an FX button. To the right we see a small OLED display showing levels, underneath is a master volume. Also there seems to be a red switch with “- MOD +” labelled above and an arrow/line pointing to a button above the volume control. Underneath the phones knob is a “SELECT” button which might have some menu functionality and control indicated via the OLED display.

Above the batteries are these raised labels showing OUTPUT, AUX, INPUT and USB. These would indicate connections on the top. To the right we see a red switch which could be for power ON/OFF.

Final word

Now the leak has happened – perhaps Teenage Engineering are forced to show these products officially. There’s some very interesting design and sonic ideas going on here – so we wait with bated breath! (or is it baited?)