Teenage Engineering designed a set of incredible pocket synthesizers that cost $59 each

Very cool! High qual­ity yet afford­able. Very min­im­al­ist. Worth check­ing out!

But that all changes with the launch of the Pock­et Oper­at­or synth and drum machine series, a set of three cal­cu­lat­or-sized music-mak­ing tools that can be yours for less than $200 total. “Our goal was to make a synth that cost $49,” says CEO and head of design Jes­per Kout­hoofd, before paus­ing a bit sheep­ishly and admit­ting: “but we failed on that, so it’ll be $59.”