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You can build EP-40 multisamples on an iPad, not just a computer. Import your samples, map them across the keyboard with your fingers, and send the patch to the device over USB.

Your EP holds nine projects. A longer set needs more. With EP-PatchStudio on your phone, you can swap projects in and out of the device's nine slots at the venue, straight from your pocket.

No laptop at the venue? No problem. EP-PatchStudio runs on your phone, so you can take a full backup of your EP-40, EP-133 or EP-1320 from your pocket before you play, with the device on USB.

EP-PatchStudio isn't just a desktop app. It runs on iPhone and iPad too, so you can manage samples, build multisamples and back up your EP-40, EP-133 or EP-1320 from the sofa, with the device on USB.

EP-PatchStudio runs on Android, so you can manage samples, build kits and multisamples and back up your EP-40, EP-133 or EP-1320 from your phone, with the device on USB. Here's how to get set up.

People treat these as different machines. They're nearly the same sampler underneath, and the thing that actually separates them is the EP-40's built-in synth. Here's how to decide.

A sampled bass that plays evenly across the keyboard is one of the most useful instruments you can build for the EP-40. Here's how to do it so it stays deep and in tune, low notes and all. The same approach works for guitar.

Clean samples too polished? Bake some grit in before you upload. Here's how to use EP-PatchStudio's Batch Processor to give your samples that lo-fi, crunchy, vintage-sampler character for boom-bap, dub, chiptune and beyond.

The EP-133 K.O. II holds 128 MB of samples across 999 slots. When you start running out, you don't have to delete sounds, you can optimise them. Here's how to fit more onto the device with the Batch Processor.

Synths are the easiest thing to multisample well. They hold forever and stay consistent across the keyboard, so the only real skill is good loops. Here's how to capture a hardware or software synth for the EP-40.

You don't need to fire up Ableton just to top-and-tail a sample. EP-PatchStudio's Sample Editor lets you trim, set loop points, level and choose the play mode for a sample, then send it straight to your EP device.

Plugged your EP-40, EP-133 or EP-1320 into your computer and nothing's connecting? Nine times out of ten it's one of a handful of simple things. Here's the checklist, in the order worth trying.

A piano has 88 keys. An EP-40 multisample has eight zones. Here's how to choose which notes to sample, where to place them, and how to handle a piano's long decay so it plays convincingly across the keyboard.

Sampling a synth note by note is slow. EP-PatchStudio's Auto-Sampler does it for you: point it at a hardware synth or a VST, set the range, and it sends the MIDI and records each note automatically. Here's the full setup.

The EP-133 K.O. II holds nine projects at a time. Here's how to back them up to your computer and build a named, searchable library, so you can rotate projects in and out and prep full sets without losing work.

Made something good on the EP-40 and want to finish it in your DAW? EP-PatchStudio can export your patterns as audio stems or as MIDI. Here's the difference, and how to get your work into Ableton, Logic or Reaper.

Two problems spoil more EP-40 multisamples than anything else: notes that play out of tune, and clicks in sustained sounds. Both have simple causes and quick fixes. Here's how to track each one down.

Teenage Engineering's EP Sample Tool and EP-PatchStudio do different jobs. Here's an honest breakdown of what each is good at, so you know which to reach for, and why most people end up using both.

Take a proper backup of your EP-40, EP-133 or EP-1320 before a firmware update, a big reorganisation, or just for peace of mind. Here's how the three backup scopes work in EP-PatchStudio, and how restoring works.

Browse, upload and download the samples on your EP-40 Riddim from your desktop with EP-PatchStudio's File Manager, working with the EP-40's numbered sample categories instead of squinting at the hardware.

Big software samplers stack soft, medium and hard recordings on every key. EP multisamples don't. They map one sample per zone, by pitch. Here's what that means when you're building sounds for the EP-40.

Two settings do all the work in an EP-40 multisample: the root note and the key zone. Understand both and your custom instruments will play in tune across the whole keyboard.

Browse, upload, download and tidy the samples on your EP-133 K.O. II from your desktop with EP-PatchStudio's File Manager, with a Recycle Bin so a mistaken delete can be undone.

A step-by-step guide to building your own multisamples for the EP-40 Riddim: map samples across the keyboard, set root notes and zones, and send the patch straight to the device.