"Junho Park's graduation concept borrows all the right cues from TE's playbook, that modular control layout, the single bold color, the mix of knobs and buttons that practically beg to be touched, but redirects them toward a gap in the market. Where Teenage Engineering designs for people who already understand synthesis and sampling, the T.M-4 targets people who have ideas but no vocabulary to express them."
"TE hardware feels different because it removes friction between intention and result, making complex technology feel approachable through thoughtful interface design and immediate tactile feedback. The T.M-4 brings that same thinking to AI music generation. You're manipulating machine learning model parameters when you adjust texture, energy, complexity, and brightness, but the physical controls make it feel like direct manipulation of sound rather than abstract technical adjustment."
Junho Park designed the T.M-4 as a compact, tactile music device that applies AI to translate musical ideas into controllable audio layers. The interface borrows modular controls, bold color, and playful knobs and buttons to make interaction intuitive and immediate. Automatic stem separation and physical parameters labeled texture, energy, complexity, and brightness let users manipulate machine learning models without confronting technical jargon. An SD card system provides interchangeable AI personalities, encouraging experimentation through collectible cards rather than deep model settings. The device targets beginners who have musical ideas but lack vocabulary or isolated stems, lowering the barrier to remixing and composition.
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