The tx-6 can also act as a basic synthesizer, drum sequencer, and USB-C audio interface. The company behind ultra-stylish synth, speakers, and PC cases has released a new gadget.

A look at teenage engineering’s guide reveals how you can control a three-band equalizer. By default they act as controls for a 3-band equalizer, letting you tweak the highs, mids, and lows for each input.

There are also led volume meters, with controllable brightness. You’ve got a fader slider slider sliders, a bevy of buttons.

The tx-6 has a built-in battery, which charges via the USB-C port. The main output is 6.35 mm, or a quarter-inch.

I am once again talking about my love of knobs. My sides still hurt from reading all the jokes on the last article.

The Sony device has a CnC aluminum frame, an adorable little screen to show you menus. It’s a little like an old-school Sony device, but taken up a notch.

Teenage engineering says the knobs are customizable. There’s a 12-year-old requirement for a user to control with them that goes to 11.

The tx-6 costs – deep breath now – $ 1,199. That’s for the actual unit itself, along with a 3.5 mm adapter for the main output, and a USB-C cable.

The $ 150 Yamaha mg06x is compact, but it’d be hard to call it small. But it’s substantially bulkier and is nowhere near as feature-rich as the tx-6. Mackie mcaster live is even less expensive at $ 230 and seems to be a similar size.

The tx-6’s price is probably going to turn away a lot of DJ wannabes. But it does count a’DJ mode’ among its many extra features.