--- title: Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 description: Find out why Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval is one of the best inventions of 2024 canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094977/teenage-engineering-ep-1320-medieval/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-10-30T11:36:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T11:54:36.094Z article:section: Business og:title: Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 og:description: Find out why Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval made this year's list og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094977/teenage-engineering-ep-1320-medieval/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae78a47831beef10/698a8a379d83e84f64b9f312/EP%E2%80%931320-medieval.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024 twitter:description: Find out why Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval made this year's list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae78a47831beef10/698a8a379d83e84f64b9f312/EP%E2%80%931320-medieval.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 30, 2024 # Sounds of the Middle Ages by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Sweden’s Teenage Engineering calls its beautifully crafted EP–1320 medieval “the world’s first medieval electronic instrument.” The device features hundreds of sounds and samples from ye olden days, including lutes, hurdy-gurdies, and Gregorian chants. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094977/teenage-engineering-ep-1320-medieval/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094977/teenage-engineering-ep-1320-medieval/"},"headline":"Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024","datePublished":"2024-10-30T11:36:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:36.094Z","description":"Find out why Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval is one of the best inventions of 2024","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094977/teenage-engineering-ep-1320-medieval/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae78a47831beef10/698a8a379d83e84f64b9f312/EP%E2%80%931320-medieval.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae78a47831beef10/698a8a379d83e84f64b9f312/EP%E2%80%931320-medieval.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2024/7094977/teenage-engineering-ep-1320-medieval/","name":"Teenage Engineering EP–1320 medieval: the 200 Best Inventions of 2024"}}]}] ```