Bluetooth or USB-C cable connection
You need to check the manual on both units to make sure you understand how to access the settings so that everything is set up correctly, otherwise you’ll run into issues.
For example, you need to make sure that the OP-Z settings are set to send out Midi, and there is also a setting that allows the currently selected track on the OP-Z to send out midi on Channel 1.
By default each OP-Z track sends out midi on a different channel, so if you’re on the Chord track without that setting selected, Midi will be sent out on Midi Track 8 (b/c Chord track is the 8th track).
I suggest then accessing the OP-1Fields midi settings (check manual) and making sure that it’s set to receive midi from the OP-Z, and make sure that it’s set to the correct midi channel (I recommend channel 1).
Then you should be good to go. It’ll sequence the OP-1F when you have selected a drum or synth sound on the OP-1Field, so just make sure that you do that as well
I think that the whole Field concept is rather weird since the OP-1F is supposed to be the most portable an all-in-one instrument that could exist. I hope that TE will continue implementing new sequencers and fx to the OP1 rather than expecting users to complete by buying other devices such as an eventual OP-ZF.
I’d say, as an owner of the TP-7 and TX-6 as well, that the Field is very capable on its own and you don’t need anything to go with it to make complete bodies of work.
The TX-6, however, brings a granularity to your mixing which for those who want to go that extra mile, adds a lot to the process. And the TP-7 brings a much more flexible multitracking option to the table, expanding on the original idea of tape recording.
Having said that, the essential additions of these two devices could probably have been added to the Field, such as individual eq and fx sends, an extra track or two, USB streaming of all tracks and such things. It’s just possible that TE, like Elektron, creates specific devices for specific contexts to create a commercially attractive eco system for the producer that wants to just go all in.
And to that end, if that is their business strategy, which I personally am fine with, then I’d say, the communication between the devices need to improve. If you want us to buy into your system, then make the system parts talk to each other. Right now, that is a bit of a hassle and requires patience and some amount of faith in future updates - which is vain, but also reasonable, given that some of the gaps are so obvious, they would just have to be an upgrade or two away.
Fully agree with your perspective. Some try to write off the OP-1f comparing it to other gear, but there isn’t anything else that has such low barriers to doing anything, once familiar. The built in speaker, the mic, the four track tape. I carry a small BLE dongle (Yamaha) in the field sling bag. Then I can connect to anything. I wanted something to play a simple pattern into the Behringer 2600 I just got. Endless worked perfectly. Also used it to play a note to tune an oscillator. Later recorded the output of the 2600 to the album to get the wav file. Sure I have a Zoom H1n somewhere I could’ve dug out and used, but it’s all right there in the OP-1f. And you can just switch it off at a moments notice, and like a tape recorder when you turn it on again it’s right where you left it.
The biggest wall I’m hitting is I want sequences spanning more than those two octaves, endless can’t do that. That’s pretty annoying.
As i use the op1f more, I’m really impressed how smooth the usb audio and midi is working. Using it as the audio interface for multiple apps on my mac with some synced to the op-1s clock, doesn’t seem to be an issue at all. Audio is clear, and there’s no noticeable latency when im monitoring. Can’t say the same for other hardware I’ve tried this with.
I feel like usb audio/midi is so important on a modern groovebox because if you want to expand its features or overcome pretty much any shortcomings you think it might have (arranging, quantity/quality of sounds, file management) all you need is a usb cable and your phone which you probably already have on you. Also it keeps things neat, portable, and convenient. No need for so many different cables. TE putting engineering efforts into making sure this feature runs smooth is highly appreciated
Tried hooking up the M8 and OP1F, and got midi sync and audio to work fine.
If you need specific settings let me know
… oh i can see you are asking for midi from op1 into M8 .
I just wanted them to be in sync and get audio from M8 into OP1. Not the other way around. Let me know if you need me to check settings for sync etc.
New feature - Added option on T2 page for synth and drum to save current sequencer and sequence inside preset
I think this gets at my biggest frustration with the OP-1 so far. The relationship between Synth/Drum engine, Preset, Track, and Sequencer is almost completely elided in the documentation.
I did not record any samples into the OP-1 initially because it is not clear that you are recording over “user presets” 1-8, not the preset in the menu system. Most of the Sampler presets I really liked and didn not want to record over.
The OP-1 workflow depends on “playing over yourself” and yet the OS makes this quite difficult. When in tape mode, I would really like to be able to change the octave of the keyboard.
It’s somewhat evident that a sequencer is “present” on a track, but often when auditioning a pad sound with a slow attack on a sequencer like Arpeggiator, you won’t hear anything due to the note division of the sequencer. You need to remember what sequencer you had on the “Synth.” I don’t like the option of FX or sequencer being “disabled” I would rather the option for “the absence of FX or sequencer” be available, e.g. no sequencer or FX are assigned whether enabled/disabled.
I also think also that it should be optional whether miixer/master settings are global or per-tape. I tend to work on a few things at once and it’s always a “gotcha” when I load a tape and discover that the drive setting for the blown-out cassette techno piece has been preserved on the delicate ambient piece.
A decade ago, a hardware device with these quirks but these features would be worth living with, but TE have done surprisingly little on the software side for the OP-1F.
Here is a Quick video of how i do it…. Well not that quick. I am not a YouTuber any means so you have to live with slow pacing and a lack of editing, but it should contain all the steps to get the devices talking together over just one USB cable.
a lot of potential in this machine, but a lot to learn too.
I can’t wrap my head around patch management on this thing. please correct me if i’m wrong:
Is there really no way to delete patches on the device itself?
When I edit a patch, and save it, I can’t save to the patch itself? (it seems to always create a new ‘snapshot’)?
This is super unhandy since I then have to rename the snapshot, and copy it to a new location, and delete the ‘old’ patch (and the last two steps need to happen on a computer, right?)
