Snapshot : Renaming patches with similar names + ascending digit can help to browse later on.
Then you can delete the least interesting versions of that patch.
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You can delete your own patches on the Field, iirc, but not the factory ones.
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This is probably the wrong way about it but after struggling a bit myself I decided pre holiday that Iād work through 8 tapes using the same 8 synth and drum slots. Iāll allow myself to tweak some settings but not significantly (fx on/off, delay times, etc). Figured this would stop me from making an arse of things when I return to a tune I was playing around with a day or so ago.
Iām not fluid or inspired enough yet to do a full tune in one sitting hence the above restriction.
I did think about whether you could sort of patch manage by using the sampler and recording synth sounds to the end of a tape or something. Then could lift and drop from tape to sampler.
I do wish I got fresh slots per track though. Thatād just work with my brain better. But, have had a few really good sessions with it so far. Nothing particularly good (maybe I need to try your cocktails idea for more inspirationā¦) but itās been fun and glad I brought it along. I might try it with Abletons Note tomorrow but really wanting to focus and get better with just the OP1.
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yes exactly, you can remove snapshots, but not other patches (so not only factory, but also e.g. rephazer patches, canāt be deleted from the op-1 field itself)
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I may be totally wrong here, but you can delete any imported preset/sample. Factory ones are here to stay, but any other one can be removed at length.
Or, at the very least, I can.
But again, I may be talking about something else entirely
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Same!
I learned this from the OP-Z actually since it kinda forces you to do this workflow.
though there are presets within the synth engine slots on the Z, but still.
Iām in the same boat, I was starting a lot of projects but not returning to them, so this helped.
What also helped was keeping a notepad near by that I jot down things like:
Tempo, Key, Tape/Project name, which Synth/Drum slots I used for that Project, and more.
So then I can open the notepad, and quickly remember a lot about the project right away without having to ārediscoverā where I left off.
Yeah I wish the same! I really wish the Sequencer settings and the 1-8 preset slots for both synth and drum, etc were all saved within a project/tape. having some things saved in a Tape and some things shared globally creates some mental dissonance when switching around.
At least on the OP-Z the engine slots are shared globally but pretty much everything else is saved within a project, including the synth engine preset, so each project is pretty much itās own contained unit.
Iād kill for a Z/1 Hybrid hahah
I highly recommend Note!! Itās really good to have, itās a good value and it plays really nicely with the OP-1F. That said, I do also like focusing only on the OP-1F.
Note can be a lot of complimentary things to the OP-1F though, like a midi recorder and a really nice external sound module. And the Field helps out Ableton Note with itās velocity sensitive keys making Note really playable.
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A little break from the OP-1, but back on it now. Wrote this little trifle in just a few hours, with the TP-7 and TX-6 to boost as mixing and bouncing companions. No samples, just the internal synths, and parts recorded through the Chase Bliss Blooper -
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really like this! ive been going back and listening all morning 
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Thank you just noticed I forgot to cut the background audio from the Instagram version, which means my kids do their breakfast chattering in the background. Actually quite nice, I think I might work it in somehow.
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yeah i noticed that on your IG postā¦ it actually added some nice ambience
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Hi Brian, Sorry for the late reply but I am a total noob with your software. How can I create a drum kit with it for the field? For the field I should choose 48k / 32 bits? For instance I created a drum kit with 16 samples but the length is 36 seconds and format wav. Is there a way to convert it to OP1 field format (i.e. AIF instead of wav and 20 seconds max I think)
Edit: I figured it out I had to select Aif 44.1K/16 stereo. Now it works perfectly. This is great thanks a lot!
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Just a 6 month in field reportā¦pun intended I suppose
The Field has now really become my go to device for easing into and out of that creative itch most evenings. I more or less accepted some time ago that my days of constructing sequenced pieces had ebbed away, and have gradually become more and more satisfied with the experience of finding out what emerges during the course of improvised immediacy, wearing my experimental slippers and smoking my ambient pipe.
Sometimes its a muffled library space of tape-loop like artefacts, others a boundless reverb drenched mind scape.
The OP-1 Field has allowed all of this and everything in between and I feel most gratified to have gelled with this device in such a way. Iām at a point where I am considering letting of most of my other electronic gear (which isnāt so much) and just keeping my pedals, midi-controllers and Vermona Perfourmer (for scratching another kind of maximalist itch).
Weāll see. Very happy with the Field though, all things considered.!
And Iāve just about got the hidden options for the MOOD MKII etched into my kinaesthetic memory.
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Just saw the ping, but see youāve got it figured out already
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Yes, thanks to a reddit thread where you help someone! Really liking it. The ātrim to rightā option is amazing to reduce quickly sample length and fit a full drum kit within 20 seconds.
Otherwise general question for all OP-1 field users. Do you know why I get clics on my kick when doing sample packs? It happened with the beta utility from TE and with digichain as well. I then have to lower volume and play with start end of the sample. Wondering if there is a cleaner approachā¦
Edit: I remove the clic noise by changing the sample play from hold to trigger
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Again, you beat me to it lol!
If you pitch the sample in digichain in the sample edit panel, when you join them, the slice when played back on the OP-1 should be pitched back down to the original pitch (as long as itās within the op-1 slice pitch range that is). I hope that still works well as I did some overhauling of the slice calculations a couple of releases ago and I didnāt check that at the time! 
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Man thanks a lot for your work. It really helps creating quickly drum packs and have fun with the OP-1. I was finally able to export cool drum songs to my machine and just have fun making beats
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Thatās a really nice jam! - the Field is much like a guitar, it gets picked up and played just for the fun of it, I often donāt record anything.
I did think the official TE tool might make using digichain for OP-1 redundant, but thatās still very bare bones - maybe if that gets a feature update or two. Also curious to see how well it scales/performs being built with Rust.
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Thank you! For me it is like a dawless daw when I want to generate ideas quickly or have fun + a very versatile tool (when paired with a daw I use it as a midi controller, synth, resampling device or even audio interface)
Honestly for now I find digichain much better! They should get some inspiration from you or pay you to make their appā¦ I tried using their tool and it took me ages to do a drum kit
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Another little something, OP-1 Field only, recorded and mixed on TP-7 and TX-6. I quite like how this one turned out, actually. Itās a bit odd in structure, which maybe is just why I like it -
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Who else is fighting GAS for M8 and Push 3 right now?
Jamming more with the OP-1 field helps me to resist
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