Teenage Engineering OP-Z

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#1233

Haha same for me :smile: I’ve had two lil sessions in the last few days where I’ve gone in blantantly different directions to what I “usually” do, and it’s been so gratifying.

I have to watch my levels (it lets you overdrive everything, which can also be awesome fun) but I’m getting better at that.

I am using the new setting that makes it stay on the same parameter page, even when you switch tracks, and it’s cool. I think I’m going to keep it like that.

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#1234

Watching your step components video, @cuckoomusic, made me realise that I’ve held some bad preconceptions about them - I assumed they were much more limited than they are. You have opened my eyes, thank you!

Two key take-aways for me:

  • the ramp-up and ramp-down ratchet one step each time the trig is hit ( :open_mouth: ) so the ramp can take several cycles to complete
  • you can press the spark components’ number button more than once to select which iteration it hits on… because I didn’t RTFM enough, I thought it was limited to just the default one (blush)

Thank you for the video! I really enjoyed the whole thing :smiley:

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#1235

I caved in. At least I was able to not buy the Novation Peak that was sitting next to it. I won’t touch it until christmas, though. Haven’t even taken a peek in the box.

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#1236

I’m still swithering. Got a trip in to Glasgow this afternoon. I think I can stay strong for now! Let us know what you make of it though!

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#1237

I most certainly will. Enjoy Glasgow, it‘s been far too long since I‘ve been.

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#1238

I love this about the 'Z. That overdriven crunch is so nice

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#1239

Finally - time for bed - tired after a very long long day :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping:

The ZZZzzzz ZZzz is to be continued, the ultimate portability got me on the Z side.

:chess_pawn:

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#1240

Just added another sample pack to my gumroad site. This time, 240 kick/snare/perc/FX sounds from Nord Modular G1. I’ve also included the WAVs for other samplers. As with my other packs, it’s $5 but there is a link to a free preview kit… and this time I’ve made a little demo of the sounds in action :smiley:

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#1241

I’ve used mine for a few hours only. So far I like it. It seems to be more powerful than I expected. However there are a few things that really annoy me:

-why do I have to be online to read the manual?
-why is the manual section on step components pretty much useless without Cuckoo’s tutorial?
-why did no one shout “BS!” when they discussed the protruding on/off switch design?

Apart from that I’m leaning towards keeping it. It feels pretty familiar coming from the Elektron sequencer.

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#1243

Yeah, right. Or they could just provide a pdf. I really don’t feel it should be my job to compile the individual pages into one file every time they update the manual.

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#1244

Cuckoo is the living TE manual :books:

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#1246

True dat. However, I don’t see him tagging along on all my travels.

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#1247

Yes, I agree with an updated PDF for the mobile device(s). Synchronising webpages offline myself feels a bit 2006-ish

#1248

Hey fellaz ! Got a Monologue for xmas and was wondering if any of you were using it as a midi keyboard for op-z ?

#1250

I found this on reddit a while back:

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#1251

Will try for sure! The only thing that bothers me is all the talk about certain types of cables working, others failing etc.

#1252

Thanks, found this, too. May not be 100% up to date, though.

#1253

All OP Z

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#1254

I was just re-thinking TE situation a bit:

  • OP-Z supports modules
  • OP-1 will get a hardware revision > supporting (those same) modules??
    => OP-1 + OP-Z could get advanced exclusive integration through a partner module??
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#1255

oh shit, that’s now the demo to show people who think it can only do “bleep bloop” stuff