Loopy Pro: Create music, your way.
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Oh yeah, if you’re going to buy the OP-1F, first go to reverb.com and put a used one on your watch list. Within 24 hours of doing that, I had 3 or 4 offers for new ones from dealers for $2-300 cheaper than MSRP.
Or just consider a used one. I bought mine used from someone who only owned it a month and didn’t get on with it. Saved $600 on essentially a brand new unit.
Now that's what I call a "field view".
Lovely photo Tarekith! What are the earphones?
It’s definitely a beautiful place, happy to finally come back and do some music making and photography. OP-1F was a great, if far from perfect, companion for a week long art get away.
Headphones are Shure SE846s. I’ve had them for almost a decade now and they would likely be my first choice if I could only ever have one playback device the rest of my life. 👍🏼
High praise, thnx! Gorgeous place indeed.
Checked them out. Well that didn't take long - waaaay beyond my budget haha 😂
Yeah I really enjoyed my 707 as well. Lots and lots to like. It’s literally stuffed to the brim with features.
I’m thinking of getting the 101 because I miss mine quite a bit but don’t have the space for anything that size right now. The Fantom looks really cool. Once I move and have space again I’m gonna save up for my one BIG synth. I’m kinda thinking about the Polybrute.
Yep that’s how I got my original OP-1. It was back when they were still crazy expensive and I got mine for about $400 off and it was all but new.
I'm sure you could not be swayed but, FWIW, the Synthstrom Deluge community firmware 1.0 just dropped
https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2023/12/03/synthstrom-audible-deluge-gets-torrent-of-updates-with-new-open-source-firmware/
https://github.com/SynthstromAudible/DelugeFirmware/releases/tag/release_1_0
Adds:
(It being open source and community powered bodes exciting for what could yet be added in future... just sayin )
That‘s an amazing pic showing beauty and power of nature all at once in a single moment
Great
Thank you.
You might like to take a look at the Shure SE215s - not quite in the same league but very good for the price IMHO.
https://www.amazon.com/Isolating-Earphones-transformer-graphics-SE215SPE/dp/B00A16BT4E/ref=mp_s_a_1_2
@dreamcartel not sure if this is useful, but at least to contribute something on topic...
Last year I had a similar decision (less the family part), almost the same budget:
should I buy a piece of gear that clearly exceeds my skills ?
is not needed at all (with 2 DAWs and a couple of iPads) ?
with it‘s 20 years of age is just lame ?
But I ended up totally happy with the machine and really enjoy it.
I have no hurry, it‘s deep as the ocean and will keep me busy for years.
There‘s confidence in it‘s internal logic, it’s features are focussed and will never change.
Which is kind of relaxing... and a 180 degree turn from most current approaches.
It helps me with rhythmic exercises (if I‘m after that) and inspires me to create sound.
(there‘s great connectivity with 2 midi in, 4 midi out, 8 digital, 8 analog channels)
Of course the idea was nuts, yet well considered (manuals, videos, reviews, etc).
But proof followed as soon as it arrived at home: 30 pounds of electronic begged for (complete) disassembly and repair.
Self-comfort: better get through this now as it would have happened anyway.
just an experience, not intended as advice...
Interesting. Which machine mate?
How are you enjoying your op1f?!
Tomorrow is the day my op1f arrives! Man I'm so excited! Can't wait to play with it tomorrow. (Yeah, that's what she said! 😂🤣) Like man, after all these years, I can finally play with an OP-1, but it's the op1 on steroids out in the grassy field or something or other.
Like bro, I had to finance a cheap Windows laptop to access the op1f's files to load and unload samples. I asked @echoopera and he said can't access files with an iPad via USB-C.
Anyways, like I said, tomorrow. Can't come soon enough.
...yeah I'm high at the moment. 🤪
Man the human experience certainly is a mixed bag at ALL TIMES.. Got that?
At ALL TIMES!
Message received and noted, lol. But yes, I agree. A complete mixed bag.
Thank you, and I appreciate your time
To put in your thoughts
And to the deluge guys, is it more impressive overall? Kind of, yes. You have all that I/o for live instruments, you have what looks to be almost endless configurations for what you want to achieve in that Matrix (even waveform editing to the pixel ), the ability for the community with the open source firmware is incredible and the fact that they have released a community built firmware is so incredible. It looks to be more “professional” than the op1F, not to slight “my crown jewel”. So overall the deluge seems much more capable of just more whereas the op1F is just specialized and very specific for what it does, I don’t want to use the word limited at this point without a user with experience saying so, but yeah that was my take: If you want a full (screnless) production but with capability of an any type of in and out and a lot more , it looks like the deluge kind of wins…I can admit when something else has merit thanks again
Thank you also for Tarekith beautiful photo . I don’t ever think of the northwest for their coast but it’s just as gorgeous (albeit probably a little cooler than the California southern coast) but at this age who wants to go in the water anymore. I like Tarekith idea: take the field to the open field and just record with your headphones (I have beat studio , but I like them. I don’t get why people say they are so bad)
And I really am looking forward to Jim’s acquisition, if anyone I know deserves the op1F can make some amazing music with it it’s jwm! Congrats dude, can’t wait to see/hear your first moments with it later (just a few more hours )!!!!! Yeaaaaaa!
Left out intentionally to not distract from the core „problem“
It‘s a maxed out MPC 4000, the most sophisticated (or ambitious) sampling device classic Akai ever released.
(I only learned this from the service manual)
In a nutshell a 4K is a Z4 sampler + pad interface and sequencer (grid, piano roll, event list).
It‘s a clock fortress capable of any sample rate with realtime conversion hardware for both input and output. Analog ports are dc coupled (could do cv, but I haven‘t tried that yet).
The sampling engine (4 layers per voice) has a full modulation matrix and there even was a solid remote control software.
Translates EMU, Roland and various Akai formats flawless (but only to it‘s native format, no export included).
Only the FX board is meh, but analog or Adat ports (parallel, not independant) may serve this purpose.
Have fun with your new device...
That's a fascinating piece of kit.
So far, it's a blast. I don't know everything there is to know about the workflow...yet, but I knew enough already to navigate through various synth modules, drums, etc. I also recorded my voice, and everything just works. No loose battery issues in this one (though I'm not going to shake it either).
My new wired headphones and protective hard shell case will arrive today. Tomorrow is when my USB-C to USB cables (it was a two-pack) as well as a new Windows laptop will arrive!
best of luck with that one
CONGRATS TO A VERY DESERVING OWNER!!
I’m so happy for you Jim!
(And you got an awesome laptop to go with it )
LOL! Thanks mate. I'm sure my laptop and I will get on just fine. Only internet I plan to use on the laptop is to download the Dropbox app and utilise that for file transfers to and from the OP-1 Field. Then I can master what I make on the OP-1 Field in Logic Pro. Mastering Assistant is da shit.
Cheers mate. Thank you so much. Ah, it's just such a beautiful device to use and to look at.
Have a blast with it Jim 😊
Congrats @jwmmakerofmusic. You have a lot of fun/work ahead of you. No more room for writer’s block!
That’s a fantastic shot. I’d buy a print of that in a heartbeat. (I’m a big fan of b&w landscape photography, and that would fit right in at Svetlovska’s, an informal home gallery of, like, really cool pix )
I had a Deluge I sold before it was open source. It is more capable as a sequencer than the Op-1f, no doubt at all. But the synth engine in the Deluge didn't sound as good as the ones in the Op-1f, and the effects were not good, the delay was just bad.
It broke one day soon after I bought it, out of the blue the output started distorting. They fixed it, but treated me like I was a scammer or something until another user on their forum reported the exact problem.
For me, the constant updates got annoying as new stuff was added on top of old problems that weren't being addressed. I paid Synthstrom for a new front panel so the legending would match the new OS, I paid for a looper pedal from Synthstrom that never worked.
I think it could have been a beautiful sequencer had Rohan stuck closer to the MIDI specs in the beginning and focused on sequencing. The UI became a nightmare imo, after the 3.0 update. It's a mess of a thing, I don't think of it as more "professional" than the Op-1f at all. It's got that everything plus the kitchen sync thing going on.
I'm not a fan of Synthstrom, I think it's good that other folks are coding for it now, but the hardware is not great anyway.
Congratulations!
There are so many ways to approach using the OP-1f. It will take a while to figure it all out, it's like an awesome fun puzzle. It goes deep if you think creatively (which I think you do). Try everything and check out all the tips and tricks at the OP foums. Enjoy!