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Ooo so you’re planning on just using the OP-1 without iOS? Or just purely for the learning EP?
For me, the way to really make it shine was combining the 2. It turns it into what is essentially the world’s most powerful groovebox haha. It also opens up doors for all those cool apps that don’t have any connectivity because you can just record into the OP-1
that’s why I ended up never really deleting all those apps like a lot of people do.
The built in mic is also a lot fun because you can just sample the world around you. Granted the iPad does this just a well but the OP-1 adds the magic sauce 😆
I didn't think of it like that, but you're absolutely correct! 🙂
Just for the untitled learning EP. I want to learn my OP-1 Field first (although I'm swiftly getting the hang of it) before using it in conjunction with the iPad (outside of recording into Logic Pro that is).
I feel ya on that.
😂🤣 Magic sauce.
Bwahaha 😂
Congrats on the purchase! Will be keen to hear how this love affair evolves over time and whether the op1 field will really turn out to be 'the one' 👻
Definitely a bummer it doesn't have better iOS integration.
I wouldn’t say it has terrible integration with the iPad. It does suck you can’t access the files properly (though an app existed for the original that allowed that at some point) but you can still send and receive midi AND audio over usb which is more than some other modern devices offer and pretty much on par with most everything else.
File integration for pulling out stems individually should definitely happen though. You can work around it by muting channels and recording one tape track at a time but that’s less than ideal.
Probably a good plan to properly learn everything. Keep us updated!
Congrats again @jwmmakerofmusic can’t wait to hear what magic emanates from your guidance on the OP-1Field. 👊🏼🎚️
I thought Echo Opera mentioned explicitly that there is currently no audio out over usb at the moment, no? Only midi. Or maybe I misunderstood, which is more likely, as that seems like a really major omission.
Edit: nope that's the KO-II, got confused
I know a couple of people have mentioned that regarding the newer KO II (midi only). From what I’ve read it still has audio over usb just no native way to access the iPads file system. The original OP-1 and OPZ send both audio and midi so that would be a very strange omission.
We shall see indeed mate, lol. If it doesn't work out like I expected, I'll still use my OP-1 Field for other uses like as a MIDI controller, or just something to concoct new ideas which I can produce on the iPad. But I have a feeling all will work out well.
Or ar least optimal iOS integration. Hopefully I can record audio into Logic on my iPad via USB-C. Then I can use my new laptop to manage the files and all that sh-t.
Unless the downgraded from the previous version you should be all good. I recorded my original in Cubasis and GarageBand plenty of times
I asked TE.
Surely the OP-1 Field can do it. If not, at least I got a laptop and Dropbox.
I would imagine so. If they left off a key feature on a much more expensive upgraded device they’d have to be crazy haha. I think I would just not buy one out of spite if that’s the case 😆
Lol! I'll be sure to let you know.
Ah yeah, sorry, brain fart... Too much discussion of different devices in the same threads I guess
You can definitely send audio over USB-C from the OP-1 to iOS device.
Nope. Never said that about the OP-1. Audio over USB works just fine. The new EP-133 only supports MIDI over USB though so maybe that’s what you read.
Cheers.
Yes, corrected in a comment already but I'll edit it cheers
No worries. Just clarifying since my name was tagged. 😉
No need to apologize, I only corrected just in case future readers come to this thread for info. Definitely a lot of talk about a dozen different devices in this one 😂
Does AUM afford any advantage when using the op1F to record into iOS? Like for instance, can you send the four tracks to 4 aum channels separately, and then those 4 tracks out to Cubasis ?
What else I’m asking is does AUM allow you to access or utilize functions on the op1F you couldn’t otherwise just find in the DAW?
(Saw a video about using it and was confused if the guy didn’t know )
Was surprised to see Music Radar do an article on PlayPM’s vid on the KO II. Overall they agreed with him, but they added this caveat: “we feel that playpm might also be misunderstanding the reason that many people will purchase the KO II, or any hardware sampler or synthesizer, for that matter. For some of us, making music on a computer or smartphone is simply less enjoyable. There's something innately satisfying about the experience of making music by pushing buttons and turning knobs that software can't recreate.”
Seems though that they agree with him that the OP1F is not worth the money:
“Whether that experience is worth spending hundreds of dollars to achieve is up to you. In the case of the $299 KO II, it may well be, but when it comes to pricier products like the OP-1 field, we're inclined to echo Playpm's argument that you're better off keeping your $1999 and treating your Gear Acquisition Syndrome with a healthy dose of common sense and free music software.”
https://www.musicradar.com/news/teenage-engineering-ep-133-free
I’m a bit late but I feel represented here.
Your wife was too blunt and I’m sure it was hurtful. My partner doesn’t understand how I can enjoy looping the same stuff for 10 minutes while I Eq or compress. And I get it, it’s mad and hard to understand.
That said. Doesn’t she have a point behind the not-too-delicate comment?. I played my partner my last song. When it got to this really interesting part I had done where the tempo goes down and there’s a really interesting moving atomosphere… she was bored. And she expressed it very clearly. But that part is so good, it’s the most interesting thing in the song!.
I took it out to test. The song was a million times better, more cohesive. That part was nice but the song didn’t need it.
Being the devils advocate here… they might not know music but they’re probably better “listeners” than you, we’re extremely biased. So maybe it’s true that there’s too many layers and you’re fucking it up… What if you listen to her, make her a part of it and thank her for making the song better with her comments?. If that’s the case… in my experience if someone tells you there’s too much going it’s probably true. I wouldn’t say the opposite is true, they never say “it’s too simple”.
And no, they don’t understand why we need all those gadgets. Because we don’t!. Just like I dont understand why she needs more fashion items, she just likes them.
Good luck, I hope you enjoy your present!.
Ahhhh, okay. Sometimes I misread things, but thankfully now I know I can send audio to my iPad via USB-C. Phew.
I agree with this 💯.
This latter one I don't agree with from my own personal experience. Believe me, I've tried everything else , including buying an M1 iPad Pro 12.9", iPad Mini 6, and my new iPhone Pro Max 14, new workflows in AUM and Koala Sampler and other apps, etc. Two things I found out after over a year and a half of this (and to be honest, longer actually since before the OP-1 Field was released)...
I spent money I on iOS devices I probably should've saved (save for buying the 14 Pro Max, due to my other iPhone breaking).
It doesn't matter how much limitations you place on yourself in your DAW or how faithfully you try to recreate the workflow with free/paid plugins. After playing around with the OP-1 Field yesterday, I can confirm that nothing can recreate the experience of using an OP-1 Field (and og OP-1 let's be real here). Whether that's a good or a bad thing is up to you. (To me it's a good thing, lol. Haven't made anything of substance in the OP-1 Field yet, it's been less than 24 hours lol, but I'm having a blast learning how to use it! I've picked up on so many shortcuts and workflow ideas. I suspect tomorrow (Thurs) is when I'll be "brave enough" to make something).
Not sure since I haven't tried to record anything from the OP-1 Field to iPad yet.
Daaang, my new Windows laptop is MASSIVE!
It literally has a 15.6" screen. RIght now I'm busy installing FL Studio 21 on it. This is an unprecedented development in my OP-1 Field story. I may relearn to produce music on a PC, although mastering will still be done in LP4i's mastering assistant.
For a minute, I was thinking of buying a touchscreen pc laptop to run reason 12+ on…but never pulled the trigger…
Who knows, what the future holds…laughing out loud
I could see using the OP1F as a controller for iPad and travelling with it….
It’s not the device…it’s that dang price tag I don’t like…it’s too much for me to want to pay for that device…but you never know if an opportunity arises, I may plunge.
Congrats on your new device, I am sure we will see your triumphs and tribulations with it. I am eager to see what you make in the near future!
There are mint condition OP-1F's on reverb all the time for $1500, that's where I got mine and what I paid for it. Makes it a lot easier to make that jump to a new workflow.
(my OP-1F thoughts video should be posted later today too for those of you who said you were interested in that. I'll start a new thread for it in thyme hardware forum though.)
Definitely link me up to it once posted, either here or in private messages.
Thank you so much mate. I'll definitely post my journeys in Creations once I get started on my deep dive.
My laptop doesn't have a touch screen, but it was only $315, 12gb ram, nice processor, and 512gb storage (more than enough for the simple tasks).