Teenage Engineering announces new OP-1 "Field"... at $2000 USD lmao
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Curious about this, as I just was never interested in the thing or exposed much to it. What sounds/genres are overrepresented by OP-1 music? Any good examples to listen to or the like?EnochLight wrote: ↑12 May 2022Jeremy at Red Means Recording... stopped, because what he found was that the OP-1 forces you into a very specific genre of music with a very specific sound, and he got tired of sounding like all of the other OP-1 users out there. So he stopped.
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I really have no opinion on it, as I've never had an OP-1. But from all the videos I've watched back when I was considering one (went with an MPC instead), it certainly did seem to have a specific "sound". I guess I'd call it... low-fi video game music? I'm sure talented users can coax a lot of cool sounds out of it and apply to whatever genre they want, but that was my takeaway.killhamster wrote: ↑13 May 2022Curious about this, as I just was never interested in the thing or exposed much to it. What sounds/genres are overrepresented by OP-1 music? Any good examples to listen to or the like?
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I'll absolutely admit that sounded pretty damn awesome. I'll also admit that it didn't sound $3200 USD awesome.
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Definitely not for me, but cool if that's what you're into, i guess.
It's cool that it exists, and a lot of people will be super happy and make a ton of music with it.
Not for me though, and definitely not at that price.
Not for me though, and definitely not at that price.
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I agree!EnochLight wrote: ↑13 May 2022I don't think Teenage Engineering will go out of business, per say... but an acquisition by a company (or investment group) with deeper pockets is certainly in the cards. They're a niche company with only a few products that one could consider "high volume" (their Pocket Operator line), and even those have an extremely niche customer base. Some of their stuff is downright weird niche (their speakers), and the new TX mixer is hilariously overpriced for the products it is meant for.
Teenage Engineering are as much a lifestyle/design company as they are music gear company. They're trying to be the Apple of the music industry - and in some ways they succeed. But hundreds of millions of people buy cellphones almost every year. Niche music gear? Not so much. So, I absolutely expect them to sell to the highest bidder at some point. We never thought it would happen to Propellerhead, yet here we are. Swedish companies aren't stupid.
killhamster wrote: ↑13 May 2022Curious about this, as I just was never interested in the thing or exposed much to it. What sounds/genres are overrepresented by OP-1 music? Any good examples to listen to or the like?
I think probably the best user of the original OP-1 is this guy who's channel is full of the music made on it...
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I'm just being a grump, really! It's obvious to me that they make quality products, just not for myself. It's always great when a product holds it's value or gains value over the time of your ownership. Speaks for itself!Re8et wrote: ↑13 May 2022Why??
They are not vaporwavers...
I'd never buy the field mixer at that price, but the idea is supercool....
Behringer can not copy TE. The day Behringer copy a TE, it could fail.
Otherwise they will always be niche and DJ's still has more money than
most of producers....
10 years old I can still sell my OP-1 for 1.200 noproblem...
There is a free pocket operator app for Pixel phones. This seems like a good place to post about it.
The video feature is cool. I'm still hoping the Koala app can get a feature like that.
The video feature is cool. I'm still hoping the Koala app can get a feature like that.
After irig-mixing for years, the tx-6 is going to be quite the step up .
And, Im glad I waited on purchasing the OG.
Between the M8, Syntakt, and soon the Field, I’ll be knee deep in mobile, 32bit, unquantized, stereo sampling heaven.
Ordered before it sold out! TI’ll be just fine.
And, Im glad I waited on purchasing the OG.
Between the M8, Syntakt, and soon the Field, I’ll be knee deep in mobile, 32bit, unquantized, stereo sampling heaven.
Ordered before it sold out! TI’ll be just fine.
This video is pretty good: How to replicate Teenage Engineering OP-1 and OP-1 Field for free. | GAS Therapy #35
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It's a lot of cash for sure. You could probably do similar with an iPad, the right Apps & a similar portable mixer. That TE mixer BTW is bloody ludicrous! I get it's portable. But watching people use it on demo videos. They look like they really need a set of tweezers to tweak the controls. It could be twice the size and still absolutely portable.EnochLight wrote: ↑16 May 2022I'll absolutely admit that sounded pretty damn awesome. I'll also admit that it didn't sound $3200 USD awesome.
I politely disagree. The point is to make us feel good to spend only 60usd in the latest synapse or blamsoft synth .
Now I feel reasonable lol.
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