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?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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You could buy a Moog Matriarch for that price.
Or a Digitakt, a DFAM and a Grandmother *and still have change*.
Insane.
Or a Digitakt, a DFAM and a Grandmother *and still have change*.
Insane.
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It has begun. Let the best Youtuber win.
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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.
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$2000 monopoly dollars?
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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.
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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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