*Clickable Chapter links* 0:48 Introduction to Step Components 2:29 Pulse (retrig+offset) 6:16 Pulse hold (extend trig length) 10:32 Multiply (retrig within step, dubstep repeat) 13:17 Velocity 15:08 Ramp up, Ramp down (transpose notes over time) 19:23 Random (randomised pitch, relative to the trig note) 21:57 Portamento (gliding pitch between two notes) 24:30 Sweep (Filter and parameter sweep over timer) 27:10 Tonality (Transpose and tried harmonic rules) 28:33 Jump (Jump to a certain point on the timeline) 30:03 Spark (trig og not trig, counting system) 35:56 Cuckoo Buildup + Performance… 42:05 Outtro

Super super useful and your end jam was fantastic

Handy power feature-if you press and hold Shift + Stop, you can clear out all step components for the current track.

Nothing makes me want an OP-Z as much as your explanation videos. This is such an awesome machine, and probably the most affordable synth for the functionality it offers. And not only do you explain how it works understandably, but you also bring across how much fun it is to play with. Thank you so much, cuckoo!

Thank you for continuously bringing so informative and fun videos. One add-on: I think you skipped the Parameter Spark. In short, for anyone who wonders: if you, say, add delay to just one step (holding the key and cranking up delay [or any other parameter, of course]) and set a Parameter Spark, these changes will only be applied every x steps to the note. Counting is the same as for the other two Spark categories.

I woke and saw that you had a new OP-Z tutorial and was like a kid on Christmas! Thank you so much for this video! It’s truly a blessing!

The tune you end up making by the end of this video is one of my favourite things to listen to, so addictive and playful, I love how you can surprise yourself with the op-z it has really brought the fun back into making electronic music for me

Another great tutorial and an exceptional performance! That was really something. What I like about this machine is that it makes you smile. It's really an amazing improvisation tool and can take you to great journeys.

Thanks for the great content! This video has really helped me get to grips with the OP-Z and previously persuaded me that I *need* one. Was a nice bonus to find your kits and demo song on the unit.

Great video. Very informative and helpful. I use step components all the time but having a complete overview and reference guide with examples is great. The sequencer on this little gem is incredible.

Well. Your videos inspired me to purchase an OP-Zed and now they continue to inspire me to create in ways I hadn’t explored. Thank you! Great video

I wish you could like a video twice, because that chaos jam was incredible

Gold! Luvin´ to see u havin´ loads of fun. Im two days into OP-Z and this is really a cool synth.

you are a great teacher, so many things that make this video great, having an analog mirror making it low tech but personal. zooming in to a small interface for better viewing, showing how much time before the next section, good simple intro, cool shirt, very chill, open and fun. I liked how you added a chord while you held a trig. I've been using the op-z for about three weeks and I made more music than having a daw for over 8 years and it was so much more fun than dragging midi notes on a screen. It's been a blast just triggering patterns at different tempos. I hope they make sampling from the mic a focus and having a 'daw' on the ipad to compose full songs and to share would be awesome in the future, waiting for those hardware components so curious what this little beast will become, I feel like it was made in 2030 and transported back in time to us. Thanks again!

this one's VERY NEEDED! thanks cuckoo!

Marvelous workshop, again! Thanx for diving deeper into the op-z!🖖☺️

Just recently got an OP-Z and I thought it was pretty good until I saw this video. Now I know it's amazing! All the delicious surprises in this thing just blow me away. Thanks so much for your tutorial!

Great videos and teaching man, very good stuff. You have a genuine happiness using the OPZ and it's such a neat instrument. Hope to get one this weekend. 😎

Hi Cuckoo, more than welcome … this helps a lot to get an understanding for what the step components are doing. Thanks & thumbs up!!!

Good stuff as suual cuckoo! I think will see a lot of new sequencers/synths coming in with step components in the future. That's one of my favorite feature of the OP-Z.

You’re an inspiring dude! When you have fun, the world does with you 💘

Hey cuckoo just wanted to say thanks for the great informative and entertaining content. keep doing what you do best :)

Man that jam at the end was amazing! Thanks for the vid. Pretty sure I need one of these now.

You are so a good guy. Thanks for your sunny and playful mood. This is awesome.

My opz arrives tomorrow and this is the video i needed! thanks, so excited!

Thanks for making this. It’s very helpful. It might have been even more so if the sequence was simpler when illustrating some of the later elements.

I look forward to my OP-Z even more after this. Thanks!

Thanks Cuckoo, another amazing demonstration of the possibilities - I love how you describe the features and actually make GREAT MUSIC at the same time! The Pulse Hold and Trigger were tripping me up as they send tracks out of alignment, but then I found Jump+9 which re-aligns the tracks! The philosophy of the Z leads to constant discoveries and happy accidents! Also thanks for putting your pre-loaded tracks on the op-z, I’ve learned a lot just by studying them. 🙌🙏🤘

Legend, thanks so much for your videos they are as informative as they are fun!

The teenage engineering-sensei cuckoo, great video

i just love how genuinely amused you are playing with this thing.

Thank you. Thank you 🙏 I learn so much from your videos. I still go to your op-1 videos as well.

So pretty much the more you understand this device the better it becomes? Mind-blowing

You've got such a lovely peaceful voice, you should host a late night ambient radio show

37:20 For people who want dessert before vegetables.

Fantastic! Santa is, hopefully bringing my OP-Z tonight.

Cuckoo, your beard, soothing voice and amazing music has so far sold me on a Novation Circuit, an OP-Z and your Patreon. God knows how much they'll cost me in 2019. Who should I check out if I want to get more Cuckoo style music in my head? I've been a guitarist all my life until recently so have no idea where to start. Just wondering where you draw your influences from.

I cannot wait to get ahold of one of these.

I love this little machine sooooo much!

Great video! Amazing jam!

Awesome stuff as usual dude!👍👍

Love it, thanks! The trigger / not trigger is super useful for creating 4 pattern beats in just one! Who needs sequence chaining now? ;p

I absolutely need the OP-Z !

Extremely relaxing. Thanks :D

30:45 I'm pretty sure that you (and I) have an OP-Z from the first batch, which was produced before a last minute design change. Those 2 step component icons as well as the icons for Master and Performance tracks and Mixer are all different from the guide.

You are fun to watch!!! ❤️

Wow awesome been loving the OP-Z And was actually thinking of requesting this exact video from you thanks so much for this one. ! Any chance your gonna be making anymore sample/preset packs for this guy ? Would love to buy one and send some support your way.

antes de conseguir el op1 miraba los videos de cuckoo, ahora estoy por conseguir el OP Z y ya estoy mirando los videos d cuckoo on OPZ!! :D

I love the way you explain things... Thank you man. You are helping lots of people. Do you have a tutorial explaning the Roland TR8s. ?

Great video, as usual!

Cool vid, helped me with a couple of things for sure. It would be really nice to get a more detailed explanation of certain modes though. In regards to the Jump component the stay, Align and Gate values are the ones that I feel really need explaining and they are not mentioned in the video. I can't find details in the manual either, frustratingly

Yay! thanks True Cuckoo!

Dude your mouth sounds at the start are amazing :) great quality and I'm really intrigued with the OP-Z and this video explained alot well done :)

Awesome. Thanks C!

Hey cuckoo, would be awesome if you could do a tutorial on how to prepare and upload your own samples on the lovely OPZ :)

Thank you for such an informational video.

So helpfull ! Like ur introducing with this retro sound fx ;) maybe u can create a sample pack of it :)))

OMG awesome stuff

4:53 you just sold one, this instant, digitakt doesn't even do retrig on the midi tracks. Exactly what I need to sequence volcas

You are over the top

Wow Amazing!

Hey Cuckoo! haven't watched the video yet, but does this address how to add step components to the punch in effect track?

Bonkers 🔊👍

cool stuff

I know this may be an old question, but is there any way to make a trig randomly be played? (Not a random sound, but randomize if it will be played on the loop, similar to the digitakt?)

Hi there.. can you tell me if step components would work when you sequencing external synth?

Holy hell, can it do all that trickery on the midi out tracks??

The icons in the manual are the final ones, we've got a "misprinted" OP-Z!

Can you explain how the counter reset works? It doesn't seem to do anything.

Would love to hear this slowed down and played through the strymon night sky.

There are some more buttons on the OP-Z , that defer from the manual and the photos on the website. Examples: track selection buttons (master and punch), index mixer buttons. How come?

Hi Cuckoo, Is this also possible on Syntakt? 12 tracks with differently set parameters or with all randomised parameters? Thx

Danke!

The step components works for sequencing stuff out ? Like to sequencer another synth but have the randomness of the step components

I liked the video before I watched the video.

Can you apply these to the visual tracks as well?

Really silly that Pulse Hold does not extend the sequence, while Pulse does! I would really like it to do that for syncopations. :(

well that was fun :)

I just received my OP-Z and i realize that the last two step component symbols on the right side of the device are different from the ones on the chart that comes in the box and also different from the ones that are on your OPZ in this video. the ones on the chart and on your device are a little star and an upside down triangle, the ones on mine are a zigzag arrow that points to the right and another zigzag arrow that points down. would you be able to tell me the meaning of this?

I'm gonna buy the shit out of this thing.

in the end it sounds cuckoo .... really genius .... still wondering if you can do other typ of music

Give thumbs up for getting the Jump-reference

9:58 you just wrote a new Meshuggah song

do the step components effects get sent over midi?

3:00 Blue Monday ?

This thing is a fucking musical Rubik's cube 😊

It is the guy in the church door asking for coins

with glides and accents this can be a 303

Ended up with a very Wacky piece of music. Wow

just doing as many randoms as possible xD

Pshhh tsah.

Kris Kross component 😂

What are you doing, step component?? 🤭