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@@stanleycoates1763 pardon?

Thank you very much!

Cheers! Haha, I'm not sure it's well spent but at least time is passing.

@@whaleshaveteeth Every minute making music is time well spent!

Back to where it all started. First love.

Cheers mate!

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Jakob Haq cheers mate 🤜🏼🤛🏼

Thanks a lot mate! And yeah, strong recommendation from here.

Thanks mate!

Cheers mate!

Thanks mate!

Cheers mate!

Cheers mate!

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Cheers, hope you get your Z back asap!

did you get it back yet?

@@UltraStorm yes! They gave me a new one so I lost my samples and my songs, but i’m happy it’s working again

Cheers mate!

Cheers!

Thanks homie!

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One synth never hurts. C'mon I mean it doesn't even look like a synth?

@@whaleshaveteeth Bro stop, I can't handle the GAS! I can feel my budget screaming.

I think you may be just afraid you can't handle the OP-Z when it arrives. You can't hear the budget screaming when OP-Z is BANGING louder.

@@whaleshaveteeth I mean, the OP-Z is a banger synth. Crap, now I'm going to have to base my budget off of me buying this synth!

Lo-fi Pask cheers homie!

Cheers mate!

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Thanks for the kind words mate! And yes, exactly. Chaining patterns together and using punch-in effects and master controls while the chain is playing.

Good call.

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I would say it's neither of those. On that comparison, the OP-Z, in my opinion, would be a Oneplus 7 Pro or something. It's a whole different device with different strengths and weaknesses. The biggest difference is that whereas OP-1 models tape and you need to learn to work with playing live or using the sequencers that can be a bit time consuming, OP-Z is instant and way faster when it comes to sequencing. Also editing the sequences and tweaking sounds afterward is first of all possible and secondly really fast since everything is nicely available for editing.

Cheers mate! Nope, actually quite the opposite. I think there might be one pad synth that’s stock. Drums, vocals, horns, plucks, white noise etc are my own samples I’ve hoarded from the internet during recent years.

Haha true!

Cheers mate! And yep, my own samples indeed.

@@whaleshaveteeth Of course, they do sound great!

Thanks! They are indeed vocal chops that I've sampled from Output's Exhale vocal engine. You can hear them without the beat at 2:10.

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I guess it boils down to personal preference and your style of music since they are very different devices after all. I can't say I like one more than the other but I like individual pieces in both more than the other's. Whereas OP-1's synth sounds are richer and it packs more features when it comes to different sequencers and all, I enjoy OP-Z's fast and instant workflow. Everything is accessible right away and also there are eight "tracks" instead of OP-1's four. Also, the step components allow me to program different variations in beats almost endlessly. I'm not much of a keyboard player and I often struggle to stay in beat with OP-1 so OP-Z's sequencing and quantization features are very useful for me. Haha, I don't know if that helped at all.

@@whaleshaveteeth This is actually the answer i was hoping for. Love my OP-1 but can get a bit lost in the bigger features. OP-Z is on the way :). Thanks for these videos ✊🏻

Pablo Dunkerly It’s pretty hard to say with this knowledge haha. I also don’t understand anything about techno. I guess the first question would be that do you want to be completely computer-free or not? Do you need a battery-operated device or is plugging in an option? How about budget? I would say that all the grooveboxes I own (OP-Z, OP-1, Deluge, Digitone, Maschine) would make great jamming devices based on your personal preferences.

@@whaleshaveteeth Thanks! I use Ableton for the most part but was wondering if both the Arturia Beatstep Pro and Arturia Minilab Mk II would be something to start with, budget is around 400... Thank you!

Pablo Dunkerly if you’ll get the Beatstep Pro for punching in percussion and samples + turning knobs, I’d probably upgrade the Minilab into a Keystep for more keys and the sequencer too?

@@whaleshaveteeth Perfecto, cheers mate!! Love the work :)

Elektron Cycles! For the money it wins!

1) hold shift 2) select every other step 3) assign the fourth step component, Velocity, to them 4) select the level of velocity you want by pressing a number from 1-9 5) release shift

The LFO can be used to effect volume alternatively. The random curve is nice and square wave can do the every other thing if you set the speed correctly . It’s kind of a lazy way to humanize things.

I have like 50 bookmarks for "how to write B sections" videos and blogs in my browser but for some reason I haven't found any time to go through even one of them them in the past five or so years. Ps. Typically they're 4 bar loops. Now I just had a faster tempo that I had to extend the length haha.

Yes, it’s essentially a standalone groovebox. I’ve made most of my beats with it on sofa and in public transportation.

Absolutely no computer needed! A phone as a screen is useful to learn in the beginning. But not needed after a few days. You'll need headphones because the built-in speaker is just a toy.

I mean you’ll need a speaker or headphones to hear the music, the built in speaker is a joke. But yes the little machine is stand alone, HOWEVER using a computer makes swapping custom samples and presets and stuff a lot easier and faster

Live and learn

Most of them are samples. The wobbly chords are from OP-Z's engines.

Yes for sure - you can create a cohesive album on it. What you're hearing here is audio recorded directly to camera. The only thing I've done in post-process is a bit of mastering, but the arrangement and all are done completely on the OP-Z.

@@whaleshaveteeth what website did you buy yours on?

@@Ron.Swanson. I got it from a local brick-and-mortar in Helsinki.

Cheers mate!

Haha, I take that as a compliment! Such a great track, whereas I've listened more Kendrick Lamar's Spiteful Chant, which samples Iron.

Definitely not!

Delicious! This one’s some low-fat one though.

Haha, nope.

Yes, I don't even know what happened but something sounds off haha.

Step components, and more particularly the Multiply trigger.

I'm not sure I understood the question, but I just every now and then change all the samples I have in the device, see if I come up with something, and change them again. Drum kits and basses stay always the same. I've made a few kits when I got the OP-Z back in the day and they've been there from the start. The preset kits are pretty good too.

It's not in any streaming services but I've been thinking about taking some old tracks and releasing them as an album probably in the future.

One can say: good idea.

Nope, it's a sample.

@@whaleshaveteeth Oh, where can I find it? I see the trombone in the desc, but not the other one

@@EvanKrummel heh, probably nowhere as such, I've sampled it from another record.

I don't know?

Haha, hadn't though about it that way.

Cheeeeeers!

Not true, but thanks.

Sounds great! Ping me in case you happen to make it real and when you have the first product available.

I’m a huge fan of his stuff so jamming together would be sweet ✌🏼

I'm not sure I understand the question here. I think presets in synths have existed since the '80s and what people decide to do or not to do with them, is everyone's own business, right?