where as this unit is not for me I must compliment the narrator for an excellent presentation

What’s brilliant is that the folks at torso electronics actually added detents to all the endless encoders as well as usb-c at the back! As for the features, most have remained as shown in this video with some just being renamed. The cycles bit now works but tbh it takes a bit of mental gymnastics to understand how to use that feature properly. All in all, solid sequencer! It has churned out 4 scratch ideas in the last couple of hours of use!

I have sold most of my sequencers since getting this. Its truly genius for hands on people who hate menus. Huge respect for all of the magic they have worked since release, they certainly listened. All we could ask for is 8 cv/gates.

it´s like u open the box and immediately know the machine. so experienced. thx again for this very good video

I love the concept of composing by modulating properties of the generator rather than the notes themselves. It adds a very interesting layer of abstraction to performance.

Initially this video was so compelling that I decided to pre-order a T-1. Now that my unit has finally landed, I’m viewing this again to get all the pro insights. Interesting that in the final version of the unit, some buttons have been renamed: slices -> cycles; melody -> range; curve -> groove; midi ch -> channel + output. Keep on producing quality work. Much appreciated.

The first minute was enough to simultaneously blow my mind and sell me on it. Thank you.

"Sequencers are like a fancy pen on a blank piece of paper." Perfect perspective on electronic music making!

holy these multiple track sequencers are the most creative instruments!

This is very cool. This is now at the top of my 2023 “must buy” list.

There is just one-word needed for a Loopop review...Art!...and this looks an amazing bit of kit too.

Your demos are always great - right to the point without the unnecessary babble. TY

I've been wishing for a comprehensive review for the T-1! I would love to have one of these as to compliment my more traditional sequencers

Just got one and its really fun. The final product has couple different labels compared to the ones in this video like slices became cycles, melody became range, etc. They listen to Loopop cos the buttons have now steps and not just continuous. Usb-c is there as well. When a manufacturer modifies its product after listening loopop, that s where you know this guy rocks… 😂😂 I think a solo function would be really cool to quickly isolate a track instead of muting all others. Update: theres now up to 64 steps per track (latest firmware 2.0.x)

That's a pretty groovy "Happy Accident" machine..!

Great review as usual. With the 1.2 firmware version, it seems like CC is added, making T1 much more desirable :-)

Give some of these to the Radiohead dudes and it will be great promotion - as far as I understand they are heavily into euclidian rhythms and stuff like that. I watched a presentation of TORSO last summer here in Copenhagen, where the guys who are making it are from, and it sure is an awesome little sequencer and the dudes behind it are really cool as well - good luck to them!

Been searching for your channel and COULD NOT remember what the count name was. Finally it popped up for me again!! Wooohoooo!!! I consider your vids THE MANUAL for the gear they showcase🙏🏽👍🏽

This is the first of those euqlidean seqs that seems interesting to me. Very cool! and of course amazing review as usual!

Thanks for this review (brilliant presentation as always). It appears to be very usable creative tool - nothing else like it available really - so I think they're onto a winner. But the price ...

Keep coming back to this video the tune is quality would love to hear a full version of this tune class mate

Thank you so much for this review! This device is exactly what I've been looking for, and I wouldn't have known about it otherwise. The kickstarter was successful and they did indeed change from micro USB to USB-C and added CV and Gate outputs! I'm really looking forward to my unit, I think it will change the way I compose and improvise greatly!

Interesting performance controller! Early bird reward gone after an hour: the loopop effect 😉

Is this T-1 a Cyberdyne Systems creation from the future?? Rise of the machines. Its happening. Great video.

Warning: Loopop empties yr bank account !

Your demo illustrates exactly how important a screen is for a device like this. Your provided piano roll (and other images) added so much value! Who is going to remember the accent curves or phrases? For this price a screen is essential. The other problem is that the team should have started with a thorough step sequencer and THEN added in these generative features. Otherwise we really need two sequencers, which is annoying. A few random notes: At 9:36 you say "also supports triplet intervals." This is actually a big thing, since not all sequencers make this easy Voicing adds notes an octave above those entered... but there should also be an inverse mode that removes lower notes, so that actual invert chords could be achieved. Or maybe Harmony achieves the same?

I'd love it if Ziv would do an updated version of this video. It has been shipping for a while with lots of firmware updates and it would be awesome to repeat all this with the feature updates.

Wow! I've been wanting to make a machine like this for some time and I've started a prototype, I am very happy that there's a market for this kind of thing. Great video

Another incredible review! Thank you! This is a beautiful and wonderfully useful device...BUT at the price point (about $530US) I would expect a display so I can see my parameters in real time. If this were $50-$100 less I would be in on this first version for sure. But as is I will wait for the next version. This is exactly what I've been looking for though. I think this would complement the NDLR (which I own and have been using for six months now) rather than compete with it, especially if you are talent-less like me and need these little "engines" to grind stuff into the DAW and keep the overall workflow fun.

How in the world did I miss this video?

Interesting concept, most eucidlean seq. give not so great results, but this seems good! Like 161!

This video convinced me to buy one yesterday - good move! I really love it already. Thanks for another stellar review!

Very cool! Baked instantly after watching the video! Thank you for introducing me to this device!

Just received my T1 from the kickstarter - will be fun to see how it compares to the prototype!

Albert van Abbe uses this one - great sound artist with huge ideas. Thanks again for this awesome review and tutorial ^^!

been waiting on this for so long

I missed the Kickstarter, but I’m getting on that preorder list! Love your breakdowns, I learn so much beyond the gear review

Always back for more on this video simple Mut s majestic

YES Eurorack Gate+Pitch+Velocity stretch goal

I love sequenzers! All of them. Thanks Ziv.

FYI, Torso T1 was a Kickstarter that finally shipped to backers (like me :-) which means they are accepting pre-orders now for shipping after the backers have all been fulfilled.

Cool, in the old days it was a mouse in the piano roll until you hit upon something you liked.

Nice opening tune

like the way repeats is handled, overspil to arpeggiation

Enjoyed this demo, I recently received my KORG WaveState, and I’ve been exploring generative music using that - this clearly goes further, but I really wish I could include a fixed pattern (a real step sequencer) as you call it.

This reminds me of the iPad app polyphase.

So, kinda like an arp--ah there it is, you already said it. And wow, it sounds good.

While watching video i wen to kick starter and read "T-1 is a musical brainstorming machine" while you said it in video xd i was like wtf and i noticed it actually your quote

Combine this with the 16 channels of the Electribe 2, and I reckon that’s a pretty sweet small setup.

Seems the end products Voicing knob works differently than this. Instead of adding octaves it’s transposing

love it!!Tx for be always there, always making it easy to understand...love your videos,please keep it up the great job!!! greetings and best wishes from -bruxelles

This T-1 looks so difficult to learn - I can imagine buying it and selling it because it’s too complicated to use (like the Roland J-6 aria compact 😭)

As always informative concise and totally understandable review of features.. thanks!

Mine arrived today. It's f*king awesome!

i like analogy to drawing lines...

LOopop always on top form in keeping us in the loop (pun intended) i might sell mu push2 for this. Thank you, sir. Be well and safe.

Looks very very fun. Super bonus points for including a MIDI THRU port. The ability to randomize any parameter... want!

Just the other day I rewatched your video on the NDLR considering a purchase and now you do this to me 😩

I'm worried that the bleep to bloop ratio might not be asymptotic to the inverse of a Fibonacci series....

Lost Frequencies style at 9:19 ... awesome machine

Excelente Review. Y la maquiníta me la tripie! Very nice!

Reminds me of the midi fighter twister but with additional pads.

Love the Anna Meredith reference

Love all arp synths

Love this. Feature-packed. Kind of like Social Entropy's Engine, but better-designed, a lot cheaper, and with a lot more functionality. Might pick this up down the road!

Just pre ordered mine, I wonder if there's a plan to pair a visual piano roll with the software so that its easier to see which notes are being triggered, would be something cool to have that as an extension of the app or something

You've reviewed so much gear over the years, I really started to wonder whether you keep it all or sell it or give it away and if you do keep it how that looks

Would love to see some cv/gate outputs.....

I would like to see this control a hardware synth instead of software!!😀👍👍👍

Hi Mr. Loopop. Thanks so much for all the amazing reviews and tutorials... Your channel is one of my main "go-to's" for everything related to electronic music. I have a question, being a Torso T-1 owner. How can I generate the same visual feedback on my computer as you do on your video ?? It feels like this is an awesome tool to understand the mechanics of the Torso. Thanks in advance.

Very interesting little machine. Hope it'll succeed - I want one!

This is interesting but I wonder if it's a bit too direct or low level? I am thinking of how to apply the ideas of Emily Short's "Five Strategies for Collaborating With a Machine" to generative music. Maybe some poetic abstractions layered on top of the math would help with creativity?

Cool, but not sure. The form factor is perfect to double as a midi controller alongside my Keystep Pro, however its very disappointing it can't even transmit CC. A button combo to turn Local off - would be great so you could transmit CC on a specific midi channel when needed. But, you know - since it's a seq afterall, and given that price, I think it should support a few lanes of CC motion sequencing and/or CC LFO types. And yeah - a trad step-seq would be good, it looks like it might be frustrating if you actually know what you want :)

I found your channel last week and it is one of the most helpfull and well prepared channel for synths i have seen so far. Based on your review i bought Argon8 and you helped me a lot to get into this synth very quickly, i am very greateful for what you are doing. One question is still sticking in my head, which of these synth you reviewed you actualy kept and why? This will be very interesting video to me to show your actual chosen collection, variety, pallete or perhaps you own all and i will envy you :)

Very cool and interesting review, as usual! This device is quite interesting too but already sold out and a bit expansive to me.

How does this compare to the Squarp - Pyramid? I'm looking for a sequencer with this budget in mind.

lol, that wifi setup page made me realise Torso is a Danish company, pinpointing their location pretty hard ;) Shoutout to Kenton Slash Demon, I guess :)

Looks interesting, but I really would love it to have a screen displaying that piano roll loopop has in the video. If you watch this blindly (scroll to hide the visualization), it's a quite difficult for me to understand what everything does.

snapshot or lockmode ,Ableton ,Bitwig live setup bouncing etc...I dont really understand but looks promise....thx for showing...

Hello loopop🔊💗💥🙏thank you💗

did they say when they think it was going to be in production; definitely looks interesting

Love what it offers - hate the price!

Looked for something like this for a long time, a little pricey for me though

Zoia's brother we didn't realize we wanted to meet!

This review needs an update, it's so different now.

Such a cool concept. Pretty much what I love about the TR-8S only more of it. That said the price is just too much for a midi sequencer for me personally considering the keystep pro is about 100 bucks cheaper.

nice device...a cross between the squarp and a beatstep pro.... the price does not inspire me tho.

Want one

They accent multiple tracks in different ways with so much speed.

The micro-usb port was a few pence cheaper (smaller, less material, active in production), betcha that sealed the deal

Hi, could you do a video sometime about how you actually learn a new synth / device so thoroughly (and seemingly so quickly)? How do you prep for your videos from the moment you receive a new device, etc. that sort of thing. Because I'm always amazed how thoroughly you know each device -- well enough to explain it in detail and with clarity! Thank you!

It seems designed for lefthanded people. Which I guess it cool in its own way.

Reminds me a bit of players in reason just as a hardware instrument.

wow this looks like a very unique music making tool. Looks like its a lot of fun! I'm asking myself now if I can do something similar with the Ableton Push O.o I know there some generative max for live tools like the euclidean sequencer but unfortunately it does't work with push

Anyone know how to get the T-1 controlling individual drums on a Roland boutique TR-09 like in this video? Every time I hit play on the Torso, it just plays one of the sequences programmed into my Tr-09. I can’t get individual control.

Reminds me of Korg Karma/m3 type event processing.

This is such an amazing channel that right now makes my want the OXI One and Torso t1 And I cannot really say which one is right for me 😅 Can someone help me ?

Might be a silly...but i can use this to sequence multiple drum machines at the same time ...yes? I was looking at a beatstep...but the beatstep seems limited to only one drum track...the other two tracks being melodic....unless I'm wrong? Please step in at anytime.....anyone....

Well it begs be asked: Which did you find more intuitive and inspiring to use, the T-1 or NDLR? An even better question, however, is when are you going to do, not a "vs" video, but a "+" video that demonstrates how to integrate the T-1 and NDLR.

It's like learning to program a computer. It would be easiee and far less expensive to mimic the style of music created by this device.