ohhhh shitttt monnnnn. OP1

[THEGREAT]

.. yes found out by accident ..

OP1 .. you can set to record .. i thought you had to hold the rec button down to record patterns ( thank fook )

you can record ext source over the tape too .. yesss!

[Sharris]

I just got mine last night.....woo! Love it as much as I thought I would. The more I play it I'm sure I'll love it more & more.
So far only thing I got frustrated with is the pops & clicks, but I know there has to be a way to avoid it. Sometimes it would click at the loop point & nothing was even recorded. Other times I could play sounds over the loop point & it wouldn't click. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it, but I've read on some forum it can be avoided, just gotta figure it out.

& holding down record while playing chords or drums..... but per your post above there's a way to set it to record. Gonna look into this.

I'm going to have a fun weekend!

[Sharris]

Found out how to keep record going without holding it down.

OP-1 guide: One of the best manuals I've come across -

https://www.teenageengineering.com/guid ... guide-menu

[Kegeratorz]

@Sharris Nothing like getting gear in time for the weekend!

[THEGREAT]

yo .. @Sharris .. yea the way it drops back to the start of the loop got me annoyed a few times. not sure if your unit got the upgrade ( ive heard mixed reviews about doing it ) but i think the older units have had conflict with updating . theres extra features in terms of sound engines which is nice.

i broke the mic input by dropping mine in the first couple of days .. yikes . but diy'd fixed it . would have cost enough to get it fixed ..

if you vocalise .. thats a good feature .. being able to record over the top of loops

[THEGREAT]

Roland should take note .. if they release a new SP .. they should deffo have an evolved system of operation without making away with the 'SP efficiencey' .though trying them out i avoided the MPC Live .. which im glad now .. i think its work flow would have bored me by now

[Sharris]

yo .. @Sharris .. yea the way it drops back to the start of the loop got me annoyed a few times. not sure if your unit got the upgrade ( ive heard mixed reviews about doing it ) but i think the older units have had conflict with updating . theres extra features in terms of sound engines which is nice.

i broke the mic input by dropping mine in the first couple of days .. yikes . but diy'd fixed it . would have cost enough to get it fixed ..

if you vocalise .. thats a good feature .. being able to record over the top of loops

The guy I bought it from said I needed to update the os (not sure which 1 I'm on), but I'm not in a rush to update it. I heard mixed reviews as well, so I'll probably do a little more research prior to updating it.

That's great you were able to fix the input! Yea, this is 1 of the most expensive items I have, plus the fact that it's portable I made sure to get a case to reduce risk.

I'm mind blown by all the features, so many ways to do things & it's so experimental. & yea, I DO vocalize (well I used to A LOT, but beat making took over & rhyming went to the side lines), being able to record directly to tape is awesome. There's just so many possibilities with this thing.

I love MPC's, but I see why you picked the op-1 over the Live. This thing is crazy!

[Sharris]

@Sharris Nothing like getting gear in time for the weekend!

I know, I love it when it works out that way

[THEGREAT]

absolutely @Sharris .. if youre gonna take it with you places .. definately smart move on the case .. build pretty solid .. but as i found out .. things can become dislodged

[Sharris]

absolutely @Sharris .. if youre gonna take it with you places .. definately smart move on the case .. build pretty solid .. but as i found out .. things can become dislodged

A few months ago I dropped my ipad & completely smashed the screen. Decided then that all my portable stuff needs to be protected! If it had a case it wouldn't have broke.

Yea, the op-1 seems pretty solid, it was heavier then I expected (in a good way, feels like a metal case). I heard people had issues with the input/output breaking (like you), so I'm trying to be careful when plugging cables in & out...... that's cool you were able to fix yours, I would have been freakin out!

[THEGREAT]

^ i was like .. "ah shit man , great thats one of the main features shagged "

[medearis]

Glad to see the OP getting some love. I've had one (two) since right around the time that they launched and it has hardly left my side since.

I love hooking up a mixer to the input and recording straight to tape as a super simple and sexy 4-trk for minimum setup scratch pad recording. Having a bunch of random audio scattered around the tape makes for sweet sampler food.

Being able to change the tape BPM and speed is always the shit especially after recording a few minutes of random drum freak outs. Resampling from the tape is absolutely golden.

Go get it, y'all!

[Sharris]

Yea I'm in love with it.

That's a great idea usin it as a 4 track tape recorder. Not only for the reasons you mention, but I noticed it glues the sound...... I know, I know it's a "tape recorder", but I didn't realize it actually emulates a real 4 track. & dumpin the tracks into a computer/ipad/tablet is fast.

The Op-1 is special. So many uses. So many work arounds. I love it's sound character. & for some reason it's really easy to play unquantized on it, I was surprised, I thought it would be harder than pads, but it's weird..... maybe it just gives me a good feeling, which makes me play better....not sure.

Oh, & since I updated it to the latest os, no joke, all my pops & clicks are gone. Went thru 4 tapes without a single pop or click.

[THEGREAT]

^ excellent

A few reports of the update scrambling the machine . But glad yours is working well

[Sharris]

Yea the Op-1 is officially my favorite piece of gear..... sp404sx & MPC 2500 are right up there too.

I haven't used the Op-1 really WITH the 404sx, I think they would go amazingly together. But in my defense I have been playing with my gear less these days, I recently got a social life haha & it's affecting the amount of time I spend making music.

I used to join atleast 1 battle a month... I haven't done a battle in awhile