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morguean
from Calgary (Canada) on 2011-04-15 17:59 [#02411184]
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op-1
so what does errrbody think about this ?? looks like an SK-1 on crack. Might be cool if it gets in the right hands...
it's $800 US
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Torture Garden
from Feelin' 2Pacish on 2011-04-15 20:12 [#02411191]
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it looks fun but i'm not going to buy it at that price.
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nightex
from Šiauliai (Lithuania) on 2011-04-15 20:41 [#02411193]
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:) funny, you can do this on PC why spend money?
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dave_g
from United Kingdom on 2011-04-15 20:55 [#02411199]
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I've been following this thing for a long time. Teenage Engineering have done a very poor job showing this machine making good music. I tried to find a decent video of it in action making GOOD music but I lost interest when I saw the price and saw the 20th video with dodgy synth noodling... very poor show chaps!
It looks like it could be tremendous fun to use and the concept is certainly quite neat.
It costs far too much money for what it is. $800 == £500.
I bought a Boss (Roland) SP-303 for about that half price some years ago. The OP-1 should cost about the same as that for me to start to consider it.
There are lots of decent synths that look a bit toy like,Casio SK-1, EDP Wasp, etc so it may end up being quite good, i.e. don't be fooled by its appearance.
I've yet to see polyphony specs and technical details about how it works under heavy load (i.e voice stealing, how many fx at once, etc). I couldn't care less about the CPU clock speed, which is fairly orthogonal to performance seeing as it could have sloppy coding or the CPU may not have DSP functions on chip which would really help with digital audio.
I've never seen one in the flesh so my opinion may change if that changes. It looks very flashy and it might be hard to make objective decisions about this thing as the display and interface is so fun. However I'm yet to hear an audio demo where it beats the good old classic portable, the EMS synthi:
Synthi goodness :-)
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2011-04-15 22:52 [#02411213]
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The funniest video I saw was an "unboxing" (god we live in a sick world) where the guy drooled over every aspect of the packaging but stopped short of doing anything with the fucking thing.
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Sano
on 2011-04-15 23:04 [#02411217]
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I love the screen on that thing, looks so Tron.
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steve mcqueen
from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2011-04-16 00:50 [#02411225]
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http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2007/12/chimera-bc16-cute-cd -sized-analog.html
talking about white things anyone notice chris carter had a different looking version of one of em
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brocksamsung
from the forest (United States) on 2011-04-16 03:05 [#02411251]
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I will be buying this eventually. I don't give a shit about most gear. but since johan worked on this. I will definitely be buying one. and will definitely be tearing it apart.
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morguean
from Calgary (Canada) on 2011-04-16 07:27 [#02411273]
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a friend of mine just told me he has been on the waiting list for 2 years to purchase one from the site...
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2011-04-16 11:38 [#02411277]
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woah.the tape recorder stuff is lush
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morguean
from Calgary (Canada) on 2011-04-16 11:58 [#02411283]
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this is the most encouraging vid i've found so far... someone actually trying to piece something together.. also shows off some of the synth capabilities pretty well
LAZY_TITLE
u gotta press the channel 3 on the right of the tv there
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2011-04-16 12:07 [#02411284]
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there is no school teaching to move fingers that way
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2011-04-16 12:11 [#02411285]
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i like it cos its small
if you tried one of that ultra compact keyboards that's next the synth you know what i mean
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fleetmouse
from Horny for Truth on 2011-04-17 14:56 [#02411363]
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Ah, that is pretty cool. Looks like fun and sounds good.
I wonder how cheaply this could be sold if someone like Korg bought him out and mass produced it on the scale of the Electribes?
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cuntychuck
from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2011-04-17 17:49 [#02411364]
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i've heard that the masterpiece "one" from best music group in the world swedish house mafia, is using this fantastic synth.
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elusive
from detroit (United States) on 2011-04-17 19:42 [#02411366]
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well constructed insight and thoughtss, dave_g.
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2011-04-18 11:31 [#02411397]
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would you update this thread when you try it, dave_g?
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dave_g
from United Kingdom on 2011-04-18 22:20 [#02411465]
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If I get the opportunity to play with one I will write a few words. (Providing I remember of course!)
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morguean
from Calgary (Canada) on 2011-06-07 21:36 [#02415294]
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JUST GOT THE EMAIL, THEY HAVE NEW UNITS IN STOCK
however the website is down, of course.
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