Teenage Engineering OP-1 Ableton Live Rack
Here’s a new Live rack featuring the OP-1 (price is set to 3USD)
“I have created and sampled ten different presets on my OP-1 synthesizer and placed them into an Ableton Live Instrument Rack. The OP-1 is an amazing synthesizer/workstation and this rack is intended to give a sampling of some of its potential. ”
Download @ http://afrodjmac.blogspot.com
The meaning of my “Life”
Headphones recommended.
Recorded on a hill near Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
Music composed and played by Gianni Proietti a.k.a. Gattobus using Teenage Engineering OP-1 and Curtis for iPad
THE MANKIND – Wilderness (feat. Teenage Engineering OP-1)
Debaser Slussen 12/8/2011. The OP-1:s sequencers were used extensively throughout the show.
Teenage Engineering’s OP-1 – Full Review
Here’s a nice review of the OP-1:
Firstly, you’ll be surprised at how well built this is – CNC machined case (think unibody) massively over specified buttons and four, rotary encoders (industrial grade avionics quality) and a gorgeous AMOLED 360×120 LCD display.
The 24-key keyboard is just switches (think well built nanoKey) and does not transmit velocity, but the synth will respond to it via MIDI over USB. A tiny but surprisingly loud built-in speaker as well as stereo output, built in mic and line in complete the connections. The unit is battery powered, with up 16hrs from this non user removable Li-ion cell. Charging is handled via USB.What Is It?
So the Teenage Engineering OP-1 (Operator 1) is a synth wirth up to 6 voices, with eight synthesis engines which can played one at a time – its monotimbral.
Synth Engines:Cluster – Multi layered oscillator cluster
Digital – True digital synthesis
String – Waveguide String Model
Pulse – Dual Pulsetrain Oscillator
FM – Four operator FM synthesis
Phase – Phase Distortion
Dr Wave – Frequency Domain Synthesis
Synthesizer Sampler Engine – Teenage Sample PlayerEach engine has a single VCA envelope ADSR, single effect and an LFO for routing and modulation – sources include – LFO, FM radio – yes there is one built in, and G sensor – that’s gravity – shake it and modulate baby.
Polyoptics: FantasticleWorld – Teenage Engineering Op-1
Tiny OP-1 review (kind of):
The Op-1 arrived a couple of days ago, I wanted to experiment a lot more, but I ended up getting caught making a track straight off the bat. Great fun! The voice was sampled from the internal radio.
Goods:
Easily playable, intuitive, great interface, recording, looping, fm radio for sampling, super fun and addictive, amazing tech squeezed in (that’s why its so heavy I guess).
Not so good:
No midi clock sync, crashes a _TON_ when doing tape edits (although it boots back up with no loss, just takes time and funks up the workflow), faint but audible high pitch noises.
Verdict:
I love it!
Swedish House Mafia – Casio Tone VL-5 vs. Teenage Engineering OP-1
http://youtu.be/z1zj4Vy56eg
Casio tone vl-5 (1982) vs. Teenage Engineering op-1 (2010)
Featured hardware:
This quite rare keyboard was the polyphonic successor of the famous Casio VL-Tone 1. Unfortunately it is missing the great built-in synthesizer, the octave switch and even the natural violin sound of the VL-1. Instead it has only 10 simple preset sounds. The rhythms are more complex but awkward to select. By an optical barcode reader pen (Casio MS-1) songs can be scanned from special barcode song books into the internal sequencer memory. The sequencer is only monophonic, but at least you can manually play to it.
The hardware of this thing contains a lot of hand- rewired complex component mess that looks rather like a prototype. It also has odd sequencer bugs those are mentioned in the manual.
main features:
- 37 button keys
- built-in small speaker (thin sounding, mounted in a resonance pot)
- polyphony 4 notes (2 notes during sequencer playback)
- 10 preset sounds {flute, bagpipe, clarinet, violin, trumpet, pipe organ, harpsichord, piano, pretty, funny}
- “tone memory” 4 step switch to assign 4 of the preset sounds for quick access
- 8 preset rhythms {waltz, march, rock, swing, samba, rhumba, slow rock, metronome}
- sustain button
- volume and “rhythm/ melody balance” sliders
- tempo slider
- LCD (displays numbers of preset sound & rhythm and sequencer note numbers)
- semi- analogue sound generator. The digital envelopes (with audible zipper noise) are linear and thus sounds unrealistic because they fade silent too soon.
- percussion consist of shift register noise for snare/ hihat and for the drums squarewave blips those have 3 pitches and 2 lengths. One sound is a long blip layered with noise. All percussion employ digital decay envelopes with much zipper noise.
- complex multi- chip hardware:
- CPU1= “NEC D910G 011, K2106K” (80 pin SMD)
- CPU2= “HD43191A07, 2A 25″ (80 pin SMD)
- SRAM?= “NEC A19046-140, D444C, Japan” (20 pin DIL)
- 2x IC “LB1100, 1M3″ (20 pin DIL)
- IC “LB1100, 1M4″ (20 pin DIL)
- simple monophonic sequencer (240 notes, editor (insert & delete, rhythm start point), “one key play” to change note duration)
- optional barcode reader pen to load songs from special song books into the sequencer
- tuning trimmer at case bottom
- jacks for AC- adapter, headphone, line out & barcode pen
OP-1 up close
All sounds heard are made with Teenage Engineering OP-1
“Salt Shaka” Ableton and OP-1 jam
Ableton Live and Teenage Engineering OP-1 Jam created on July 1, 2011. Made with samples from Salt n Pepa’s and The Hues Corporation, Teenage Engineerings OP-1, Ableton Live, APC40, Novation Launchpad, MPK49. Featuring footage from New York’s Southard’s Pond. Salt n Pepa sample captured from the OP-1′s internal FM radio, Hues Corporation from vinyl.
Quick Beat With The OP-1
YΞll❍W T∆ΠgΞriΠΞ doing a beat – if you like the intro / outro check out www.soundcloud.com/yellow-tangerine
Teenage Engineering: Wire Flanger & Ruler Ring Modulator
“I’m visiting Teenage Engineering in Stockholm and developing my physical effect for the OP-1 synth”
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