#243

May I ask how you expand pattern length and still be able to keep the grid resolution? Thanks

#244

https://www.teenageengineering.com/guides/op-z/track#step-length < I think this is the part of the manual that explains it. I canā€™t speak to resolution, just that it gives me up to four measures, maybe 8? Instead of just the one 16-step measure.

#245

Looks like the MoMA store has more in stock if anyone is looking in the US.

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#246

interestingly on the moma store they are still advertising the old battery lifeā€¦

Battery life: Four times back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean

wonder if anything close to that is achievable via software update.

#247

I think they just didnā€™t update the ā€œcould change on the final productā€ specs. Itā€™s pretty clear here https://support.teenage.engineering/hc/en-us/articles/360011586773-how-long-is-the-OP-Z-battery-life- and already seems slightly improved over the 4h reported if true.

PS: itā€™s the Moma after all and this kind of dreaming-out-loud-about-specs-we-cant-garanty-but-hey-people-buy-it-before-you-can-make-sure-of-that is definitely a heavily practiced form of modern art.

#248

i agree itā€™s unlikely, it just seems odd to advertise such a brazen lie. which of corse got me googling the fastest transatlantic flight times. if you took it easy on the op-z, you potentially could get 3 trans atlantic flights in on a single charge, as long as you were flying on a british airways concorde in 1996.

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#249

Time machine module to be added? Or do you think itā€™s doable with a firmware update! ^^

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#251

Ha ha.
Thatā€™s like a ā€œpost truthā€ justificationā€¦
Alternative (fact) product specs?

#253

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#254

I can testify it can last even longer than that if powered off.

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#255

I, for one, fear the Museum-Industrial Complex ā€” a theft from those who hunger for new music and are not fed.

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#256

Thereā€™s a firmware update out:
ā€œreduced cpu consumption, improves battery life by 5-10%ā€

Lots of other bug fixes.

https://teenage.engineering/downloads/op-z

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#257

Iā€™m looking to use the op-z as basically a super nice midi sequence for a modular rig so this is super helpful. Iā€™m wondering though ā€” my intention is to use it as a midi-in to a eurorack, then make lots of noise inside the rack, and then pipe midi out to something like Unity (not using op-z built in Unity stuff).

My current thought for this is OP-Z to FH-2 to MODULES, then to something like a trig31 to do CV/Midi to then hook up to a computer. However in doing more digging I found the Hermod and Iā€™m wondering if that single module can act as both the in and the out. OP-Z in though one of the USB ports, and then USB out to a PC/OSX machine with midi signal for controlling visuals.

However, if Iā€™m using the Midi-in to pipe OP-Z to the rest of the modular, can I use the Hermod cv/gate inputs to also act as midi-out? This may be a better fit for a dedicated Hermod thread, but happy to hear opinions/thoughts here as well.

#258

You probably have a reason for using a laptop, but if what youā€™re planning for unity will work through the opz ios app, then it works really easy with the direct midi connect to modular and bluetooth midi to drive unity. Iā€™m doing that now and happy with the result.

#259

I recognize the convenience of the OP-Z + Unity integration for sure, but Iā€™m not interested in this setup to leverage that. Mainly because my plan is that the Midi in gets retimed, chopped, scrambled, etc., and I want to grabbed audio-synced timed CV from the ā€œendā€ sequence to push to a computer (Unity is just one option, doing Processing, etc. would also be possible). I also totally plan to use op-z + unity by itself, but this is for something different.

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#260

Not sure if this is helpful, but endorphin.es shuttle control can send midi from device thru to the host (or vice versa). E.g., I can send midi from a korg nanokontrol to the shuttle control, and the ipad attached to the host port of the shuttle can also receive the midi messages.

edit: I see that maybe you donā€™t want a straight copy of the midi messages, in that case disregard the post above.

#261

Whatā€™s the reverb like on this, please tell me itā€™s a room/hall rather than a spring.

There is something about spring reverbs that always grates with meā€¦ the reverb on the OP-1 always makes me a bit sadā€¦

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#262

Unfortuately it is spring, iā€™m waiting as well for another type since i donā€™t really enjoy spring ones either.

Edit: anyways, this little machine is incredible! Itā€™s maybe my best bought since my first monome, it keeps me focus on making music and enjoying the process

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#263

I feel like it sounds less bad than the op-1 verb

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#264

Well I guess itā€™s best to get the disappointments out of the way as soon as possible.

Weā€™re going on holiday next year, and I can really see myself picking up one of these before we go1. The OP-1 is portable enough that Iā€™ll tote it round the house, but itā€™s still too heavy/bulky for me to what to sling it in a backpack.

1 Or months before given how what the availability/demand will be like