#407

firmware update!

https://www.teenageengineering.com/downloads/op-z

  • now supporting two midi devices when using a powered USB hub

  • improved compatibility with a number of usb devices

  • improved usb midi throughput (reduce risk of lost notes)

  • handle importing WAV and AIF files without meta data to synth tracks

  • fix crash when connecting to app with certain patterns active

  • fix synth sampler noise bug with certain samples

  • more descriptive error messages in sample import

  • add general.json setting to latch notes using shift. Release notes while holding shift to latch (latch_notes_with_shift)

  • add general.json setting to disable auto-added FX A when applying temporary parameter tweaks (temp_param_add_fx_a)

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#408

Ah this one makes me so happy. Itā€™s not that it was hard get this to work otherwise, but it was one of those things that I did just infrequently enough that Iā€™d forget and have to ramp up on every darn time I wanted to do it again.

#409

Huge update! stoked on that.

Forgot to update mine before I made this video butā€¦ still fun anyways. I really love this machine and the way it forces me to create music. Iā€™ve never been a big fan of sequencing but having the option to easily play some stuff live, and sequence other parts has opened up some amazing possibilities.

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#410

Iā€™m borrowing a Shuttle Control at the moment, trying to evaluate it for use with the OP-Z and Iā€™ve figured out most of the things I wanted out of it, but now Iā€™m stumped on one last partā€¦

Iā€™d really like to use the OP-Z with the Shuttle Control and at the same time also use a Keystep (routed to the Z). So my takeaway from the Shuttle Control manual is that despite having two USB-A ports, it can only have a USB data connection over one at a time, so I couldnā€™t plug both in as devices.

But the OP-Z can act as a MIDI host, right? So I tried plugging it into the Shuttle Controlā€™s USB-B port which is supposed to be for Mac/PC/iPad (and anything that supports USB OTG and MIDI devices). So it seems to me like that should work, but it doesnā€™t. Should it? I also tried plugging the OP-Z into an iPad Pro, but then it seems to go into disk mode or something (kick drum track LED pulses, knob lights are on and nothing else).

Can anyone shed any light on this? Iā€™m pretty sold on the Shuttle Control, but Iā€™d really like to be able to record sequences by playing on the Keystep while the tracks play through the modular. Iā€™d like to avoid having to buy the Endorphines Shuttle Mate on top of it all.

#411

Did you do the latest Opz firmware upgrade yet? I wish i could help more but I donā€™t own a shuttle control. Best of luck.

#413

Not to point out the obvious but :slight_smile: :

Other than that, Iā€™d really like the input of anyone who tried the new import method, does it work well, what kind of limitations does it have, etc.

Will be happy to update when Iā€™ve got time !

#414

Someone know what this means in practice? I tried checking the guide but it seemed to not have made itā€™s way in there yet.

#415

Means that previously you had to insert some header/metadata trickery to samples to be able to import them as synth samples in the OPZ - not so anymore.

#416

I see. Thank you! But, I though samples had to be in ā€œOP-1 sample formatā€. Is that what this trickery you speak of, is/was an alternative to? Or I guess what Iā€™m really asking is, whatā€™s the (now) easiest way (or various easy ways) of putting samples (synth or drum) into the OP-Z? Apologies if this gets repetitious.

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#417

Yes, sorry ā€“ was typing on my phone, so I was a bit unclear. :slight_smile:

This OP-1 sample formatting was the trickery I was referring to ā€“ it consisted of some extra information that had to be inserted in the beginning of an audio file. Now, as far as I can tell, itā€™s enough to have a .WAV or .AIF file that is 44.1, Mono, 16bit and max 6 seconds. Then, you can import it as an OP-Z Synth sample, without any further adjustments to the file (so you donā€™t have to convert it into any Teenage Engineering proprietary format, just dump the regular audio files on the OP-Z in content mode)

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#418

Thanks again ā€“ thatā€™s super great.

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#419

Oh and 16bit!

Yes that should be it.

#420

Has anyone had any luck making a few more generative/random sequences? How did you accomplish this? Any components stacked you particularly liked?

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#421

My method is not very scientific, but I usually will write out something utilizing all 16 steps, start adding trigger sparks to make it a little more sparce, and experiment from there. Next iā€™ll play around with some transpositions, usually at a longer step length for more variation. Lastly, Iā€™ll add some punch in effects live to add even more variation.

This video, which I shared above a while back (I think) is just based off of two patterns using this process. Only one voice.

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#422

Great example. Thank you for sharing!

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#423

@kim, @josker, looks like now it does what the OP1 does. hopefully minus the OP1ā€™s assumption that root is A, not C.

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p.s. https://github.com/operator1/op1/wiki/Op-1-Application-Chunk-format

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#424

Has anyone been able to control the Op-Z with the 16n Faderbank directly? Via usb or via the new Op-lab module with a stereo 3.5mm?

#425

Anyone out there in Z-Land have a solution for a compact travel case that they love?

#426

For what itā€™s worth, Iā€™ve found TEā€™s OP-Z soft case to be completely satisfactory for travelling. I know it wonā€™t survive standing on it or really giving it hell, but in four months of daily travel (as well as longer trips), itā€™s been perfectly fine.

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#427

Yea Iā€™d be willing to give it a shot with one of those, but it doesnā€™t seem to be in stock anywhere and Iā€™m going on a trip in a week!