#730

I just realized that trigs can rotate with the track button depending on track length. I sent out a clock to my modular gear with the OPLab expander. Fun to play with the track divisions, length, and rotation.

#731

Me too on the samplingā€¦ itā€™s the fastest songwriting tool Iā€™ve found for my brain. Cant think of a pattern-style sequencer I like more than the OP-Z although you often trade precise control for crazy emergent behavior.

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#732

that right there is the magic of the zed :slight_smile:

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#733

Hi againā€¦somehow i canā€˜t seem to record a pitch modulation with the rubber button into the chord track-why and how?

#734

You (still!) canā€™t record pitch bend modulation. Itā€™s quite a weird omission there must be something causing a problem about it. I didnā€™t try recently and assumed it was fixed/added but apparently not.

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#735

Yeah this really is weirdā€¦

#736

https://teenage.engineering/guides/op-z/general-operation#how-to-record

theyā€™re (sort of) using it for velocity:

change velocity

hold a lit step and use the pitch bend to modify the velocity for that step.

kind of makes sense as the button does feel pretty good for these kind of tweaks. but if iā€™m remembering right even playing in with the pitch bend live doesnā€™t record pitch bend info, right? i think that has burned me in the past. hard to believe they were able to make it into a usb sound card but there is some technical limitation that prevents them throwing a toggle in the midi page in the app for controlling pitch bendā€¦

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#737

It has bugged me also, especially since naturally (and the sample engine sounding quite nice when doing that too) it was one of my first things I did to add ā€œnaturalā€ to some ideas to try and record pitch bend movements on drums. I was so frustrated when after hours of thinking I got something wrong I realized I just couldnā€™t ! Now Iā€™m past it and just consider it one of its quirks, but Iā€™d love it if it could be added.

Must be one of those things that looks more simple than it is because of something they didnā€™t consider at some point and are now stuck with, I donā€™t know.

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#738

Hmmmā€¦there goes my grace jones cover -everything doable, the wonky beat, the bassline, the sfx synths but no Pitchbend :laughing:

Probably this can be recorded into the Z using an external keyboard or DAW tho-i cannae be arsed :neutral_face:

Still a great machine

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#739

a tip for all you OP-Z users here:

Get a ground loop isolator. Just got a cheap one with stereo trs cables on each side. It really does wonders for the awful noise if you like connecting the OP-Z to stuff(like Norns, for sequencing) via USB.

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#740

yes! iā€™ve heard this works great. i found that with my setup its very easy to turn off op-z charging when connected to norns with usb and luckily, at least for me, that takes care of the noise completely.

#741

that works for me too.

#742

Yes, of course. But with the isolator you can charge at the same time :slight_smile: especially if you keep forgetting to turn off your OP-Z

This is not the one Iā€™m using, but Iā€™ve hear good things:

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#743

being a long time OP-1 owner iā€™ve had 3 of these, i think i might have this exact one. will share some unsolicited tips that would have been helpful to me at the time (that maybe i am presently wrong about and would be good to find out if so!):

ā€“they can be pretty fragile! i bricked my first one dropping it 3 feet onto hardwood. that company was nice enough to send me a second one when i complained, which also ā€œbrokeā€ somehow, leading to me buying a third one from a different brand (i think the one linked? but they all look the same so not sure).
ā€“at some point i discovered that the second one didnā€™t actually break, it just shipped with cables that were on their way out. could have saved myself (and the planet) a little hassle.
ā€“this is the most controversial, but i feel like i can still hear the difference in quality between 1/8th direct out no USB and usb charging + 1/8th in to loop noise isolator. like a small amount of hum is sneaking through around -48db or whatever. very real chance this is placebo though since these are teenage engineering products and thereā€™s gonna be noiseā€¦

#744

picked one up today and am totally and completely smitten.

i started the afternoon head-scratching and feeling way behind on keeping up with basic youtube tutorials and ended the night with some lovely sounds and an eager mind to learn more tomorrow.

the step components (especially the random note triggers) are justā€¦ chef kiss

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#745

The step components are so well thought out I miss them on every other sequencer now.

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#746

Ive been using my OPZ along with the CV module mostly as a clock/sequencer/drum machine with my small modular set up. Today I decided to map some midi cc controls to my launch control for some quick access to track lengths + Counts, filters, drum sustains, and reverb sends! Also mapped mute groups on the buttons too.

Pretty excited to play around with odd timings of CV signals and clocks out while have such quick knob access for time divisions.

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#747

Just got the oplab module for super cheap and excited to use the CV to sequence pedals.

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#748

OP-Z + a Keystep is a nice combo that increases playability immensely.

I also really appreciate the more recent additions of a higher quality reverb and analog synth engine. Hereā€™s to hoping they continue to build up the firmware.

#749

Jealous, been looking for one for a good while!