#770

does anybody with oplab know how to sequence multiple triggers or gates?

i’m trying to understand why the module track seems to be the only way to get a gate output

#771

Try linking other tracks to your CV track using 5.10 on this page:

https://teenage.engineering/guides/op-z/track

I don’t know if you’ll get exactly what you want from this though.

I just sold my OP-Z so I can’t try

Oh, and you can use the trigger out tool on any track and that will output at least a trigger out of the gate channel. But it’ll only be the size of a single step pulse if I remember correctly.

Check out the option here to use the trigger pulse ability from any audio track. It’s found at the bottom. I’m guessing you might have used this but specifically wanted a gate instead, but could be used to some similar effect:

https://teenage.engineering/guides/op-z/modules/oplab

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#772

Putting any track to output on midi channel 14 outputs that track to cv and gate( not the two cv encoder signals) this way you can do step components on eurorack.

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#773

thanks

i will try some of these suggestions

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#774

figure this is worth sharing since i just found out about it. digdugDIY has been making TRRS splitters for the op-z so you can sample & monitor on the line in much more easily. put some up etsy this week but i guess they’re already sold out. mine’s on the way to me, excited to see if this makes sampling what i had hoped it would be when they rolled out that update.

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#775

yeah i have one
it’s pretty good

#776

i picked up one of these a while back:

i had to trim some excess plastic around the plug that was preventing it from fully connecting to the op-z socket, but after that it has worked out quite well.

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#777

I use an Irig 2 for this specific reason. The cool thing with that is that you can send your audio back in again and create some crazy feedback synth patches

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#778

Has anyone used the op-z to sequence a 1010 blackbox? Any idea if that could go somewhere interesting? I don’t have a blackbox but I’d like to figure out a way to sequence longer samples.

#779

haven’t used it with blackbox, but i use the zed to sequence a lot of other instruments. i’ve used the usb connection with an ipad, so it’ll probably work with the blackbox host port? i’ve also used the oplab module midi out port to sequence other hardware, including eurorack stuff with a midi -> cv module. i often use tracks 14 (module) + 16 (motion) for external sequencing, keeping the other tracks free for internal sounds.

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#780

Finally got an OP-Z, after nearly pre-ordering it back when it first came out; I’m absolutely loving how much of an instrument it feels like, and the immediacy of like… brain-to-music transfer in building up loops and tracks.

Mine appears to be bowed / bent already, though, and this is day five; it’s possible that it came this way. I’m not too bothered by it unless the bending will get worse — does anyone have experience with an OP-Z bowing further with use, or is this just the way they come?

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#781

Mine was second-hand but practically new. I have added rubber feet to support the middle of the unit. Too much flex when playing on a desk for my liking otherwise. It arrived with a slight bow on it which is ridiculous for the asking price.

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#782

I’ve put a little stick-on bubble in the middle to try to correct for the bending — I wouldn’t be bothered if there wasn’t the chance of it getting progressively worse and then, a day after the warranty expires, having the encoders pop out or some such thing. I suppose if yours was second hand and you’ve had it for a while with no other issues, I shouldn’t be too worried?

I’m curious about whether compensating for the bowing will eventually straighten it out. I’m not about to put a stack of heavy books on it to help it along, but, mechanical problems require mechanical solutions…

#783

Heh, I’m simply banking on the ‘don’t make it worse’ method of maintaining it. The rubber pads all balance out so it shouldn’t bend much more in either direction. I’ve seen tear-down photos of people trying to fix their own various issues, and more I can avoid flexing the internals, the better. I had heard enough of dealing with TE for warranty issues (bleh) to decide buying one used was fine from this seller. YMMV, and hope it all stays well on your end.

All that said, I do quite enjoy this little handy candybar. I often pair it with a FaderFox UC4 for convenient mixer controls and means of hardware MIDI in/out.

#784

Ive owned my Z since october 2018 and it is still working great. Only some classic double triggering issues but thats it!

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#785

I was able to exchange mine today, after a lot of hemming and hawing, and thanks to the incredibly kind synth shop where I bought it — they had another in stock, and it wasn’t bent; must be a luck of the draw thing.

Feel terrible bringing my first one back in as I’m not sure what will happen to it, and I’m trying to avoid creating waste and wasteful shipping, but I think I would have ended up sending it in myself in any case.

So, I have a poker-straight OP-Z. Now I know that if it bends, it’s my fault!

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#786

you probably made the right call. i had to deal with their support for a keyboard issue, and they had me mail my op-z to a repair shop where it sat for 4 months waiting for a specific part to get through customs. at least while a shop deals with that, they aren’t waiting to play the instrument.

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#787

Oof, yeah, I’ve heard TE’s customer service is… lacking. I just hope that the synth shop isn’t now dealing with that on my behalf!

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#788

Dealing with and filing RMA’s is par for the course at those shops.

I loved my OP-Z and had slow, but eventually successful interactions with TE in regards to returns and more. I ended up letting my OP-Z go to fund a Polyend Tracker (and an eventual portable tracker device called the M8) due to the composition process on trackers doing much more for my brain.

My one disappointment is not having dug in to the visual sequencing more. This would’ve been more up my alley. Plus, the new playability with upcoming Cheat Codes 2.0 seems rad as heck.

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#789

Has anyone tried controlling the OP-Z using a 16n fader bank? I’m trying to figure out a way to do it that wouldn’t involve plugging both devices into my Macbook; it would be so elegant to have simply an OP-Z and the faderbank as a portable self-contained setup.

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