#810

Interesting to hear this feedback. I’m really considering getting one for portable jamming and idea generation, but put off by the build quality issues.

Have you used the midi out functionality much?

#811

The midi out to a few channels of ableton is the idea generating bread and butter I’ve come to get out of it. Its power to portability ratio is absurdly good, it’s the size of a TV remote and thin. Sounds like this checks the boxes for you.

I dont know how rampant the issues I’ve mentioned are on other units, and I cant speak for new ones.

#812

I wonder if the case bending comes from the waste heat from excessive charging? I charge mine super rarely and never leave it plugged in beyond that. No warping. Anyone who has a bent one care to comment on your charging habbits?

#813

I have a bended one, with correct labels but bought rather early - never used while charging, stored carefully, not pressed on it really hard, but living in tropical climate maybe that?

#814

I picked mine up exactly a year ago…had a very slight bend when it was new…its not so obvious…has not gotten worse and I live in a tropical climate. First oplab didnt fit prop and they replaced it…very efficiently I might add. The first time a manufacturer has paid for shipping both ways. Had a perioud were the encoders were uber poppy. Like all of them, but they just suddenly one day fixed themselves and they r pretty good now…sometimes I get the some stuttering buttons but that seems to happen when i dont use the unit for awhile and it usually goes away with use.

I have a software issue and wonder if anyone has faced something similar and found a fix. I cant seem to enable sampling as when I push a empty slot to enable it the unit flashes red…and also my mic sometimes gives this totally glitchy aliasy recording. So dunno whats up. I think I have a month left on my warrantee and should try and fix this or get it replaced.

All that said I think the opZ is awesome and like others I dont really dig sequencers but I have alot of fun on this as it can get pretty weird pretty quick and you can rapidly build up diff parts to improvise. Part of the fun is defo its size and how easy it is to take around. And its been been alotta fun being clocked with the modular.

#815

I can also confirm that i have this “double-trig” or stuttering issue (if we are talking about same thing - you press the button and it doubletaps fast or somwwhat stutter right?:slight_smile: and it goes away when you play more and it is very present after some time of laying without playing. Maybe some oxidation or something in buttons.

#816

I had exact same problem with my previous OP-Z and to be honest it just got worse with time so I got it replaced and (fingers crossed) the one I have currently doesn’t seem to be affected by this problem so I would advise anyone who have it just get it replaced. Mine started to have shift key affected which made using step components a game of chance.

BTW out of curiosity how everyone have different engines laid out? I put the same engines on same instrument slots on different tracks (only chord has one replaced with organ) so for example if I would want to use analog engine I just select seventh instrument slot on all tracks. This also allows me to easily play with restrictions like for example make whole song using only digital engine :smiley:

#817

Had a question about the midi out: are the step components also present in midi out patterns?

Also wondered if anyone has used the OP-Z with the FH-2 successfully? Found it hard to find any info on this.

#818

They are (they translate to midi, for example a delay will output notes of decreasing velocity) and that’s what makes them so great.

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#819

Amazing!! Now I’m really sold :grinning:

#820

A little update on my bent-double triggering op-z - I decided to put some double sided thick tape in the middle of the body to stop it from bending more - and this eliminated almost all double triggering so probably part of the problem is that keyboard is bended inside. Definitely worth a try if you have same problem, ugly but works.

Also have it laying around for about a month in a very humid climate and after turning it on almost all buttons were very unresponsive but after multiple touches of every button everything were back to normal, so it clearly doesn’t like humidity as well (but to be fair I have a lot of my electronic stuff dying here in very salty/humid tropical climate)

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#821

hey yall before I contact TE support i thought i’d ask here…I’m unable to select any input other than the built-in mic

has this happened to anybody else?

#822

Hey people. I have been exploring alternate clocking arrangements for my daw, and modular with the oplab module. I have really been enjoying playing with track divisions mapped on another controller. I sent a messaging in to TE to ask for track shifting as a midi cc.

Is there any way to use the oplab to send my modular clock signal to midi clock? It seems as if I need to set each track to 0 to receive clock info from cv. Is there no way to make the entire unit lock to incoming cv trig, or use the unit as a clock pass through? I think using my modular as the leading clock and my daw follow would be the least constraining set up.

#823

The two effect tracks both have a second page for LFO. Do you use them? I don’t, and the OP-Z effect section is well underexplored by me anyway.

[edit next day: gotta try]

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#824

I mostly use the LFO to pan the delay.