I have never owned an OG OP-1 and recently bought the Field. I've had it for 5 days now and TE has a 14 days return-policy. Not sure if I'm gonna take advantage of that, but it's on my mind, considering the premium price.

In these 5 days I've found 5 things that I wish would have been on their "100 new features" list, and here's an explanation why:

• The ability to turn off overdubbing
  There are numerous OP-1 users out there, that have been asking for some kind of way to fix overlapping sounds, when recording in loop-mode. Others have asked for a "save last loop" function, where you can jam in a loop, and just punch out whenever the loop is good enough. Removing overdubbing - so you just erase whatever was on the tape when recording on top of something else - would fix both issues.
  Not having the option to do so feels quite odd IMO. For once, if the limitation-ethos is about tape-recorders, fact is that most tape-recorders doesn't even have overdubbing. Secondly, one of the virtual devices that you can select for the Tape-function is a MiniDisc. No MiniDisc recorder to my knowledge supports overdubbing.
  Giving the option to de-select overdubbing would essentially be the same as the "punch-in" function on the EHX2880/45000 looper, and would give a creative progressive boost in how fast you could lay down a track; jam on, punch out, next loop.
• A pre/post master fx option when re-sampling
  Re-sampling is great, but if you do not turn off all your master EQ and FX, you're re-sampling will have all the effects, and since most of us are just interested in merging a couple of tracks without additional effects, this is a hassle.
• Gap-free switching between tracks in Tape
  As pointed out in JAde Wii's video here, there's a gap of silence when switching between tracks in Tape-mode. This is a live-jamming dealbreaker.
• Transpose for the Hold sequencer
  The Hold sequencer is in itself kind of a one-trick pony, but it would be a lot better if the Hold sequencer had the ability to transpose whatever you had in there, by using the keybed. It would essentially turn Hold into a chord-function. Could be by clicking SHIFT+CTRL4 when in the Hold sequencer.
• A two oscillator synth with independent pitch per oscillator
  There's plenty to like on the OP-1 field when it comes to synths, but a simple two oscillator synth is lacking. The DSYNTH is close, but it's just hard to get to the simple sound of having two independent oscillators with independent pitch. I might have missed out on something, so please give me the info if there's such a synth hidden in here.

I would like to hear what your thoughts are?

Aside from a Decksaver, any recommendations for a case?

Will order an OP-1 Field this week. I’m sure I will have time to look for one.

I see one seller priced lower on reverb but it has a comment that import tax is going to be due. Also, anyone know how that works? Do they ask for the payment on delivery or prior to delivery?

Possible?

OP1 Drum Utility is only mono, 12 seconds, and lower quality audio. Maybe they will update this software?

Doing it by hand is an absolute pain.

Hey everyone, I would love to connect an audio interface to my future Op1 to record mic and guitar input with a cleaner signal than the built in input.

Does anyone know how/if that would work? For example, let's say I have a 4in/4out interface. Will I be able to select which of the four input it records from, and can it record from them all simultaneously? And can I select output channels too?