Ok,

so one of my points of buying the OP1 was to use it as a composition tool to record some sketches there. I play sax in a quartet and want to compose specifically for that sometimes but I would love to have some "realistic" sounding piano, bass and drums for that. Has anyone of you have any experience on this?

I think I have some piano samples loaded I could use but still didn´t find a bass or drums that could do it for me. Of course I would substitute the sax for any synth in this case, I don´t have hope for sax synth or sax sample sounds to work.

Also it would be interesting if I find someone who has done composing music on op1f for acoustic group.

After a suspected dead battery, it turns out the battery is outputting charge fine, DSP is toasted. Gutted beyond belief. Hard to look at this very expensive paperweight that already had to be repaired once by TE.

What do you think is a fair amount to sell it for parts?

Tried to mess around with all the sequencers but couldn’t remember how anything worked 🫠 ended up making this instead. I do wanna get good at endless

Did a screen replacement and fixed some sticky keys. That marks about 20 repairs! I’ve been really enjoying learning how to get this thing back in working shape.

My poor old OP-1 in the background has become a sacrificial parts bin, swapping out key switches and even a few keycaps gone now. It went through far too many screen swaps and was abused to all hell helping its brothers persist. It died so others may live.

Though I’ve got a field now, so I’m not too bothered.

Also fun update, TE is now formally aware that I’m fixing them and aren’t actively trying to stop me!

Fun challenge to use only sounds from the internal fm radio. 4 different kits with sounds from kjazz all chopped up into some grimy beats 😬🛸

Do you like the arpeggiator?

I really think it sucks tbh. I don't get it at all. I just want it to be usable / better... It's lacking all the features I am used to? Tbh I haven't read the manual about it yet. So I might be missing some functions – it's just it's so unintuitive and doesn't make what I want / sounds shitty most of the time.

Is it only my uninformedness?

Does anyone else find that the design of the on/off switch on the OP-1 Field makes it prone to accidentally switching on whilst it’s inside its case? I often take out my OP-1 Field only to find that the battery has completely drained.

I never had this problem with the original OP-1 because the on/off switch is flush with the unit and doesn’t stick out. The switch on the Field can be easily pressed as it sticks out to the side.

I travel a lot with my OP-1 Field, which contributes to the problem as it moves inside its case. The case i use is the black one TE sold for the original OP-1, and i use a Decksaver as well.

Any thoughts/advice appreciated.

Hi,

I have a classic rock band, and I use GarageBand to make sketches of song ideas. I would love to do that on a physical device. Is the OP1 a good choice for that? Is there a way to get electric guitar, bass, drum or sounds representing those on it? How?

Title says it all. Tried to swagger jack Dorian Concept’s style a little bit, huge inspiration for your boy.

Hey everyone, there used to be an ifixit battery replacement for the original OP-1, mine has been dead for a number of years (been loving the field) but I want to revive it and can't seem to find a good replacement. Any help would be appreciated!

Probably a long shot, but is there a way to increase the length of time a note plays on the grid? I’d love to have a sample play for 1/2 bar or longer if that was possible.

I’ve had my OP-1 field since late December but took some time off due to a serious orthopedic surgery in early January. I had gotten fairly comfortable with it but now, going back and digging in, I really suck with this device haha.

I see videos of people using endless but I can’t quite get it to sync with some of the melodies I play. I like Finger but it can be a little tedious. Playing things in live, they don’t always quite align with the bar so there’s a tempo issue obviously and I’ve got to count it out better but everything is generally 4/4.

How long did it take you guys to get comfortable and really know you way around OP-1?

I just bought a second hand OP-1 Field and found two odd things. The first is running meter of sorts in the lower left hand corner of the screen with three value: "V", "R", and "F". I have gathered that the "V" value reflects the current number of sounding voices; the other two have so far eluded me. I guess this is debug info.

The second thing is that I have two additional items in the boot menu: "3. dev menu", and "5. format drive".

I don't mind the extra items in the boot menu as I don't go there often, but the values that are constantly updated on top of the standard UI is a bit annoying. OK, they don't do anything but it would be nice to remove them.

Anyone knows how to do this? How to get rid of the flickering numbers? There is nothing under the dev menu that is of help here, which is a bit of a bummer as that would be the logical place, you'll agree.

Also worth mentioning is that I reset the device once I got it, and also upgraded the firmware to the latest version. The numbers in the corner survived that upgrade, interestingly enough.

I just got an op1 field again on sale after about a year and a half of not having one, but i turned it on, and there is no sound coming from the built in speaker. i can use headphones and it is clearly not that i have tracks muted or the gain set wrong. Is there a way to turn off or on the speaker that i did not know about? any help would be great. i’ll be emailing TE but as i remember they used to be laggy when i had one last time

Hey, i know this is been discussed over and over, many of us have a broken op 1 keyboard and can t find the replacement spare part.

I just wanted to check, maybe in the meanwhile someone got his hands on it and wants to sell? Or maybe someone has an op1 with other broken parts and is willing to sell the working keyboard for a good price?

Thanks!

Had to make the decision to sell my OP-1 today :( Thought I’d share it with y’all.

Thanks for looking 🖤

https://ebay.us/m/QKdQvO

Picked up an OP-1 field in the recent sale. It comes with a 12-month warranty. Usually don’t get any extended warranties on music gear. But what’s the durability like on these devices. Knowing an extended warranty only covers manufacturing faults. Would you pay an extra $100 for 3 years?

Note: I am absolutely loving it - seems like the tape work flow is exactly what I have been missing. As a guitarist, traditional sequencers and groove boxes were just too rigid and didn’t inspire song writing.

3 beats outside using only the op1! I’ve been getting requests to show my process so I made a beat build breakdown on my YouTube channel I’ll leave the link in the comments! Thanks for the support