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Related, this is trending on reddit this morning. Just fascinating to watch someone build a catchy track up on such a (apparently) basic piece of equipment...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK5cU9qWRg0



It's a cool video, but not really a very basic piece of equipment.

> That's actually a $900 synth/sampler/effects processing unit called the Op-1 by Teenage Engineering.

From this thread on /r/ArtisanVideos:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtisanVideos/comments/6a2yq4/guy_m...


Not to mention that OP-1 stands for overpriced-1, you can do much more with way more affordable gear.


What's especially impressive is that the OP-1 has only four tracks, and only does destructive recording with no undo. Meaning that if you want more than four instruments, you have to overdub the same track, and any mistake will ruin the current loop.

In other words, you really need to know what you're doing and have a really good idea of what you want to play to be able to make a song as elaborate as this.




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