Teenage engineering OP1 - Live looping [Thoj]

Thoj · 368.2K views · 2015-11-09 · 4:05

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Overview

Musician Thoj performs a live looping session on the Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer, building a deep house track layer by layer.

On Hacker News

HN points to it as a demonstration of the OP-1, a well-designed instrument and an accessible way to start making music.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2018

Topics

Music theory, synthesis & production Music performance & songs

What people said

neom · 2018-11 · Recommendation
Seems like you really know your house. Not sure if you're musically inclined but if so the OP-1 is a great tool[1][2]. If you ever make it to nyc hit me up, I know James well and I'm sure he'd enjoy your thoughts around E2-E4. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]
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GuiA · 2017-05 · Recommendation
Sounds like you need to get a modular synthesizer :) [LINK] Or, as an intermediary step, like another commenter suggested, an OP1: [VIDEO] llllllll is a fantastic community of people building/playing with new & experimental musical instruments: [LINK]
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kevinqi · 2017-02 · Recommendation
Teenage Engineering OP-1, a music synthesizer. Really well built, buttons and knobs feel fantastic, and the display is super fun. The OP-1 in action: [VIDEO]
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