New gear announcements for 2022

by **01010111** » Thu May 12, 2022 9:18 pm

The price of the OP-1F makes me want to sell my OP-Z and buy an Elektron product.

edit: For a 54% price increase you get a software UI update, bluetooth, higher quality audio, improved user storage, improved fm radio functionality, USB C, no “undo”, no midi jacks, velcro, and the same six minute recording limit.

by **Dandolin** » Thu May 12, 2022 9:19 pm

by **manymanyhaha** » Fri May 13, 2022 12:15 pm

01010111 wrote:The price of the OP-1F makes me want to sell my OP-Z and buy an Elektron product.

edit: For a 54% price increase you get a software UI update, bluetooth, higher quality audio, improved user storage, improved fm radio functionality, USB C, no “undo”, no midi jacks, velcro, and the same six minute recording limit.

And stereo (which is a big deal), increased battery life, smaller shell, INTERNAL radio, and it's more than a User Interface update: New synth, new reverb, new tapes, "swappable tapes for recording" (interested in knowing what this is).

But after sleeping on it, I have more than enough stuff to make the music I want. 2k is way too much for something that isn't going to be integral to what I do. But if I were on the road a lot again, I'd be getting one. My old op-1 was my travel companion and this looks like a lot of fun.

I would probably reconsider though if they increased the recording time, as you implied, so you could work on an album in total, bit by bit, instead having to offload for every 6 minutes or less worth of material. I don't get that, in 2022.

by **Jero** » Fri May 13, 2022 3:58 pm

OP-1 popped up locally. $799....Pretty sure it's the exact same one I missed a couple years ago.

by **Dandolin** » Fri May 13, 2022 4:44 pm

The Silver Lining :snax:

by **Jero** » Fri May 13, 2022 5:51 pm

Dandolin wrote:The Silver Lining

Sadly, when I missed it I actually had the money :lol:

by **Dandolin** » Fri May 13, 2022 7:12 pm

merhumblegrumble :hug:

quick, do a run of Mega-Haxan - they'll sell like hotcakes!

except those SSSs are $$$s

by **01010111** » Fri May 13, 2022 11:36 pm

manymanyhaha wrote:
01010111 wrote:The price of the OP-1F makes me want to sell my OP-Z and buy an Elektron product.

edit: For a 54% price increase you get a software UI update, bluetooth, higher quality audio, improved user storage, improved fm radio functionality, USB C, no “undo”, no midi jacks, velcro, and the same six minute recording limit.

And stereo (which is a big deal), increased battery life, smaller shell, INTERNAL radio, and it's more than a User Interface update: New synth, new reverb, new tapes, "swappable tapes for recording" (interested in knowing what this is).

But after sleeping on it, I have more than enough stuff to make the music I want. 2k is way too much for something that isn't going to be integral to what I do. But if I were on the road a lot again, I'd be getting one. My old op-1 was my travel companion and this looks like a lot of fun.

I would probably reconsider though if they increased the recording time, as you implied, so you could work on an album in total, bit by bit, instead having to offload for every 6 minutes or less worth of material. I don't get that, in 2022.

The original had a radio, but the broadcasting ability is new. A new synth engine and sequencer could potentially be added to the original via a software update (as well as all the updated visuals). Stereo probably is more complicated because of processing power. But in order to make this worth it, they should have added features with a bigger impact to the end user (midi i/o jacks and quantizable recording would be good places to start). Also, why didn’t they color match the aluminum case to the plastic???

The swappable tapes are explained a bit in that Sonicstate video. They look like they just effect the quality of the recording (I might be wrong)? So, instead of just the standard recording, you have different options for how lofi it sounds.

by **qersty** » Sat May 14, 2022 3:15 am

Dandolin wrote:merhumblegrumble

quick, do a run of Mega-Haxan - they'll sell like hotcakes!

except those SSSs are $$$s

also stack with hotcakes :thumb:

by **Bartimaeus** » Sat May 14, 2022 11:45 am

01010111 wrote:Also, why didn’t they color match the aluminum case to the plastic???

probably chasing that iphone bezel look... and there are some folks who won't buy the pricier version if it looks too similar to the cheaper one :picard: