Hi has anyone used 2 OP-Z together?
Ive been offered another OP-Z and was wondering how they would sync up together and what would the benefits of having 2 if any
Thanks
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I think they can do fine…thinking about one with the line and the other with the oplab module…
one for sequencing my modular and the other for fx send/return and visuals only 
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I own two OP-Z units, and they work great together. I acquired an additional one to have more tracks and sounds to play with. Additionally, the MIDI integration between them works smoothly. One thing to note is that changing patterns on one device doesn’t automatically update the other, but you can simply use chaining to address this minor issue effectively. I would advise some caution in purchasing one new right now because when I contacted TE about a battery replacement, they said they didn’t have any available and didn’t anticipate restocking them in the future. which might suggest something significant on the horizon 
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Many thxs for the reply 
Forgot to mention that USB-C to USB-C works for audio and midi
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That’s great so that’s how u connect them together I take it?
yeah i do the same, i have a second one that i use for visuals only mostly, along with some other basic stuff.
i’ve also had a live set for many years where the first op-z is more of a generative pad/texture machine, and then the second op-z is used for beats, splitting everything between the 20 available projects over the 2 devices then.
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OP-Z is such a great sequencer and fx unit, kills all GAS immediately when it comes down to a sequence-able send/return fx unit with the addition to control everything really precisely when using it with yarns for instance.
the ratcheting and stop & go behavior with some step component logic is still outstanding (even tho Elektron tries to catch up) but the feature set of the OP-Z, especially in a combo is still far ahead of this time and it’s 6years old 
much love
sequence your Elektrons and you’ll notice 
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I recently picked up a second unit and was pleased to see that at some point along the line, patterns do automatically update, I wonder if you have updated since you posted this (I did not particularly look at the date or consider what updates had been made available since then, Just writing what I experienced here, FWIW).
And just to add to this thread, I’m finding that two units is pretty sweet, very manageable and opens up a ton of potential and all sorts of exciting ways.
Personally, I’m looking forward to playing a quadraphonic set up with these, Which is something I had been trying to make happen on a single unit with a line module, but it just wasn’t quite powerful enough in its current implementation at least.
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that is awesome news. friend of mine might just straight up give me his old op-z since he now has the xy.
can you expound more on quadraphonic and what your thoughts are for this and what that set up looks like?
thanks!
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^ (i think i tried to make the first response above in reply to you but maybe i accidentally just made it a regular post)
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Hey, yeah - um, assuming you are aware of quad diffusion in general (and if not, - google), I was thinking that by having matching patterns on both units, particularly making sure some of the most basic elements (kick, bass… thats it for me), and then having enough differentiation between similar instruments and the other patterns so that there could be effects that sound like panning around the space, or just the place different elements in different parts of the room, etc.
I play a pretty loose version of music, though, so my stylistic intentions make it really easy for me to get away with a lot of stuff that a lot of other genres might not be able to get away with and still makes sense.
For reference:
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this music on your bandcamp is all very very cool. thanks for the info too btw, very cool ideas
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