Drastically improve the groove of your sequences (with the OPZ)

Disclaimer: i’m using the TR 6s as an example in this video but this is a technique that can be applied directly to the OPZ, or any sequencer that has velocity:

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interesting work !

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Thanks for the hint. I already forgot, that the op-z has velocity!

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I had to look it up. Hold the note and use pitchbend.

Shame it doesn’t show a value in the app.

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Cheers!

I might actually make another video on the same topic specifically for the opz

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Oh i didn’t even know you could do that!

But also you can use a trig for the notes that you want to change velocity on.

“Hold the note and use pitchbend”
its new for me too. its probably from a new firmware. i have experimented on a first firmware, long time age, but it didnt work back than. so its great news that its possible now :smiley:

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No idea when it was added, but it is under section 3.4

https://teenage.engineering/guides/op-z/general-operation

oh i got a bit confused with therms


so “pitch bend” controls “velocity” of a step.

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Great knowledge! Thank you!

The key combo is awful to use. I hope it makes it’s way into the iOS app soon.

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i agree, why do they use pitch for velocity?!(you can use velocity step component for that. it would make more sense if you could use pitch bend to change pitch bend of a step. but pitch bend is not sequencable :sleepy:

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Perhaps that is why pitchbend can’t be sequenced…?

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Still very frustrated by that. I mean it’s not something I would use all the time, but it still would be nice to automate some pitchbend

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