OP-1 Tracks

a new track from the warehouse raver…sequenced, recorded and arranged on the op1.

http://soundcloud.com/generalmusician/happy-heart

Hey, all! Excited to be a part of this forum! Here’s the very first track I was able to make with my OP-1F and my OP-Z via USB input. This was all recorded today in a few hours at the coffee shop up the street.

I started by recording a live mix of the initial OP-Z track (with filtering and fading in a single take) to the ā€œdisk miniā€ tape (track 4) and then spent a few hours adding claps, subtle drums, plinky piano, arpy arps, and a bass swell for good measure. Shared my tapes to my DAW via MTP and then added a slight pitch down to give it the feels.

I can’t explain how amazing it was to work on music in public. There was a moment where my eager hands deleted a chunk of the tape, but I was able to bridge the gap pretty easily. I see benefits in keeping both of these in my setup, with an appreciation for the power the OP-1F has and a natural gravitation towards the simplicity of the OP-Z.

I’m excited to try this again with a different genre in mind. Maybe I can actually do verses and key changes!

It’s been a while. This one was still somewhere in my tapedump. Revived it a little.

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Happy Ostara! (Northern Hemisphere Spring Equinox)

#OP1 #teenageengineering #onthego #onthetrain #finaltouchesathome #electronic #langsameClubreise1

Layers upon layers. Leads played live. ALL OP-1 sans normalization (that’s it!) in Audacity.

Enjoy,
psound74

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Intro using OP-1, then it’s a Digitakt track

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What a wonderful place, may I ask where is it?
Congrats for your new OP-1!

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Oh! That’s Chapel Hill in NC! Hope you enjoyed the music and video! And thank you, I’m loving my new OP-1!!!

New video:


#OP1 #teenageengineering #onthego #onthetrain #finaltouchesathome #crankLFO #notanaprilfoolsjoke #spooky1

Enjoy,
psound74

Here’s mine. 99%OP1, final mastering in REAPER DAW. I’m still a novice, so advice is appreciated.

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#OP1 #teenageengineering #onthego #onthetrain #finaltouchesathome #liebesfantasie1

Enjoy,
psound74

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He was only 45…dedicating this one to my friend Thomas…all OP-1 and done on trains (NYCT subway, NJT commuter rail) except for some minimal limiting and normalization in Audacity.

#OP1 #teenageengineering #onthego #onthetrain #gonebutnotforgotten1 #TSH

Enjoy,
psound74

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Latest and greatest, it’s been a frenetic June…all done on NJT Trains and NCYT Subway commutes except for fade-out at the end and normalization in Audacity!

#OP1 #teenageengineering #onthego #onthetrain #frenetic1

Frenetically,
psound74

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Little melancholic ambient piece written during holiday capturing various choir samples from local radio stations.

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For 808 day, an all OP1 masterpiece that took a month of commutes to finish! (Has my own samples of the 808 i used to own)

Had to factory reset a couple of days ago as i literally was pushing the limits of the OP1 with this one! (The tape audio would drop out for like 5 seconds when going to the beginning of the loop!)

#OP1 #teenageengineering #onthego #onthetrain #808day #approachingTheLimits1

Enjoy and happy 808!
psound74

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The track is its own little thing.
Works perfect for a train commute in any weather.
Lovely piece. Cheers.

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What a sonic ride.
Loved every second of it.

At some point, someone will have to compile some best of ambient from this forum.

Anyways.
Loved the track. Creative af as always

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Made these two tracks with OP-1

this one is 100% OP-1 except the vocals and is about having a job:

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and for this one I used the OP-1 as a 4 track recorder and to sequence the drums but the rest is Modal Cobalt8 plus Microfreak for the bassline, all recorded onto OP-1. Plus vocals added after:

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