Nice one! Just the OP-1f internal mic for the piano?
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Thanks 
itās two pianos, an old Yamaha grand piano and an upright one. One sampled to a C3 and one to a C4, and then I play them in parallell, recorded that sequence into the Album feature while messing with it during recording, re-recorded back to a track and then layering two pads and some field stuff from my garden. A slight Mother reverb set to intimate room settings, drive pushed to maybe 20-ish? Release on 40, and slight tweaks on the master eq.
Whoa thatās way longer answer than you asked for btw
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Haha, nice! i definitely appreciate the track breakdown, and in all of your explanation, iām still assuming you sampled with just the OP-1f mic?
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Yep all internal mic, all OP-1 Field
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Man Iām back on the OP-1 Field train for sure, hereās another little thing made with the Field only - or kind of, because I also used the TP-7 to record some sections from the OP-1 into it, then pitch out down and mess a bit with the jog wheel as I recorded it back into the OP-1 again. So this oneās very much a bunch of old tape tricks in the shape of modern gear -
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Another live thing this weekend: dual op1 / op1f.
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I donāt really like how this one turned out. But Iām posting it anyway. There is a lot of using the tape machines to get that sound, record to album and back to the clean MD tape again for zero loss and no added artifacts. Workflow was nice, result not so much -
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This result came out fantastic if you ask me. Love those swells and the beat is subtle but puts glued everything together nicely.
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Thank you, thatās so lovely of you to say well it does have something, Iāll admit that, but I struggled to find a progression through it, so decided to just leave it and move on. I did save the separate tracks, so maybe the parts will be useful in another context eventually.
This is like sunlight through forest canopy. Slowly shifting. Ever been to Portland Oregon?
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Really like the noise aspect atop the pretty swells. The distant rhythm conjures that S.A.W. 2 energy
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Thank you maybe it didnāt turn out so bad after all then.
No but now I wanna go there.
Hereās another one - I recorded a session with Spitfireās Intimate Grand Piano, and ran it through various tape machines in the OP-1 to get that dust and stutter vibe, a bit like a jumping vinyl needle but on tape. Synths are sampled one-shots from Softubeās CS-80 emulation and then used as instruments in the OP-1 Field. Recorded to the minidisc tape machine for zero additional artifacts, once all the dirt was in place -
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Doesnāt the minidisc have obvious aliasing? Almost as obvious as the portas white noise. What do you mean by zero artifacts? To my knowledge the studio 4track has the highest quality with true zero artifacts on the Op1f.
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I thought it was the other way around. For a clean signal, just go from digital to digital and that all analog emulations had some tape vibe mojo introduced to them.
But clearly I was wrong
Gonna have to A / B-test this properly it seems.
Yea they all have flavors, but TE states Studio 4track is the highest quality recorder of the bunch. I dont hear any aliasing in your tracks though or at least it might be feint, Im curious to know how you came to the conclusion there was no artifacts when aliasing is a big factor to the minidisc. But im even more curious how I cant obviously tell youre using it? 
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A combination of my perceived experience and a faulty conclusion. My word if that isnāt a fake narrative confirming itself through an actual experience.
I have no idea how Iām avoiding these artifacts, but I am very careful with my gain staging (usually). I record all tracks just below the red bar, I push the Drive to say 20-30 and pull down the output to just nudge the red field. So the output is pretty maxed, which might disguise whatās going on.
But honestly, I canāt tell you for sure. Only that Iām switching my final outputs to the studio track now, so thank you for correcting me before I had 200 songs of work saved.
Also, I never liked the MD anyway. Iām all about the tape. So this calms my tape OCD.
Hey pals, wanted to share the video to a song i produced entirely on OP1-Field with the help of the main man Rephazerās sound packs. Really feel blessed to have found an instrument that allows me to freely explore / express myself musically without requiring me to program it all in first. 
Hope you dig it.
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Wonderful work. Visuals go so well with the music. The lead is subtle and evocative, elevates the whole track. I recognize that patch from @rephazer sound pack, itās one of my favorites - gotta stop myself from not using it too much all the time 
works perfectly here.
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