Sorry for the clickbait 
But Yamaha has a forum for product suggestions and people can vote on it.
So I decided to make a suggestions to make some kind of OP-1 clone,
because I would like an OP-1 without the TE price tag.
If you want to make a new OP-1 reality please take a look at my suggestion and give it an upvote.
I would highly appreciate it!!!
https://yamahasynth.ideascale.com/a/dtd/teenage-engineering-OP-1-CLONE/236773-45978?submitted=1
isn’t the op1 a mini-clone of the yamaha motif?
roland (fantom), yamaha (motif) and korg (kronos) have been making sampler/synth/sequencer/recorder all-in -one workstations for a quarter of a century.
a motif reface with mini keys would be absolutely brilliant. here’s hoping.
I see where you’re coming from…a reface Motif sounds insane.
BUT, I think that a big part of the allure of the TE products is the size.
You and put them in a Bag OP-1, or in your pocket OP-Z and just have them on you all the time.
I think the reface size is still a bit too big to do that.
But otherwise yeah, why not make a Mini-Motif has a nice ring to it.
yeah, size is absolutely a key ingredient. those workstations are bigger than a 1970s station wagon.
but it seems also that OP1 have been really smart in reducing the number of features in a way that makes the machine more creative. so i guess that’s probably the real challenge for yamaha in making something special.
i thought they did a really good job with the reface dx and made digital fm synthesis easy and fun.
I agree the reface line was pretty cool…I really want a CP, if only they had it as a module. Don’t need another set of keys.
Also agree on the OP-1 having limited features is cool. I think a mix of OP-1 and OP-Z would be cool.
A bit more straightforward sequencer, like OP-Z + OP-1s synth engines and FX and maybe an 8-Track recorder. I think the playful stuff like tombola and such can be left out in my opinion.
What about OTTO? It runs great on the custom Raspberry board! It’s not on par with the OP1 but given that it’s early alpha, I wouldn’t expect less when it’s out.
I’m on the OTTO discord…looking forward to it, but don’t know, when they’ll finally release it.
I think OTTO is an amazing project
You’ll have to build it yourself though, which might not be everyone’s thing.