Here is a list of operators’ submissions for Teenage Engineering’s #10YOP1 beat contest for OP-1 tenth birthday.
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Here is my entry for the #10YOP1 beat making challenge: my best friend the Spanish metronome.
Enjoy!
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hahaha yeah its always fun to have a talking metronome on the background.
and frekvents !
This is my entry for the #10YOP1 beat contest organised by Teenage Engineering for the 10th anniversary of the OP-1.
I decided to go with a Boards of Canada-like aesthetic, because, well, they are my favourite contemporary electronic music band. The OP-1 is driving me towards making music that is more spontaneous, more felt, if you will, and that includes sampling as a prominent part of the song-making process, just like in Boards of Canada’s music.
I made all the synth and fx sounds and on the OP-1 and recorded most of the parts live into Logic. It’s a really satisfying sensation to play an instrument and get a take exactly how you want it – after many attempts – rather than just sequence it. Even the arpeggiated part is recorded by playing chords live on the OP-1 keyboard, which leads to unpredictable pattern and timing asynchronicities – it’s an actual word, I checked!
The vocal chops are samples bits run into the OP-1’s phone effect, I like what that effect does to vocals, especially when modulated by the random LFO.
The drums are one-shot samples from Modeaudio programmed into Logic’s step sequencer, to which I added a healthy does of bitcrushing. I’m pretty happy how the percussion part turned out. I like to think that I’m slowly getting better at programming drums. I think the main challenge was to come up with a sensible song structure fitting the one minute time limit imposed by the contest rules. I know it feels a bit rushed, but let me know if you like it, I might decide to make an extended version of it.
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#10yOP1 #OP-1 #COVID19creativity #onthego #psound74
Composed & performed entirely on the OP-1 in honor of its decade of existence! Majority composed on NJ Transit/NYCT Subway commute times…
MG-1 | SK-1 | TR-909 | fp Xylphone | VL-1 | OP-1
Few more hours left… beat contest - teenage engineering
psound74
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Nice!
I tried to make a video but I suck so much at this!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPIjiQuhdc1
Plus IG makes the sound awful!
Guess I should get some proper gear for video recording…
Here is the original track:
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up way too late making the video last night
or insta in you’re so inclined
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPIpN7shf2R/?utm_medium=copy_link
Hit every drum/synth engine here
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Awesome!
LMAO i had a choplifter sample sitting in DRUM that never made it to light in my tune
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Ahah, I forgot to include the G-Force in mine!
Here’s mine. Acoustic guitars into the built-in mic. Stock sounds for bass and drums. A sample of “OP-1 patch”, and Bob’s yer uncle.
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Good one, I had forgotten about the “OP-1 patch” sound ^^
I was tempted to introduce some sounds from Simon The Magpie’s Chopper video but I decided to produce all my sounds.
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that’s why I was OK with omitting choplifter
brilliant, I racked my brain a bit for obscure workflows/sources in making mine, and this one didn’t even occur to me.
I think I put a bit of the secret crank “compressor” (?) somewhere in mine; probably the most obscure OP-1 trick I know
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Nice thread. Here is my attempt with an OP-Z, but it was raining out so not the glorious forest bathing experience I was hoping for 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPIoUVnhfLM/?utm_medium=copy_link
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i should put that on my to do list 
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Hi there! 
Here is my participation to the contest i made it with many back and forth between Ableton live and OP-1 and use different plugs ins as stutter edit and twistedtools suite
hope you’re gona enjoy!
#10YOP1
Feel free to comment !
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