Most inspiring machine I’ve ever used. And I did have all the so called classic must have machines from the past. There is no machine like the op-z. Just ordered another one. If they stop production one day the price of the device will skyrocket!
@baryonmr51202 жыл бұрын
This instrument never stops amaze me
@johnnygoodyear270 Жыл бұрын
Ridiculously good. Thank you.
@OscillatorSink Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@DaVeTheWaVe3 жыл бұрын
Eyes opener! (And ears too)! I didn’t know about track volume to not interrupt the flow… great!
@samanthajanesmith95916 ай бұрын
I fnally got an OPZ and I could never get the tape track to sound good or be of use - so many thanks for this - I finally understand!
@andrewsmith87623 жыл бұрын
This is great. At last I begin to understand the Tape! It was always a mystery to me. No-one else has really explained it like you have.
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Really pleased that I've been able to shine some light on it.
@59Perlen3 жыл бұрын
Nice. Inspires me to get my Op-z on tour again!
@MISSCHAMPAGNE3 жыл бұрын
This video was an absolute game changer for me! It feels like every day I figure out something new this thing does, I haven't put it down since I got it!
@dot_witch3903 жыл бұрын
Something I really love doing with the tape track is using it with external gear. If you run audio into the opz using an appropriate trrs cable and select the module track you can stutter incoming the audio
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I've played with that and it's great fun! Good tip.
@margg_names3 жыл бұрын
What trrs cable do you use, I’d love to learn to use that technique. Also what do you mean by selecting the module track? Cheers
@dot_witch3903 жыл бұрын
@@margg_names I just use the basic irig ive also I used the headset buddy brand as well. Make sure you go to the battery section and hit 2 to hear the incoming audio
@margg_names3 жыл бұрын
@@dot_witch390 thanks, I have the Apple lightning adapter that allows for usb sampling but can’t figure how to hear the incoming audio through the tape track. Do you know if it’s something that’s only possible over the trrs cable/build-in mic? I select the input by holding rightmost button on the back +3 for usb audio, as it is in my case
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
You might need to select the OP-Z as your audio interface to get that to work I think?
@leftmono10162 жыл бұрын
Blimey this really opened my eyes to the OPZ, as you say in terms of musicality there are lots of exciting options to try! Excellent video.
@williamvine68875 ай бұрын
Great video and a great help thanks
@willibooy3 жыл бұрын
great stuff! didn't know about the dry/wet red encoder function. Gonna start using the tape track way more often now, thanks!
@batninja3 жыл бұрын
Really excellent overview
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Stilvoid3 жыл бұрын
Mate, that dry/wet tape control is game changing! Read the manual and never knew :)
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
If only it was in the manual...
@ricklarry42126 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Adds another level to an already ingenious device. Thanks OS! 🎶
@ZOE-SEQ2 жыл бұрын
I use the OP-Z for almost a year now and in my opinion it‘s the best groovebox ever made. I still find new sonic possibilities every time I make music with it. Used the tape track almost exclusively as a granular processor and rhythmic effects machine but never realized that it could be a nice arpeggiator too, especially with added polyrhythms. The only thing that I don‘t like about the OP-Z is the filter. It‘s quite hard for me to have an understanding of changes in volume in the mix when I use it. The lowpass just does pretty extreme things with the sound and almost acts more like a volume knob then a filter. Anyway, I love my OP-Z so much. Thx for the video! All of your tutorials are excellent! 💜☺️
@gillesmatte34434 ай бұрын
Thanks so much, this is very helpfull !
@nikpharesmusic57683 жыл бұрын
Cheers for this!! Finally grabbing one second hand in awesome shape for a cheap deal! So ready!!!
@hoxtonkid3 жыл бұрын
Really grateful that you've opened my eyes and ears to this! Thanks!
@AMisso8 ай бұрын
This was fabulous. Very useful.Thank you!
@herjenmusic3 жыл бұрын
The tape track is one of the difficult things to master. You are rocking it!
@callumalston57553 жыл бұрын
That mixing trick is mind blowing makes it so much more useful
@williamvine68874 ай бұрын
This video continues to be a great help
@dougrewing2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! This is so helpful.
@kintoriley7 ай бұрын
My OP-Z is getting here tomorrow. It seems super fun, but sorta daunting too. Videos like this definitely help. Thanks and subscribed.
@Toodoi3 жыл бұрын
Hands down the most articulate and useful opz tutorial I have seen. Why the hell haven’t you made any others for the opz!?!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I kinda came to the OP-Z late in terms of tutorials. I hadn't seen this spoken about so I thought I could fill a gap here, but I feel like Jeremy's (Red Means Recording) tutorial series covers the basics really well (it's how I learnt them), so I felt like I'd be retreading old ground.
@Toodoi3 жыл бұрын
@@OscillatorSink i humbly disagree. I am new to opz and coming from a ux designer, your approach is one of the best on the web. Period. Any chance you’d do some paid tutorials??
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
@@Toodoi that's very kind of you to say. Bespoke tutorials isn't something I can do right now - my worklife balance is a bit of a mess right at the moment, and for the foreseeable future (which is why my output has slowed down a bit recently). I'm not ruling out ever doing it, but it's not practical for me at the moment - certainly not to do it with the level of quality I'd be happy with.
@Toodoi3 жыл бұрын
@@OscillatorSink bummer. I’ll have to stick with trying to decipher cuckoo tutorials 🤣
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
@@Toodoi this is the series that helped me get started: kzbin.info/aero/PLcaEIjiwaCmTydBPcBiBO9p0OP3NnBQgv
@SteveDPIves7 ай бұрын
Love the actual track you started with too - gave me very strong Jean-Michel Jarre vibes. Any chance of an OP-Z starter video showing how to construct something like that?
@jack-s3e1u3 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with the Tape Track when I started applying it only to my chord track, which gives me instant funk rhythms that sound very dynamic (somewhat resembling palm muting a guitar neck). I didn't know it goes so deep though, thanks! TE should have these features in the interface on the App.
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
That's a cool tip - I'll have to give that a try, cheers!
@charliesorrel45143 жыл бұрын
You can also apply the tape track to live audio coming in via the mic input or line-in, which is totally rad.
@SaEvSampleEverything3 жыл бұрын
It's a really cool feature! While in the Tape instrument, hold Shift and enable the [c] module
@HotStrange9 ай бұрын
Can you then sample that or sequence any of it? I didn’t know you could do that. Super cool.
@tompurcell19833 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for doing this, your tutorials are always so well considered and insightful. As with others in the comments, I was completely unaware of the wet/dry mix function and had also never thought of trying parameter locks for the tape for some reason. I appreciate you, Mr Sink!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
And I appreciate you, thanks for watching!
@KaeseNachos3 жыл бұрын
I only had the op-z for a few days now and have not looked at the tape feature yet. Thanks for the on point explanation! I kind of suspected that the tape effect will have many facets/features. Now I am blown away by what it can do. That little thing is crazy.
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Glad to help out! I hope you're enjoying your OP-Z!
@baryonmr51202 жыл бұрын
Thx for excellent explanation
@df68rt3 жыл бұрын
Great video man. Really useful!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
@johnruschulte25933 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much why is the wet dry mix feature not in the manual sometimes TE makes my head hurt.
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Ain't that the truth!
@Jmdeleeuw-3 жыл бұрын
wet dry got added later I think. That's why it's not in the manual just like a bunch of other features. Keep you eye on the patch notes!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
I can't find anything about this from the patch notes on the firmware page and a bunch of new stuff has been added to the manual from the updates. I think this one is just undocumented somehow (would love to be proven wrong though - is there somewhere else I should be looking that I've missed?)
@mgcspl3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I just bought an OP-Z and your video helped me figure out this feature 👌🏻
@SteveDPIves7 ай бұрын
Near the beginning of the video you said the lead track deserved its own video - I hope you can do that ones at as I really love the track.
@therhythmwithinem2 жыл бұрын
super helpful! thank you!
@spiegelkind23873 жыл бұрын
the OP-Z is one of those devices where the answer to any “can i do X on it?” question is a yes, but the method can be somewhat obscure and hard to grasp at first.
@GerenM633 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! I've been on the fence about how I've felt about the OP-Z for the kind of music I want to make, or use some other sort of sequencing and yet another module, and so I've been spending most of today on KZbin watching videos. This video finally gave me the answer! Unfortunately, the answer is a mixture of both! LOL! But, the OP-Z is now definitely on "the list!" -- I'm sold. Thanks for helping me spend more money! LOL!
@chrisparker5625 Жыл бұрын
Mega! I'd started to tinker with the tape track, but this has opened up a huge amount of potential sonic exploration 🙌
@Voyagermusix3 жыл бұрын
Now the "coarse" speed dial (green) makes sense as well.. thank you!
@joshuaglass53773 жыл бұрын
DUDE. Thank you for this; I had the same problem with the somewhat lack of musicality going into out blind!
@betodealmeida404022 күн бұрын
The wet/mix control (track+red) is not documented, but shows up in the app. One problem I have with bringing in the dry signal is that the buffer seems to clip, I hear a distrinct click-click-click noise when using the tape track with the dry signal for too long. This happens on both my OP-Zs.
@ste53673 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏 I bought the op-z today. Currently waiting to finish work to try it out. This looks like I made a good purchase
@teddycleveland74413 жыл бұрын
This is mind-blowingly useful. I never understood how this track before but I love this approach. Super glitchy and fun!
@moneypits3 жыл бұрын
Terrific work. I collected mine a couple of weeks ago and was close to ignoring the tape as it just didn't seem flexible or frankly useful. Really well explained so thank you :)
@Davnak3 жыл бұрын
Great overview of the tape track. Gave me some new ideas for using it.
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Thanks friend!
@vieweralias2 жыл бұрын
amazing. such a lovely video (and tune) really appreciate you sharing. agree about making something more related to your own tune. Really beautifu! Thanks
@BOMBPHONICS2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I learned quite a bit from this and will actually use the tape track now. The OP-Z is incredible and just got better!
@Shurk843 жыл бұрын
ohhh that mix with the I + red is incredible ! didn't know that !! nice tutorial, thanks a lot. I didn't know how to use it and i will definitely try it now :)
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
The mix makes a huge difference to the flexibility of it. I'm glad I've encouraged you to experiment some more!
@baduncadonk3 жыл бұрын
Eye-opening and fantastically helpful; thank you!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
And thank you for watching!
@margg_names3 жыл бұрын
Well explained! I’d like to see you doing one on the sequencer and the step components :)
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Funny you should mention that...
@margg_names3 жыл бұрын
@@OscillatorSink sorry, my English is not perfect so not sure what you mean by that, but what I had in mind was that it will be interesting to see you dive into the sequencer and show what you like/dislike about it. I find it limiting sometimes even though limitations can be a creative fuel
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Ah sorry - I meant that was what I planned for my next OP-Z video (by way of an interesting challenge).
@margg_names3 жыл бұрын
@@OscillatorSink excellent, looking forward to it!
@TerekkiTerekki Жыл бұрын
Thank you - very useful
@MrNamaikisaru3 жыл бұрын
So much information. I haven't had my Z long but the tape seemed like a gimmick until I saw this. Saved to come back and view again. I'm even taking notes!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
You're an A-Star student!
@noname858083 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Hope you have more to come for the opz ✨
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
I have at least one more planned to record soon. Should be a fun one!
@Yesternow2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@k0v4l3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, it completely changed the way I'm looking at tape track now.
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching - enjoy exploring it in a new light!
@harleyproveau3 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid. My tape track has been neglected far too long for the same reasons. Love the groove here too!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Go give that tape some love!
@MrPeety113 жыл бұрын
This feels like a revolution haha...amazing work dude!! I already love my OP-Z and found the same stumbling blocks with the tape track but this has blown the doors wide open....!!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Yessss! Have fun exploring the Tape!
@wurlinnawurl3 жыл бұрын
When you hold track, what do the other encoders do? It looks like the first one changes the bpm of the loop?
@xmeoff2 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thanks 👍
@SeriousLeisure3 жыл бұрын
Great video
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@alexeydemidov29893 жыл бұрын
Fantastic as always, thank you very much for this one.
@zmmayer3 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Really cool and inspiring! Thank you
@mattytrane3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@leoglen37993 жыл бұрын
Fantastic stuff. I like you was quite scared of the tape track. Never able to implement it into my music. Now I’m sure I can using your methods and the way you turn it into another melodic track of it’s own right is superb and adds another dimension. 👌🏽
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Really glad I could help you find a new dimension to the tape track!
@djbruael3 жыл бұрын
Amazing, really gave me an another context for the tape track! Really appreciate the professional format as well. Have you done a video about the master track as well?
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! No Master Track video yet, but it's on my to do list...
@freeze1573 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this collection of really useful info. First video I see with so many track tape tips in the same place. I just noticed that you don't have any wires connected to the OP-Z. Is the line out cable in shade or am I missing something here?
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's a black cable on a black table in a dark room - just camouflaged!
@freeze1573 жыл бұрын
@@OscillatorSink thanks for the clarification. Just wanted to make sure I was not missing the Audio over BT feature or such :). Who knows, maybe in the future...
@timdanyo8983 жыл бұрын
I love this little digi road trip groove..
@JohnoScott3 жыл бұрын
wow, super cool. thankyou
@K_man2173 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you so much for helping me understand this track!! So cool!!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
It's so easy to overlook it, really glad I've helped you get a clearer idea of what it can do 🙂
@qwertzasdfgyxcvb3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Even after using the OP-Z for quite some time, this video got me a lot of insights. Need test it asap : )
@Mrs_HeymanАй бұрын
Amazing, thanks 🙏
@lfoflow3 жыл бұрын
had no idea about the wet/dry... thanks!
@wurlinnawurl3 жыл бұрын
I like using a long piece and just slow it down just barely. You can get kind of a barely noticeable slurryness. I love sequencing small changes in a very long sequence in the tape track.
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, that sounds fun - I should give that a go! I wish you had LFOs on the tape track - it'd be great to be able to add a little bit of warble to it (oh - gyroscoping the speed would be great too!)
@wurlinnawurl3 жыл бұрын
@@OscillatorSink just sequence a step that is like 10 steps long and just touch the second encoder barely under the green light so it is barely noticable.. You can even start the loop at the same spot in the sequence so it wont change at all except it slightly slows, or slightly speeds, both are really cool!!
@ChannelTwerp3 жыл бұрын
Great work! Thanks for this, this is going to help…eventually…on my ‘learning how to play the OP-Z’ :)
@theau613 жыл бұрын
Excellent tips thx
@soniquest3 жыл бұрын
So glad I stumbled across this!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Hello, welcome!
@GradyNickel3 жыл бұрын
This is huge. I'm subscribing now.
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Cheers, welcome!
@squarekid3 жыл бұрын
Great tips! PS - the texture/grain of the surface you’re playing on is identical to my desk, to an alarming degree!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
IKEA?
@squarekid3 жыл бұрын
@@OscillatorSink I don’t think so, actually?
@pierreb82673 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that!!
@damiensimper2 жыл бұрын
wow from gimmicky and cheesy to refined and considered, amazed what this little device can do. Great vid!
@OscillatorSink2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@satelliteconspiracy65823 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips. The tape track makes for great psychedelic noise.
@Benissn30003 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thank you!
@GiriGagan3 жыл бұрын
@Oscillator Sink This video is very insightful and inspiring, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Can I make a request?
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
You can certainly make a request, and if possible I will do my best to accommodate it.
@GiriGagan3 жыл бұрын
@@OscillatorSink thank you kind sir for your prompt reply! You made an op-z ambient video called "Sleepytime Synths March 31st" (comments are turned off) in the description you mention that you somehow overcame the beat driven nature of the OP-Z to make it ambient. Could you possibly do a tutorial for it?
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
@@GiriGagan I had no idea how I managed to turn off comments there. I will have a think about how to approach that, although honestly a lot of the trick is turning down the tempo and not programming a regular beat. A lot of the cool things you can do there is around the step components and I'll be doing a video on those soon.
@GiriGagan3 жыл бұрын
@@OscillatorSink I will be looking forward to your next video on step components. I will look into the points you made in your reply. Thanks again.
@HanjoSynth3 жыл бұрын
Found on Reddit! This is awesome, subscribed! Keep sharing!
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Cheers! Welcome to the channel!
@ildafons2 жыл бұрын
Wow cool!!!
@fz18123 жыл бұрын
Nice dude!!
@peterhammel37992 жыл бұрын
6:31 OMG thanks a lot for this tip!!
@teniluchey3 жыл бұрын
thank you very much
@rakoonsound978211 ай бұрын
Thank you❤
@AT-pv2kz3 жыл бұрын
People don’t realise that the tape track can turn the op-zinto a granular processor
@baqcasanke2 жыл бұрын
Plz explain!!
@zebrapares Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@OscillatorSink Жыл бұрын
You're quite welcome!
@MattGreerMusic3 жыл бұрын
It's a bizarre feature. I still don't use it much. This is a good overview.
@OscillatorSink3 жыл бұрын
Cheers buddy!
@joemoe19062 жыл бұрын
If the green encoder is all the way to the right it reverses the tape