OP-Z Sampling Tutorial

You can now sample on the OP-Z. It's great! Here's a tutorial :-D
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[@JoeReillyDoesthings]

Cuckoo 1. is probably responsible for 80% of TE's sales. 2. should consider doing audio books.

[@truecuckoo]

Haha thanks mate!

[@MichaelLeonard]

I watched probably 5 OP-Z reviews & first look videos over the course of a few weeks but never decided to buy. 10 minutes into his 1.5 hour long OP-Z overview video I found myself on my laptop hitting the buy button on the teenage.engineering web store for an OP-Z.

[@Hainbach]

This has become suddenly interesting. Thank you for your tutorial!

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah, it's great! You're welcome man!

[@MartinYamMoller]

Chapter Index- 00:42 Mic, Headphones mic, USB 01:16 Kit or Synth Sampler 02:00 Create a new empty sample slot 02:44 Delete sample slot 03:22 Enter sample mode 04:12 Editing in- and out- points in slices 05:40 Sampling, gain level, editing slices 07:44 Finding a tight in- point 08:56 Post gaining samples per slice 09:17 Tuning per slice, reference tone 10:53 Copy paste slices 12:27 Reverse, Play mode 13:46 Using the right USB connection 14:58 Sampling over USB, monitoring 17:58 Adjusting the Envelopes 18:30 Create some music… 25:10 Support Cuckoo 25:54 Jammin’ 🙏 Cuckoo ... and now I'm off to sample the world! Mwahaha!!!

[@truecuckoo]

🙏🏼

[@MartinYamMoller]

@@truecuckoo🙏👍

[@sebastienjurkowski]

Nothing is more calming than a Cuckoo tutorial, Cuckoo's voice never fail to put me in a zen mood

[@timvommeer9660]

sebastien jurkowski Absolutely! It‘s like your daily meditation routine 😁❤️

[@mad.magirus]

It is like painting with Bob Ross, but much more interesting. ;-)

[@cougarman8]

After 10 minutes I already have a better understanding of sampling on this than I did after an hour of trying to teach myself. Thanks cuckoo, you gold standard of tutorials you!

[@azazabacheche3973]

3 yrs later and yr videos are as helpful as ever, THNAKS!

[@alexskepp]

That jam at the end alone should have gotten you at least 10k more likes on this video. Geni.

[@truecuckoo]

❤️❤️❤️

[@GarHoover]

WOW! You deserve the Nobel peace prize! Thank you for going over all of this!

[@chris.dillon]

Nice addition to this. OP-Z seems so neat. I love my POs. Seems like a combination of many of them + some superpowers. The USB host thing is very cool. I can't wait to get it. Thanks for the spotlight.

[@jasonraasch405]

Chris Dillon I agree. I don’t have an OP-Z. Ive watched numerous videos and at times it seems a little overwhelming. However, during Cuckoo’s sampling tutorial, the workflow in many aspect is quite similar to the PO-33.

[@JC-bf9zm]

I watched this even though I don't have an OP-Z; I love your instructional videos.

[@jasonraasch405]

J Corbett LOL, me too. Cuckoo could do a blender tutorial and I would watch it!!

[@JC-bf9zm]

@@jasonraasch405 Now I want to see his blender tutorial.

[@LukaszOsiak]

Wouldn't even know what to do with my op-z if it weren't for your awsome tutorials! Thanks!

[@truecuckoo]

❤️

[@brotusclips]

this is exactly the functionality I've been looking for. I love making improvised rhythm kits and I've been desperate for a portable sampler that can map slices to a keypad instantly. This is awesome.

[@DavidDeLuge]

Great tune and instantly recognisable as Cuckoo. I installed the new firmware the other day and have had a little play but will spend more time offer the weekend. This opens up all sorts of possibilities and makes the OP-Z even more powerful.

[@johnmadere]

I watched your OP-Z tutorial for weeks before I got my OP-Z. Have been waiting for this tutorial so I can start getting some new sounds to my instrument. Thanks as always!

[@truecuckoo]

🙏🏼

[@CrisRose]

Cuckoo, your OP-Z tutorials and other videos convinced me of the device's depth, potential and accessibility. I've ordered one as my first synth / sequencer / instrument. I'm sure I'll be rewatching them all another 50x! Thanks man.

[@truecuckoo]

❤️ good luck!

[@michaeltmorganmusic]

You crush these cuckoo. Always amazed that you do everything without the iPad app as well, super great. Thanks!

[@rossmillington4959]

I have to say, that song you make at the end is stunningly impressive for how quickly you scrambled together the components. Very very impressed

[@ShiningEyeBrigade]

Always amazed how clearly you speak and explain things with such little video editing. Fantastic communicator. I watch just to try to hone my own skills.

[@PinkBoardProducts]

So excited for my opz to get here and dive in. Thank you so much for these incredible tutorials. Don’t know if I’ve ever commented here but you are an incredibly beautiful person. Much love to you my dude.

[@ghostsax]

was waiting for this... in some way i don't consider it properly chronicled until cuckoo releases the tutorial for it. such an amazing little rectangle. lovely jam too, as always. 🖤

[@tablaninja]

I actually haven't dug into this new feature because I was waiting for him to teach me the specifics! hah

[@GregAdamsEternal]

On-board sampling is a huge update. I'm just as excited about being able to pass audio out via USB. 1.2.5 is a significant update. I'm really loving the OP-Z right now.

[@tablaninja]

I can honestly say that my excitement to see this tutorial was equal to my excitement for this sampling update!

[@purpsonthebeat5351]

You the man . Love “your” sound, everything you do sounds like you. That’s true inspiration

[@philpaintsstuff]

The track at point 16 has such a cool Four Tet vibe with some unmistakable Cuckooisms. Thanks for the informative tutorial.

[@Pyroific]

Yay a new video! I love all your videos, they're so calming and entertaining :)

[@stgflt]

That's it... sampling on it has been the missing piece on the OP-Z for me. It is now the perfect jamming gear when stuck on a hotel in some odd business trip. Too bad KZbin decided to now notify me of this video earlier, could have enjoyed this last week. I am ordering one. Thanks, again, for the tutorials.

[@k-hunka]

I came here for a tutorial and got my mind blown with your lil jam. You rock, dude. Always tops notch content! In other news, I got my opz yesterday due to another one of your videos. haha.

[@truecuckoo]

Hey thanks mate! ❤️ 🙏🏼

[@JoseFernandes-bp6rc]

Great video! Thank you for the idea of sampling multiple preset snippets in the same scale into the drum sampler and then lay them down!

[@circada4445]

Love the complete satisfaction after the jam, moments of bliss!

[@Khordmaster]

Your efforts are truly appreciated my man!!!

[@Laotzsa]

When Cuckoo said as features begin to grow on this lil guy my heart smiled (:

[@AABattery]

Thanks so much for this m8. I now feel ready to update my OP-Z which I didn't do since November. On to make new sounds!

[@kutaybs]

Amazing jam in the end there, loved it!

[@truecuckoo]

Thank you so much!

[@funnymataleao]

Shit, Cuckoo, can you imagine our life without you? You are my personal Jesus. Please, don't stop.

[@truecuckoo]

🙏🏼😅

[@michaelavrie]

You're an excellent teacher--my OP-Z is in the mail, and I'm considering wiping it clean as soon as it arrives, and working only with original samples. I'm assuming you can factory-reset it with the app. Anyways... thanks for this great tutorial. Hope you're still finding fun uses for yours.

[@bastiaananthonie]

you are such an inspiration the way you enjoy educating by exploring. much respect for your developed skills. Kind healthy musical regards from out of Finland. Bastiaan Anthonie Baaij

[@RealJingy]

That was a great little journey! Great Press!! Keep Pressing Cheers Jingy

[@jonathanray4987]

just what I needed for the weekend. thanks man

[@redbirdsaraceno]

AWESOME . Now i think i might get after this sampling update. Thanks for the video !

[@fauxtapes628]

Cool and clear, as always! ✌🏻

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

18:22 Cuckoo: "I'm going to make something nice out of this" Me: Ha yeah right that's just a bunch of noise... 22:38 Cuckoo: "Yeah..." Me: BRB going to throw out all of my gear...

[@domainofscience]

Sampling on the op-z is so much fun!

[@kaitlyn__L]

Pleasantly surprised to see you in these comments :o I love your videos!

[@domainofscience]

@@kaitlyn__L Get ready for some more sick jams in the background.

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah! It's making a huge difference isn't it!

[@saccharineserf7316]

damn cuckoo can make music out of ANYTHING !

[@Somnambule]

Super great tutorial... big thanx! I‘ll go to install the new firmware...it‘s a along awaiting feature for the Z! 🖖☺️

[@kintoriley]

I've been on the fence about buying this, but you sir deserve a commission!

[@lukebogacik2793]

Awesome as always,, 🙏🏻

[@SashaDza]

THIS JAM AT THE END IS FIRRRRRREEEEE!

[@philippwelsing5233]

Man, thanks for this. 100%, as always.

[@truecuckoo]

Thanks Phillipp! Glad you found it useful!

[@GonxalusAika]

I don't have any of these synths, but I enjoy watching the reviews and tutorials

[@DJCJ999]

I've been watching old videos of the OP-z and I didn't realise that it didn't sample OOB.... I hope that TE add such amazing firmware boosts on the new KOII.

[@domingoleija3436]

Darn It Cuckoo, how young are you? I'm 61 and forget how young I am sometimes but we kind of like distant familia since COVID brought this music back into my VIDA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND not screaming your precious lectures. One of these days I'd luv to meet n hang with ya Buddy?

[@matismateuszmatt]

This is fantastic!

[@bradscott3165]

Nice. The sequence you built puts me in mind of classic Suzanne Ciani. Hope you don't mind me sayin'.

[@siarez]

I feel like you can dedicate your life to perfecting your skills with this instrument

[@Unifono2012]

great track at the end!

[@samprock]

Did I sample off iPad synth to my OP-Z already? yes! Will I enjoy Cuckoo tutorial? hell yeas! :)

[@samprock]

Record + Stop is remove automation! ha, that explain few things ... :) TNX!

[@truecuckoo]

🌸

[@samprock]

@@truecuckoo 😲 how did you know it happened between OP-Z and iPad on Maui?!?!? OP-Z was exceptional companion for two weeks proactively doing nothing 😊 Big kudos to TE made us an audio interface (even not using module slot, so easy to grab a sound! (and record into iOS DAW too!)). Great tutorial and cool freestyling, Cuckoo! and thanks for inspiring to get OP-Z from your first vids 👍 ..... Long live OP-2 (Z is "two", right? means future/next, why people don't get it 😍 )

[@thetr3ntlane]

hey would be nice if you would explain how to turn a op-z project into an ableton one if you haven done that

[@kennyh9704]

Tutorial level: godlike.

[@zooblestyx]

Not sure if someone's already mentioned this, but it seems to be the case that in a later update, the key to hold for adjusting input gain was changed from [shift] to [play], i.e. the same key you hold to select input source. Hope that helps.

[@christopher_ecclestone]

Thank you

[@MartinYamMoller]

As always a wonderful tutorial on a much anticipated feature on a great synth. 🙏👍 (A little aside, can't you mount the mirror half way between the Opz and the camera? that should put your face on the same focal plane as the Opz...and therefore be in focus? Just a thought) EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it. It's more complicated since youre probably not sitting right above the camera. But off to the side and then it become much more difficult to calculus the lengths with angles and such😅

[@truecuckoo]

Lol, check my Instagram account. I made a new mirror solution just for this literally yesterday :)

[@MartinYamMoller]

True Cuckoo 👍👌

[@fkdreamworks]

cuckoo that jam in the end can be new thom york song :) thanks for sharing

[@truecuckoo]

Haha thanks mate! ❤️

[@lewisgoody]

Hey Cuckoo, yet again a great video. I wonder if you have tried the OP-Z with something like the nanoPAD2? or any other pad based midi controller?

[@lewisgoody]

also, even with the dongle, I cant sample from my iPhone. Any tips?

[@gooneybird808]

I really hope no one watches this video until I get paid on Wednesday....love you cuckoo but you gotta lemme me know when this stuff happens before anyone else :)

[@archangelmichael5908]

You are the man.

[@iNerdier]

Just remember you *need* headphones for onboard mic sampling or you’ll get some really horrible feedback. Foolishly took me longer than I’d like to realise that’s what it was.

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah I forgot to mention this. Good point.

[@shachar87l]

beautifully done cuckoo, is the piano sampled into a synth track?

[@truecuckoo]

Thanks! 🙏🏼 No the piano is also on a kit track. One sample per key, kinda short samples. For more percussive kind of snappy piano sounds, it's really nice to do it that way. For long sustained sounds, it'd be better with a synth track probably.

[@peacefulpigeon7254]

Thanks so much for the in depth look at this feature and always inspiring music too. Is it possible to use an external mic like the h6 for recording? I’ve not found a way so far thanks❤️

[@truecuckoo]

If you get a headphones/ mic splitter you should be able to connect any source. I’m not sure about the quality, noise levels etc, since it’s designed for little mic signals. I’ll try something like this: www.amazon.com/ENVEL-Convertors-Smartphone-Microphone-Simultaneously/dp/B01M0T6PSF

[@peacefulpigeon7254]

Ok thanks so much. I was sampling outside with lots of noise level and just getting my head around how to control this so though a better mic would do but will think more creatively about this.

[@parasito4590]

Great theme from scratch kukkoo

[@raindrozest9558]

thanks cuckoo! tasty jam as usual. i'm gonna run out of slots really quickly...

[@honorableman56789]

I was on the fence about the op-z but the sampler is indeed a game changer. Thanks for the vid!

[@baqcasanke]

Petit brownie doux how do you like it?

[@mauricelebrun6299]

Will you cover the sampling on the synth slot ? I find it a bit difficult to tone out correctly

[@docjfnoel]

Great tutorial! Would you suggest a good ios app to trim, cut and join audio files to import them on the opz?

[@supdenfoosukka]

Thanks I was trying to learn it, I just got one.

[@alexandrakaidan-berry9647]

Love RPO!

[@bjaminbjamin]

amazing. I want one!

[@jimlampshady]

Ah man, proper sampling capabilities really is a game changer and nudges me yet further towards finally buying an OP-Z. I'm still really enjoying my PO-32 and PO-33 - do you think an OP-Z renders them obsolete? If so, I think that's both a good and a bad thing...

[@mixrasta]

Nice! Maybe I get once one. Greetings from Berlin!

[@Bringmusicaround]

Green means green!! Cuckoo your the boss, sometimes it gets so hard to explain this stuff but you always deliver! Greetings from ibiza

[@pongtrometer]

Great overviews as usual....So can the OP-Z be seen in the apple audio preferences, just like when connecting an iPad to a Computer for live audio/midi inputing......also can the OP-Z be used as a midi controller with a computer like the OP1 .... can the performance effects trigger midi devices ? Such an addictive box of creativity. Excellent. Makes me wanna be a middle aged engineer 🥳

[@pongtrometer]

J.D. Cohen that is awesome 😎.....much thanks .

[@tonysharp1615]

Outstanding 😃👍🏻👍🏻

[@jolovius3230]

I wonder with the right firmwhere they could port audio out the CV outputs ? Evan if there lower bit rate converters could be interesting

[@earsnax3709]

Very fun, thanks!

[@janhenckell4178]

that is a very nice sampling tutorial. How about avideo where you take a 8bar loop and flesh it out into a whole song with mutegroups maybe and/or different patterns?

[@FreeBeat]

Great tutorial, looking forward to picking up an OP-Z in the very near future! I'm guessing that the USB-C audio interface business doesn't work on Android phones?

[@truecuckoo]

It’s a class compliant audio interface. No drivers needed. As long as the device supports that, it should at least in theory work. I don’t know if modern Android devices generally supports class compliant audio interfaces?

[@FreeBeat]

@@truecuckoo I'm not sure either. I guess we'll find out when my op-z arrives lol. Thanks for the reply!

[@GiriGagan]

@@FreeBeat glad that you got your op-z eventually, your current content with it is amazing and plentiful.

[@FreeBeat]

@@GiriGagan Thank you so much! :)

[@ajinnes20]

best update they´ve come out with

[@_flower__]

Where could i find the dongle that you use in the video? Thanks in any advance for any responses!! 😁

[@strangersun7721]

Whoa. That swimming fish was cool :)

[@LKBL8]

hi, is possible merge samples? Like copy and paste sample/slice in another one and merge them? to have more samples merged together on one key? Thank you.

[@magadan4626]

Is it possible to loop the synthesizer sample so that there is something like wavetable synthesis?

[@austinbru]

With the TRRS mic support, does that mean that we could use breakout cables to plug in a proper audio in jack?

[@truecuckoo]

Yes it should work. I think there’s even a shortcut implemented to turn the mic source on, even without a physical mic button (which is usually the way to turn on the external mic).

[@austinbru]

@@truecuckoo Incredible! Thanks Cuckoo!

[@skeletonmeat6010]

curious if anybody has tested this

[@DarioMiticocchio]

Check the Facebook group, there’s been extensive testing, some breakout cables work and some don’t

[@parasito4590]

Imlove you kukkoo

[@dr.mindtechno1847]

hello True Cuckoo, I just bought the OP-Z, and I have a doubt to see if someone solves it, the kick goes in the first line, but can I put more kick in the following? , and if so, how?

[@oggyiu]

Love The Pokemon on the OPZ so cuteeeeee

[@crieverytim]

bah. i just got an op1 and barely cracked the surface. and youre making me wish i had this now. closing my computer now

[@beattherapydotcom]

Hey you’re using a new OP-Z! What happened to your old one? This one has the new weird icons... (instead of the original weird icons...)😅💙👍 ... I also ordered the wrong cable on eBay literally 3 seconds before you mentioned that dongle... yeesh Apple 😅😭😝

[@truecuckoo]

Lol, yeah I have two beta models which have shown some signs of beta hardware shortcomings over time. I personally prefer the old icons. But the new model has a better more rigid build quality. I’m keeping the older ones as experimental backup models, trying out unreleased firmwares.

[@santiagocoria166]

Hello I have problems with the clock controlling my opz with ableton. It goes on time. Do you know how to fix it?

[@1qaz2wsx439]

Does anyone know if I can use the USB adapter on a iPhone SE , or do I need the adapter that Cuckoo uses in this video

[@cjw4381]

When you say hold rec then press stop deletes automations, what is it you are referring to step components?

[@fabio_oid]

Can I use the jack input to sample other synths? I am thinking to connect the Volca FM output into the OP-Z input using a 3.5mm jack and record pads into the OP-Z sampler. Would that possible?

[@truecuckoo]

Yeah I think you’ll need an adapter of sorts. The headphones jack I believe is one of those three channel jacks, the stuff you’d see on a headset with a microphone. Stereo out, mono in. So you’d need a sort of adapter for getting a mono jack input. I haven’t tried this myself, but I believe there are solutions for it. Perhaps iRig would be a solution? I think it’s in the online documentation.

[@fabio_oid]

@@truecuckoo thank you!

[@alefillman]

At 15:19 can you post a link to the same adapter, like on Amazon? I believe you said a USB C to Lightening cable will not work. I just wanna buy the right thing.

[@truecuckoo]

Sure. Straight from the Apple store. www.apple.com/shop/product/MK0W2AM/A/lightning-to-usb-3-camera-adapter This bigger dongle has the advantage that it can also charge the iOS device at the same time.