Sampling on the OPZ (Beat and Walkthrough)

[@RobotClinic]

Another beaut Liam, you were born to do this. Thankyou

[@LiamKillen]

Haha wow thanks man. Once again glad to have helped! Thanks for your consistent support, really appreciated

[@RobotClinic]

@@LiamKillen De nada homie

[@LiamKillen]

@@RobotClinic Cheers

[@MayhueMusic]

This content is destined to blow up. SO GOOD

[@LiamKillen]

Wowzerz. Thank you!!! Appreciate your support

[@djteach]

Great stuff as always, feeling encouraged to go make some tunes!

[@LiamKillen]

One’s the time! haha- we’ll be stuck in for the next lil bit it looks like

[@bingbong6144]

Your videos are incredible man! Your graciousness, intelligence, and ability to communicate information in an understandable+entertaining fashion... Thank you for your service brother ♥️♥️ and great tunes too. I'm obsessed with the drum->tape sounds from your other vid!

[@LiamKillen]

Hey thanks a lot for your kind words man! That makes me really happy. More more to come.

[@lawrencegt2229]

Excellent stuff Liam, any moment I thought it was going to break into Toto's 'Africa'! Cheerio

[@LiamKillen]

I wish i did that now 😉

[@highlanderes]

Thank you. No line in sampling? I love line-in sampling with PO-33 from many different devices.

[@LiamKillen]

Yeah you can do that too!

[@highlanderes]

@@LiamKillen Hmm, line-in does not appear in the OP-Z manual, and googling around it seems like hours of finding a cable that might work with some firmwares. Hopefully some day they will make it a fully intentional useful feature, like on PO-33 (not holding my breath after all these years).

[@LiamKillen]

wait it doesn’t exist? 🤔 Oh my bad- i keep the sampling to the op1

[@qalx]

Excellent video!!! now I really understand the sampler in OPZ!

[@LiamKillen]

yayyy

[@creativecollection4357]

Thanks for those awesome tips and tricks! 👌🎶🔊❤️

[@LiamKillen]

My pleasure

[@kathleencoveny3860]

Another sweet vid and vibe .. how was the pizza dude ... got that virtual hug.... it was a doozer ... thanks ... cheers !

[@LiamKillen]

Lol. I love my pizza don’t you know it.

[@escre]

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the OP1 vs OPZ. I'd like to know what you like/dislike about each one, and your general experience when using each one.

[@LiamKillen]

Oooohhh yeah big time- that video’s in the loop for sure.

[@hilema41]

Interesting but there is still things I'm unsure about. When you say 6sec, is it per sample or total? How many sample can have stored at once? Thank you!

[@LiamKillen]

It’s 6 seconds in total for melodic samples and i believe 12 seconds for percussion samples on the opz. For drum sampling, it gets all chopped up between each key- for melodic sampling it pitches the sample for each key.

[@hilema41]

@@LiamKillen ok, so no way to be using movie quotes or other songs part... too bad.

[@anthonyb.2983]

hilema41 People have done much more with much less sampling time. Pitch your sample up before you record and then pitch it back down after it is sampled onto the OP-Z (and OP-1). Since you are most likely already sampling straight from the computer, you can easily set your sample in a DAW an octave up to double your sample time, or go 2 octaves up to quadruple it, and so on...

[@bjamminsincebirth3494]

I’m curious about why you use 5 bars. I notice you do this often. What exactly does this do?

[@LiamKillen]

It makes the pattern flow more and a bit more random

[@bjamminsincebirth3494]

@@LiamKillen Interesting 🤔 I might try implementing that in my workflow. Do you think that could work in any daw or is that a unique feature to the OP-Z?

[@LiamKillen]

Oh yeah you can do it with anything really- experiment with different length loops to add variation to your beats

[@Ruru-bb9gb]

Brooo you have to make a jam session video with the op-1, op-z and pocket operators 😭💯💯🎶

[@LiamKillen]

I’m scared 😟

[@Ruru-bb9gb]

@@LiamKillen don't be, you're so talented man, just have fun with it 😎😎👏👍

[@LiamKillen]

amaru bratt Thanks man! I still haven’t gotten over that hurdle quite yet but definitely in the future.

[@Ruru-bb9gb]

@@LiamKillen I wanna take a stab at it too, but I have to order a new connector board for my op-1 before I can sync the pocket operator to it, bc my op-1's input jack came loose 😭😭😭

[@LiamKillen]

amaru bratt everyone seems to be having issues with their TE products lol. damn

[@ElizaByee]

Wow I have noooo type of musical knowledge but I want one LMAO

[@LiamKillen]

It’s good for sampling + sequencing!

[@djbowlz2128]

The op1 sampler actually works exactly the same when you sample into the synth sampler instead of the drum sampler.

[@LiamKillen]

You’re right but it’s way easier to chop up melodic samples in drum sampler on the op1- and you can just assign to any track. You can do the same in the opz but if you want to use performance functions while sampling a synth on a drum track, it really messes everything up.

[@amfroke]

Hey LK. Love the videos, thanks for sharing all of your insights and content. How is your OP-Z holding up? I've been thinking of getting one, but have heard of some design flaws that hinder the unit in the long run (double triggers, warping, etc.).

[@LiamKillen]

I haven’t had any major issues with mine- it’s been just over 3 years. Hope this doesn’t jinx it!!

[@amfroke]

@@LiamKillen 👍awesome!

[@thomas_rellum]

Hello Liam, I have simple question that I can’t have an answer yet, does it sample in Stereo ? Thank you 🙏🏻

[@LiamKillen]

No its mono!

[@maxch614]

Hey Liam! Awesome tips and content, thanks! Not related to the op-z but how do you make your illustrations on your website? Do you use an app or do you make them from scratch? They're awesome!

[@LiamKillen]

So you mean like my thumbnails? Everything that I do is super simple I use this website called canva- free!

[@maxch614]

@@LiamKillen I meant like your portrait illustrating your melodic sample pack on your website (the one we can see at 2:50)

[@LiamKillen]

I have a guy do that for me (at) n.o.n.e.xistant on insta

[@maxch614]

@@LiamKillen Awesome work! Thanks for the reply Liam. Again, awesome content! All the best to you

[@LiamKillen]

cheers 🙂

[@kyletillman1225]

Yo Liam! Quick Q: As someone who knows very little about creating music, I wanna get an OP-Z, but I am worried that it is alot of money to spend on something that I might be terrible at. Is the OP-Z a good place to start when making music?? curious to hear your thoughts... (Love your stuff either way)

[@LiamKillen]

You might want to start with a DAW before buying an OPZ if you have little experience with creating music. But also if you buy an OPZ second hand you can just resell it if you’re not happy with it at about let the same price. It’s an investment!

[@samhermans]

You can use the op1 sample tool to load samples on the op-z op1.fun/drum_patch_builder

[@LiamKillen]

Like upload from the op1-> the opz?

[@cubavertical7851]

Hey you can chop the samples in drum track and play them as you said "classic way"

[@LiamKillen]

exactly

[@r-e-s-o-n-a-n-t]

I had the most random snarest moment.

[@LiamKillen]

I feel you

[@jens_gruenhagen]

love it. only minor gripe: stop the incessant video punch ins.

[@LiamKillen]

Incsssant video punch ins...do you mean like the quick cuts from one clip to another?

[@jens_gruenhagen]

@@LiamKillen i mean the zoom ins while jump cutting. for me it's very distracting and that's a shame because your content is great! keep it up.

[@LiamKillen]

Thx for your input! Glad you’re digging it 🙂

[@june_yah]

It's always time for 'za.

[@LiamKillen]

Always

[@charliedronkers]

damn, immediately ordered pizza

[@LiamKillen]

😂

[@ivan_preston]

!!!

[@LiamKillen]

🙂🙂🙂

[@axelcodr]

clickbait master here

[@LiamKillen]

Bartledoo

[@javadca20]

Nice video but this thing looks HECKA DUMB. No screen, tiny little buttons. Looks like a god awful lexperience

[@LiamKillen]

Lol