Teenage Engineering OP-1 | Tape and Album

Let's learn about the Teenage Engineering OP-1.
This video covers recording tape and albums in the device.
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[@RedMeansRecording]

One really awesome thing I missed: When in tape mode, try hitting Shift+Stop to increase the grid resolution. This gives you the ability to really get in and make micro edits to your tape tracks in awesome ways.

[@jiaxinchen3406]

Red Means Recording Got it ❤️

[@rabevier8071]

Very cool tip! Thanks keep coming with the op-1 vids!

[@howtofixyourosx1978]

And what about zoom? I don't get whats the logic behind. Only works when you are on play and hit shift left or right - but in a wired way!?

[@mirrormonster973]

This news has rocked by world sir. Thank you.

[@ReavoEnd]

Another fun thing: If you hold shift while moving the blue knob, your current tape track clip will move along with the cursor. :D

[@rycrump]

Re-watched this today, and caught more stuff than I did when I first got my field. You’re a fantastic teacher, Jeremy. Only thing I would add (unless I missed it?) is recording in reverse (shift + record + play)

[@RedMeansRecording]

Thanks! Forgot that.

[@spacetoilet]

I’m soooo close to pulling the trigger on an OP1 it just looks so much fun. I also appreciate that they included a beautiful OLED screen with 60hz animations. Most synths manufacturers have their screen as an afterthought as cheap as possible to keep price down, but this thing just looks amazing.

[@vulcan6667]

Just got an OP-1 Field, never owned or used an OG. WOW THIS VIDEO IS USEFUL! So many KZbin videos pack a solid 30 seconds of content into a 10-minute video. For this? Thank goodness for pause and slowdown! This is CHOCK FULL of useful tips and tells so much about the tape functions. I expect to spend a couple hours following along until I really "get it." THANK YOU!!

[@samroller5788]

Probably the most important video out of all your op1 lessons

[@dantze]

Just want to say thank you Jeremy for sharing and creating the OP1 series. Have a nice day! Greetings from Australia 🦘🦘

[@faithfuls3rvant]

This is probably the best video I’ve watched on the OP-1! You go over so much info that many others don’t cover. This has helped me a lot

[@timothydoig6561]

Thank you so much for the precious serie ! Having the OP-1 for more than 1 year it’s perfect for the beginner I am.

[@lukecurran5572]

friend just lent me his OP1, so excited to finally play with one of these things!! thanks for another great video Jeremy

[@lunchrevisited]

Thank you - been looking for this sort of specific op-1 instructions for a while. A lot of people like to show off the machine, but few actually take the time to explain what they';re doing. Nice.

[@kevinfrieden7929]

thanks so much for these videos, wanted an op-1 for a while. when i found these videos i knew it'll get me going so much quicker and i decided to buy it ❤️

[@malikest.968]

How is it going so far?

[@jesseshirtsmusic]

Just ordered one today! Going to watch your videos to learn before it gets here so I can get right to it once it gets here!! Super hyped

[@threeqs2424]

This is a great tutorial. It should come with the OP-1. Thank you Jeremy for sharing your greatness!

[@myroboticarm]

These videos are so great and so helpful! Thanks man and keep spreading the knowledge, it is appreciated.

[@FuckingMooks]

This is honestly the best tutorial I’ve seen for the OP-1. Thank you!!!

[@ryanmadison9332]

Thanks for these vids! Your Op videos are the best, it’s nice to get some solid tutorials

[@dreikycaprice]

CHEERS for this! I just got an OP-1 and I am so stoked. :D

[@veronica-uq5iu]

Great video, Jeremy!! Thanks for sharing with us. Stay safe!

[@SummerHeart]

Thanks so much for this video! I learned a bunch of new ways around the OP-1!

[@fiscaldisco5234]

This answered questions I had for years about the OP-1

[@adamsotelo8812]

Great stuff for a beginner here. I am one of them. Haha I’ve been doing a lot of pausing and rewinding. This is the tutorial I needed that answered many noob questions. Thanks for posting!

[@johnmadere]

These videos are super helpful. I’ve wanted an OP-1 for years but never really watched any technical videos on it. Just got one in a trade and now I’m diving head first into this series. Thanks for your perfect timing!

[@r3dsnow757]

Hi, i just got one recently, was yours a used one? How did it hold up?

[@johnmadere]

@@r3dsnow757 Still use it all the time. And it’s holding up great. Was used but basically new when I got it.

[@danielpirone8028]

This series is FANTASTIC!!!! Thank you !!!!

[@jessejarrar]

Never even thought to use the master fx as just a reverb to audition stuff with on top of your track effect. Pretty cool.

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Excellent tutorial! I just got my OP-1 and learning it so cool. Way easier than Octatrack for sure. Like the tips and tricks.

[@matthewberger270]

You are amazing and making these videos was extremely generous! Thank you for doing this

[@mbrosatellite]

Love your OP-1 videos!

[@faneuil1]

superb - watching and rewatching to glean all the learning!

[@ifaber68]

Very nice these lessons of yours on OP-1, for me it was a pleasant review. Good job :-)

[@zachary808]

Thank you for this series of videos! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@rainbow_mess]

this whole series of videos makes me want to get an op-1 again. in the whole time I owned it I didn't know about the way to make the sequencers start on the beat >.> maybe in the future.

[@dangerbird64]

This was extremely helpful, even years later for an OP-1 Field user. Thanks!

[@jakedeterman7]

I’m going to get one of these soon and I’m going to rewatch this once I get it first thing! 🔥

[@Sweedy44]

Thanks Jeremy. A nice Tip is to press Shift+Stop. It will add bars between the main section bars, and that's very usefull ;) And, by making a loop between two bars it will zoom in :)

[@bitspacemusic]

Picking up my OP-1 in 20 mins, so these will be useful. Thanks!

[@wndus1551]

15:52 this is the most crazy moment in this vid. this tape speed effect is similar to Half time or Gross beat but pretty powerful. I loved it. damn I need to save my money from today.

[@JoelMartinez]

That was wild

[@highhawk9632]

been looking for this machine for a while now .. it's time to get it .. very cool videos .. tnx

[@Studio_4to1]

This video made my day. Possibly my year.

[@espacemaxim]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!!!

[@velvet373]

Finally buying one today... So pumped.

[@jakedeterman7]

This is so helpful! Thank you!!

[@cloudweight]

finally buying an OP1 today, cant wait to watch all of these again when its in front of me and mess around and go crazy

[@re5128]

very nice turorials! thank you!

[@CorentinHarbelot]

Thank you so much for this!!

[@WaterAerobics]

Thank you so much for making all these videos! They should pay you

[@Systempuntoout]

This Sunday, finally, I had the time to watch all the episodes of this fantastic video series. Thank you for this, a couple of years ago I got this little monster second hand and it was a blast. For me it is very hard to finish a track because my music skills are pretty basic but, even with this limitation, I can spend hours tweaking some ipnotic loop I got just fiddling with all the stuff op-1 provide. It is an incredible and powerful device and your videos and guides are always informative and well produced. What I would like to see is maybe something on your post-production with Ableton just to get an idea of what kind of improvement you make after exporting from op-1. Thank you again 💖.

[@friederikestricker7261]

Great video.....for ME, as a beginner, the speed of your speech is really a challenge! But, I try my very best to keep up...thank you soooo much for all the input! F.

[@bjamiork]

That overdubbing tip was genius, don't know why I didn't think of that myself! I've been afraid to overdub out of fear of messing up what I have but you just alleviated that fear! Thanks : )

[@Pasha_Aeon]

Great! Inspiration to create music!

[@mattryan6886]

This is a super powerful portable device. Expensive little critter, however from the vids I have seen of this device it most definitely is capable of making tracks fast and efficiently on the go. The battery life is supposed to be excellent as well. Out of my budget at the moment. I’m more of a vdrums guy but this is super 😎

[@dozenglazed]

gonna be coming back to this video alot

[@MichaalHell]

This video made me really miss my OP-1. The Tape is IMO its finess feature and still quiet unique

[@printidle6927]

Michael Hellqvist What made you sell it?

[@andrewchesler2029]

@@printidle6927 girlfriend, 100%

[@DavideBertola]

For me it would be interesting to see a video that explains/shows different ways of joining different sections of a song because I tend to add stuff to a "loop" and then i get stuck with the loop and have a hard time changing section. I find it hard to do risers / drops in a way that works, on the op1.

[@orangeoctopusjim]

15:55 is when you get in that zen loopy mood with your OP-1 I LOVE IT

[@redboycaptures]

I bought an OP-1 and OP-z after I saw your videos Jeremy. I have the instruments, I just need some of your tutoring and all of your creativity and I'm good to go..

[@noahLarhs]

he started doing teaching sessions and private lessons, checkout his website or patreon if you are interested.

[@itssova680]

you do a good job on these 🐱‍👤

[@carmenguadalupeterrazasoga8928]

Fantastic!!

[@jeywig]

Thanks for the videos! Did you notice that the 8th default finger sequence is the Sesame Street melody? I am probably super late but I just got my op-1 yesterday:-)

[@kedolberg]

Does anyone know of tutorials for Ableton Live that are this well-made? I'm so overwhelmed by it, even though I only have the lite version.

[@charina_custodio]

same problem here

[@FuckingMooks]

I found this channel extremely helpful. The “make a song tutorials” are easy to follow along with and really help get to know the DAW. kzbin.info

[@servandoisdead3174]

reid stefan :)

[@sauce25]

Underbelly does a good job.

[@helxis]

"I have gotten off so much, from accidentally pasting something wrong". Whatever floats your boat! ;p

[@ivanmuhlenberg7521]

Great, thanks a lot!

[@tronlady1]

9.37….sounds like award winning music to me bro!!!!

[@tronlady1]

The first take was perfect….nice little melody and nice phrasing!!

[@ronaldwild]

Thanks for your very valuable tutorials! Form good foundation and are very inspiring. However, I use the KZbin "Slower Speed 0.75%" function, otherwise I would not keep up. your processor is somehow clocked faster than mine 😊

[@nordmende73]

Thank you!

[@Deeewit]

Super, thanks!

[@disastrousrobots]

It's a fascinating design, it goes against any traditional format for the multi functional studio in a box that it is.

[@jamessusbilla]

thank *YOU*

[@MrVaslow]

I.m french and i love tour vidéo

[@rainer3755]

you should get paid by te for these, really great tutorials!!

[@JohnyMargaritis]

15:50 and when u are like "huh this is dull" and then magic begins and your mind is blown and u are like damn this thing actually grooves !

[@quecava]

Great🤩

[@BettinaCalmon]

Hello! Thanks for the tutorial and all your content. The question is not specific related to the video but If you could help that would be awesome. I just got an Op1 and what I've been finding weird is why my volume changes from tape to synth. I mean If I'm on the tape about to record something and playing, my synth sounds lower than when I'm actually in the synth panel. I don't get this variation of the sound level. For instance the level of recording affects both pages, also the master volume. So why is it a bit lower on the tape panel? Appreciate the help! Thanks a lot.

[@TheNimasan]

hi. first healty happy new year jeremy this is pehaps my 8 time watching this video and it helped alot. one question: you said you can save 2,5 minutes to the vinyl, right? what if you wanna save the whole 6 minuts of the tape length?!

[@thorstenlieblang]

Very Good Video, thanks! I have a question I wasn’t able to get answered yet by web search, so I had a op 1 few years back and backed up everything on my Mac when I sold it , I just got one again and loaded all the files onto it, now the tape tracks are on there , but somehow don’t fit the grid markers, so looping the different beats I made is very hard. It seems the files didn’t include the tape speed info … how do I get the tape tracks to fit the grid again… ??

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Can you record different recordings to each track on tape and playback individual tracks or multiple tracks at the same time? Also if I want to delete a blank section of tape in the middle of a track how would I do that? I just got my OP-1 and learning it so fun!

[@Evergreen64]

It's strange that there is no way to queue up a record without holding the record button. That seems like a weird oversight.

[@tomadams7882]

Question: Around the 17min mark...How did you lift and drop that drum loop into the sampler? I got a little confused there

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Awesome video Jeremy! Thank you! (14th comment💪🏼🤣)

[@junholee7047]

i really learn a lot from your videos! can you also teach us how to master eq with op-1?

[@junholee7047]

everytime i make something from op-1 it sounds okay within op-1, but when i transfer to other device (such as computer), it sounds so muddy and muffled..:(

[@RedMeansRecording]

if you're not recording directly to the op-1 album you're missing out on the master channel effects on the op-1 (drive and eq).

[@proptosis2682]

Do any of you record straight into ur DAW directly, then separate all four tracks for manipulation or what's the process for mastering in the DAW?

[@isaacnamias2655]

@21:22 he shows how to record your voice (or an acoustic instrument etc) through the mic straight to the ALBUM. I’m following the steps precisely but its not picking up my voice. Trigger is down, gain is up. I can record the tape and synth to ALBUM but its not picking up anything through the mic when I press the mic button (while in REC mode on ALBUM. Any thoughts?

[@feswaq]

this is a beautiful machine that will end up being priceless i will have one

[@carmenguadalupeterrazasoga8928]

Could you tell me how much is the recording time in álbum?

[@tando6739]

Is this a good machine for someone who just wants to have fun and do music as a hobby in 2020? I’m new to music but this product seems to have a lot of cool features and also looks user friendly? I understand the price is on the high side, but honestly I haven’t seen any other machine I like the look of compared to this one. Edit: great video btw, thank you!

[@chuchetuma]

No doubt it's an awesome machine, but I wouldn't say it's a starting point. I would recommend you get a midi controller and play around using FL Studio or a similar DAW. It's much cheaper and you can go a long way with that. You can have so much fun

[@Ferrichrome]

I've been thinking about this a lot lately, if you just want to make music and don't care about the look and feel of things I'd just get a DAW like FL Studio or Ableton. On a DAW you're free to try all sorts of different instruments and devices without many limitations. If you're making music more for fun and want something hands on something like this is nice. I'd just be weary that hardware has its downsides, eventually you're going to hit some sort of barrier, maybe not enough tracks, doesn't have the instruments you want, etc. If that doesn't bother you then by all means hardware might be the way to go.

[@dammills]

It’s a lot of fun to use, but it does have its limitations. The synth engine sounds good, but it really isn’t deep programming wise. The tape recording can be a pain if you’re not paying attention to what you’re doing. That said, there are so many fun things to do with it and different tricks to pull off that it makes the whole experience enjoyable. Plus they retain their value on the used market pretty well if you decide to move on from it.

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Tando If you have an iPad, get yourself AUM (essential), something like the Rozeta Suite for sequencing, a handful of soft synths, and a midi controller/ keyboard. That should set you back less than $200, and would constitute a world of fun. Don’t have an iPad? Then buy one of those, THEN get yourself AUM etc etc... There is some decent budget hardware out there; this is not it. I bought three hardware synths, an interface and a midi keyboard for far less than this costs. Start small.

[@havenloss8107]

i bought it for that sole reason. i dont use daws, i dont understand them. maybe one day ill get into daws or something but the op1 itself is fun as heck! i have no regrets and everytime i pick it up whether im able to get the right sound on tape that day or not im still having fun! it's easy to get into and im still learning stuff after playin on it for about 3 months. id say get it bc i feel like youre in the same boat i was when i thought about getting it, just wanna make some music and have fun, with the ability to make it more serious if you ever feel like it bc the op1 is awesome and as people have stated here you can also use it as a midi

[@amarug]

is there a technical reason why they only made 4 tapes? why not 20 or so?

[@teknotarot3125]

Can you record from the Album --->>> back to the tape?

[@fmaylinch]

I know that op1 doesn't have undo button. If I understood correctly from this video, you can copy a part before overriding it, so you could in practice "undo" the 2nd take by pasting what you copied?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yes

[@fmaylinch]

@@RedMeansRecording thanks so much for your videos, I'll definitely watch them all when I get the op1 😅

[@scattystormborn]

Does recording to the album consolidate the tracks into one file upon export or are they still separate?

[@RedMeansRecording]

1 file. But they still exist as separate files on the tape until you erase the tape.

[@tronlady1]

So it’s completely linear music making then? Can you quickly get to different sections ie verse chorus etc??

[@RedMeansRecording]

Patterns yes

[@joshualane1716]

I don't know if you read old comments, but any idea why when I hold shift in tape mode it doesn't highlight all 4 tracks the way it does for you? I'm still learning this machine, so I presume it's user error more than anything else.

[@RedMeansRecording]

No idea sorry.

[@AlfredSterphoneIII]

Firstly - I love these videos. I learned a ton. Question, though - Why don't you lift your finger off of record immediately after you place the first chord? The recording keeps going...

[@cured_bacon647]

I’m sure he knows this, you can tell in his others vids. He’s just caught up in the moment I’m pretty sure

[@amedeunuabona]

I wish TE made an OP-T which is purely a digital tape machine. Remove the speaker, shift the screen across, remove the keys and put the knobs under the screen. Then have 4 mono inputs. I would buy it

[@amedeunuabona]

Yep.

[@chucknorify]

how can I zoom in on tape?

[@marsoblivi0n945]

I’ve been wanting one of these for years. But I fear it won’t get dirty enough. Anyone pull off decent industrial and ambient tunes with this thing?

[@MarcellJjr]

Make sure that the match is on so that your step indicator line show up. I made a mistake and made those go away and then figure this out. If you run into this problem you know what I'm talking about

[@septemberrain9154]

hey! does anyone know what cable he uses specifically? appreciate it if someone can tell me! :)

[@ManCalledMif]

19:33 love these experimental digital tape recording effects

[@BarnacleButtock]

That works on analog tape too

[@ManCalledMif]

annabelleshaus awesome 😎

[@SimonTheMagpie]

Second again 😅

[@johnchesters81]

He’s alive 😀😀😀

[@elekktrikk_home_video]

I second that :)

[@PaulLeBlanc4u]

👏👏👏👍

[@DK-qe6uo]

Thanks for this, for all the videos you have done to help bring awareness to the OP-1 do you think Teenage Engineering would do a giveaway for and OP-1 for those of us who can’t afford one?