The Touring Musician's Dream Synth?

I did not like the OP-1 Field at first glance. I travelled around the world with my ten year old battered original OP-1 and played it in countless shows, songs, and soundtracks. I used it like a Swiss Army knife - at home I have instruments that do each individual job better, but on the road the OP-1 is a wonderful combination of tools. It became one of my most important instruments. When the newest iteration came around it felt strange - I was very attached to my OP-1, so I did not want to give the Field a real chance. But when I took it with me on tour and travels over the past months, that changed.
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[@Hainbach]

Here is the contest (US Residents only, sorry for the confusion): bit.ly/3gL5AI5

[@Damiaou]

no europe 😢snif

[@samthomas1945]

Always the same. Brutal

[@ANTheWhizkid]

😥

[@skipper6528]

US shite

[@toxictastes5580]

Thanks for the new video and giveaway Hainbach!!

[@Aldoistaken]

Mannn seeing that OP-1 so close to the water had me anxious. 😬 Amazing music though

[@jeffryarchambeau5441]

He probably had it velcro to his pants

[@LuminorBeats]

0:07 my man there are movie directors that would die for a frame like this one. perfection.

[@teltub1968]

Using an OP-1 Field that close to water is picturesque, but pretty daring :-)

[@mrotaveria]

anxiety inducing

[@DavidHilowitzMusic]

gorgeous video!!

[@ej9549]

Versatility is really awesome, sure maybe it’s not the best at any one thing but it’s nice to not have to break away from it to set up some other gear

[@geoffcline9593]

Merci beaucoup. As a non-keyboard player who loves to explore and experiment, I feel a lot better. Lovely design and lovely possibilities...and even the learning curve is FUN! Great video!

[@BataraKado]

man that song you wrote and sung was really awesome, like trent reznor awesome!! love your videos man!

[@EVILJAMARR]

Took the OP1F 2k miles across the US and loved every minute

[@truecuckoo]

Very nice 🙌🏽

[@Hainbach]

Thank you buddy!

[@MariaCalfaDePaul]

Wow that sound is amazing. You are brave over the water ha ha I would have been so afraid I would drop it. Ha ha. Great vid and nice contest !! Very exciting for the chance to ever own one. So cool. Always wanted one. I remember when they came out and they were $500. I thought that I could never afford it. And now well it’s way out of my league. Pretty don’t don’t you made ton amazing little synth

[@EB240]

you are a brave man with the op-1 so close to the water.

[@bricelory9534]

Always excited to hear some HAINBACH vocals! Inspiring for me. I love how you use the OP-1 and the Field, which is so different from most content that includes them. It is encouraging to me, whose music is not in popular styles at all. Thank you!

[@lesfuller5984]

Sorry to miss the livestream. Will watch it later this evening. Congratulations to whoever wins the giveaway! 🎉

[@keathmueller3252]

I love this opportunity! I live in Calgary, AB; Canada: I make music in a couple projects including "Fake James" and "I Am The Mountain". Winning an OP-1 would be so amazing and a huge morale booster after having lost so many belongings in a recent house fire.

[@Hainbach]

I am sorry - the contest is only for US residents, which I mixed up in my head myself.

[@keathmueller3252]

@@Hainbach seen! Well maybe you can give a listen to my band "I Am The Mountain"'s latest music video called 'Overthinking Conversations' or my electronic music project called "Fake James" and then everything will be alright!

[@Hainbach]

I love how funky the track gets, I surely did not expect that from the muted beginning. You got a new subscriber.

[@thrnwggrs]

North america only... Cries in EU

[@Hainbach]

Yeah there are legal restrictions for giveaways, so they can only do it in North America, where they are based.

[@CatFish107]

Not even all of NA. USA only. Sad Canadian here.

[@Hainbach]

@@CatFish107 Yeah sorry I had thought Canada was also in, but since every country has different rules on giveaways it is US only.

[@wickeddubz]

(Empathic silence from Belarusian musicians who cannot leave country)

[@brianlarsen6211]

...and Australian mate....

[@alchemist.D]

beautiful

[@TheDeadlyKind]

Wow this certainly makes me want to hear more compositions from you made on this. Just gorgeous sounds.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you! I will make more with it - it feel just so nice.

[@BrianFunkMusic]

Your videos are more and more becoming beautiful cinematic documentaries. Fantastic work!

[@thisiscait]

I'll be very asleep, it's already 1am in Sydney, but will catch up with the replay crew 🎶

[@particular_noise]

I've always wanted to put my hands on one, old or new. For when I'm not at home in the studio

[@smacksalad]

Great sounds and definitely a great advert for the OP-1 Field.

[@GizzyDillespee]

I'll enter the contest... perfect circuit has been good to do business with, for me in the past.

[@dialnfornick]

Beautiful outdoor video! ❤️

[@hellf.o]

No words but awesome..!

[@raven7350]

Great content and interesting review - as always , a pleasure to watch

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Sitting on the pier with that Field had my anxiety up!

[@Hainbach]

I was more scared of the phone I filmed this with falling in the water. There was a lot of wind.

[@alexanderdunton2598]

Can anyone tell me if the Bluetooth can be fully turned off on the OP1 Field (like airplane mode) and not just put in standby. This is really important to me, but I can’t find a clear answer anywhere. Any help would be really appreciated!

[@valeriobiagini3644]

Props to you for citing Philosophy Tube! And in a very communicative way, I think

[@endorphinsmusic]

A rare singing Hainbach appears!

[@danielpirone8028]

Thanks for the video! Also fantastic sweater!!!

[@sonicultura]

Lovely video man!! 🧡

[@lesfuller5984]

Always interested in Teenage Engineering products, but so expensive!! 😱 Will watch as I always do, but the giveaway being only for US is a bit of a “slap in the face” for all your U.K. and EU followers😮 Still, I love the plugins you release. 🙏👏🙌

[@Hainbach]

I wish I could have done that giveaway internationally, but that was not up to me.

[@billypilgrim1]

Very cool images and sounds. You risked one for the team by playing your OP-1, inches from the water 😨I can see myself dropping it as trying to stand up

[@Hainbach]

It was my phone I was scared about - I used it to film and any gust could have thrown it into the sea.

[@genepozniak]

@@Hainbach The phone is water proof. The OP-1 is not. I would have used some kind of tether. 😁

[@arbitrarychemistry]

I would never get my OP1 field that near water! 😯

[@GearZenChannel]

I have had the original OP-1 for years and only recently did I really start to learn to use it properly. Now I love the thing and I have to decide if I should get the Field. Also thinking I might hang onto the OG. I bet in a few years folks will feel like they want the original sounds again. Funny how that always seems to happen.

[@I.O.M.]

Out of my reach and not really my thing but in your hands the field really sings!

[@thealmightycommenter]

Thanks for the great music in this video, some of your loveliest for a review :)

[@aseomg]

Best thumbnail of 2022

[@mmckmusic]

Nothing like being gifted a free instrument to make you reconsider your initial scepticism…

[@Hainbach]

Gifted? This is a commissioned video, so it is an exchange of goods and services :-)

[@mmckmusic]

Cool story bro 😂

[@RegebroRepairs]

Nah. I'm going to stick to the Deluge. Fewer limitations.

[@LordoftheBadgers]

I have a deluge but even so... That keyboard on the op1 f makes more sense. Also it sounds better here. My humble opinion

[@NGC0Music]

They are probably desperately trying to boost the sales of the new OP-1, I would guess very few people got convinced of the upgrade, and new buyers are even more scared than before due to the current situation in the world. They did a great job on calling you to do a video on it, because this is the best OP-1F video I have seen so far, it was an amazing demonstration of what it can do.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you! Some additional background that did not make it into the video - Perfect Circuit asked me for a collaboration and I could basically pick anything from their stock. I chose the Field because it was the instrument I was most interested in.

[@NGC0Music]

@@Hainbach Thank you for explaining, I was wrong then haha. I had the OG OP-1 but could not get used to the tape workflow. I wonder if there is something similar to the OP-1 in size and functionalities, but with a more classic workflow…

[@ThisIsDownstate]

It's amazing to see so many people complain that they can't be included in the giveaway. So what's better ? No giveaway at all ? How do you know a future give away won't be only for Europe ? The entitlement of this world is hilarious. The giveaway isn't the purpose of the video. Anyhew, this machine on the other hand is still a rip off imo, a lovely rip off sure, but for me it ain't worth that crazy price-tag. But just my opinion.

[@pizmeyre5055]

Seeing you holding that thing so close to the water was giving me so much anxiety!

[@Hainbach]

My phone that I used for filming was in way more danger. I breathed a sigh of relief for it after.

[@toxictastes5580]

Hainbach are you planning on doing a US tour at some point? I would love a chance to see one of your live shows.

[@Hainbach]

Visa cost is sadly prohibitive at the moment

[@toxictastes5580]

@@Hainbach I completely understand, and thanks for the reply! I hope someday you are able to come over, but if not I'll make sure I can make it over there. Either way I'm still going to keep checking out the videos you delight us with. :)

[@thisiscait]

I had my Op1 stolen in a move, though it was on its last legs anyway after too many years of touring and putting it in places it didn't belong haha. Can't wait for this! I love furthering the Op1 love 💕

[@alifeinyellow]

The only way I’ll ever own this is if I magically win the PC contest. Otherwise it’s a great piece of kit, but I just don’t have it in me to spend 2k on a single piece of gear. Would much rather expand my modular.

[@NoiseSoundDestructor]

That's basically what i do! :p shame i live in Poland :( my OG-1 would love a young brother ;)

[@HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES]

Yes yes yea to the singing. Lovely stuff !!

[@LuminalAbnormality]

I agree completely. As a traveling medical tech...I have my studio at my house but it's so great on the road. I take my ideas I come up with during the work week and can really expand upon those ideas on the weekend.

[@gregvittore5004]

Nice little thing 👌

[@klimatwav]

Wow! 4:00 onwards sounds like string orchestra, beautiful. How did you achieve it on Op1?

[@Hainbach]

It is a mixture of the internal synthesizers and an orchestral sample I have ben using for a long time. The new reverb on the field has a wonderful "glue" to it that meshes everything in a very alive way.

[@FeLix-qi7ci]

You've got to get us that Sample!! @hainbach

[@88Fitzy88]

Wish I had the Field, I’ve had the OG for 4 years almost and I could never part with it, but I don’t know if I could justify having a new one and the old one until I get rich or something

[@Hainbach]

Yeah I feel you. I am honestly now at the point where I would be ok to sell the MK1. I haven’t used it since the Field came around. But the memories!

[@88Fitzy88]

@@Hainbach the mk1 will be considered an antique, might as well hold onto it!!

[@entropybentwhistle]

When you’re sitting on the end of a pier it makes me think the thing needs something like a camera strap that goes around your neck or wrist to save from a disastrous mishandle and device-ending/disappearing Kerplunk noise.

[@Hainbach]

Funny enough the original had holders for a guitar strap. That would indeed be useful for the more adventurous playing opportunities.

[@darwiniandude]

@@Hainbach I bought the original less than a year before the Field came out, discovered how much I liked using it as a multitrack tape recorder except for the pops and clicks in the firmware at the time, and being mono - dismissed the Field and then upgraded. The stereo and sound quality are massive upgrades - luckily at the time I was in a position where I could upgrade. But yeah the mounting option change is very very strange. The original as you say had screw holes and could properly be secured - the Field has velcro. Really weird. I can only assume those deep screw holes were removed to make room for internal changes - the built in speaker is night and day different and quite usable on the Feild, very tinny on the original. You're totally right though - the original looks WAY better, and they've even removed some of the button labels for shift functions on the Field, although those features are still there. Pretty odd choices.

[@richy486]

Your singing 🥹🥲

[@turiyasky8603]

Europe has needs also!

[@oliveribasta5929]

Love your cinematography🔥🔥🔥

[@moritz_schoenermann]

beautiful water site!!! Where is it?

[@Hainbach]

Ueckermünde at the Ostsee

[@moritz_schoenermann]

@@Hainbach Danke ! ! !

[@moritz_schoenermann]

A little off topic question. Do you have any idea on how to simulate PWM on an sampled square wave?

[@stubrakon9683]

One of your best videos! Great work 👍😃🤘😎

[@Hainbach]

Thank you stu!

[@TheJWMMakerofMusic]

I rarely ever leave comments on KZbin videos, but I've been on the fence about buying an OP-1F ever since the price was announced despite my hoping to have one. I've always been content with using software on a laptop/iPad. After watching this video however, I have never wanted a piece of hardware more in my life. 😬 Hainbach, what you've created in it without post-production is absolutely flawless!

[@Hainbach]

Thank you! I have discovered some cool tricks - you can do Mini-Disc glitch if you fast forward and rewind in that mode and record it to the vinyl. Then you re-record that to tape to smooth out the digital sound. I used that in the last track.

[@zacwhyte]

My body was great. It’s nice to hear you sing! Be well. My OP1 OG still travels everywhere with me.

[@Andor.]

German KZbin gives away Swedish synth BUT only for Americans

[@Hainbach]

To be a bit more precise: Perfect Circuit is running the giveaway, and since they are U.S. based they can only do it there.

[@Andor.]

@@Hainbach oh yeah i understand its not your fault, was just a funny idea to me hah

[@deeess6027]

I still use your Gauss app with AUM for when I’m on the go… or performing… or laying in bed just making noise. Lol can’t wait for your new app. Speaking of which. What app is that at the end at around 9:30.

[@Hainbach]

One you will get to know very soon...:-)

[@deeess6027]

@@Hainbach I promise you I will get to know it! 😁😁😁

[@LordoftheBadgers]

The string samples are beautiful - where are they from?

[@Hainbach]

From an orchestral piece I wrote. This is a snippet from the rehearsal session in an old chapel. Never get tired of that sound.

[@LordoftheBadgers]

@@Hainbach wow. It is so atmospheric esp with that video. Nevermind the tech!

[@SatanEatsJesus]

I'm always so torn about the OP-1 Field... I love my og-1, and the field upgrades seem so nice, but it's difficult to justify. I wish I could just have both, but in order to get a field, I'd have to sell the og-1, and have cash to spare. Awesome work, Hain

[@Hainbach]

Yeah selling OG is hard - I can't bring myself to it. Too many memories.

[@SatanEatsJesus]

@HAINBACH that's exactly my thought process. I felt like I had to sell OG when my wife lost her job during covid, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I found other ways to make finances work. So many memories. Such an awesome instrument. Almost historic at this point.

[@Jeff_____]

Great video and cool synth but I'm still to cheap to shell out $2000 US for that thing. I hope I win it though 🙂

[@Hainbach]

I wish you luck!

[@Concreteowl]

Nice video. Shame the give away is only to Americans (I would have still watched if you said that at the beginning) 😁

[@w-h-y-]

I was kinda sad when I sold my op-1 from 2011 but I do love the field. It is a major improvement in quality

[@pianoyan]

Damn. That built in mic is surprisingly good. Is the music at 11:00 through to the end all OP-1F? It sounds enormous.

[@Hainbach]

Yes! There is a cool trick I used for that - used the "mini-disc", recorded the glitter part, glitched through it with fast forward and rewind while recording to vinyl. re-recorded the master to a track, pitched that 17 steps down. Added other instruments, recorded to vinyl, then re-recorded to tape to smooth everything out. Sounds like a lot but its rather fun.

[@pianoyan]

@@Hainbach sounds like you're digging deep into it...but it's worth it. Sounds superb.

[@station2station544]

I own the Field and I can confirm - it wipes the floor with the OP-1 OG. The speaker(s) alone are worth the upgrade but the tapes, storage, dimension synth, effects, better display, and velocity...you can never go back. And I didn't touch on the VU meter on the aluminum shell that has no lag and is super bright.

[@soup047]

I love hainbach

[@JakeG]

Excellent video. Beautiful song.

[@lizard_girl]

as much as I appreciate perfect circuit as a company/service and the fact that they do give away so much stuff it's so incredibly frustrating that I never have a chance to even enter them to have a small fraction of a chance to win them because they're all region locked to the USA. their reasons for doing so is understandable it's just frustrating as someone who can't afford much gear to not even have the chance at someone's generosity. kudos to those that do get a chance and best of luck, I hope you get it and have fun with it. amazing vid as always hainbach keep on doin what ya do. you and your videos are a bright light in a sea of very dim people

[@JieTeng]

音乐家触摸着震动去感受世界，音乐家触发着震波去反馈世界！

[@picturesofaneighbourhood5950]

Why does the song sound like it could be straight off an album by The National. Very beautiful!

[@luiscruz5369]

Imagine dropping it in water by accident 😅

[@mikebeatstsb7030]

I'm not entirely sure Hainbach, but.... The last time I checked the sea🌊🚢🌅 wasn't field ...🏕️...🤔 Although , I am dumb AF.. legally ®itarded So it's definitely a decent probability that I'm wrong .

[@Hainbach]

You got to watch to the end, buddy :-)

[@Headchrusherdeth]

Hey Hainbach, sorry if this question is me being nosy but did happen to record this video in Turkey? The landscapes feels very similar (I'm Turkish) Edit: You did, sorry i wasn't that far into the video when i left the comment, thanks for visiting!

[@keathmueller3252]

Oh.. available in the states only? So sad. 😢

[@Hainbach]

Yeah I am sorry. It has to do with gambling laws being different all over, so they stick with the U.S.

[@DylanParisMusic]

I'm so obsessed with this thing. It is practically inevitable that I will own one.

[@jives.]

aged like milk

[@DylanParisMusic]

@@jives.hahahahaha facts

[@jives.]

@@DylanParisMusic did you end up selling it?

[@DylanParisMusic]

@@jives.yeah back in July I think, had it for about 4 or 5 months, maybe a bit longer. The limitations were way too much for me for the price. Got 1750 for the sale so basically paid 250 to rent it and make some videos.

[@MrJackal43]

I love my OG, not sure if I’ll upgrade… prolly get a Deluge.

[@veloopity]

wow, well done video and beautiful music. I took a quick glance at the price tag ... ok ... this looks like a great toy but it is not for me :)

[@nobodyhome3753]

Such anxiety watching you hold that over the water

[@AllThatsGone]

Love the vocals Hainbach!

[@blubglub]

AAAAAAAAA GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AAAAAAAAA

[@markovchains573]

Was that Turkeys Izmir town?

[@Hainbach]

Yes, I played Digitizmir there.

[@gaigeevans7699]

Who won?

[@Hainbach]

Waiting on Perfect Circuit to tell me :)

[@Frakaphoto]

OP-1 field travel the world with me as a relaxing tool . Certaine my the best portable electronic music instrument you can get today.

[@JACIRASTAR]

Hope it’s not to Kate for the give away 🙇🏾‍♂️

[@_DRMR_]

If you are touring you don't want a synth that takes nearly a months' of income to replace. (gear tends to break if you go on tour)

[@Hainbach]

Classical musicians tour with instruments that are often more than a year worth of income. A well-made bow for contrabass alone is 3K. It is all relative to what you require professionally.

[@_DRMR_]

@@Hainbach They tend to have an extremely sturdy (flight)case around it. They also tend to not play in shitty clubs with people flinging beer around.

[@AveragePicker]

@@_DRMR_ Neither here nor there, just a little beer and gear story: I had a thrown glass beer bottle smack into my laptop once. It sent the laptop crashing to the floor. Weirdly enough it was fine…the amp it was resting precariously on however shorted out from the beer. 😂 …I’d have rather lost the laptop. I’ve kept that laptop ever since (1997). All it’s been through it deserves a good retirement I figured.

[@Hainbach]

Yeah, you can get cases for the Field that are just as sturdy. But if you fear that your gear might get beered at a noise show, I would take gear that fits that venue. Contact mic + Metalzone ❤️

[@gooneybird808]

I want to earn one

[@JureJerebic]

Dude you have a great voice! You should sing more, works so well with your music

[@thezimra9429]

its a pretty piece of hardware... but paying 2000dollars.... is beyond stupid.... honestly its just sad...

[@lesfuller5984]

Many of the KZbin Musicians I follow, apart from yourself, (Andrew Huang, Mattias Gelhein, Taetro, and Jakob Haq) use Teenage Engineering products, so they must be doing something right! 🙌👏👍

[@vinny142]

" so they must be doing something right!" It's called marketing, the youtubers that use n OP-1 Field got it a big discount, not the full $2000 that you will have to pay for it. The irony is that Andrew Huang has a video out where he shows that you can basically do everything the $2000 OP-1 does on a $10 app. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpKpla2Xp5djb9E

[@tentakul7]

Yes, marketing. :)

[@nebulance4289]

Portable sampling and arranging in the space of a phone, with a rather polarizing company behind it, seems to bring the views one way or another.

[@Ian-gw2vx]

You make it sound nice but waaaaaay too expensive when an ipad does so much more and not much bigger footprint. Looks like a cheap toy. Their mini mixer is also ridiculously expensive.

[@Hainbach]

iPad is fantastic, too! I just made the instrument I always wanted for it, comes out this Monday.

[@Rilkir]

For $2,000, to tour with? You could get way better options/features with that money by buying a few pieces of gear. If you want a single unit with just as much (if not more) capability plus better build quality and a smaller size, the Dirtywave M8 is only $600.

[@xxxSupahskillzz48275]

You're comparing excel spreadsheets to the op-1F

[@Rilkir]

@@xxxSupahskillzz48275 What's the matter, can't read excel spreadsheets?

[@xxxSupahskillzz48275]

@@Rilkir rather do something else in my free time

[@AveragePicker]

@@xxxSupahskillzz48275 Personally I don’t think the two are a fair comparison but how a device opts to display things on a screen does not make it that thing. Based on that we might as well say we are comparing a spreadsheet to a cows digestive system because the M8 shows a cow on the screen. The spreadsheet look is far more informative than a cassette reel approximation anyway.

[@xxxSupahskillzz48275]

@@AveragePicker It's just a tape recorder vs a sequencer. To each their own

[@ArgumentShow]

A IPAD mini with £800 woth of apps is 100 times better and make it look like a Casio VL1. Overpriced Apple style crap.

[@Hainbach]

You seem to be in two minds about Apple.

[@ArgumentShow]

@@Hainbach Yes, i love Apple but its to expensive

[@Hainbach]

It is. But mostly, if you get a good year of their tools, they work flawlessly and become invisible. If you get a bad year, it sucks.

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

That song sounds like something Matt Berninger of The National would write.

[@CyberCreeper22]

north america aka the us

[@Hainbach]

Already changed, thanks

[@keytondaniels]

Hate when creators from Europe take deals that screwover their fellow European viewers.