"TokyoCityLights" [Teenage Engineering OP-1]

Performed by Tomohiro Nakamura.
Made with Teenage Engineering OP-1.
No DAWs / MIDI SEQs.
Drum Samples are taken from clavia DMI nord drum.
enjoy ;-)

[@igotthisnamefirst]

This is what every OP-1 owner hopes to achieve in terms of capability, regardless of music style or genre. You have clearly mastered the instrument. Perhaps a "how to do this" video would be possible? Very well done, indeed!

[@Jugrnotbeats]

You must have the funk within you.

[@iosmusicman]

Absolutely Ace mastery with a such small amount of core material. Superb performance. Best OP-1 track I’ve come across by far. Cheers. Lee

[@blatendcrude7570]

I'm so on the brink of buying this thing.......Does anybody know where they sell talent?

[@ripcity909]

Haha same i really want one for christmas. I found that you can buy them here www.teenageengineering.com/products/op-1 or on ebay or amazon

[@alexhauptmann298]

Hunter Hodnot I got mine from Sweetwater. They had free shipping AND a free two-year warranty!

[@幽霊船-o4h]

+Blatend Crude 900€ bru

[@racefaceec90]

+Blatend Crude if you ever find anywhere that does sell talent,could you let us know too please :-)

[@minamur]

+Blatend Crude i don't think there's such a thing as talent. there's just effort, and time, and the relative willingness or aversion to spending either on a given activity.

[@noodldoodl1970]

THIS video tipped me over the edge. THIS is THE reason I'll find it difficult sleeping until I go back to the store to pay for mine on Friday. Bravo on the mix and video, and damn you to hell, too.

[@youwouldknow]

well this is just incredible. Screw that guy who said this sounds like an insurance commercial.

[@kaidoluht1957]

+youwouldknow Whats wrong doing music to insurance commercial? It's not like anyone will buy it if it were on vinyl, you of all the hipsters should now that. It's exellent insurance commercial music and nothing more.

[@CrimenesDiarios]

Well then Mysto and Pizzi were wrong when they made that Geico commercial beat! $MH!!!!!

[@mr.ricochet8603]

That guy's bonkers, what kind of insurance commercial has this kinda music?

[@JCAlder]

@2:10 : Teenage Engineering can thank you, you just made me order this synth

[@austinstyles6393]

Dude...you're making a strong case for people to buy this instrument. You're doing good work!!! I love when other talented people inspire me. Thanks

[@jhice_fr]

I looked and listened to this song a few times now and I just realised that you use only 3 loops of 2 measures all the way long ? Playing with tape, effects and live synth and it sounds good. The kind of mix we want to learn from ! Like it ;)

[@guthyrenker]

we are approaching winter here in Australia and my girlfriend is moving back to France. Time to go against all reason and spend all my hard earned money on this little piece of magic!

[@austinluna5297]

Amazing craft and technique on knowing the capabilities of the OP-1. Officially an OP master! Awesome song.

[@brentdillingham]

Watching this made me so happy.

[@patrickarmitageWWW]

Finally, some made a a really awesome song on the OP-1. All the other videos just shows how to make weird noises and record it. Truly well done.

[@arkano22]

Sounds like something out of the soundtrack for a retro racing videogame. Love it!

[@TheAndrewj96]

I'd never even heard of this until I saw Romil using it in the _Saturation_ documentary. I'll definitely look into this.

[@pss-270casio-coremusic.5]

Very cool. And a very cool toy.

[@zetathix]

I really love this one most, among other op-1 videos. Your skill is BEST and playing with it really smooth. PHAT!

[@Calicolive]

This is where it all started for me. I knew after listening to this I had to buy an op1

[@turboborg]

Well done. Literally smiling my face off.. :D

[@wanshu550]

For damn near $900 it better be this impressive.

[@henlolimbo5088]

It has a lot of features, cool innovations, made with military grade buttons, durable. I would say it's worth it because it's all you need in one little tight package.

[@ForcedRejection]

But its not impressive. It sounds like a casio keyboard. For example what mastering effects are available? is tape saturation one of them? This is a live toy, its great for a toy, it really is. But its worth about $45 and is a live Toy, keyword. Groovebox hardware has extreme limitations. Industry standard DAWs suck, every single DAW is just terrible except for FL Studio which is extremely logical, where all other DAWs are a special kind of stupid. Really, all there is, is 2 things. 1) doing it the old way where you have a room full of analog and digital hardware, or, 2) FL Studio with at least 50 VSTs that didnt come with it. Thats about it. Everything else is so terrible.

[@henlolimbo5088]

To each their own. Everything has it's limitations, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. Sure FL studio is great in the hands of someone who knows how to use it, but that goes for every other DAW, or piece of hardware too.

[@ForcedRejection]

Yeah your right about that Squish but its also right that other DAWs can make their interface more logical, not change much at all, stay the way they are but with more logical changes. Like why NOT have one option where recording knob movements applies to the whole song instead of just patterns, why not have a stereo separation knob next to the pan knob for every channel? Why not just have a dropdown menu where you change how much each drag of the mouse lengthens or shortens a note and other features of the piano roll, and why not just have a step sequencer for each channel that can be changed to the piano roll if need be, or left the step sequencer and drum machine-like...why not just have VSTs assigned to channels and on those channels you add effects. Why not have a playlist where you can either fill in bars to designate when a pattern plays OR use the multitrack way, instead of just be stuck with multitrack. Heres a really good one -- why not just have graphs you can pull up and down to affect pan, cutoff, reso, and other parameters? The other ones are just crazy. And many of them are ugly, they look like windows 3.1 in a way, sort of partially .

[@henlolimbo5088]

TARPP ORG You have a lot of good ideas, if you had the know-how you should look into programming a daw that would have all these capabilities. Have you tried using a workstation? I'm pretty sure you can assign some specific parameter changes on knobs, I've seen it done in logic pro.

[@tenevas666]

very good this melodie

[@chaselearkendall]

I could sleep to this.

[@weaver840112]

I think this is the BEST OP-1 made song on youtube!!! And I really enjoy your music. By the way, do you release this version of TokyoCityLights on any online music platform such as iTunes?

[@tenevas666]

Super créatif beau et au goût du jour. Instructif à mort. Belle trouvaille

[@dougb70]

great performance. Cool song.

[@BirdBoss]

Incredible dude, not just only as from the actual unit but just as a creation in general

[@copanamelica]

聴く度に2006〜8年あたりに引き戻される。

[@yannick6496]

Played with one at NAMM last year. Expensive but was one of my favorite things there. The builds nicer than it might look imo

[@jmun_11]

Amazing video and fantastic skills, I have an OP-1 and definitely this a great reference! Really impressed how you managed to do all of this with just a tiny piece of a loop!

[@AudioPhil2301]

...kommt auf jeden fall mal in die top 5 meiner Sommertracks für dieses Jahr - auch wenns schon aus 2013 ist ;-) Genialer Track !

[@ratface1987]

Four tracks is all you need. Doesn't matter what it is. Rock, techno, hip-hop... four tracks. At least I assume this was only on four tracks/loops/whatever the OP-1 calls it... :)

[@Digiphex]

Nice performance. Loved it.

[@pentachronic]

Very cool !

[@augustovera85]

el op1 es una maquina increible!! y este sujeto la sabe usar a un nivel bastante avanzado. o sea q si estas dispuesto a invertir tanto dinero en este op1, q es re caro!! pero si! vale cada centavo. Aqui en Argentina se hace damn hard to get one op1. De todas formas si lo vas a comprar, tiene q ser por q te vas a meter en el tema y vas a invertir tiempo aprendiendo a usarlo y crear ideas para usar esas canciones de op1 en el mundo real y de alguna manera contribuir a la maza universal que intenta comprenderse a si misma..Pero todo depende si le das el tiempo.. no importa el dinero.. Lo q importa es q si lo compras, mas vale que le inviertas tiempo y práctica.. para sacarle provecho.. como lo hace este sujeto ghostradioshow. Personalmente me lo voy a comprar y creo q este artista ghostradioshow es sino el mejor, uno de los mejores q vi en op1 subjet

[@MattGreerMusic]

Okay... now I want one.

[@DarioMiticocchio]

👏👏👏...more like this please. Spectacular

[@MetatronsCube23]

Ever see any live DAW and comp use? The price reflects the fact that you can put it in a backpack and have a complete music studio with you. Nothing is comparable as a standalone. The price is cheap among Analog equipment. Look at a Korg MS-20, or a moog phatty. Then realize you still need sequencers, drums, effects, etc. The OP-1 does all that!

[@LiamKillen]

Yo this beat is vibes man i love it! Thanks for posting.

[@edwardquerfeld9692]

Nice work! This really is an impressive instrument.

[@alphi3000]

So groovy!

[@amigo75833]

awesome!

[@BoOm6000]

Im getting one this month for sure. treat yo self.

[@CakeHunter333]

simply fantastic.

[@zackxjklol]

Dope man.

[@liquidtunes]

Mind. Blown.

[@djl1on641]

so much yess

[@Neverisforever]

This slaps so incredibly hard.

[@DavideBertola]

haha i think having an op-1 i have an idea of how difficult it is to do this and therefore I appreciated it even more

[@anatolekepeklian8466]

So cool dude! Make a MP3 of this ;)

[@cpoliticas]

great!!!

[@Beatz-Pocket]

I like the party funk style. Dope Drums man 👍🏽

[@Sullendust]

I couldn't even play a normal note with it, but I want cause it looks so cool.

[@heryr3011]

wth is going on that was not in the manual

[@mangae81]

Best master

[@JohnSorrentino]

Awaiting mine to arrive, Yes I have a Sub Phatty and several other synths. This is a great scratch pad for my thoughts and Ideas as I find it really hard to bring my Studio with me everywhere I travel. So for all the haters.... Get a life!

[@tschak909]

+John “DJ T3RBO” Sorrentino I agree, this device has proven indispensable as a quick scratch pad to get a demo written when a melody surfaces in my head.

[@Kinor7]

Awesome! Real cool. Always wanted to see the OP-1 in action properly. Ghostradioshow was obviously the right place to go. :)

[@SashaDza]

wow! thats neat !

[@slowneutron6163]

Slick groove. Dig it!

[@therealjuantxo]

This is just great!! Awesome job!!!!!!

[@GinaMarie314]

This is rad.

[@nonstopdemo]

Awesome new vids, glad you're back ghostradio!

[@haramaschabrasir8662]

This track is so amazing

[@SethSScott]

HOLY MOLY this is AMAZING! Nice job buddy!

[@shiranoyukihito]

この楽器には癒し系の音が入っていていいですね。ヒーリング音楽が作れます。演奏を見せながら聴かせてあげることができますね。テーブルDJができますね。ふたりのDJですね。

[@omaali77]

It's absolutly amazing! I ordert one of the TE OP-1 by Thomann Germany. Guys, have anice time!! Jai Guru Dev (master of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi) ;-) happy Christmas to you!! Kreez Hans

[@spunkfacesamplers]

thats a beast of a machine

[@nicholasheltzel7439]

I think it's a nifty device. it's true the price point is high in relation to maschine and electribe. I used to program on a boss dr-660. I think many of the products and services marketed towards musicians anymore, gotta make up a larger market share, in comparison to album sales, then it ever has been before. in reality, everyone wants something cool, that they can do everything with, is portable, and doesn't have the same sounds everyone else is using. or the ol, analog vs digital argument. in the end, finding what setup is best for workflow, and or live performance is what is important. nice job. :-)

[@joshk2181]

would you reccomend the maschine or electribe over this?

[@nicholasheltzel7439]

Josh K Neither. Both machine & electribe are great, but they are both bulky in comparison. Plus the OP-1 has a radio sampler. As in all products, if you aren't loading your own samples, your going to be stuck using the same kits and expansion packs. The op-1 is cooler in my opinion, because I can sample radio static, and then tweak it till it sounds like an 808.

[@Sean-ec7ov]

damn Nick! thats cool. waiting for mine to arrive

[@MrJackal43]

Man that sounds great....

[@therealb3yond]

this is the first nice track i hear on this machine , other demo's did not show what this is capable of , it's a lot of money though but that's just a matter of time hopefully

[@McLOVIN_456]

Soo sick the OP-1 🥰😮

[@h2o586]

*BANNNNNNGER!!!!!!!* 💥🎶🔥🎵 #TEENAGEENGINEERING #MUSIC4LIFE 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵

[@6020fsk]

Sick

[@Eric.Poirier.]

nice job keep going i love this.

[@ohmygodnowaya2406]

wow that was awesome!!!!!!!

[@eclipsedave]

Right up there with certain Total Science tracks, if ya ask me. "Radio ready", but please take that as a compliment, meaning it sounds very finished and polished. Simply excellent. I pick out different things every listen. Unrelated: If H.S.' finances are back on track, perhaps I can persuade HeavySystems to pick up an OP-1 again. Cuz you two are truly talented and are my absolute favorite unsigned artists. (I'm assuming you guys are both unsigned, but I certainly wouldn't doubt it if you were.)

[@clockbruno3589]

この曲を　どーしてもダウンロードしたい！　Ituneで配信をお願いします！

[@thetoxicwallaby]

well, i don't think you can compare them but they are both incredable machines and song featuring both would be interesting :)

[@keff02]

Habsolute.... straight 10

[@luminouswarriororacle2863]

That was awesome!

[@yehabon]

this is really good

[@thelethalmoo]

that was fantastic

[@liquidtunes]

Looks like the algorithm is picking this up again after many years. To those watching for the first time, welcome to this wonderful world and track!

[@RaffisChannel]

dude, you sequence LIKE A BOSSSSSSSS!@!@@!@!@

[@BKJ-88]

Nice work!

[@MarctheDarc]

Very nice ^^

[@rolandlanz]

Really great man!

[@tgchan]

wow... amazing.

[@DJ-Lazy-Lodger]

i knew before i heard it!

[@hsik5834]

cooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!

[@Audiotecna]

Awesome!

[@nitrohusky]

That's was tight!

[@kassie2k4]

Really nice!

[@DavidDeLuge]

Excellent!

[@KidKaimera]

Seriously, I'll buy this.

[@MrBenabola]

Nice track!

[@violetgc6049]

YAY!!! So good.

[@Billythebassist]

Keep em comin dude!!!

[@greatpinesfab6198]

That was f***in dope.

[@2000cz]

atta go ghost radio! its got the nod factor!

[@djbadmiral]

groovy

[@kevink3990]

love this