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Very well known in the music/synth world thanks to their OP-1, which I bought 2 weeks ago: https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1 https://teenage.engineering
by bbx 7y ago
Very well known in the music/synth world thanks to their OP-1, which I bought 2 weeks ago: https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1 https://teenage.engineering/products/op-1
It looks like a toy, and kind of plays like one, but it's actually a marvellous piece of gear, very capable musically, and providing a fantastic user experience. There's just nothing else like it out there.
The company itself is very unique. Just look at what they came up with [1] for OP-1 accessories: brick LEGO shafts, a bender, and a crank, like the one for Coda.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVNwdMld8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVNwdMld8Q
- tsukurimashou 7y agoYou can still buy the OP-1? Last time I checked they were out of stock and you could only grab them on ebay (and you had to pay extra bucks)
- whywhywhywhy 7y agoThey restocked at some point in the last few months but sold out instantly.
- tecleandor 7y agoIt's available again, but the price went up considerably, from around $850 to $1300, theoretically, because some design changes needed due to some components not available anymore.
- unicornfinder 7y agoYup, admittedly quite frustrating because I want one but the new, higher price just pushes it a little bit too high for me to consider...
- shearskill 7y agoOP Z was just released (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19987746#19990334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19987746#19990334) You couldn’t find any on reverb dot com?
- FabHK 7y agoThis OP-1 reminds me of the Casio VL-1 [1], made famous (in Germany at least) by the pop band Trio in their NDW (Neue Deutsche Welle) song Da Da Da [2] [3]. I wonder whether that's accidental, or an homage. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_VL-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_VL-1 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Da_Da https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Da_Da [3] for example about 1:25 into this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg
- joezydeco 7y agoI coveted mine as a kid. And it had a calculator! All 80s gadgets turned into calculators!
- Bjartr 7y agoFrom what I recall, it's definitely an homage.
- parkersweb 7y agoI've still got one of those - the tone creator on it is awesome :)