Oh yeah don't get me wrong, I think it's a great piece of gear. I probably would have gone with it over the Deluge if not for the price hike. I have a pretty s

Oh yeah don't get me wrong, I think it's a great piece of gear. I probably would have gone with it over the Deluge if not for the price hike. I have a pretty similar approach in that I wanted a sort of all-in-one portable sketchpad mainly so I can detach from the computer painlessly and avoid the device daisy-chain you described. I think the OP-1 basically nails this use case and the design reflects that. The Deluge has a more Swiss army knife approach with its focus on providing a variety of functionality rather than a streamlined design, but both are great if you don't want the kitchen sink of specialized devices and can live with the performance sacrifice. They are coming out with live looping in the next release so it will be a very powerful companion to my guitar. I'm really looking forward to it.