Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field

ManualsBrandsTeenage Engineering ManualsKeysDesktop Synthesizer

KEY FEATURES 256 MB memory, 32-bit/96kHz operation, complete stereo signal path, 200 presets (up to 500 locations), 6-voice polyphony, 14

synth engines, 15 sampled drum kits (plus 10 D-Box kits), 8 effects, 8 sequencers; Tape with 160 minutes record time and four tracks each; Sampler (20s);

CONNECTIONS: 3.5mm audio in/line in, 3.5mm audio out for headphones/line out, USB C port for charging, streaming audio, ﬁle transfers and MIDI

Teenage Engineering OP-1

Field £1,999

The OP-1 Field looks set to be as divisive as the original OP-1,

says Andy Jones. Brilliant… and ridiculously expensive

Reviews | Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field

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Reviews | Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field £1,999 The OP-1 Field looks set to be as divisive as the original OP-1, says Andy Jones. Brilliant… and ridiculously expensive KEY FEATURES 256 MB memory, 32-bit/96kHz operation, complete stereo signal path, 200 presets (up to 500 locations), 6-voice polyphony, 14 synth engines, 15 sampled drum kits (plus 10 D-Box kits), 8 effects, 8 sequencers; Tape with 160 minutes record time and four tracks each; Sampler (20s); CONNECTIONS: 3.
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Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + Beautiful mobile sound – better than the original Extra storage, tape and sampling Inspiring sounds for leftfield composers - The price. Of course. Think of the number of hardware synths you could buy Still no undo and quantise but the sequencing has been bolstered The price.
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Reviews | Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field THE ALTERNATIVES Any laptop £1,000 up You can get a very decent Mac or PC laptop for this kind of money that will handle all of your music-making needs appleuk.com Teenage Engineering OP-1 £700 (second hand) An original OP-1 can be bought secondhand for reasonable money: a good route into the OP-1 universe teenage.engineering Akai MPC £600+ Take your pick from the Live 2, X or One that do off-grid, off-computer music making with ease akaipro.
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Teenage Engineering OP-1 Field | Reviews synth types, sequencers, effects and drum kits (although these have been completely re-engineered), there’s not a lot sonically extra with Field. But not only does the speaker give everything a new lease of life, the extra features do add a lot. So while I could spend the rest of this review just listing those extras, let’s focus on what they mean to the most important aspect of Field: its sound.