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I want an OP1 so bad. I just can't afford it. I watch videos of people making music with them on youtube for hours and get so hooked. I was really worried this post was about its discontinuation which will make them spike even more in price.
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Indeed, usually hobbyists don't buy professional gear since they are not professionals. Same goes for many other industries too (TV production cameras too expensive for hobbyists and so on). OP-1 is a tad expensive even for professional gear, but it is also a neat little machine. Elektron gear is maybe more powerful, but it also costs more. Cheaper gear exists as well. Up to each musician to decide what is too expens…
Do professionals use the OP-1? I can imagine a person doing music production for a living not willing to do any significant part of their job on a device the size of a chocolate bar. Who's the thing even for?
Here's a picture he posted of his gear:
https://twitter.com/ebaynetflix/status/442078506655023104/ph...
In his NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, you can see an OP-1 on the near-right of his table.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heFRwLfjVXI
edit: I found a website which catalogs musicians and the equipment they use. It lists 190 users of the OP-1.
https://equipboard.com/items/teenage-engineering-op-1-portab...
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>I have to buy another cable each time I want to charge and use it. Wouldn't it be easier to just keep the one cable you bought to charge it? It's not like the cable depletes itself during the charge forcing a new cable to be purchased per charge.
Probably hyperbole, but I assume OP is implying they lose the cable between charges due to infrequent use.
I bought 20x mini-USB as my new mobile phone uses it now and I didn't want to keep not finding them when I need them.
I would pay another thousand to retrofit USB-C or even microUSB onto my OP-1. The choice of mini-USB, the RAZR charging port, in 2011, was a bit baffling to me. I have to buy another cable each time I want to charge and use it.
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Indeed, usually hobbyists don't buy professional gear since they are not professionals. Same goes for many other industries too (TV production cameras too expensive for hobbyists and so on). OP-1 is a tad expensive even for professional gear, but it is also a neat little machine. Elektron gear is maybe more powerful, but it also costs more. Cheaper gear exists as well. Up to each musician to decide what is too expens…
Do professionals use the OP-1? I can imagine a person doing music production for a living not willing to do any significant part of their job on a device the size of a chocolate bar. Who's the thing even for?
It's one of Jean-Michel Jarre's favorite synths[1].
JM Jarre is one of the godfathers of electronic music. You probably heard Oxygene part IV some time in your life[2].
[1]https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2012/05/jarre-synth
I want an OP1 so bad. I just can't afford it. I watch videos of people making music with them on youtube for hours and get so hooked. I was really worried this post was about its discontinuation which will make them spike even more in price.
They discontinued it before... when they reintroduced it, it was way more expensive.
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Indeed, usually hobbyists don't buy professional gear since they are not professionals. Same goes for many other industries too (TV production cameras too expensive for hobbyists and so on). OP-1 is a tad expensive even for professional gear, but it is also a neat little machine. Elektron gear is maybe more powerful, but it also costs more. Cheaper gear exists as well. Up to each musician to decide what is too expens…
Do professionals use the OP-1? I can imagine a person doing music production for a living not willing to do any significant part of their job on a device the size of a chocolate bar. Who's the thing even for?
EDIT: turns out I'm response number 1000 – read someone else's comment.
I use a Mac. I have a PlayStation AND a Switch, I can come up with reasons to buy almost every gadget imaginable, but no matter how lovely and enchanting the OP-1 is, €1121 is just too much for something that wouldn't make me more money (as my job is not in music production).
This, it's overpriced imho. I'm sure it was a lot cheaper at launch.
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Probably hyperbole, but I assume OP is implying they lose the cable between charges due to infrequent use.
I have literally bought mini-usb cables on 3 different occasions to use my OP-1. I lose them all the time, as I have about a thousand (no joke) USB cables and 3-5 mini-USB among them. I bought 20x mini-USB as my new mobile phone uses it now and I didn't want to keep not finding them when I need them.
I would pay another thousand to retrofit USB-C or even microUSB onto my OP-1. The choice of mini-USB, the RAZR charging port, in 2011, was a bit baffling to me. I have to buy another cable each time I want to charge and use it.