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The people complaining about the price tag: I get it. But the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. Why has no one else figured that out? With all these groove boxes etc, why has no other music gear taken the step of being portable and all-in-one. Show me another way to write a song in an airplane, and you can have my money.
It’s called Macbook with Logic Pro. You can send your money directly to Apple.
The people complaining about the price tag: I get it. But the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. Why has no one else figured that out? With all these groove boxes etc, why has no other music gear taken the step of being portable and all-in-one. Show me another way to write a song in an airplane, and you can have my money.
Apart from the several other great options mentioned in other replies, there’s also the Dirtywave M8. It, and the other tracker-style devices like the Polyend, actually make it much easier to write proper songs than the OP-1’s finnicky and unforgiving tape-based recording interface. (I own all these devices and have used them extensively.)
But if you are really serious about writing music on a plane just use a laptop and a modern DAW.
The people complaining about the price tag: I get it. But the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. Why has no one else figured that out? With all these groove boxes etc, why has no other music gear taken the step of being portable and all-in-one. Show me another way to write a song in an airplane, and you can have my money.
I have zero music talent or experience, so let me ask: Would there be something missing with a quality soft synth on iPad with GarageBand?
The hardware buttons, sure, but is it possible to write a "serious" song with such a setup (iPad, paid synth app)?
The people complaining about the price tag: I get it. But the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. Why has no one else figured that out? With all these groove boxes etc, why has no other music gear taken the step of being portable and all-in-one. Show me another way to write a song in an airplane, and you can have my money.
The OP-1 is cool as hell, but realistically it's a £500 musical toy marked up to £2,000 simply because hipsters latched onto the design and marketing of it.
Who is this for? Is it for music professionals who can actually record music (or ideas) on the go? Or is it for wealthy enthusiasts who have cash to throw around at a fun piece of kit? It's a beautiful piece of hardware from a design-first company and from all the reviews of the original it seems to be an excellent and unique music making machine, but at the price I'm just not sure who it's aimed at. I'm not a musici…
If you want to experiment you have everything you want on your laptop. There are many alternative cheaper solutions. It is somewhat unique and well thought-out. The fact that you were considering it at $1k just proves their point.
Who is this for? Is it for music professionals who can actually record music (or ideas) on the go? Or is it for wealthy enthusiasts who have cash to throw around at a fun piece of kit? It's a beautiful piece of hardware from a design-first company and from all the reviews of the original it seems to be an excellent and unique music making machine, but at the price I'm just not sure who it's aimed at. I'm not a musici…
The people complaining about the price tag: I get it. But the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. Why has no one else figured that out? With all these groove boxes etc, why has no other music gear taken the step of being portable and all-in-one. Show me another way to write a song in an airplane, and you can have my money.
There are many other options available - the groovebox market is booming right now. Even if you don't consider traditional grooveboxes like the Digitakt suitable for creating an actual "song", options like the Polyend Tracker are available and the modern MPC devices are basically a DAW-in-a-box now, complete with software synths. The OP-1 is cool as hell, but realistically it's a £500 musical toy marked up to £2,000…
The people complaining about the price tag: I get it. But the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. Why has no one else figured that out? With all these groove boxes etc, why has no other music gear taken the step of being portable and all-in-one. Show me another way to write a song in an airplane, and you can have my money.
The people complaining about the price tag: I get it. But the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. Why has no one else figured that out? With all these groove boxes etc, why has no other music gear taken the step of being portable and all-in-one. Show me another way to write a song in an airplane, and you can have my money.
> But the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. I have zero music talent or experience, so let me ask: Would there be something missing with a quality soft synth on iPad with GarageBand? The hardware buttons, sure, but is it possible to write a "serious" song with such a setup (iPad, paid synth app)?
Physical knobs and buttons feel good, OP-1 also forces you to commit to specific audio and puts some limitations on yuu which may help with creativity.
You can create something amazing using just your phone. But to get skill to be able to do that, you likely need toys that keep you inspired and make you want to play all day.