in their backend did they have to create a new product for each price point?
Teenage Engineering lets you pick what you want to pay for an OP-1 Field
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Re: Teenage Engineering lets you pick what you want to pay for an OP-1 Field
#12The slider starts at $1400, which is the already the retail price of this device, so I don't understand the "pay what you want" concept. They are basically asking for donations? The cult behind this company being what it is though I can definitely see people forking over thousands more and patting themselves on the back for it.
That is incorrect. The retail price of this device is 2,000$ and has been since it was released. For a while, the original op1 was sold at 1400$, but never the field. This is a 600$ discount, with a very weird thinly veiled and very stupid marketing gimmick on top, for the maybe one weirdo who thinks it’s funny to pay more than you have to.
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#13not as ballsy as the title makes you think, let me buy it for $100 and you can use "pay what you want"
Haha yes, I was going to buy it for $1 :D
Re: Teenage Engineering lets you pick what you want to pay for an OP-1 Field
#14Teenage Engineering has some really obnoxious marketing, but it seems to work. I mean, we're talking about then. Roland or Korg never make hacker news.
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#15I'm willing to pay $50, maybe $100. This is just a bait and switch, they don't want me to buy it.
Re: Teenage Engineering lets you pick what you want to pay for an OP-1 Field
#16Spoiler: Lowest I could go is €1399, which is still three times as much as I would consider paying (especially considering I have the OG). Without getting into the weeds, the value I see anyone getting from an OP-1 (of any generation) is still the all-in-one musical notepad angle, and I just don't see that being anywhere above the price of an iPad (which trounces the OP-1 in terms of music features if you install AUM…
But surly that isn't the point of the OP-1? Some folks really do just get pure joy from that little box, myself included. It's really only 10% about the music, it's about the experience of making the music, and TE stuff is just a really great experience (at least, to me! :)) And iPad physically FEELS like an iPad, hard, metal and glass and stuff, I feel nothing making music with it, and I like to feel stuff (touch) to make my music.
Re: Teenage Engineering lets you pick what you want to pay for an OP-1 Field
#17The slider starts at $1400, which is the already the retail price of this device, so I don't understand the "pay what you want" concept. They are basically asking for donations? The cult behind this company being what it is though I can definitely see people forking over thousands more and patting themselves on the back for it.
Like the other commenter said, their retail price is $2000. In the used market, they are going for about $1400-1500 based on reverb.com stats. So at least compared to those prices, $1400 new is a decent deal. And for what it's worth, they sold out pretty quickly today (or so their online store says).
Of course, $1400 is still a hefty price tag, I won't argue about that (and there's not much anything new to say about that topic, considering it's like 80% of online discourse about TE).
Re: Teenage Engineering lets you pick what you want to pay for an OP-1 Field
#18Spoiler: Lowest I could go is €1399, which is still three times as much as I would consider paying (especially considering I have the OG). Without getting into the weeds, the value I see anyone getting from an OP-1 (of any generation) is still the all-in-one musical notepad angle, and I just don't see that being anywhere above the price of an iPad (which trounces the OP-1 in terms of music features if you install AUM…
But surly that isn't the point of the OP-1? Some folks really do just get pure joy from that little box, myself included. It's really only 10% about the music, it's about the experience of making the music, and TE stuff is just a really great experience (at least, to me! :)) And iPad physically FEELS like an iPad, hard, metal and glass and stuff, I feel nothing making music with it, and I like to feel stuff (touch) t…
You can get a KORG portable controller (which is what I did) for €60 or so. There’s no way being touchy-feely is worth around 3 months worth of food.
Re: Teenage Engineering lets you pick what you want to pay for an OP-1 Field
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
But surly that isn't the point of the OP-1? Some folks really do just get pure joy from that little box, myself included. It's really only 10% about the music, it's about the experience of making the music, and TE stuff is just a really great experience (at least, to me! :)) And iPad physically FEELS like an iPad, hard, metal and glass and stuff, I feel nothing making music with it, and I like to feel stuff (touch) t…
You can get a KORG portable controller (which is what I did) for €60 or so. There’s no way being touchy-feely is worth around 3 months worth of food.
it's really an awful thing to say, to be honest. Shame.
Re: Teenage Engineering lets you pick what you want to pay for an OP-1 Field
#20Spoiler: Lowest I could go is €1399, which is still three times as much as I would consider paying (especially considering I have the OG). Without getting into the weeds, the value I see anyone getting from an OP-1 (of any generation) is still the all-in-one musical notepad angle, and I just don't see that being anywhere above the price of an iPad (which trounces the OP-1 in terms of music features if you install AUM…
ipad right now is insane value. not only it has enough CPU for even serious music making, the price of software is amazing. There are some vendors that keep price parity with desktop, but most audio software is many times cheaper.
I/O story is a bit sad (one usb-c), but for most purposes it can be worked around. ipad, a few midi controllers, pair of monitors, 5€/month Logic Pro, FabFilter maybe, some intrument AUv3s — I am scared to imagine price of an equal setup, say, 15 years ago.