Gasalcoholics anonymous? whoever said this was a help group?

[Chankgeez]

Holy fuck this thing is amazing.

That one looks amazing!

You should check out the Xerograph thread.

[sylnau]

Woah! That Xero is a beauty.

[dminner]

Got my first dr scientist pedal! Didn't really like the white so I gave it a quick facelift.

[Inconuucl]

I LOVE THOSE KNOBS. I need all of my purple pedals to have those. Green+purple=my shit.

[Chankgeez]

I LOVE THOSE KNOBS. I need all of my purple pedals to have those. Green+purple=my shit.

Agree'd!

[psychic vampire.]

Well I am not really talking about the pitching as the unique feature, I am talking about the "randomness" of what is played when you press a key. So for example, I can stick a Pink Floyd tape in as my source material and let it play for 45 minutes. Now, I can sit there a press just 1 key on this thing for 45 minutes and it will always be a different sound because the source material is constantly changing. In my limited experience of my sp 404 for example, whenever I press a key, it always plays from the beginning of the sample; the sample is not "rolling" in the background. Make sense? Does the Op1 allow the sample to "roll" like that?

It is similar in nature to this synth I saw Brian Eno playing one time, where each time he hit a key, it was a different sound/patch. So, it was a completely random experience.

oh right, ofc. hmm. to continually pitch a sample that is playing according to keypresses. i'm not sure, gonna say no before trying. maybe there is a way but it'd be way different.

The closest i would figure is you could approach doing something like this in a DAW, or maybe the OP-1 or Octatrack through really convoluted means, but it actually is pretty cool what this thing could be used for when you start thinking about playing old Cassette albums with it. However, i fear this thing would break the motors on the tape player so quickly? Also the funny side effect of this thing being partially mechanical is that there is a small Glissando/Portamento between notes that would always be at a fixed rate and can never be avoided?

[jrfox92]

Can you put anything through it? If so you can have a drone patch with really slow flanger going on and since the pitch shifting is post effects it will make for really interesting timbres.

Since I still record all my shit on tapes, imagine running that Mazetools app through a recorder then use the tape in the OM-1.
ugggggghhhhh, I need to sell some shit.

[Ugly Nora]

However, i fear this thing would break the motors on the tape player so quickly?

Good point. I guess we shall soon see.

[Uncle Grandfather]

Good point. I guess we shall soon see.

That is I've got a module that lets me do similar fun stuff modulating the speed of cassette tapes using cv, also does 1v/oct pitch tracking too but doesn't have that awesome interface of the om-1 It really fun using it to control other small dc motors too
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIKuK8bhvhI[/youtube]

[psychic vampire.]

However, i fear this thing would break the motors on the tape player so quickly?

Good point. I guess we shall soon see.

I think it's a really cool instrument, and if my life was taking me in the direction of still having a full time job and a home studio, i'd probably try one out at some point, because the exact idea you're talking about sounds amazing to me. Doing something clever with figuring out the pitches and speeds of a song on cassette and changing that with with CV inputs, synced to a drum machine and other synths or something, could be incredible, or at least make a really fun remix machine. Where i'm at right now that's not happening, but good luck with it, and please keep us updated.

[ChetMagongalo]

Plus, how can you go wrong for $285?

I immediately filed it under "statements that will never be congruent with my life." But you know.

You folks really don't think $285 is a reasonable price for a handmade totally unique item? As far as I know there is nothing else like it on the market. It is not like I am paying $285 for a fuzz pedal.

it's relative of course, I guess it just caught me off guard so I thought it was funny. usually that amount of money to invest in something for me is not followed by "what could go wrong" and I would instead say "if i'm spending $285 this piece of gear better be the SHIT"

[psychic vampire.]

Yeah. I just bought the second most expensive piece of musical equipment i've ever owned, after a used Ampeg SVT, and i'm freaking the hell out about what if i don't like it. But while i tend to try to own a few "nice" pieces of equipment, $285 is a lot of money to me. I recognize not everyone is there, though.

[Jwar]

yeah for 285$ how can you go wrong

it's cool, for sure. i just think it's going so far to make things harder than they have to be haha

Can you do what I described on an Op1?

That's why I call you baby Basinski.

starting now.

Thanks,I'll take it

Plus, how can you go wrong for $285?

I immediately filed it under "statements that will never be congruent with my life." But you know.

You folks really don't think $285 is a reasonable price for a handmade totally unique item? As far as I know there is nothing else like it on the market. It is not like I am paying $285 for a fuzz pedal.

This is ILF. These cheap bastards think 150 is too much for a fuzz pedal.

I think it looks awesome. Not my cup of tea, but you'd better believe I'd buy it if it was.

But what do I know. I'm the guy that paid 1200 for a delay pedal once. haha. Got my second one at a much better price of 850 though.

[fcknoise]

do we have to discuss money? everyone has a budget and there are plentiful options in all budgets nowadays. for some people $150 is too much, for some people it's a reasonable price, and some people think it's nothing. Don't use your own budget as a standard, that's all.

[Inconuucl]

do we have to discuss money? everyone has a budget and there are plentiful options in all budgets nowadays. for some people $150 is too much, for some people it's a reasonable price, and some people think it's nothing. Don't use your own budget as a standard, that's all.