{"id":1212951,"date":"2023-12-15T13:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T18:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212951"},"modified":"2023-12-15T13:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T18:52:32","slug":"teenage-engineerings-op-1-field-just-got-a-nifty-bit-crusher-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212951","title":{"rendered":"Teenage Engineering\u2019s OP-1 Field just got a nifty bit crusher effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teenage Engineer\u2019s OP-1 Field synthesizer\/groovebox\/thingamajig<\/a> just got a fairly substantial system update. Software version 1.5.0 brings a fun new effect<\/a> to the instrument and a long-requested feature.<\/p>\n

First up, there\u2019s a new effect called Terminal. This is a bit crusher, finally bringing distortion to the synthesizer. The OP-1 Field and its lower-powered sibling have always been known for a stellar effects lineup, but these instruments have never had a bit crusher or any real way to add color via distortion. As an avid player, I can\u2019t tell you the number of times I\u2019ve had to use workarounds to fake overdrive and distortion.<\/p>\n

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It looks simple enough to operate, with an aesthetic that calls to mind an old PC. You should be able to use this tool for gentle distortion and all-out audio mangling. Like all OP-1 effects, there are four parameters to fiddle with.<\/p>\n

The update also brings a much easier way to bounce, or merge, tracks. Teenage Engineering\u2019s calling it \u201ctape merge drop\u201d and the tool includes a shortcut that automatically combines all of the audio from copied tracks into one track, so you can drop it down and continue building out a song. You could always bounce tracks on the OP-1 and Field, but it required some menu diving and a lot more time.<\/p>\n

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Teenage Engineering has always been good about supporting the OP-1 line. It dropped a vocoder for the Field earlier this year and released multiple system updates for the original OP-1 in the recent past, and that thing came out in 2011. Obama wasn\u2019t even in his second term yet.<\/p>\n

The company has had a busy month or so. It set music gear internet ablaze with the surprise launch of the EP-133 sampler<\/a> and did the exact opposite with whatever this is.<\/a> The new OP-1 Field update is available now.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/teenage-engineerings-op-1-field-just-got-a-nifty-bit-crusher-effect-185232932.html?src=rss
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Teenage Engineer\u2019s OP-1 Field synthesizer\/groovebox\/thingamajig just got a fairly substantial system update. Software version 1.5.0 brings a fun new effect to the instrument and a long-requested feature. First up, there\u2019s a new effect called Terminal. This is a bit crusher, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1212951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1212951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1212951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1212951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1212951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}