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Wow!!! If you ever tire of the op-1 let me know. The op-z is a sequencer with 4 sample channels (2 nite poly I think) and 4 synth channels (3 and 4 nite poly). It can also sequence lights and unity 3d graphics. I’ve added my own 808 drum kit on there and am doing 80s style electro and ambient stuff at the moment. I’ll put something in the music thread when I have a full song done. This device is very TE like as you say.
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Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostI don't understand even what the OP-Z is. But I have the OP-1 and one of the Pocket Operators and I totally love them. They are expensive toys and I forget how to use the OP-1 every time I step away from it (it's not all that intuitive) but they are fun.
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I love the idea and the look of the product.
It’s one of the first gaming products in a while where I’ve thought, yeah, that actually excites me. As lovely as the Switch is, it’s not really a handheld in the traditional sense. It doesn’t have those shrunken down, very particularly handheld games that other earlier portable machines had (due in large part to their reduced power vs home machines). By deliberately gimping the power of this, they’ve forced designers to work within limitations, and I hope that will produce some really interesting software.
It puts me in mind of the Pokemon Mini - not that I ever owned one. A focused little machine aiming to carve its own niche. I don’t think it’s at all aiming to be a platform for ongoing software sales like an Xbox, but more an all-in-one container for a set of pre-defined and included software. That’s my interpretation of what they’ve said so far anyway.
I also just like the idea of a games machine you can actually slip in a coat pocket - not one with the weight, complexity and fragility of a laptop.
I’m in for one, to be honest. £120 odd is fine with me. I don’t think it’s excessive. They sell a version of Mortal Kombat 11 that costs £90, and versions of AAA games with awful figurines regularly go for £150+.
[MENTION=2561]fishbowlhead[/MENTION] Barring the crank based charging, there are hundreds of products already on the market that are exactly what you just described! This is something genuinely different instead, which is lovely.
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I've bought the EDGE this month which has this as its cover story (years since I've bought an EDGE, I was a subscriber many moons ago).
It's VERY gushy but it's an interesting read about the development of the machine and the thinking behind it. I'm weirdly excited about this, more excited than I really feel I even ought to be. There's just something about it that - pardon the pun - really pushes my buttons for some reason.
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