Re:Stylish OP-1 From Another Swedish company. 15 Years, 1 Month ago
ignatius wrote: chiasticon wrote: "
i mean...what? so it's a controller, has eight built in synths, samplers and effects as well as an fm radio, a built-in speaker (that you should whistle into!) and the ability to record, convert to mp3 and send email. not to mention the "magical sequencer." really?
maybe they should have waited until tomorrow to announce it?
Re:Stylish OP-1 From Another Swedish company. 15 Years, 1 Month ago
chiasticon wrote: future: tomorrow = april fools.
i'm not convinced either way yet is all; but that paragraph cast a serious shadow of doubt.
I'm going to contest this, my friends. I think it is real. That feature set would be perfect for a portable music toy, exactly in the style of the original Teenage Audio concept. Except now the technology is available to do it. It's basically like a stripped down "best of" Elektron machine with some mp3 field-recorder gubbins in the mix. I'm pretty sure the FM radio is trivial stuff. I think the specs are well within the possible for a late 2009 device. If they can get this right, I think they could sell a lot of these.
Re:Stylish OP-1 From Another Swedish company. 15 Years, 1 Month ago
...didn't Apple released their first computer on April 1? (back in 76') (I'm shure Acne - who owns Elektron - doesn't mind getting some inspiration from woz & jobs... )
Re:Stylish OP-1 From Another Swedish company. 15 Years, 1 Month ago
it's real folks. now if they get funding or it gets manufactured is a whole other mess. its not hoax though. talked to some ELektron peeps that know Jesper.
Re:Stylish OP-1 From Another Swedish company. 15 Years, 1 Month ago
Hey, what's with all the poo poo'ing on the FM receiver? Some of my best samples have come from shortwave radio routed thru various efx!
For my live sets, I used to route the shortwave thru an ER-1 and create rhythmic backdrops to the music. Add some serious reverb and space echo to that and I was in deep dubby atmospheric bliss! Perfect foundation for deep techno.
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