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@@ctomp1984 awe dude, thank you!! 🙏🏼

Thanks man! It's becoming more and more difficult to tell what I like better, writing music or shooting videos. The ZV-E10 has gone into retirement though. The A7Cii is the new kid in town :)

@@NovakTheEnjoyer I hear you man. It was easier when I was younger to shoot more narrative/creative stuff, everything now is for corporate or small businesses. I keep thinking of making videos/music videos for my music, but life man. Having a 7 year old and 5 year old, life gets busy!

@@MyNameJeff.. ha, mine are 5 and 8 🙂. They don’t make it easy

@@NovakTheEnjoyer haha yup. You know the struggle 🤙 I let them play with the mpc live 2, not the op-1!

I wish.... Hopefully they come out with an update soon. It would be fun to play with some new stuff.

@@NovakTheEnjoyer It would be sweet. I’m impressed with their updates so far.

@@PSILOCYBINISTHEWAY feels so good

Thank you so much!!!! Stoked that you dig it. These things are so much fun to make!

Awe man, that’s awesome! Now you’re really making me want to put something out. I feel like some of the stuff you do is in the same vein. Really great music coming out of your corner 💪🏼

@@brianmcveigh1958 there are a couple routes you can go with guitar. This is a great idea for a short video, but I’ll hit you up before then. 😁

Best compliment ever!

🤷🏻‍♂️, but thanks for the compliment!

@@NealCaen yeah man. No DAW, no post production. 🤷🏻‍♂️ It’s the 🐐

@@NovakTheEnjoyer Geez man, I don’t know how in the F**k you get no pops or clicks when cutting or editing. I’m so used to a DAW, to make songs on the OP1 you definitely have to have some performance skills. By the way in your recent video you said your favorite way to sample drums or percussion is to record directly onto tape and lift that then drop inside Op1 drum sampler to then edit each key? Or what do you mean exactly?

@@NealCaen you definitely have to allow for imperfections to guide the music. I stopped listening for the clicks and pops and just wrote through it. Just finishing music became the priority, so the production takes a hit, but when it’s heard by someone who had nothing to do with it, they don’t necessarily hear any of the bad stuff because they assume it was meant to be in there, lol. That’s how I see it anyway. Putting drums straight to the tape was how I made the sample pack. That’s how I got all the sounds I needed. From there I edited all the silence and then dropped the sounds into the drum sampler. I usually don’t do that when I’m making a drum beat. I usually rip some sounds off of an Instagram post of a solo drum beat or something straight into the drum sampler. Once I chop them up, I go to town with the endless sequencer.

@@NovakTheEnjoyer Thanks for elaborating on your process man! Looking forward to your next video 😎

@@NealCaen awe man, I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and reaching out!

@@MidlifeSynthesist 🙏🏼😆. I think once I get enough songs I feel comfy with I might put something out. I appreciate the kind words!

@@2ToneUltra thanks for watching!

@@MyNameJeff.. sweeet!! I would say just plug it in to your DAW the way that you would a guitar. Then just activate the microphone and the vocoder and you’re good to go.

@@NovakTheEnjoyer didn’t try that! Thank you dude! The mic on the op-1 field is very underrated. Took a recording from it and mixed it in logic and it sounds amazing.

@@MyNameJeff.. 👏🏼 I couldn’t believe it the first time I tried it. With a little imagination and some tlc, it can accomplish so much.

@@NovakTheEnjoyer So sick. Was going to drop some dough on the Tula mic, but after using the internal mic (used it on my NIN remake without a daw) it is sooo good. The pop filter is gonna be so useful.

@@NovakTheEnjoyer Bro, many thank you’s for the pop filter! Got it today and recorded vocals into logic using the vocoder technique. I freaking love the op-1 dude. Thanks again, brother.

@@BoyRatty-ds7yb ✌🏼😎⚡️

Thanks for the advice! Never thought to reverse fx, can’t wait to try this!! Thanks for watching 😃

@@JorgeBretonMusic Thanks for watching!! 🙏🏼

@@TheDungeonDive I have to try shoes in the dryer now, lol.

Oh and also...your music is pretty inspiring...really good stuff, and that's without even thinking its all OP-1, with all its quirks and limitations...

@@cadetesespaciales I really appreciate that, thanks man!

@@MyNameJeff.. lol, money back guarantee

@@MyNameJeff.. I’m stoked that you dig it! I’m just singing the harmonies in. No resampling. This was before “merge drop” too, so it’s actually a bit easier now, but yeah. Analog baby!! Would be nice if they had some basic autotune though, lol.

@@NovakTheEnjoyer Wow man, that’s incredible! Going to order the pop filter today, I’m really starting to love the mic on this thing, but it is super sensitive.

Thanks!! The song is something I just whipped up while I was sitting there filming.

@@adamjlipper thanks Adam!

Thanks for letting me know! I'll change it now.

@@philb9550 they’re on my website Novaktheenjoyer.com Thanks for watching!! 🤙🏼

@@Skiptothebeat007 hey, thanks so much for watching! We’re in the same boat! 😃 As far as the guitar is concerned, I don’t plug the output of an amplifier in to the OP1. I go straight in from the guitar for a clean tone, or I take whatever effect pedals I’m using and go straight into the line in off the OP1 from those. If I use an amplifier with either the base or guitar, I mic it every time. Loopers are fun for about 30 seconds. That being said, the workflow of the OP1 is like having a looper where you can see everything you’re doing. This changes everything for me because expanding on a loop becomes possible and manageable. Put all this together with the immediacy that you are given access to every aspect of instrumentation and songwriting in a simplistic design makes it the only thing I need. From the sound of it, the OP one would probably be a good choice for you. You can always return it if you don’t like it, but if it changes your life half as much as it changed mine, it’s worth twice the price.

Join the discord and we can chat about it. There are some others in there that can attest to the joy of having an OP1F as well.

How does the guitar get a electric get a loud enough sound with our an amp. Does the op1 have a built in preamp? Also some effects like the drive section on the chroma console can introduce pickup up noise from my telecaster single coils. Does that happen when straight plugged in or is there a gate pedal or something you use ? Ya not being able to see what’s going on in the loop is the hardest part but with a screen and with time points would be a game changer. Despite people saying the op1 has so many limitations the options look endless to me lol coming from someone who has never used a daw.

Yeah, there's nothing like it. There's also nothing like the feeling of not recording the idea right away and saying you'll remember it, and realizing an hour later that the idea now lives on the other side of Pluto and you'll never be hearing that idea in your head ever again, lol! I don't have any experience with the TP7, but I hear it's great for the example above. Quick recordings. However, it doesn't have a condenser mic (CM15) built into it. I can't imagine the TP7 having a different mic than the OP1F in it in which case, it's a great mic, but not for professional recordings. There are, however, some tricks and considerations that can get you close. Thanks for watching!!

@@user-kp9gt3zs1c Thank you for watching!! The video was a lot of fun to make. I appreciate the kind words 😃

@@sotirisnikolaidis4835 thanks!

@@darwiniandude thanks for watching!! I’m starting to get worried about reaching my limit but I haven’t yet. Then again, the whole video is about how I don’t sample much, lol. That might have something to do with it subconsciously. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Enjoy the samples!

@@NovakTheEnjoyer I am only out of space because of some great sample packs out there - especially the ones by Rephazer, lots of character and feeling in those, worth checking out :)

@@darwiniandude I'm on it, thanks!!

@@zzz0... omg, that’s a comment!! Thanks! Big influence. One of my faves 👍🏼

Thanks Jeff!! Thanks for hangin' out!

@@NovakTheEnjoyer Anytime brother. Best op-1/music channel hands down.

@@MyNameJeff.. 🙏🏼

This sounds really interesting. So like covers with samples? What a killer concept! Do you share this stuff anywhere? Would love to hear

@@NovakTheEnjoyer So I looked up what he actually sampled for the atmospheric samples, not everything is out there so I came up with some of my own stuff. I played the bass, guitar, and a piano and recorded it into my mpc live 2 then resampled into the op-1. Vocals I recorded directly into the op-1 using the e-4.. I don’t have it on youtube, but it is on soundcloud. I don’t think youtube will let me post a link. My user name is Akilleus and the pf picture is the face and torso of the Achilles statue. The Day the World Went Away is on there, haven’t posted Every Day yet.

@@alphi3000 👊🏼

@@Softlol haha! As long as you’re making something!

Dude! Yes, but that's actually it's just a preset called Haunted on the OP1F in the DSYNTH. I just added a little reverb but it definitely utilizes the LFO. Amazing how far the sounds they've designed will go. Right tool for the right job :)

@@NovakTheEnjoyer yeah some of the presets are great. I don’t usually purchase packs but the rephazer OP-1F stuff is incredible. There’s a preset somewhere that uses a reverse envelope to give a really unique ducking swell to the mother reverb wet parameter. Such a cool idea. If you’ve ever played through a synth with a paraphonic filter behavior, it feels a bit like that.

@@philmakesnoise I have definitely heard of the Rephazer stuff. Gotta try it out

@@ShawnBrandon888 hey Shawn, thanks for watching! I just bounced out of the OP1F and put it into Davinci Resolve. There was no processing after the OP1. All the compression was done with the master compressor in the OP1, and then bounced to the record. Then there’s whatever CZcams does in terms of compression. I did try to clean up the talking head dialogue with a Desser and an LA2A Compressor, but as far as the music goes, I don’t touch it with anything outside of the OP1. Performing the mix onto the record makes it possible to ride the mixer in case there are some loud spots in the mix. With a few practice passes you can really dial it in although in this particular case, I was lucky in the mixing department as everything felt pretty comfy in its place.

Thanks I learn a lot here. Great work

You have no idea how much I appreciate your feedback. Flattered and unworthy are footnotes to what I'm feeling by reading your comment. Thank you so much, Tim.

Thanks so much!!

I appreciate that, Chris!

Thanks so much for watching! To hear that I've inspired someone to make music is such a crazy idea. Means a lot.

Thanks, Brian!! Trying to get better at storytelling and theme. Not there yet, but it's on my mind :)