Let's Create: Dark (Minimal) Techno with the Teenage Engineering OP-1 (full Track)

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Heyja everyone. It's been a while. Had to get away from an Inspiration Blackhole - and made it! With the help of a friend! ;-) So today i wanna show you how i did a Dark (Minimal) Techno Track with the Teenage Engineering OP-1. This Video shows the various Steps involved and my Workflow with that - and at the end you get to hear the final Track!
It's a longer Video again, so if you just wanna hear the Track: Skip to 27:00. This is where it starts ;-)
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@umonox 7 лет назад

Hello everyone. In case you might wonder: There's a little "click" to be heard, every 4 Bars or so, which accentuates the Kick at that position. I assume this comes from a not so perfectly recorded Loop of that very Bassdrum :-) Sorry for that. I will take more care about this next time!

@LaurentOliveri 7 лет назад

Too cool by the way ! - this "kindOfFlamGlitch" is very good to my hears. Nice track.

@umonox 7 лет назад

hehe, thank you mate! glad you like it!

@MarkVanVasey 7 лет назад

Laurent OI. agreed.

@BB-pn2mm 6 лет назад

Ohw? So you're a perfectionist now? Exept on video editing then

@bwest6275 6 лет назад

I genuinely applauded when you got your OP-1 unstuck. I know that sucky feeling when something so dear looks like it is broken!

@umonox 6 лет назад

yeah, that was a shitty moment. you are into something and suddenly the lights go out :-) but i wasnt too surprised after all. read in forums about these things happening every here and there. this calmed me down again, since i knew that its most likely just a software issue and not a hardware defect.

@cawashka 5 лет назад

I know I'm late to the party but did it break while recording the video (the software)? If so, what was the problem?

@cawashka 5 лет назад

nevermind, got to that bit in the video

@rodrigolaporte274 7 лет назад

Incredible. I always thought of the op-1 as a complementary synth only, I didn't know you could produce a whole track on it. Amazing track by the way!

@umonox 7 лет назад

thanks mate. yep, its possible and its a hell of a lot of fun. but make sure you somehow keep track of your loops, because you can easily get lost, as everything looks the same after a while :-D i like it anyway! should've bought this thing years ago already. never knew what i actually missed :-)

@op-1g.s 7 лет назад

You know how to work with that OP-1. Respect 👍🏽

@umonox 7 лет назад

thanks mate! glad you like it. was sadly the best i got so far :-/ but things may change, who knows 😎

@fr4ctl 2 года назад

What a brilliant tutorial!! Absolutely amazing!

@johnghadimi 5 лет назад

This was great. Loved two things: how you do parts, then sample them back and treat them, and record them again. Super cool workflow. And of course the chaining with the Tremolo LFO was money. :)

@umonox 5 лет назад

thank you! :-) Glad you enjoyed it.

@markytripp Год назад

This should be an official OP1 demo, literally EPIC is all I can call your piece

@drewshannon Год назад

Love the trick of dropping a drum hit into the synth sampler to make it more musical

@MrJackal43 4 года назад

Alright alright im ordering an Op-1 this week

@dynasoar1829 7 лет назад

My favorite moment is missing : Hello My Friends, It's Umonox !! :(

@umonox 7 лет назад

😭😭😭

@dynasoar1829 7 лет назад

But as usual, it's quality content!

@umonox 7 лет назад

😍😍😍 ;-) thanks man.

@josemarquez950 6 лет назад

i learned so much just from 20 minutes of your workflow!

@AndreasDelleske 3 года назад

Yes, a sort of subtitle where he explains what he’s putting where would be awesome.

@sauce25 2 года назад

This is a great track

@Beatz-Pocket 6 лет назад

A lot of work. Dope result 👍🏽

@umonox 6 лет назад

Thank you!

@turfoid7899 3 года назад

so cool how u dedicated this to a friend. I make techno and stuff as well.

@ifaber68 7 лет назад

Super!!! 👍

@naylasadaoui793 4 года назад

I didn’t find BRONZE

@GreatistheWorld 3 года назад

Oh shit, didn’t know you could just lift & drop drum sounds into synth mode like that. Oh man. Oh.

@johnvdl 6 лет назад

Another great video, thank you umonox! I'm new to the OP-1 family, I just received mine a few days ago and I was wondering how it could be that when I load the same kick (BRONZE at 0:55) I get a completely different sound. The kick is not as fat as yours and sounds as if it has a delay or long release. I have no effects or LFO turned on and I did not change any other settings (that I'm aware of). When I sequence 2 bars it sounds like I some of the kicks are double or not on the beat... weird. Probably I do something wrong, I wish I knew what:-) A geuss I have a lot to learn. Thanks again for your videos, hope you keep them coming!!! [EDIT] I just found out that the cow was on in the master channel, turning it off solved the problem:-)

@umonox 6 лет назад

dont mess with the cow, eh?! :-D another thing to mention is: i have the masterchain active when the track starts. Ozone doing its thing, you know ;) this makes a big difference as well. enjoy your OP-1 time mate. i had to sell mine quite some time ago already, but i never regret the hours i spent with it! its an amazing little box, for sure!

@vileguile4 7 лет назад

Damn it, don't make me want this!!

@umonox 7 лет назад

i do my best to convince you ;-)

@justcama 7 лет назад

hey, I like red means recording and this is kinda like how he does his op-1 videos. so I this.

@umonox 7 лет назад

thanks mate! Jeremy is indeed my inspiration at times. I love his skill on the OP-1, he's truly talented!

@marekbartunek1 6 лет назад

Sorry for the English. But fuck man, you are good.

@umonox 6 лет назад

No Problem ;-) Thank you!

@evolutionrhythm4416 6 лет назад

Being able to load Pure Data patches into this would be innovative (awesome,cool etc).

@grantfloering 4 года назад

This is inspiring as hell man! Been trying to find other creative ways to use this beast and I always forget about the various sequencing modes! Great track bro

@tiodosmemes6436 6 лет назад

27:00

@balazstorok9265 7 лет назад

that's the real thing, not to going through sound banks :D nice job, you have a new subscriber, bro!

@umonox 7 лет назад

thank you mate! and welcome onboard ;-)

@boomboxtv4082 2 года назад

Hello, In your experience do you think it's possible to create Aggrotech/Industrial beats with an OP-1?

@mickgatz214 7 лет назад

hey, how come it is limited to 6 minute recording????. Can this be extenced by the size of Micro SD card if available........

@AndreasDelleske 3 года назад

No, because the builtin chip must have everything in RAM memory. Hoewever, you can pull all the results over to a computer and master there. Repeat until you have multiples of 6 minutes. Live playing can extend these 6 minutes if you have repeating parts (loops) in the comping and / or you can fumble around with the tape and play it half speed, then you have 12 minutes if I’m not mistaken.

@nozaihaus7053 7 лет назад

Yay op-1!! I'm so in love with mine. Nice track man.

@umonox 7 лет назад

thanks!

@1696Nick Год назад

Hi, I'm trying to follow along with this video but I'm on the OP-1 Field so it's a bit confusing, the names of the kits are different. So I'm trying to get that same first kick you use from the Bronze Drum Kit but am unable and unsure how :(

@dingdong7562 Год назад

Take any other Kick, they all Sounds crappy 🤪

@JustpadL 3 года назад

Hey, i‘m wondering if this Device is still worth the Money. I would buy it for Livesets. If someone could tell me :D I have a Electribe 2 but it is very limited in choices and patterns

@Left-All-Rights 7 лет назад

Mega gut! You´ve done in less than an hour... very very nice... umonox, i´d like to start making music - do you think the op1 makes a good start?

@umonox 7 лет назад

Danke ;-) Depends i think. If you know what Overdubbing means and what Loops in correct Measures are (like: 1, 2, 3 or 4 Bars) you could easily start with the OP-1. It takes you away from much of the technical stuff and allows you to focus on your creativity. If you wanna dig deeper though; if you wanna get into Synthesis in general, if you wanna get into MIDI and how a Track is structured and arranged in a DAW - the OP1 will probably not fit as you dont really learn much of the essentials while working with it. No ultimate answer here; it really depends on what you have in mind for the future.

@monatooo 7 месяцев назад

4:14 pleasurekraft - tarantula? :))

@DanTheMiddleagedMan 7 лет назад

Learned a ton of stuff from this, keep it up dude!

@umonox 7 лет назад

your welcome!

@sequen-cielscientific 4 года назад

I have the misery to believe that this synth is worth at this price which and very expensive! $,$$$,00 !

@romichjordan 5 лет назад

where i can download this track, please!)

@MrSahincene 7 лет назад

I am not a minimal techno guy but you Are doing good staff there

@GOOFYFILMER 6 лет назад

I was listining to song that i could tell the producer lowered the other instruments volume to fake baseline intensity and now i low key feel genius because i dont produce mysic and knew thats what they were doing also this video is dope i dream about the op 1

@JamesLavinTheOnly 6 лет назад

If you're talking about what I think, that's what the OP was talking about when he mentioned using an LFO to fake Sidechain compression. Sidechain compression is a technique often used to lower other instruments' volume when a kick drum hits. Very common in house/dance. Good spot!

@breakthestrain 3 года назад

I have an OP1 but I didn’t find the drum patch you have? Where can I get the patch that has bronze in it?

@Calicolive 7 лет назад

Awesome job keep it up!

@umonox 7 лет назад

thank you!

@yannwnnd 6 лет назад

i realy like it, but you cant produce a dark techno track in major

@HankTVsux Год назад

That’s false

@hemdvonlidl2613 5 лет назад

Du sprichst deutsch? Der Spielausschnitt am Ende lässt es vermuten. Also, ich hatte vor Jahren einen OP-1, noch für 500€ statt 1000€ gekauft und damals gab es nur diese von dir gezeigte Aufnahmefunktion und keinen Step-Sequenzer außer den Affen. Für mich als verpeilten Typen echt ungünstig, ich brauche so etwas wie einen Arranger. Wurde das mal geupdatet? Und wie sieht es mit den zum Teil clickigen Amplituden mittlerweile aus, habe in erinnerung, dass viele Sounds zu Beginn knacksten.

@LostStylus 3 года назад

How is this dark? Sounds mellow

@RetroPlus 4 года назад

These videos make want an op-1 but sadly they're far out of my price range

@apollojan 4 года назад

This sounds like tarantula by Pleasurekraft

@WannaBeCanadians 4 года назад

Great, please do more like this!

@breakthestrain 3 года назад

What were you doing at 2:15-18?

@HouseMusicLover4life 2 года назад

Fantastico!!!!!!

@spidos1000 7 лет назад

Which synth would you recommend for a beginner in synthesis? This or the Elektron A4? I want to make techno and house music. Cheers.

@umonox 7 лет назад

If you dont know anything about subtractive Synthesis and if you wanna learn how it works, grab the A4 first. Its more "traditional". If you dont care and simply wanna have fun creating sounds; not worrying about the synthesis methods used to create them - grab the OP-1 ;-)

@spidos1000 7 лет назад

Thanks man!

@ARADG15 7 лет назад

I have a question, I'm getting my op1 tomorrow and wanted to know if I record a sound or something am I able to use that single sound as a midi instruments or say a preset in the op1? How do you go about getting different sounds?

@meikelneumann7075 3 года назад

👍🏻

@roakey182 3 года назад

brilliant stuff Learnt so much from you thanks

@KuznecovVictor 7 лет назад

Nice work, suprised you didn`t loose any piece of the tracks in working process. I am useless, can`t go far then 4 bars (

@umonox 7 лет назад

needs practice i think. i was switching back and forth between various tracks to see where i am :-) those loops really look identical after a while. keep trying. if i got it, you will get it too! :-)

@KuznecovVictor 7 лет назад

It would be nice to make a short video LOL. I deleted so many interesting beginning. By mistake as the Op1 has no UNDO or Back To Original.

@umonox 7 лет назад

yeah, its annoying. if i wanted to add something new to whats already there, i lifted the section and pasted it back in. that way i had a copy in memory and if something goes wrong, i can hit paste again and have my previous take back. thats basically the undo function of the OP-1 ;-)

@samplikprost 7 лет назад

wow! Your sound is amazing) I love it

@umonox 7 лет назад

thank you! :-)

@julienchrist 2 года назад

Waw !

@Anu8ius 7 лет назад

Cool video, but one tip: add another light from above or move the current one higher up to where the camera is. Right now its very glossy and (especially on the table and knobs) the light is reflecting quite a bit, making everything look plastic-y. Other than that, great track!

@umonox 7 лет назад

thanks man. cannot move the light; tried it in higher position, it then threw the shadow from my camera onto everything ;-) currently it has to be like this im afraid. i use cardboxes as improvised camera and light stands, due to "no money for something serious". i know its nasty, but its edited quite heavily already - so that you can see at least something ;-)

@pdtrv 6 лет назад

osomeeeeeeeeeeeeee

@umonox 6 лет назад

😁 😇 😁

@imakemusic623 7 лет назад

trading my ti snow for an op1 if u know anyone interested

@vincyboiat419 2 года назад

27:00

@thlee3 4 года назад

Easy money

@jacobmacdonald4999 7 лет назад

this sounded like a deadmau5 song! really good stuff, the production was clean af, respect

@umonox 7 лет назад

wohoo - thanks mate! i remember deadmau5 for its progressive trance stuff. this right here is definitely NO progressive trance ;-) but i dunno what he does today, so ... thanks man!

@nicomirabello3069 7 лет назад

Ten Walls !

@ricorusso9458 7 лет назад

Hello, how do you sync your Op1 via midi with other Equipment? Btw. nice work... got you a new subscriber ;).

@umonox 7 лет назад

thanks mate. you need a USB Midi Host to make this work. Things like the "Kenton MIDI USB Host" should do. Cheers

@witamtuwojtlo 4 года назад

i got lost 2 minutes in

@williammindreaders1029 7 лет назад

Very nice video tutorial for OP-1 user ! i really like your whole process and way to get things DONE ;) Nice share Umonox ! Can't wait to see an OP-1 + RYTM + DIGITAKT + ANALOG HEAT : Ensemble Tutorial with one good track like this deconstructed. it's very interesting.

@umonox 7 лет назад

thanks William! Im thinking about stuff like this; already have some OP-1/Digitakt plans. Lets see where this leads to ;-)

@morgenrode_music 5 лет назад

Very nice! I like it

@Bilzo599 6 лет назад

Could be a lost Plastikman recording.. Impressive.

@umonox 6 лет назад

Thank you! Its interesting ... You're not the first one telling me that my Music shares similarities with the stuff Richie Hawtin does. Should i listen to some of his tunes to make sure i dont run into Copyright issues?? :-D

@paultnl 6 лет назад

Well track is ok and it seems nice to play with that synth but it all sounds thin (drums and synth) or slightly distorded (kick), stereo separation is not that good, lack of reverb, lack of mids, overall it sounds more like a digital track using presets without eq or comp

@HelicopterDown 7 лет назад

Still wish this thing wasn't $800 I've wanted one forever but they're sooo expensive.

@umonox 7 лет назад

$800? thats really cheap man! i payed 950 € - thats $1116, based on current exchange rate ^^

@HelicopterDown 7 лет назад

umonox Haha to a rich man, but me, I bought a $300 Novation Mininova a couple years ago which I regret buying because the OP-1 has drum samples you can make, $300 for me is quite a lot, $800 is far out of my budget lol.

@badasspuppy 5 лет назад

Juicy

@BUGHAKARASTA 6 лет назад

sweet!

@umonox 6 лет назад

:-) thank you!

@Wickedstickyflowers 4 года назад

What’s that called and how much I want for my daughter

@meijboomm 4 года назад

Teenage Engineering OP-1, about 1000 dollars

@Wickedstickyflowers 4 года назад

Well , I figured it was not cheap and I know nothing about music gear ... thanks

@demolaishonwow 7 лет назад

I got my OP-1 two days ago basically because of this video. Really nice work man. Any chance you could upload some live performance? I love the DAW aspect of OP-1 but I am interested in finding creative ideas to make it shine as a live instrument too. Thanks so much for taking the time to put up this content.

@umonox 7 лет назад

thank you mate! didnt expect that someone buys an OP-1 just because of this video! :-D its the linear Workflow that makes the OP-1 so great - imho. You have limited performance features too (like: using the Tape as a Loop Player and switching Loops on the fly for example) however: it shines most when you focus on creating a track from start to finish i think. But i see what i can do ;) Stay tuned.

@demolaishonwow 7 лет назад

Haha its not JUST because of it. Its the drop that overflowed the glass. (La gota que revalso el vaso, in spanish). I've been obsessing about this machine for quite some time and I had the money but was not so sure about it. Then I came across this video and our musical tastes are aligned so watching you produce was very satisfying and encouraging. I work as a developer so when I get home the last thing I want to do is look at my computer. When I go in to music, the last thing I want to touch is my laptop. OP-1 gives me this, and this video proves that I can do the type of music that I love with no problems. I love how the constraints of the OP-1 stimulate creativity.

@umonox 7 лет назад

yeah, absolutely! limitations force you to be creative - and that matters most i think! glad i could help you finding out that the OP-1 will suit your needs! It delivers for quite a lot of music genres, thats for sure! dont forget to also check out Jeremy Blakes fantastic Tracks he did with the OP-1. His Channel is called "Red Means Recording". He has inspired me to get an OP-1 btw ;-)

@MasleyVystupoe 6 лет назад

Horrible background noise. Unbelievable. CASIO quality for 1000 bux. Really.

@frsncescoromanucci6089 5 лет назад

Top!!!

@aquaexperiment 7 лет назад

Hey umonox! Very nice and inspiring track, i am really curious about how you can manage to fit more than 4 different sounds into the whole arrangement? It seems op-1 allows only 4 channels of recording so is there any chance to overdub with different sounds in the same channel? Or after you are full with all 4 do you need to resample separate channels into 1 to free up space? Whats the work around for that?

@umonox 7 лет назад

You can always overdub on each Track, thats right. So the four tracks are rather for organizing and making life easier for you than they are for recording several sounds.

@aquaexperiment 7 лет назад

umonox can we overdub with different synth engine in the same track?

@umonox 7 лет назад

You can overdub everything. Synth, Drums - doesnt make a difference.

@chrish.3739 5 лет назад

Nice one mate! Respect!

@thenvisible 6 лет назад

Awsome :) is there a single dl for the track?

@umonox 6 лет назад

Thank you! :-) The Track itself is available on my Bandcamp Page here: umonox.bandcamp.com/track/op-techno-01-dark-minimal-techno-with-the-op-1 Cheers.

@LittleDinkens 7 лет назад

did everything/all the sounds came straight out of a stock OP-1 ?? or is it just controlling abelton or something

@umonox 7 лет назад

all the Sounds come straight out of the OP-1. I've used a few Samples from the Flannel-Kits which are available for free from Teenage Engineering's Soundcloud Page. But 90% of the Track is made entirely from the OP-1's stock Sounds.

@LittleDinkens 7 лет назад

nice!