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User Guide - 2.6 Step components 

 

Teenage Engineering 

– User Guide (LD) 

Janvier 2019

 

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2.6.3  Clear 

“step components” 

  Press and hold 

SHIFT

 and 

STOP

 to clear all the 

“step components” on current track. 

 

2.6.4 

“Step component” reference chart 

 

 

 

2.6.5 

“Step components” + app 

While using OP-Z paired with the app, and using the main OP-Z interface, you will get a visual 
guide briefly explaining the 

“step components”. 

 
 

 

component

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

pulse

count: 1

count: 2

count: 3

count: 4

count: 5

count: 6

count: 7

count: 8

count: 9

random

pulse hold

count: 1

count: 2

count: 3

count: 4

count: 5

count: 6

count: 7

count: 8

count: 9

random

multiply

X1

X2

X3

X4

X5

X6

X7

X8

broken 
chord

quantize

velocity

-4

-3

-2

-1

default

1

2

3

mute

random

ramp up

2 steps
1 octave

3 steps
1 octave

4 steps
1 octave

5 steps
1 octave

6 steps
1 octave

2 steps 
3 octaves

3 steps
3 octaves

4 steps
3 octaves

5 steps
3 octaves

6 steps
3 octaves

ramp down

2 steps
1 octave

3 steps
1 octave

4 steps
1 octave

5 steps
1 octave

6 steps
1 octave

2 steps 
3 octaves

3 steps
3 octaves

4 steps
3 octaves

5 steps
3 octaves

6 steps
3 octaves

random

2 steps
1 octave

3 steps
1 octave

4 steps
1 octave

5 steps
1 octave

6 steps
1 octave

2 steps 
3 octaves

3 steps
3 octaves

4 steps
3 octaves

5 steps
3 octaves

6 steps
3 octaves

portament
o

glide 1

glide 2

glide 3

glide 4

glide 5

glide 6

glide 7

glide 8

direct

random

sweep

filter up

filter down synth up

synth down pan

filter up 
long

filter down 
long

synth up 
long

synth down 
long

pan

tonality

ignore 
chord 
progression

transpose  
only

offset 
octave

offset fifth

offset third

chromatic 
up

chromatic 
down

quantize 1

quantize 2

quantize 3

jump

jump to 
start

jump to 2/4 jump to 3/4 jump to 4/4

jump  
forward

jump back

jump to 
random

stay

align to 
global track

gate step

parameter 
spark

1 1 2

1 2 3

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
8

random

reset 
counter

component 
spark

1 1 2

1 2 3

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
8

random

reset 
counter

trigger 
spark

1 1 2

1 2 3

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
8

random

reset

Содержание OP-Z1

Страница 1: ...EMPO 3 1 12 STEP COMPONENTS 4 1 13 PUNCH IN EFFECTS 4 1 14 PERFORMANCE MODE 4 1 15 COLOR DIALS 1 4 4 1 16 PARAMETER PAGES 4 1 17 MORE CONTROLS 4 2 USER GUIDE 5 2 1 HARDWARE OVERVIEW 6 2 2 INTERFACE OV...

Страница 2: ...IN EFFECTS 4 1 14 PERFORMANCE MODE 4 1 15 COLOR DIALS 1 4 4 1 16 PARAMETER PAGES 4 1 17 MORE CONTROLS 4 1 1 Power on Turn the yellow knob clockwise to turn on the OP Z After the startup sound the uni...

Страница 3: ...sequencer by pressing the step 1 16 buttons Use the second overlay as an example of where to place the notes Do the same with snare percussion and bass Select the tracks find sounds and place them in...

Страница 4: ...hold SHIFT and all tracks are affected Hold TRACK and press PERFORM to go to performance mode While in play mode press the piano keys to add punch in effects Any recorded effects are stored to the ste...

Страница 5: ...ring use always make sure to connect the cable to the OP Z first never connect the 3 5mm plugs going from the OP Z s input or output to a mic input on a sound card with phantom power active This could...

Страница 6: ...ll OP Z data is stored on the fly so everything will still be there next time you power on your unit It s a good habit to occasionally back up OP Z using disk mode 2 1 2 Charging the battery OP Z has...

Страница 7: ...OP Z has two ports located on the right hand side of the unit o Main audio for headphones headset or line out o USB c port for charging file transfers and midi o On the top side you find four expansio...

Страница 8: ...tep buttons 6 Record button 7 Transport buttons play stop 8 Musical keyboard piano keys value keys a component keys b 9 Transpose buttons 10 Shift button 11 Pitch bend 12 Microphone 13 Speaker The mai...

Страница 9: ...2 8 au dessous Tempo The TEMPO button is used for tempo bpm swing and metronome settings read more here 2 9 au dessous screen Hold the SCREEN button to display the battery charge to navigate the app a...

Страница 10: ...pter 2 5 au dessous for more information 2 2 6 Tracks patterns step buttons The 16 top row buttons act both as tracks buttons as pattern select buttons and as steps in the sequencer The functionality...

Страница 11: ...ctive track one step left or right offset steps micro timing Press and hold a step 1 16 and repeatedly press to shift timing of that step 1 tick back or forth visualized by a purple LED 1 16 next to t...

Страница 12: ...he tape track to add a live tape stop effect Pro tip holding a lit step 1 16 and using the pitch bend lets you modify the velocity for that step 2 2 13 Microphone OP Z features a built in microphone a...

Страница 13: ...the active pattern While playing you can press play to restart playback stop Press STOP while the sequencer is playing to stop playback panic Press STOP while sequencer is stopped to end all active n...

Страница 14: ...ear all parameter locks on the current track release before to abort To clear parameter locks per step hold the step 1 16 and hold STOP until all steps 1 16 are lit clear track Hold TRACK and STOP and...

Страница 15: ...keyboard to record notes step by step Parameter lock Hold record and turn a dial while the sequencer is running to record that parameter to the steps Record lock Hold REC PLAY to lock recording mode A...

Страница 16: ...There are four color coded endless color dials 1 4 and the tracks can have up to four pages of parameters each having its unique color By learning to navigate these pages you ll become fluent with the...

Страница 17: ...fx2 send pan level fx1 send fx2 send pan level led color green dial blue dial yellow dial red dial led color green dial blue dial yellow dial red dial param 1 param 2 filter resonance param 1 param 2...

Страница 18: ...to access its features for example to adjust quantize or Portamento 2 5 2 Track parameters note length Note length controls the duration of notes that are of default note length All other notes remai...

Страница 19: ...alue key that corresponds to the desired length of the track For example having a step count of 16 and a step length of 4 will extend the current track to play across four bars 2 5 5 Offset notes To o...

Страница 20: ...n the current track Playback will continue but notes with long release or drone notes will be silenced 2 5 10 Link unlink tracks Press and hold TRACK together with the current active track 1 16 then p...

Страница 21: ...p components Press and hold SHIFT and select the steps 1 16 you wish to apply step components to The LEDs of these steps will change to green indicating marked steps Keep holding SHIFT and select the...

Страница 22: ...steps 1 octave 5 steps 1 octave 6 steps 1 octave 2 steps 3 octaves 3 steps 3 octaves 4 steps 3 octaves 5 steps 3 octaves 6 steps 3 octaves random 2 steps 1 octave 3 steps 1 octave 4 steps 1 octave 5...

Страница 23: ...antly or create patterns chains to make longer compositions You can also perform operations such as copying patterns and settings and more 2 7 2 Select project Press and hold PROJECT and press the val...

Страница 24: ...settings Keep holding PROJECT and press the destination pattern 1 16 to paste the settings 2 7 7 Copy track Press and hold PROJECT and press SHIFT three times to copy the currently active track Keep...

Страница 25: ...apshot will be overwritten 2 7 12 Saving Auto save By default any changes to a project is automatically saved and there is no need to save manually manual save mode You can toggle manual save mode and...

Страница 26: ...e gain for the drum group and synth group respectively as well as control the master compressor and overall project gain Press and hold this button to access the project wide mixer functions 2 8 2 Mix...

Страница 27: ...io signal to the effect and tape tracks To do this while holding the MIXER button press the SHIFT key The SHIFT key will light red Now when muting tracks they will turn red when muted This will mute o...

Страница 28: ...in bpm swing setting and the metronome sound and level By pressing and holding TEMPO you access the different tempo functions 2 9 2 Tempo parameters Bpm Swing metronome sound metronome level 2 9 3 Se...

Страница 29: ...g Turn the dial as you wish and listen for that perfect groove Note swing is only applied to step programmed and quantized live recorded notes 2 9 7 Using the metronome To use the metronome when playi...

Страница 30: ...arge or used in conjunction with the app to navigate around or to display the current battery status When using the OP Z standalone you can press and hold SCREEN to show the current battery level of t...

Страница 31: ...ction to tracks OP Z is a 16 track sequencer It features 8 audio tracks and 8 control tracks The audio tracks are divided into 2 groups the drum group track 1 4 and the synth group track 5 8 The eight...

Страница 32: ...fferently For bass lead and chord the parameter pages are the same synth envelope LFO and send ARP has dedicated Arp control instead of the LFO For detailed information please refer to the bass lead A...

Страница 33: ...tape track is an audio buffer that is constantly recording when in playback It can be used for tape tricks and beat repeat style looping effects Read more about it here 2 13 au dessous 2 11 8 Master T...

Страница 34: ...o 16 fixtures or lights You can use the OP Z sequencer to control these fixtures Learn all about it here 2 15 au dessous 2 11 12 Motion In addition to audio midi and lights sequencing OP Z is also a p...

Страница 35: ...urn the green dial to set the arpeggio speed in eight different settings pattern The blue dial sets the arpeggio pattern type manual up down up down down up random style Use the yellow dial to set arp...

Страница 36: ...n once again decreases to a full stop speed fine The center position led green will play the buffer at normal speed Rotating left will play at half speed and rotating right will play at double speed f...

Страница 37: ...n the bass lead Arp and chord tracks to determine the key of the pattern Using the piano keys it is then possible to change key mode Use the color dials 1 4 to control the master effects and filter 2...

Страница 38: ...hold SHIFT and press the different track 1 16 buttons To include a track make sure its track led is lit Use the transpose buttons to change octave used represented by the value keys Pro tip transposi...

Страница 39: ...preview mode Toggle between fixture preview and step view 2 15 3 Light parameters main color The main color applied to all connected rgb fixtures alternate color Used by certain effects to instantly s...

Страница 40: ...re setup The maximum total number of channels that can be configured is 128 The supported channel types are channel range description red 0 255 red color green 0 255 green color blue 0 255 Blue color...

Страница 41: ...and hold SHIFT and hold any of the piano keys to add punch in effects The low octave affects the current track and the high octave affects the current track group the drum group or the synth group Re...

Страница 42: ...e mode Press to increase microphone volume Press to decrease microphone volume Press to toggle between fx1 fx2 both fx1 fx2 and no effect Press and hold to enable the microphone The mic led will be re...

Страница 43: ...er to the whitelist to see which hubs are supported Some devices present themselves as more than one midi device which currently is not supported by the OP Z Please refer to our device whitelist if yo...

Страница 44: ...idi clock shift 6 enable program change enable program change in out shift 7 alt program change On usebank1 16 program1 16tosetactive pattern off pattern 1 16 is activated with bank 1 Program 1 128 an...

Страница 45: ...arget 11 1 16 0 127 42 1 16 1 127 lfo shape 12 1 16 0 127 43 1 16 1 127 fx 1 send 13 1 16 0 127 44 1 16 1 127 fx 2 send 14 1 16 0 127 45 1 16 1 127 pan 15 1 16 0 127 46 1 16 1 127 volume 16 1 16 0 127...

Страница 46: ...content such as adding your own sounds This is also where you manage your projects and access your bounces Finally you can use content mode to configure MIDI and DMX Enter content mode like this Press...

Страница 47: ...when ready do not power off your device during this process To access the new sounds in OP Z select the corresponding track and slot You can store a total of 32 MB of sample data Remove any sample fi...

Страница 48: ...LEDs will all be white 2 20 7 Software update To update the OP Z firmware make sure OP Z is in upgrade mode Connect the unit to a computer using USB OP Z will show up in the computer as an external r...

Страница 49: ...h features and experience live 3d visuals Download the OP Z app from app store Currently available for iOS 2 21 2 Pairing with OP Z Go to the devices screen in the app if you have navigated somewhere...

Страница 50: ...nterface View and tweak the multitude of parameters on your OP Z On most tracks you get an overview of all the control parameters The parameter indicators are grouped into pages just like on the OP Z...

Страница 51: ...nge photos with the camera on your iOS device You can sequence the images and apply effects using the OP Z A photomatic camera roll consists of 24 image slots Play the 24 piano keys on track 16 to dis...

Страница 52: ...your iOS device Tap the camera button to toggle the camera on your iOS device on off The flip button cycles available cameras the snap button takes a photo and saves it to the current image slot Acces...

Страница 53: ...touch pad to edit the midi control change number it sends out Tap the and buttons to edit the midi channel used by this track Toggle the global midi settings by tapping these boxes Refer to the midi r...

Страница 54: ...p the photomatic folder from iTunes to your desktop In the folder there are 10 subfolders one for each photomatic camera roll Each roll folder contains up to 24 images and a simple configuration file...

Страница 55: ...k oscillator variation oscillator modulati on bow cluster digital electric digital raw engine clustered oscillators string synthesis complex and transforming multi oscillator electric synthesis volt c...

Страница 56: ...4 2 USER GUIDE 5 2 1 HARDWARE OVERVIEW 6 2 1 1 POWER ON OFF 6 2 1 2 CHARGING THE BATTERY 6 2 1 3 REPLACING THE BATTERY 7 2 1 4 INPUTS AND OUTPUTS 7 2 2 INTERFACE OVERVIEW 8 2 2 1 INDEX BUTTONS 1 4 9...

Страница 57: ...ONENTS INTRODUCTION 21 2 6 2 USING STEP COMPONENTS 21 2 6 3 CLEAR STEP COMPONENTS 22 2 6 4 STEP COMPONENT REFERENCE CHART 22 2 6 5 STEP COMPONENTS APP 22 2 7 PROJECT 23 2 7 1 PROJECT INTRODUCTION 23 2...

Страница 58: ...TRANSPOSE TRACKS 38 2 14 4 CHORD PROGRESSIONS 38 2 15 LIGHTS 39 2 15 1 LIGHTS INTRODUCTION 39 2 15 2 LIGHTS OPERATION 39 2 15 3 LIGHT PARAMETERS 39 2 15 4 SETUP 39 2 15 5 CONFIGURE DMX 40 2 16 PUNCH...

Страница 59: ...ference Teenage Engineering User Guide LD Janvier 2019 59 59 2 21 6 PHOTOMATIC 51 2 21 7 MOTION 52 2 21 8 DEVICES 53 2 21 9 MIDI SETUP 53 2 21 10 GUIDE 53 2 21 11 VIDEO OUT 53 2 21 12 FILE TRANSFER 54...

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