Strengths
+ Beautiful mobile sound - better than the original
+ Extra storage, tape and sampling
+ Inspiring sounds for leftfield composers
Limitations
- The price. Of course. Think of the number of hardware synths you could buy!
- Still no undo and quantize but the sequencing has been bolstered
- The price. Again
Has there ever been a piece of gear as cool, compact -and divisive - as Teenage Engineering’s OP-1? It is probably the most feature-packed and mobile piece of recording gear ever produced, with several synth engines, drums, sampling, ‘tape’ recording, effects, sequencing, even FM radio. Over its 11-year reign of coolness, it's attracted everyone from Jean-Michel Jarre to Depeche Mode, Trent Reznor to, um, Elijah Wood with its charming ultra-sleek workflow and ‘take it anywhere in your hipster shoulder bag’ ethos. When it went out of production in 2018, such was the demand that its
