OP-Z Sequencing iPad Synths - Song Buildup Jam Workflow
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2024
- The OP-Z has a really great sequencer. There are many great iPad synths... Connect the two, and you have a hardware sequencer for your iPad synths. And use the OP-Z synths and samples where it makes sense. Enjoy this song buildup jam. Peace.
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The synths used in this video, in order of appearance:
OP-Z by Teenage Engineering
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FM4
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Animoog
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Korg Gadget
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AudioKit Synth One
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Moog Model 15,
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This really shows how the OP-Z is practically more a platform than an instrument.
Going around the internal synths changes the sound completely but keeps all the sweet tricks up the OP-Zs sleeves.
Well done as always.
ah what a nice idea!
Thanks A!
btw, this totally works with bluetooth only, when op-z is connected after pressing the button on the back!
Cuckoos positive energy transmuted thru the scene and made my day better. I'm programming a song in the background watching this and Cuckoo voice changed all my minor chords into majors. Crazy.
Haha, thanks mate!! :)
Thanks for another great video. This is exactly what I was wondering if I could do with the OPZ. Specifically sending midi to the iPad to control AUs and Gadget together along with onboard sounds too. Fantastic job demoing it. You have an amazing ability to show a huge range of options/features on instruments so efficiently. So focused in how you experiment. Hey, Teenage Engineering, Cukoo just sold another one of these for you.
Huh. I spent so much time to figure out how to do the same, but with the Arturia Keystep and I found the way. First, you should connect your OP-Z with iPad through Bluetooth and chose you OP-Z in AUM or any other apps as OP-Z Bluetooth MIDI and chose your channel. Second, you need to buy USB to USB Type-С connector and connect your Keystep to your OP-Z and chose MIDI Mode and the backside of Keystep. And third, you should to chose the same MIDI Channel on Arturia Keystep, using Shift and keys. And voila! You can use the Model 15 on iPad, playing on the Keystep and recording all of it in OP-Z. Maybe it will help someone.
So the OP-Z records the iPad synth sound?
Your videos are always a double-edged sword in the best way. They are so inspiring and draw me into each one, yet they always make me leave my computer and go create something. Cheers man!
This is freakin amazing!! I’ve got an iPad and several Korg/Moog apps...now you just gave me another reason to NEED the OP-Z
You don’t need an op-z to do any of this.
Got my Zed a while back. Can't seem to leave it alone. And I think Santa is bringing me an iPad for christmas. I really can't wait. Such a powerhouse of portable awesomeness.
I think I loved the intro as much as the music. You definitely know how to hook me in.
Ha ha ha.. ❤️
Oh, yeah. This... this justifies buying a bunch of synth apps. I’ll love my shining new OP-Z a lot more, if that’s even possible. What a treat we got from Teenage Engineering! Thanks a lot Cuckoo for this amazing jam!
Mind Blown.
Too fun. If you host the synths in AUM, it’s easier to set midi for each and mix the levels from one screen ;)
Oh! And if you only use AU synths, you can save your session and reload it instantly. And apply effects to each channel!
what is AUM?
@@Jmdeleeuw- It's an app, you can also use Audiobus which works fine too and is like half the price.
"but it could just as well be hardware synths" you say🤓 I think I will be testing that out👍
Great stuff, nice to see SynthOne in the mix
Very interested in the Op-Z.
This is a very nice way to expend sounds and vst's 👍🏽
Glad you did model 15 ordered an OP Z partially just to sequence model 15 and mood together 😻
Perfect! ❤️
First watching. Looks like an oldie but a goodie. Pass the popcorn…
Well this is way cool. It just makes me realize how cool it would be if the OP-Z had a keyboard, even a small one more like the OP-z.
Cuckoo you're a bit bloody awesome, aren't you? Such a nice track and just with the two little machines. Magic.
I liked this video before watching it ! Who else did that ? Got to love Cuckoo right?
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love your videos
this is amazing, man.
love that melody @ 1:52! gave me ymo vibes!
thank you for the video!!
Thanks man!
Amazing performance! And it made so much sense in OP-Z workflow. Thank you!
Awesome! Loved the Model 15 patches - would love a Cuckoo Model 15 pack
Awesome video, Cuckoo! And, thanks for supporting open-source with AudioKit Synth One! 🎹🔥
Thanks mate!!
you're great, again! cool sequencer functions from the op-z! 🖖☺️
That Animoog melody made me stop the video and think of the Xploding Plastix track I was reminded of. Turns out it sounds way different, but to everybody: check that Norwegian electronic duo out, I still love everything they made :-)
Great video as always :-)
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what a thing of beauty man. thanks for sharing.
Thank you Thom! Much appreciated ❤️
Hi folks, FIY it works with android and Caustic, for example. And thank you Cuckoo for all your videos ! Peace from Paris !
Same with caustic on iOS. Why does caustic get so little press. Its incredible. Have fun.
@@perrypelican9476 I love Caustic !!!!! That's true it's so underated. Have fun too !
Editing is excellent. I’m also looking to make music on the iPad, this was very informative!
Thanks 10s! Glad to hear that. There are of course many full fledged iPad sequencers as well, if you wanna stay on the iPad only. But having this layer of hardware integration is making it much more tactile, and the feeling of being in control, and having a physical connection to the music.
Hi Cuckoo I also bought my Digitakt and op1 after watching your videos )) Could you recommend some sequencers on ipad? Many thanks for your passion, it is contagious!
Love it! Can you make a video explaining the midi set up here a little slower and how the audio get out of both? Thank you!
Creativily empowering as always. How about a "Cuckoo's approach to Concepts" tutorial? 😁 Thanks for sharing your passion
Yep. Awesome. Thanks!
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That is so cool! Love your creativity and it’s amazing how much you can do with that tiny sequencer and an iPad 😊
Oh my god! What a great piece!
Two things that I really wanted right now
Felt like some modern Chris and super Cosey. Well played sir.
Thought you were gonna use the op-z to control some random awesome graphics with the awesome beat. Loved it coco keep awesome sounds!
Beautiful!
So awesome. Lovely soundscape. As always. I covet a cuckoo album.
Caustic is a good app to sequence to also. It has tons of incredible sounds. You set it up by a different channel per instrument loaded in order, or alternatively the instrument in the foreground only. I just noticed someone suggested Caustic on Android. Well, same on iPad or iPhone IOS. Caustic is so great. Its an app that has been around since blackberry playbook and as a bonus it uses almost no cpu.
Cuckoo is gold!
Nice one Cuckoo! I just got an iPad Pro not too long ago, can’t wait to try this when I get my hands on the OP-Z. Hope to see you sooner than later ✌️❤️
please do more of these
Hi, so musical! Nice!
as always, fantastic idea and nice work!!!
can you show us how to do this with our computer? or explain how to sync the tempo with the op z to your DAW
Cool!! Thank you Cuckoo, I will try this out tomorrow. I love the OP-Z and your tutorials helped me decide to get one. Also, did you draw Totoro yourself? 👁❤️ that dude. Was fortunate enough to see Joe Hisashi conduct the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performing some of his Studio Ghibli compositions ...oh I've gone off topic. I just get distracted... 😂 anyhow, thanks again.
brilliant
Inspiring stuff!
You are really cool
love this!
Very cool! Make more videos with ipad please)
Brillantissimo !!!!
Thanks in advance.
Can you please make a video showing how you sequence external hardware with the opz? I guess you would need that new opz midi module…?
Love it!! 🙌🏻
This is very cool. I wonder could I use my Novation Circuit sequencer the same way?
so positive! thanks :)
FUN!
0:31 watch out for age restriction xD
Oh the joy when you go on TH-cam only to find that Cuckoo has just released a new video featuring TE gear! Terrific stuff as always sir!
By the way, do you route the iPad synths through Audiobus or how do you do it?
No Audiobus or anything.
And, thanks!! 😊
So do the specific apps run the sounds through the output of the iPad, even when they are not open? This would mean that they are making noise as long as they are being MIDI sequenced.. Is this the case?
Wish you could do a OP-z connects Hermod to sequence the modular synths video.
Bra Video/Good Video!
Cuckoo.. my tee shirts arrived and the one which is the same as yours in the video has part of the seam down the right hand side which has not been stitched.. so I have a 7cm hole down the right hand side seam.. 😩😝
Oh no! Get in touch with the web store immediately! This is stuff they’ll be embarrassed about, and give you a new one straight away, I would assume! Sorry to hear that.
Is anyone else having trouble with this? I'm able to get my op-z to trigger notes in the iPad app, but the op-z continues to trigger its internal sound. It doesn't seem like Cuckoo is muting the track, so what am I missing?
Amazing man! All of the videos you make inspire me to make music. Thanks brother.
My only question here is how is it all connected together? I.e. how are things connected to the iPad, to the OPZ to the speaker? Is it just the OPZ and the iPad or is there another item not shown that is running as the interface?
I’m recording the audio with a zoom H6. It’s a great portable 4 input + stereo mic field recorder/ interface. It’s great for recording live performance things such as this.
@@truecuckoo Thank you! Do you think the zoom H4 could be used similarly. And thanks so much for the reply man!
Awesome! I know what i will ask from Santa
Can you open that many different synth apps at the same time and all playing off the midi on an iphone? Do change the tracks on the op-z to midi tracks somehow or do you just turn down the volume so it doesn’t plat sounds off the op-z when you use it as a controller? Thanks cuckoo u are my favorite!
It is John Cleese from Monty Phyton making music!
Great video! Can you please explain how you connect all these things together, it would help a lot! I mean the cable connections...
Are you just using the camera adapter and plugging op-z directly into that or do you have to use a USB hub in the middle like I have to do with midi controllers?
Camera adapter, or the slightly bigger one with pass through lightning for charging is fine. Bluetooth MIDI also works in most cases. I just didn’t think of it at the time.
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Question would there be a way to record this jam from the iPad internal synths and the OP-Z in the ipad itself like to make a song? Like into Cubasis or something?
Yes! Funny sounds, funny music
Hello, this is really nice. A way now for me to use my new op-ZET ;) with all the ipad apps i dont relly use in the past. By the way. Is it needed to set a midi ch on the OP-Z? Big thx forward Regards fReD from duality micro
There are some MIDI settings you can tweak according to your needs through the opz app or the setup config txt file. The default is MIDI channel 1-16 from left to right, starting with kick drum. Many music apps can set the incoming MIDI channel so that you won’t have to change MIDI settings on the OP-Z.
@@truecuckoo Hi, just figure it out. Thank you very much. But i must volume down the sound of the track that comes from the op-z so i was thinking maybe its better to use the track of the tape track for example to use another ch but then all played notes on my ipad were distorted. Oh and just now i have a little other problem and i hope it is ok to write it here. I was exited about the videopaks. I just even download the megaman one but now there is only one scene on all number and now effects are working. What did i wrong and how can i fix it? Bit thanks forward
I have a beginner question! So once you'd laid out a nice pattern using opz drums and iPad synths, what do I do to 'save' it? Meaning next time I open up my synths they will not be on the same preset necessarily. Would I need to record to audio in order to lock in that specific pattern?
You will need to remember the workflow and the presets etc. I don’t think there’s an app that reaches into every other app and change them back. So the more you solve in one app, the easier it will be to recall that app’s state.
@@truecuckoo thanks bro!! Appreciate the response! Do you still use OPZ alot?
you can do the same thing with digitone / digitakt
A couple of questions. How do you sync up the two? Just through Bluetooth? You don't need the module for an iPad pro? Can I use an older iPad like an air or does in need to be a pro?
I think any iPad with lightning port should be pretty much enough. I suppose you can sync over MIDI, but since I’m using the OP-Z sequencer only I don’t worry about sync. Everything is sequenced and played by the OP-Z in this case. So I don’t need to sync.
@@truecuckoo Thank you sir I just saw the beginning of the video again and realised the wire on the right of the iPad was going to the opz. I overlooked that. I'm new to synths and sequencers I am a long time fan of electronic fueled music and watching your videos have inspired me. Your tutorials are so good it made the concept of making digital music sort of a little less intimidating. I just got a PO 33 ko and have a opz on the way. Thank you for all your in depth tutorials you sir are awesome.
How many Op-Z did you had all this years? And when TE gonna make an Cuckoo Edition to honor you?xd
what's really unfortunate for me is that I am an android power user, completely out of the apple ecosystem. android is fundamentally years behind apple when it comes to music production. we can't use different apps for different synth engines or route them into a DAW. everything has to be contained in a single app. Storage is also an issue, we can't store samples externally for most apps, they have to be contained within the apps data, so if an app can't be moved to SD (cubasis...) you're SOL. I can use a midi controller but if I want a different synth engine than what is available in cubasis, sucks. I don't think we have channel routing function either
"Judge Zed if you're feeling bold."
hey buddy, sorry, I'm having trouble understanding how the opz sequences the sounds coming from the ipad synths. I'd love to try n make music babies with my ipad and opz. any kind of further explanation is totally appreciated, but I totes understand you're busy as well. Thanks for making such great content and constantly inspiring!
Do you have to have the OP-Z app installed on your iOS device to connect to bluetooth? It is not working for me otherwise...
I did not know that you can run so many synth simultaneously on the ipad! Amazin!g
Also: is it possible to write a sequence with one of the synths on the opz and change that track(?) to midi afterwards. So you can write a sequence on the go and in the studio hook your synths up?
Yeah, certainly. The way it works is that on the OP-Z you can mute the internal sound per track, and the MIDI output per track individually. So you can have one track sequence internal sounds, and MIDI notes simultaneously if you wish, or just mute one or the other... per track. So yeah, start out on the go with internal sounds, and then use MIDI devices when you get to the studio for instance.
Can you show the stuff out of the screen? How are you mixing audio? How does the iPad hook up to the opz? Is it just over usb? Is the headphone jacks plugged into each other? Total noob. Just blew past me when nothing was setup then everything was setup. How did you record the whole sessions audio?
The audio is connected to a field recorder called the Zoom H6. It’s got 4 inputs (2 stereo pairs) and a stereo mic. So all of the audio is recorded this way, straight to the field recorder’s SD card. The OP-Z has usb-c, that goes into a USB adapter for the iPad. But I could’ve used wireless Bluetooth MIDI for this. I just didn’t think about it at the time. It would’ve looked even cooler, hehe.
cuckoomusic thanks for your response! Super cool. I really liked the video. I’m getting into some music but can’t really dedicate lots of equipment, and already have an iPad so I’m really really diggin what you did here. Super inspiring. Thanks for the video and the response!
cuckoomusic reduces groundloop issues too🤒
Is it recording the ipad sounds into the OP-Z?
sick track really interested in the process you have here, always used ableton but this being portable seems so attractive, could you make show us a video on your process?
ok i fully understand now
Hi, sweet! How are you able to run several synths at the same time? For me when I launch for instance model 15 and then try to open next app so the model 15 goes silent.
Every synth has an option to run in the background. Look in the settings and you’ll find it.
Excellent video! Is there any way to accomplish this with the iPhone X or similar? I'm having a hard time figuring out how to get midi in without sending audio back out over usb
amazing demonstration...can you sequence parameter automation of the ipad's synths in the op-zed's sequencer?
Hej! Du borde testa deluge som har liknande sequencing features some op-z, tror du kommer digga den. Bra video ska testa op-z ihop med ipad när op-z kommer med posten imorgon.
Hej! Ja jag ska lära mig Deluge i mellandagarna tänkte jag :) Den är mäktig. OP-Z är skön alltså. Den funkar så himla bra. Sequencern är väldigt snabbjobbad och bra.
Couldnt you just do this with a midi controller and an ipad sequencer?
Is the audio being recording from the OP-Z (drums) and from the iPad (synths) or is it all coming out of the OP-Z?
these videos are the best!! curious how you mute the internal audio on specific tracks out of the OP-Z? can you point me towards something in regards to how to do this?
Thanks! Yeah press the back mixer button, and shift to mute audio only. The track will turn red.