Loop goes out of sync with metronome

OP-1
#1

Hi everyone, I just got my OP-1 and love it, but I have a couple of questions that I can’t find any information on in the manual.


On the Tape page, underneath the time readout and above the green loop icon there are some white markers, like a scale. Before I press play, there is a horizontal blue marker is dead centre, but during playback it jumps a little to the right. What does that represent?

On the Tempo page: beneath my BPM readout there is “2.0 BPS”. On the right there is 19 CMS and 7.5 IPS. What do all those figures mean?

Thanks in advance for your help.
#2

Oh, the title of the post is wrong and I forgot to change it. Sorry.

#3

No-one understands these things…You just have to make beats somehow.


waits for a good samaritan to actually help
#4

Hey, so I read your post again, and I think I can safely answer part one…


The blue line represents tape speed. Try fast forwarding…

You can boost your fast forward straight to full speed. I dare you to figure out how.
#5

I’m pretty sure that IPS and CMS reflect tape speed - check out “Tape speeds” section here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_tape_specifications

#6

Yes IPS is inches per second, CMS is centimetres per second.

#7

cheers, darenager!
just noticed that i’ve overlooked the BPS question, sorry for that. BPS should be Beats Per Second, which is exactly BPM/60

#8

Thanks for all the replies, people.


And yes, I understand that it’s not really important what all those things mean. Love the OP-1!