OP-1 as a sound module

OP-1
#1

Curious, - I have the OP-1 midi’d up to my OT. I’d like to use the OP-1 as a sound module playing only the drums or only a synth. The problem is, every synth and drum kit plays at once. Is there a work around?


Thanks,
Adonis
#2

What do you mean all at once?

#3

When I play the OP-1 from an external keyboard, note C2, I hear all 8 presets and the drum presets.

I’m just looking to play/sequence the drums or just one of the synths

#4

wow thats crazy.

as far as i know its only supposed to be able to play 1 synth or 1 drum at a time.

something aint right there homie

#5

I’m totally crap at midi, so possibly I’ll be barking up the wrong tree, but I wonder if it’s a setting on the OT side (you mean Octatrack, right?). Do you have to set which midi channels notes get sent out on somewhere?

#6

How is the OT hooked up to the OP?

#7

if thats the case, then TE secretly added a whole bunch of midi functionality and didn't tell anyone.

i'm pretty sure the op1 is not multitimbral so u should only be able to trigger 1 synth or 1 drum at a time. just like normal operation.

sounds like a bug to me. maybe give it the ole reset and see if that fixes things up for u?

#8

What firmware are you running?
I would kill for a multitimbral op-1 :slight_smile:

#9

hmm… 16 midi channels and 2x8 sound slots… details, please!

#10

I think it’s my midi router/splitter. When I trigger the OP-1 straight out of Ableton, it plays one synth or drum machine.

I use a midi splitter to route different channels to various devices. I’ll try to plug the midi cable straight into the Kenton and see if that solves my issue.

Thanks fellas!

#11

if thats the case, then TE secretly added a whole bunch of midi functionality and didn't tell anyone.

i'm pretty sure the op1 is not multitimbral so u should only be able to trigger 1 synth or 1 drum at a time. just like normal operation.

sounds like a bug to me. maybe give it the ole reset and see if that fixes things up for u?

I think almost since day one people have wanted at least bi-timbality(???) like drums on MIDI1 and Synth on MIDI2. Would be super cool. Would be nuts if you could assign say the drums to MIDI channels 1-8 and Synth 9-16.

#12

yea that would be so dope. thats basically how the new electribes work. each pad corresponds to its own midi channel. its dope w/ the midi.

#13
yea that would be so dope. thats basically how the new electribes work. each pad corresponds to its own midi channel. its dope w/ the midi.

NOYCE!

#14

Well it was my midi splitter. Maybe there’s something there for multi timbrality

#15

Please let me know if you have successfully played OP-1 drum sounds this way. I can play synth sounds over midi like this but the moment I switch to drum mode (changing nothing else in my set up) the OP-1 seems to stop listening to midi - the midi reception lights stop flashing and the device is silent.


My set up is Beatstep Pro – midi — iConnectMidi4+ — (midi over usb) — OP-1

Note this does not look like a midi channel issue. I think the OP-1 shares one midi channel setting for both drum mode and synth mode anyway.

I can play the OP-1 synths from the Beatstep Pro synth sequencers and the Beatstep Pro drum sequencer, but I can’t play the OP-1 drums from either. The OP-1 just stops responding when I change to drum mode.

Any advice would be much appreciated.




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#16

It will be to do with your pitch range I think. I have a feeling OP-1s pitch is the fist two octaves ,for drums, low down the key range. Shift your octaves about you are sending from Beatstep, search about. Give that a try.

#17

^ drum only responds to midi note 37 thru whatever 37+24 is….61?

#18

my bad its actually midi note 53 - 76.