Re:Playdate – A New Handheld Gaming System
by liquidzoot on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:10PM
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Personally the association with Teenage Engineering makes me more concerned that this will not be as exciting as it sounds. TE's Op-1 is a fine piece of kit, but their recent offerings have been very underwhelming. Also the placement of the crank and the form factor look very un-ergonomic.
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Re:Playdate – A New Handheld Gaming System
by bduerst on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:28PM
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Can you comment on the Op-1 and what makes it great?
The OP-1 is a well built, self contained musical instrument (sequencing, synthesis/sampling, effects, mixing) with a very clean industrial design and solid construction.
The main issues people have with it are 1) long-standing software bugs that don’t get fixed 2) TE doesn’t seem that focused on producing it anymore- it was out of stock for a couple years, and they raised the price significantly on the new batches.
Re:Playdate – A New Handheld Gaming System
by mortenjorck on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @10:43PM
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It's an opinionated piece of hardware, designed and manufactured more or less uncompromisingly for a specific musician experience. I decided it's not for me (though its follow-up, the OP-Z, is a lot closer), but I absolutely adore Teenage Engineering's approach to pretty much everything, even when it's not personally my style.
https://streamable.com/ued04
made this in bed at 3am last night. sampled the vox straight from my phones headphone output into the line in on the op-1. its a beautiful piece of hardware that i take with me wherever i go.
Re:Playdate – A New Handheld Gaming System
by liquidzoot on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:18PM
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Not from personal experience, but it seems that it's an all around decent synth/sequencer/sampler that makes a good musical scratchpad. People like it, and if I had a g to spare, I might join in.