One more question for OP-Z owners - have you managed to make your OP-Z recognised by a MIO? When I connect mine with the factory cable, it doesn’t show up. My Keystep does; when I remove the Keystep from the MIO and attach the OP-Z, nothing shows up.
I’m sure I can get around it by running OP-Z as USB Host and connecting to one of the USB-B ports on the MIO instead, but I’m curious as to why the MIO’s not recognising it.
I don’t like devices that make sounds that I can’t disable. First thing I do with every new computer (for example) is disable all system sounds.
Good to know it can be disabled on the OP-Z… that was the one thing that made me cringe when watching the various intro videos. Does it always play through the speaker or does it come through headphones (and not the speaker) when they’re plugged in?
Yeh, I have ‘feature requested’ that they make the backlit keys switchable from the hardware rather than on or off all of time between computer connections as it is such a necessary feature for night time use…
Just received mine! For now, I’m giving the battery a full charge before having a first run… but nicely surprised already by the build quality. It’s heavier than I thought, the buttons feel good, and dem encoders, hmmmm…
Edit: while I’m here, what’s the best policy regarding charging, in order to keep the battery in tip top shape?
Dunno man it’s a normal lipo as far as I know. Probably similar to your phone? But then again, it’s replaceable, so I wouldn’t worry too much. Also, the op-z doesn’t draw large loads or do intensive charging so my guess is that battery will last forever.
The other day I tested it to sequence my MnM via iConnectMidi and the Op-1 via ipad (connect via bluetooth + midifire app).
Just played around with arpeggiator/step components till now and it seems to work well, but I did not look further into cc parameter changes, which should be probably the most fun.
Cool. I’d be interested in using the OP-Z to sequence my MnM and MD.
I’m hoping that I can just plug the op-z’s usb into my Kenton Midi usb host then connect to the MnM using a standard midi cable.
What about this so-called “dual domain synthesis”? Did they abandon that or am I not understanding something? I thought it’d be possible to have the audio play through the paired iOS device, so I could have it connected to speakers while free to use the op-z cable-free…
Also wondering if anyone’s tried any USB-C hubs with it; I have one for my recent macbook pro that has a few USB-A ports on it… might give it a try tomorrow with the nanoloop USB adaptor.
Ah gotcha. I didn’t realise the mode where you hold the screen button while powering up isn’t disk mode.