OP-Z 9. Screen/Mic/Arp/Tape

Question 1

Answer 1

the fourth index button on the top side of OP-Z is called screen. the screen button is used to display the current battery charge, or used in conjunction with the app to navigate around or to display the current battery status.when using the OP-Z standalone, you can press and hold screen to show the current battery level of the OP-Z internal battery.when using the OP-Z connected to the app, holding screen and at the same time turning the dials will allow you to navigate through app pages.
screen is also used to activate the camera on photomatic.

Question 2

OP-Z has a built-in microphone. this can be found on the left side of the unit, next to the volume knob and the mic led indicator.
to activate the microphone hold and tilt the unit, so that this left side is facing upwards. the mic led will be green.

Answer 2

OP-Z has a built-in microphone. this can be found on the left side of the unit, next to the volume knob and the mic led indicator.
to activate the microphone hold and tilt the unit, so that this left side is facing upwards. the mic led will be green.

Question 3

Answer 3

press project button to increase mic volume

Question 4

Answer 4

press the mixer button to decrease mic volume

Question 5

Answer 5

press to toggle between FX1, FX2, both FX1 & FX2, and no effect.

Question 6

Answer 6

press and hold to enable the microphone. the mic led will be red.

Question 7

Answer 7

having a headset connected to OP-Z and pressing the headset answer button will toggle headset mode. this will disable the built-in microphone and activate the headset mic.

Question 8

Answer 8

the mic led on OP-Z will be orange.
the volume and fx control buttons will function the same as in microphone mode, however the headset mic will be constantly enabled.

Question 9

Answer 9

the arp or arpeggio track functions slightly differently to other tracks. holding notes and chords will play an arpeggio pattern. the arp track has no lfo but instead has its own unique parameters.

Question 10

Answer 10

speed
turn the green dial to set the arpeggio speed, in eight different settings.

Question 11

Answer 11

pattern
the blue dial sets the arpeggio pattern type:

MANUAL

UP

DOWN

UP/DOWN

DOWN/UP

RANDOM

Question 12

Answer 12

style
use the yellow dial to set arpeggio style. this allows you to choose different rhythmic patterns for the arpeggio. there are six different rhythms.

Question 13

Answer 13

range
set the range of the arpeggio with the red dial. high values will add higher octaves to the pattern.

Question 14

pro-tip: put the arpeggio track into mono mode then increase the portamento for a sliding arp.

Answer 14

pro-tip: put the arpeggio track into mono mode then increase the portamento for a sliding arp.

Question 16

Answer 16

the tape track is an audio buffer that is constantly recording when in playback. it can be used for tape tricks and beat repeat style looping effects.

Question 17

Answer 17

speed coarse
set the speed of the buffer playback. left plays back at regular speed. scrolling right increases the speed and then once again decreases to a full stop.

Question 18

Answer 18

speed fine
the center position (led green) will play the buffer at normal speed. rotating left will play at half speed and rotating right will play at double speed.

Question 19

Answer 19

filter
control the filter of the tape effect.

Question 20

Answer 20

resonance
control the resonance on the tape filter.

Question 21

pro-tip: sending midi cc simultaneously to parameters 1 and 2 can result in some cool scratching effects.

Answer 21

pro-tip: sending midi cc simultaneously to parameters 1 and 2 can result in some cool scratching effects.

Question 22

Answer 22

the white keys are used to choose from which part of the buffer playback begins.

Question 23

Answer 23

the black keys choose the length of the tape loop with 1 being the shortest and 0 being the longest.