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I'm not sure if it's worth it yet because it has not been delivered yet, but it's a new Synthesiser I've wanted for a number of years.
Looking forward to the wave of creativity that usually follows when I get new gear
Whatcha getting?
I grabbed the OP-1 Field off the back of their (sorta) choose your own price thing they're doing this month.
I've messed around with a friend's original OP-1 a number of times and I just find it a really creative way to get some ideas down quickly. It's also quite different from my usual workflow, so it means I don't fall into the same comfortable techniques.
Oh that is interesting. I always think those little TE units sound great and I love what others do with them in live jams, but the price and workflow makes my brain wince. It's cool to see them experimenting with pricing. Taking yourself into unfamiliar workflows sounds like a great way to steer yourself toward different results.
I'm relatively new in my journey with keyed instruments. I went into it originally wanting a synth of some sort, but the gf says her ears bleed from me watching gear video. I ended up with a Mark I Rhodes, and that lead me to taking piano lessons, so now I'm at the opposite end of where I started, though I hook my Roland piano to a laptop to play with VSTs and I have a Verselab to do electronic stuff when she's out doing stuff.
It's amazing how different the Rhodes, the piano, and a synth or organ are to use in a way that sounds correct, even though they all look like the same instrument. I feel I developed a lot musically from messing with all of them and I've learned to appreciate sounds and styles and genres I never would have pictured myself as interested in before.
I hope you have a lot of fun with it!