Teenage Engineering OP-Z 16-Track Synthesizer

Teenage Engineering OP-Z 16-Track Synthesizer Overview

The Teenage Engineering OP–Z is the first stand-alone 16-track sequencer that allows synchronised live composition of music, visuals and lights. The OP-Z is one of a kind.

Born to be portable at just 212.5 mm wide, 57.5 mm in height and 10 mm thick, it weighs in at just 850g. With the absence of a screen, Teenage Engineering introduces the concept of ’bring your own display’ - use your iPhone, iPad or computer - the OP-Z is built for people on the move that already carry a great display in their pocket.

Packed with multiple synthesiser engines, beats, samples, effects, visuals and preset patterns, the OP-Z also has the ability to control up to 16 lights through DMX, it has Unity 3d® integration to let you interact with your own 3D worlds, as well a built-in photomatic feature which allows you to instantly sequence images taken with your smartphone camera.

OP–Z is an advanced fully portable 16-track sequencer and synthesizer, with a range of both sample-based and synthesis based sounds. it’s the world’s first stand-alone sequencer of its kind, that lets you sequence music, visuals, lights and more.

OP–Z can be used completely stand-alone and comes with an intuitive led lit interface. when you want next-level real-time visual feedback, use the screen you already have in your pocket*.

*Currently available for ios, mac, and android.

hardware features include a USB-c host and device, wireless communication over ble, 4-pin 3.5 mm stereo headphone and line-out, accelerometer, user-replaceable battery and built-in microphone.

*OP–Z comes with a USB-c to USB-a 2.0 cable.

component based step sequencing.

one of the basic concepts of the
OP–Z is its ability to run each track totally independent from one another. tracks can run at various speeds and have different lengths and loop points. separate tracks can even jump-cut back and forth irregularly and randomly if you want. using this you can make a short sequence sound more or less different each time it is repeated in your composition.

a composition is divided into tracks and each track is built from sequencer steps – just as you are used to, but on top of that, we have added something truly unique we call step components that adds an extra dimension of instructions for each step. this new tool makes composing a track much more dynamic, deep and rich – a long-needed addition to traditional sequencing.

the tracks on the OP–Z is polymetric. meaning that each track has a dynamic track length from 1 up to 144 steps. making it possible to work in high or low track resolution. you can choose to go completely off-grid or stay 100% quantized. thanks to the OP–Z real-time melodic analysis you can at any time automatically transpose whole sequences in different scales across six octaves.