This video, via djthomaswhite, is a house song that explores the new “Nitro” effects processor on the Teenage Engineering OP-1, added in the new OS update.
Here’s what White has to say about Nitro:
Nitro is, or can be, many different types of effects depending on how you set it. As a base description it is a resonant bandpass filter with an envelope follower.
You can use it as the following modes:
– Lowpass Filter (sounds like 12db to me)
– Highpass Filter (same sounding slope)
– Bandpass Filter
– Auto Wah
– Sine Generator
The envelope follower affects each filter in a different amount it seems with the Lowpass filter getting more of the frequency sweep (to my ears only, not proven). I am thrilled to finally be able to remove the low end frequencies from patches and particularly audio samples. You could always do this with the main bus EQ, but now you can target specific drum kits and synth engines as you lay them down to tape tracks. This was the single biggest omission from the OP-1 OS for me and now it is here and awesome!
If you’ve tried out the updated OS, let us know what you think of it!
whorst tech demo in a while ; ‘D
bhest spelling evher ; ‘D
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Amazing! Nitro has made the OP-1 a truly useful machine. 🙂
Wow a filter! Unbelievable
So, it’s a State Variable filter?
(I can’t understand why synths don’t just use that instead of having different “modes” that you can’t switch between without getting pops)
OP-1 is still taking a lot of shit from the peanut gallery.
Maybe I’m just mellowing in my late 20’s, but I can’t understand all the constant negativity.
This is a cool product.
Op in price for plastic and squishy buttons – why not drop the price so we can appreciate it
Love OP-1! Its very fun to use.
I don’t have an OP-1 but I think the new effect sounds great, and the video as a whole has a groovy gallup. So why whenever this thing is mentioned do the cranky nut jobs appear? Cause people are fucking silly and self-righteous with an inflated sense of their own importance! The eternal human condition, now updated with inline commenting and like/dislike voting (hallelujah and God help us)