Is Teenage Engineering about to release the OP-2?
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Teenage Engineering has a huge product announcement to make on the 30th of September. They say they’ve been working on it for years and it’s great for the outdoors. Is it the OP-2 or a hammock?
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The OP-1 released in 2011 is undoubtedly Teenage Engineering’s most popular magical device. They say they’ve been working on this new product for 6 years and so that time scale would be about right if they were thinking about improving the much-loved sampler, synthesizer, sequencer, recorder box thing.
However, the other clue they give is that it’s “great for the outdoors“. That could mean anything. Most of their gadgets so far take batteries and have speakers and so portability and making music outside are something they already do. They have branched out into all sorts of things with speakers, Ikea furniture and other bits and bobs so for all we know it could be a musical mosquito repeller, a Teenage Engineering camping stove or perhaps a hammock.
The Instagram post that announces the 30th of September release doesn’t give you much to go on but there is something in the first image on a low table that’s suspiciously pixelated. It could be the size of a speaker or a cafetiere of coffee. Some wag in the comments suggests that it’s a bong and that’s why it’s pixelated.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEcHs8cFbah/
At this point anything is possible. TE says that they will give another clue every Friday. More importantly, they say that they are already in production and stock is coming in which is unusual for a TE release and very welcome. It also means that the possibility of leaks is quite high, so watch this space.
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4 responses to “Is Teenage Engineering about to release the OP-2?”
I honestly think you’re on to something with the hammock suggestion, the “don’t sleep on it” gives it away.
If it’s a OP-2 i hope it will be a better sounding a more serious sound design tool than the OP-1.
The OP-1 hardware was great but i returned it because it was not professional enough for my tast, for instance the synths only had a few parameters and there was no good sequencer.
There is this OP-Z so think there is little chance they release another one.
If it’s good enough for Bon Iver’s live rig, it’s good enough for me.
Not buying the “not professional enough” argument. If you shelled out almost a $1000.00 for it, you knew what you were getting. Red means recording on youtube figured out how to use it, you didnt. “Great for the outdoors” could mean great for the environment? Or some form of field recorder to go with the field bus minivan.