Music Radar caught Teenage Engineering, makers of the OP-1 portable synthesizer and controller, at the first day of Frankfurt Musikmesse ’09. Not a whole lot more information is available, but it pretty much shoots down the bizarre claims some folks were making in the comments that the OP-1 is a hoax or April Fool’s prank.
Previously • Teenage Engineer OP-1 synth & controller (sound test)
Looks like fun.
Hopefully we’ll see this released within the time frame specified.
Another day, another look at it, and still, DO WANT.
I signed up for the beta, just hope I get a look in!
I signed up for the beta as well. It seems like just the kind of tiny, baggable yummy thing to make long car rides more fun. They keyboard is a bit of an oddity, but I get along pretty well with my NANOKey, and this can only be better than that!
I especially love the idea of an inbuilt FM radio to grab samples from. I love companies that make fun, brain-twisting features like that a priority.
Then again, I get a lot done with just beatboxing and singing into the iPhone with Beatmaker…