TEENAGE ENGINEERING OP-1 ESSENTIAL 8-BIT WAVES PATCH PACK
Hey everyone! I do art stuff, but off to the side I’ve always had an interest in music. I picked up an OP-1 last year and have been having a blast with it. I wanted to share a simple but useful patch pack I made which consists of 8 very accurately tuned presets for the DrWave engine. Note: These aren’t samples! The pack contains the following presets as a kind-of one-stop-shop for the simplest synth sounds you can get from the OP-1. In order of appearance in the preview sample:
1/5 PULSE, ¼ PULSE, 1/3 PULSE - These three have a pretty classic NES-esque sound. Snappy.
SAWTOOTH - A sharp buzz with character great for leads.
SINE WAVE - The cleanest sine wave I could draw with the engine. Sounds soft and melodic.
SQUARE WAVE - A straight two-bit square wave. Loud and in your face.
HARD, SOFT TRIANGLE WAVE - Not as harsh as a sawtooth, more up-front than a sine. These two are the same wavelength but two different resolutions. Hard has fewer steps giving it more grit, sounds great for bass lines. Soft is cleaner and sounds softer, good for accompaniment.
All patches have a preset delay effect and vibrato LFO set up but disabled by default. When these are turned on, it adds some retro game flair. Give the orange knob a little turn to add some phasing expression, (reminds me of how DOS games used to sound.) Lastly, be sure mess with the envelope settings to shape the waves into other simulated types of 8-Bit instruments and effects.
Happy chiptuning!
Credit: OP-1 pixel graphic based on artwork by Halley’s Call (SoundCloud)
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