I’ve decided to compile everything that can be useful for beginners (and even advanced operators perhaps), and I need your help at that.
Firmware downloads and change logs
Guides and manuals
- Official guide by Teenage Engineering
- PDF adaptation of the official guide 1.2.45 by DerNeils
- PDF adaptation of the official guide 1.2.39 by u/nihilbaxtR (also on GitHub); also has outdated booklet and duplex booklet versions by u/wenceslaus
- The OP-Z Notebook (up to date) by Synthdawg – an extremely detailed manual sold for £2.90
Cheat sheets
- Sampling cheat sheet (single page) by u/Sullyrows
- Quickref sheets (2 pages) by u/spongefile
- Other cheat sheets from the thread by u/kr0n_0, potentially outdated: 1, 2 (by owl), 3 (by u/Latzenpratz)
- OP-Z Reference 1.2.28 by u/maskull
- Text cheat sheet (version unknown, made in early 2020) by u/inflam52
Compact cheat sheets (meant to fit on the back of your OP-Z)
- Compact cheat sheet 1.2.31 by u/marcusa3000, u/gonya707 and u/ArneRedKing
- Tiny manual 1.2.39 by submit.audio, meant to fit in your OP-Z case/sleeve
- Compact cheat sheet 1.2.17 (should still be relevant) by u/nihilbaxtR
Apps, web services, other OP-Z development
PC
- OP-Z Editor VST and standalone app with an 8-track overview and direct access to controls, video here, sold for €6.90/$7.90
- Underbridge Pro/Underbridge Classic Win/Linux/Mac app for exporting track stems (+MIDI in the Pro) from the OP-Z by u/BKLronin (thread, thread), the Classic version is free, the Pro is sold for $15
- OP-to-LIVE 0.1 app for recording tracks/stems from OP-Z to Ableton Live by u/uckermark, sold here (you choose the price, starts from zero), requires ClyphX-Pro (separate purchase), tutorial here; not maintained anymore
- omnivore OP-1/OP-Z/PO-33 sample packer (thread 1, thread 2) a CLI tool (Win/Mac/Linux) for managing samples by u/verylongtimelurker
Mobile
- zed Android app for backing up and restoring your OP-Z by u/botteaap
- OP-Z Modes Calculator for iOS by u/CircularSpace (thread), sold for $1
- MAX/MSP Mira controller interface by u/manysounds
- OP-Z Buddy, an alternative OP-Z Android companion by u/komalnaath, released before the official app, paid but I can’t remember the price (supposedly deprecated as we have the official app now)
Web apps and web services
- op1z web app and library for slicing drum and melodic samples, made by Zack Scholl
- OP-Z Packs a marketplace for OP-Z projects and sample packs by u/cslofthus
- OP-Z presets for the MIDI Surf web app made by Mo Chreach!
- web apps by Nathan Wilson made with his OPZ.js parser
Other
- Z-PO Project, a research of OP-Z (including a detailed explanation of the file format) by u/_Lrk_1
- OPZ.js parser for MIDI received from OP-Z sequencer by Nathan Wilson
Hacks
- Zedirol 2 multichannel video mixer (videopak hack) by u/ExtasyJones (another thread)
- Sidechain ducking videopak hack for ducking by u/Mystical-Monkeys (thread), sold for $2
- SEQUENCECOPY videopak hack for copying sequences to another track within the same pattern by u/Mystical-Monkeys (thread), sold for $2
- Chords! videopak hack for adding chord mode by Chris Wells Wood (thread, thread)
- Tombola and XY pad videopak hacks (a remake of the OP-1 Tombola generative sequencer and an XY pad with gyro support) by Roman Garms (interview)
- a way to downgrade the OP-Z app on iOS (requires Windows and the old OP-Z app build number, which for 1.2.18 is 843553198)
Discussion boards
- r/opz (obviously), r/opzuser (the latter got temporarily locked so I gained control of the former, now it’s back but I’ve decided to keep r/opz active and this post is a part of my plan to develop it)
- https://op-forums.com/c/op-z
- Unofficial Teenage Engineering Discord server
- Videolab Creators Discord server (videopak creation discussion)
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