Hmm...this seems great. For some reason your GUI style is something Ableton themselves should look upon on. It looks very modern yet very "Live" oriented. Kudos. Everything you make is perfect example of true artistry. Keep up the good work.
@jimakaldun
8 ай бұрын
Sweat to god! this is absolutely brilliant!!!
@danielk.5784
Жыл бұрын
This is just surreal! Best Max For Live device ever? YES! One of the most inspiring Synthesizers from the past years? Absolutely!
@jonathanjacquet4628
Жыл бұрын
I love it! It would be great if there was a way to have a push 2 integration.
@abrakadeep8810
Жыл бұрын
Suggestions (for this already very great Device), I read through the comments and also added my own onto them : - Randomize Button for Everything (maybe also to decide what to randomize with a menu / or just everything - tick the boxes) - Push Integration for use in User Mode - Parameter Slides - Scale Function (lock seq notes into scale - option in which even the random generated notes - by applying modulation on the pitch - are also quantized in relation to the selected scale) - Midi Version (to use with Hardware / Outboard Gear eg. Elektron Machines) - Ipad Version / Mobile Version in general - to be continued possibly.... My own suggestions : - Being able to type in the Note Value of the Steps with the Keyboard - Higher Ratcheting Values (for even more glichy goodness) - More Fx that are applied in the Mixer - Distortion for example - Track Parameters going to higher values (or maybe even unsynced goodness to be chosen by Hz) - Zoom option for the Waveform View of Sampler - Master Level + Master Compressor for the Mixer (and omg think about having a Eq...) - to be continued possiblly....
@e4bigler
Жыл бұрын
Those are good ideas, but I think you're missing the point of this device. Fors makes creative tools that embrace simplicity and restriction to think less and play more. And it's not standalone ! Ableton can provide most of your suggestions.
@abrakadeep8810
Жыл бұрын
@@e4bigler Suggestions dont hurt i think :) Always sparks some creativity for somebody. I do really get what it does and im fairly happy how it does it ! Just some thoughts running around.
@slowgaffle
9 ай бұрын
Absolutely stunning design. It looks like monomachine, but not diabolically difficult
@BeatCapsule-ev4kh
7 ай бұрын
possibly the best plug-in I own, not to mention the Opal control in the same bundle which is also absolutely awesome.Thank for such an amazing product at an absurd honest price.
@clarkflavor
Жыл бұрын
This was an instant buy for me. I was a proud Digitakt owner a couple years ago but had to sell it and have been missing it ever since. Opal scratches the itch well enough though!!!
@JoshIsaak1070
Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful suite of plugins. One of the most inspirational devices I purchased in years. Kudos to Fors.
@chriswingzify
Жыл бұрын
Any chance of some push integration? Would love to use it in a user mode
@tijmen1949
Жыл бұрын
Would be quite powerful to link the patterns to the piano roll, eg C0=pattern 1, C#0=pattern 2 etc etc
@illegalgiant_
Жыл бұрын
been waiting for this before i purchase. cheers. i hope you take this well - the extension youve created of the elektron mindset is impressive and i relaly like the flexibility a computer brings these days. cheers
@nsjx
Жыл бұрын
The breadth of sound design this machine is capable of, comprised in one unit, is absolutely unreal. I've had my taxed after-work head in it since the weekend and my god. My only beef is those damn triggers ha ha. If I had a krona for every trigger I accidentally dumped by altering vel, but if I work on a trigger a long while then I'll copy the step or entire pattern before adjusting velocity slider. I am just floored by the variety of sounds and textures this thing is capable of. Today I composed one entire ambient piece using all tracks in a single pattern. Imagine if this was a piece of hardware. Perhaps I'd never go back to working in Ableton again because this has all I need. Love love lurv it. Big applause for the Fors team
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! We’ll look into refining the velocity input, sorry about that.
@nsjx
Жыл бұрын
@@ForsFM No stress! Much appreciated!
@zomologorg
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for attaching a granular device to a sequencer. That's something I think hasn't been done before outside of ppooll and will be very helpful for creating granular ambient music with a rhythm (Tim Hecker comes to mind)
@Gallanitte
Жыл бұрын
Oooh, didn't realize it could do that! What is that workflow like? Do you sequence granulated sounds or granulate sequenced patterns?
@simonyricools
10 ай бұрын
I actually think you could do both. The former with the Slate Engine and the latter with the Flux effect. @@Gallanitte
@CharlieThorstenson
Жыл бұрын
Very inspiring device(s)! I’ve got your other stuff already and will for sure add this to my collection. Bra jobbat!
@UserName________
Жыл бұрын
You are a genius. Opal is probably the most stunning plugin, ever. I love it.
@toslinked
Жыл бұрын
excellent work. thank you for ever expanding the palette.❤
@harshrealm
Жыл бұрын
Is there a way to play the instruments with midi while they're in the "full Opal" mode with the sequencer? It seemed like Ess was doing it in this video to preview the sound while tweaking parameters, but when I try I see Ableton's midi metering shows activity, but Opal doesn't make any sound.
@pixelatedbeatz
Жыл бұрын
Best devices ever. * It would be nice to add the scale option in which even the random generated notes - by applying modulation on the pitch - are also quantized in relation to the selected scale . * Is it possible to copy the content (trigger or whole sequence) of one track to another one?
@pixelatedbeatz
Жыл бұрын
* A "SOLO" button would be also great to avoid going back and forth between the main/mixer section and the sequencer.
@publika6883
Жыл бұрын
Would love a randomize button for everything.
@shitpains
Жыл бұрын
+100
@pixelatedbeatz
Жыл бұрын
+++++++
@greyaltaer8788
Жыл бұрын
i second this, with accompanying constraint control.
@publika6883
Жыл бұрын
@@greyaltaer8788 pardon my ignorance, but what does constraint control mean in this case?
@greyaltaer8788
Жыл бұрын
@@publika6883 glad you asked. Constraint control would allow a user to apply different amounts of randomization. So if there was a constraint knob/slider next to the randomization button, turning it up to 100% before hitting the button would randomize the settings quite wildly and give you very unpredictable results. Turning the knob to 2% would perhaps (it is still randomization after all) give you slight variation on the initial or previous state of all the affected settings, giving you more predictable results when needed. I love the option of randomization for stumbling on new inspiration, but oftentimes the results can be unusable, so being able to dial in the amount can be helpful depending on how adventurous I’m feeling at that particular moment.
@BogdanRaczynskiMusic
Жыл бұрын
I am so into this intimate style of presentation.
@Jwissemann1
Жыл бұрын
Love all your products. is there any way to make them look a little larger in the device tray? They're sometimes hard to read, especially glanta and bokeh.
@marcin-talarczyk
Жыл бұрын
Amazing instrument. It will become my go-to drum machine for a long time. Thanks a lot, big kudos!
@scottfindley1345
11 ай бұрын
bro, such outstanding work.. I was all set to write that this is the most inspring and exciting 'plugin' Ive seen in 10 years.. but, I think its quite clear that I must expand that scope to 'all time, ever, the most wonderfly musical device, in or out of the box, that Ive ever encountered. And all in max. AND its more stable than many, many plugins. Your future is bright my friend
@JLeonSarmiento
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. This is amazing, so much diversity and flexibility in a relative low number of controls. Congrats!
@ElemuntDesign
Жыл бұрын
Could you perhaps add a scale function? Which locks sequencer notes into scale. It sounds kinda counter-intuitive maybe since we can mess with the semitones of each device, but you have added note selection and base key to the sequencer side. Could it maybe even lock the semitone pitch into scale on each device? Maybe too complex
@basswerkrec
Жыл бұрын
preferredly with microtonal options ;-)
@RevTheAcid
Жыл бұрын
As a DT user,I believe the workflow of opal is very awesome and familiar. Anyway, Edit a sequence with many parameters without visual feedback is very hard (I mean like DT or any Elektron devices. The parameter lock allows you to see the current status of edited value).
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate the feedback! We would like to look into visualizing the locks more, but it’s a tricky topic and had to wait until after the 1.0 release
@RevTheAcid
Жыл бұрын
@@ForsFM looking forward for the upgrade!🤌🏼
@elektrikpete
Жыл бұрын
@@ForsFM Will be an instant buy for me also if it becomes easier to see locked parameters on a given step with the resulting lock value [number or graphic]... :)
@wurlitsyzer9810
Жыл бұрын
will this eventually also get a vst version ? would be soooooo great. wonderful fm synth.
@CalendulaF
Жыл бұрын
A giant walkthrough, thanks so much. I was happy to learn that the Reverb-Send could be parameter locked, too. Great, elegant instrument, you and your team (?) designed there! Congratulations!
@Psioxify
Жыл бұрын
First Digitone, and now this... Amazing! Hopefully some deeper Midi integration is next up... can`t wait so start modulating all those juicy parameters!
@_Sundrugs
Жыл бұрын
It looks and sounds awesome. I was afraid of mixing whole 5 sources but then, at the end of video you showed us the routing!
@taylorphillips6869
3 ай бұрын
Can I ask how you're navigating between parameters with your keyboard so quickly? For example around 59:48. It seems like you're using your keyboard, but I could be mistaken
@paradiddle16
Жыл бұрын
I'm picking this up for sure! Really liked the whole stream as it was really informative regarding synthesis in general and well explained. Thank you!
@victorroberts4637
Жыл бұрын
Looks amazing! So the seq is it's own Live device? Meaning we can use the seq and it's param locks etc to trig and control other Live devices and params? Also - can we use/map the seq to a Push 2/3? Thanks!
@QuantumSynths1
8 ай бұрын
Is it possible to output midi and cc info to another VST like Omnisphere? I get the tight integration with your own synths but I’d also like to use the sequencer with other VSTs. Thanks.
@armaturesmusic
Жыл бұрын
You can just see how much thought and hard work has gone into every aspect of this, the sound, the ux, the learning. Well done! I just got kit so I'm saving this for my next purchase otherwise it'll never finish my next release 😂
@lookmomonlycomputer
Жыл бұрын
this is absolutely mind blowing piece of gem...and an insta buy, hope this one is not so complicated to apprehend. The one thing missing? Not random push 2 implementation , and this will be blast everything
@neonmelk
Жыл бұрын
Nothing like a tour by the developer himself ! Thanks to this Show and Tell, the deepness of Opal is now more glorious than ever !
@devonhansen7705
Жыл бұрын
just bought Opal and it's fantastic. would love to be able to do "trigless locks", hopefully it'll be in a future update!
@Spacerboy
Жыл бұрын
Bought this and it is unbelievable great. Thanks a lot! Worth every cent! Looking forward to updates and other Fors M4L tools.
@Bernifacators
Жыл бұрын
I can't get slate to load any samples. I drag the file over and it loads up top but no waveform appears in the box and it still says to add a sample. Any ideas?
@sophiao4580
Жыл бұрын
really really love this instrument, and such an interesting and in-depth walk through. THANK YOU
@fleshback
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant device! Such a sound design playground oO I love it!
@hereiskinder
Жыл бұрын
Hey! Loving it so far.. having trouble loading samples into Slate though. Is there a specific file type we need to use? 16/24 bit or 44.1/48?
@remy5356
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. Best software instrument i bought in ages!
@actrntwrk
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic, very inspiring device! Will you also offer the sequencer as a standalone version? Would love to use it to sequence other plugins. ❤
@kreativ_sein
Жыл бұрын
hi, will opal available for push 3 in the feature? i love it so much!
@RobotSnake
Жыл бұрын
It works on Push 3.
@tomwatson7626
9 ай бұрын
Is there a way to save presets from the individual instruments and then load them into full Opal?
@leonprofes8544
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic device. Still exploring it every day something new. Is there a way to record MIDI out of a sequencer for further arrangement? Am I missing something? No mention in manual.
@jonsamwell5268
Жыл бұрын
Is there anyway to lock the synth engines to a scale, so it's working in key to the rest of the track your making for example?
@EggZema_
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love the UI design on this one. Also it sounds great!
@RedCloudServices
Жыл бұрын
Ableton/Max only? 😢 this would be wildly popular as AU plugin is that possible this year?
@mathieumorel448
Жыл бұрын
Sorry if I missed it, but can I use only the sequencer on anything else, maybe program the parameter locks on whatever/wherever I need, like driving my modular? Thanks a lot
@fumarolas
Жыл бұрын
Super smart devices!!! I'm so happy to see some P-locking in Live. I think I'll use the standalones a lot too. They sound so fresh. One thing though. The standalone devices can be a bit small and fiddly to tweak and program. A way around this could be to group and assign to Live's macros. But I don't think it's supported. Which is a shame, that means we can't take advantage of Live's macros snapshots or macros randomization.
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
You can try with a larger UI zoom setting in Ableton Live - but also, the individual devices are mappable, but you need to map to the numbers beneath the graphical controls
@fumarolas
Жыл бұрын
@@ForsFM Thanks, I'll try that. Maybe I'm just getting old.
@fumarolas
Жыл бұрын
@@ForsFM Thanks a lot for the reply. I'll try a slightly larger UI. Is there a switch, to make the devices polyphonic?
@TollTres
Жыл бұрын
amazing plugin. I recently started getting this max msp error :dictwrap: no dictionary named pattern_0, cannot access values /// gen~: doesn't understand "lfo_wave" after I started using push2 - is it a known thing? doesnt seem to affect anything but just curious about what it is ?
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
Don't worry about it. All expected. :~)
@paulmcmc4005
7 ай бұрын
Please release an iOS version 🙏 Sales would go through the roof. What an amazing device - well done!
@stephenwey3382
Жыл бұрын
How do you save the colour? When I set it it goes back to the default next time I open Opal
@nawothnig
4 ай бұрын
perfect plugin cause i was too broke to afford a syntakt. I use the individual opal devices in many of my tracks now! :)
@muttmuttmutt
Жыл бұрын
my new favorite device
@TeddyBaas
Жыл бұрын
its very easy to deselect a trigger when moving around locks and other parameters under the trigger, which can be frustrating when you don't remember the exact tweaks on that step , can there be an undo button in the next update ? Also will there be a way to click on a step and preview it instead of having to run the sequencer? Thanks
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
We'll look into refining that a bit. For what it's worth, a step is never considered to be deleted until you release the mouse button, so you can keep dragging in order to avoid that for example. Using the Undo in Live (Cmd+Z/Ctrl+Z) will undo the last changes in Opal. Step preview is on its way. :-)
@vpnikolov
Жыл бұрын
@@ForsFM using it with a mousepad on a macbook pro is a nightmare, I've managed to delete almost every step I try to change the velocity of...
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
@@vpnikolov All we use is the trackpad on a Macbook Pro - maybe there is something going wrong? Please send us an email describing your issue to hi@fors.fm and we'll look into this
@mementomori5974
Жыл бұрын
Is there an external controller that fits good with Opal ?
@Bensen3000
Жыл бұрын
We need something like that or exactly that as an iOS Instrument/App !!!
@RedmotionGames
Жыл бұрын
Looks and sounds amazing! The only thing I was struggling with during the demo was the tiny dot indicating the position of playback in the sequence. It's very difficult to see and it should probably be in a much more visible colour. So you can see it in the corner of your eye while looking elsewhere on the interface. Maybe it's more obvious in Ableton, guess it could be the frame rate of the video capture.
@mykolakorzh
Жыл бұрын
Learned about and bought Opal yesterday. So now I'm trying to get along with Live - as my daily daw is gb))
@Ibbys_space
9 ай бұрын
happy birthday to opal!
@sargeant45
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful Ess! Great information in here
@leonprofes8544
Жыл бұрын
Anddd..purchased!! I don't remember I had so much fun with any other M4L device ever before. Effortless Techno device. Of course you can build any kind of music in it. Is there any chance we can access patches from the video (your outro)* I am either blind or these are not shipped with the product. No problem though, just asking to learn more from the patches shown in your video.
@dumafuji
11 ай бұрын
Lovely like always.
@ImplosiveCatt
8 ай бұрын
Impressive. While I believe this could be achievable with free individual max devices, racks and complex routings, having it all logically and intuitive laid out in a single device is a blessing. It would be nice to have something what Novation in Launchpad Pro MK3 calls "Mutation". Basically an alter parameter/pitch per step with probability option. Is there a reason for not having backwards and random sequence play?
@AvianBreak
Жыл бұрын
I love your devices! Some of your other devices let you use the sequencer for MIDI. Any chance that could be done here as well? Reason I ask is that this sequencer is excellent!
@ici1140
Жыл бұрын
Hi ! What do you use to control Opal so quickly? Thanks
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
Just a laptop
@saffammusic6016
Жыл бұрын
Is there any controller suited for this one? Would love to get my hands on and jam
@greyaltaer8788
Жыл бұрын
rich is exactly how i’d describe the sound of all fors instruments!
@raggamuffin2349
Жыл бұрын
great video! Is there any way we can have access to some of the patches shown in this video?
@tomdagone1844
Жыл бұрын
awesome. instant buy!!!!
@ms6465
Жыл бұрын
Is there a way to use the sequencer part only to send midi to external gear?
@altseason_musik
Жыл бұрын
if I am not mistaken yes you can, but only on the 1.2 version (but I am not sure now)
@Artek604
Жыл бұрын
Any chance for a sale soon? ;) This looks awesome! Have you considered making it follow Live's theme? Your devices look spectacular in terms of GUI and UX (and obviously sound great, too!), but I prefer to not have "foreign" looking colours in the rack.
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
It follows the Live theme by default, but it has the option to set your own accent color. :-)
@Artek604
Жыл бұрын
@@ForsFM Oh, that's awesome!
@lalolanda2239
Жыл бұрын
thanks you for giving it away
@BogdanRaczynskiMusic
Жыл бұрын
thank you
@aurexlive
Жыл бұрын
Anyone knows how the integration with Ableton PUSH is? That would make this utterly awesome!
@marcinkoneczny9683
Жыл бұрын
Corrosion is a Banger! I can hear it in the Club.
@bartleblans6570
Жыл бұрын
Great device! Thank you!
@iamelohym
Жыл бұрын
Excellent new Device!
@muttmuttmutt
Жыл бұрын
This is insane!!!!!!
@f_stop
Жыл бұрын
Outstanding.
@Yulis-ho7xp
Жыл бұрын
Do you have any plans to port to push2 or ios?
@antonorazem8315
Жыл бұрын
Can we get a midi version so we can start using Opal with Elektron Devices?
@VanillaSoul
Жыл бұрын
Back to this video for the 10th time to figure out what a button does.
@VanillaSoul
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I can't figure out why preset files from your own bank is not json files. It's something else and won't import any info at all.
@འབྲུག-ན2ཅ
Жыл бұрын
So insane!
@karmac0ma
Жыл бұрын
How hands on would the controls be with, say, a Novation Launchkey?
@karmac0ma
Жыл бұрын
Do you recommend using the Ableton push with this?
@jujxuellop5952
Жыл бұрын
very pedagogic, as always! Great work! Will Opal be compatible with Bitwig? Cheers!
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
Since it’s a Max for Live device it will unfortunately not be compatible with Bitwig
@KnzoVortex
Жыл бұрын
@@ForsFM Do you guys think you could possibly use RNBO to make it into a VST device? I am no expert in Max and don't know if Max is identical to M4L or if a port to RNBO would be easy, but I think it's something to look into. It would be super sick if we people from daws other than Ableton could use Opal as a VST. Regardless, fantastic work, got some great tones here.
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
@@KnzoVortex No, RNBO cannot be used to port this
@agressiveburito9855
3 ай бұрын
I had to update max for live to use it now my ableton 10 suite is so slow and crashes :/ anyone has this issue ?
@JustinThomasProducer
4 ай бұрын
My Dream machine is finally a reality .Buying Opal and Cycle . Do the work together well ?
@blutrottechno
Жыл бұрын
Any plans to add a distortion effect in the future? I'd love that.
@tylerfetherston3208
10 ай бұрын
I watched a quarter of this video before I realized this is the guy that made the pluggin 😂
@chrisllopis00
Жыл бұрын
Is there a swing/shuffle function in the sequencer?
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
You can nudge each step forward in time, so you can effectively program swing.
@sim586
Жыл бұрын
Incredibly inspiring instrument, thank you. Would there be any way of adding or a workaround to create a global swing amount?@@ForsFM
@ejmikk
Жыл бұрын
I love your stuff! Would you ever consider making something like an fm groovebox app for the iPad? I think the iPad is still missing a self-contained (non-sampler) music making app with the same kind of awesome sound, usability and yet complexity that your designs have! :) Samplr is pretty much the only near-perfect iPad music making app there is (although Flip and Koala are also very cool), all the others are either too simple, or try to too much like a full-on daw, thus being too complex to be fun.
@MrVoonix
Жыл бұрын
A few more questions which haven't been asked in the stream: 1. You mention in the stream that "you all" worked on Opal for a long time. So you aren't the lone developer anymore at Fors? 2. How did you create these lovely knob/button graphics? What software did you use?
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
We recently became a team of three, with one more developer joining us. Opal was however ~98% developed by Ess. The whole device is made in Max (cycling74.com), with most of the UI elements programmed in JavaScript using a component called JSUI
@MrVoonix
Жыл бұрын
@@ForsFM I know that it was created in Max :) Im a max/msp developer on my own. I guess Ess also did the UI. If I remember correctly he also did many UI graphics on the Digitone.
@ForsFM
Жыл бұрын
@@MrVoonix Gotcha! Just wanted to make sure it was crystal clear. :-) Yes, did indeed design the Digitakt, Digitone, Model:etc UI ...
@ToadstoolLive
Жыл бұрын
nice , why doesnt work here in my ableton 11 tells my max is old version =/
@luminouscloud1269
9 ай бұрын
It gets wonky when I try to load more then 5 sequencers. Using them in Drum Rack cells…
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