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I remember buying the first OP-1 when it came out for something around $700 and even then thought "wow, this is a stretch". Since then they _raised_ the price of the original north of $1k. Don't get me wrong, TE makes incredible stuff and the OP-1 is no exception, but the price point just doesn't make sense unless you have serious money to burn. I had the same reaction to you after seeing the price for the mk2. At least, like a lot of synths, they hold their value?

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> At least, like a lot of synths, they hold their value?

Like most synths, it seems so. Obviously not adjusted for the launch of the new "field" OP-1 yet, but locally (EU country) the OP-1 seems to go for about 700-1000 EUR second-hand. New one in stores here seems to still be 1100+ EUR (closest store to me lists it at ~1200 EUR new).

> but the price point just doesn't make sense unless you have serious money to burn.

Meanwhile, the OP-1 was used on like 40% of all modern pop music production process.

I think the market is massively successful artists and they know they will pay.

40%? That seems like a lot. Where did that number come from?

> Meanwhile, the OP-1 was used on like 40% of all modern pop music production process.

I’d love to see a citation for that. Lots of artists use it for demos, and it’s a good live tool, but if you look at modern pop it’s being produced with soft synths or Sequentials, Rolands, Korgs, etc.

> Meanwhile, the OP-1 was used on like 40% of all modern pop music production process.

Citation needed, given how poorly its synthesizer engine sounds, I do not believe that the case one second. It's certainly hip among hobbyists though because praised by a bunch of youtube influencers...

To me your comment sounds like something you just made up entirely.

source?

Absolutely not. Ableton Live is used much more and I would be suprised if their market share was 40%.

Absolutely no way.

LOL! Blatantly false.

What a crock.

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