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In hardware terms, it's the same price as a Yamaha Montage. The OP-1 isn't good value for money no matter how you look at it.

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Sorry, didn't want to give the impression that the OP-1 (original or this one) is good money spent, because that I don't think. The price of this (+ the rest of their products) are wildly over-priced. I was more talking about the whole software VS hardware side of things.

If I had $2000 to throw around, I'd buy a Syntakt + Digitone/Digitakt instead and get a setup that could do whatever I want + more.

No, I was just pointing out that its functionality doesn't really justify the price tag when you compare it with what's also available elsewhere. £2,000 would also buy you a Korg Minilogue XD, a Korg Opsix, a Korg Wavestate AND some form of groovebox or hardware sequencer to tie them all together, if you like small form factor gear.

> No, I was just pointing out that its functionality doesn't really justify the price tag when you compare it with what's also available elsewhere

Yeah, I agree with that, which I thought my previous comment made clear, maybe I wasn't clear enough.

Utility decreases as one acquires more money. For someone with a lot of money the OP-1 might be worth it.

But yes, on an objective scale, the OP-1 is not competitive.

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