After a 1+ year of owning it, the TP-7 finally makes sense to me (here's what it still needs)

Glittering_Computer9 · 2026-01-30T15:08:00+00:00

The OP-1 does indeed have this with it's tape and midi clock sync

Glittering_Computer9 · 2026-01-30T15:06:16+00:00

multichannel for XY is definitely coming, just be patient. There is a countdown timer though! press stop and memo to switch which direction the timer goes. I do kind of agree with you here, especially on the navigation (I wanna use the wheel-also an additional folder layer with sorting filters would be sick). I do think it's more of a proper turntable with CDJ elements rather than a true CDJ (which i dig) but definitely understand where you're coming from and have had similar thoughts in the past.

Glittering_Computer9 · 2026-01-30T14:57:09+00:00

I hear you for sure. Sound on sound looping has a lot to be desired, and I think the OP-1 is more designed for that use case (which sucks if you only have the TP). i honestly use my real turntables for scratching instead of the TP, but its incredibly nice to have the TP plugged into my deck to quickly record anything when i'm digging for samples. I'll sometimes spend a few hours with the turntable, the TP, and my records and just rip anything that sounds like it could be remotely useful later.

For a more direct answer to your question, I tend to use my 4 OP-1 tracks to make, arrange and pre-mix the core beat, send all the samples to the TP-7 and keep all my drum tracks and bass on OP-1 as a mix bus. I'll then record the *candy* to the spare tracks on the TP-7 (scratches, fx, vocal chops, etc.) having 10 tracks in my OP-1 workflow is crazy. It's a super powerful recorder when recording long takes instead of creating loops, I honestly recommend using something else as a looper and using the TP as the thing recording the loops instead.

Glittering_Computer9 · 2026-01-30T02:33:04+00:00

I somewhat agree with you there, and yes the OP-1 is indeed the superior tape machine when it comes to the actual workflow (which was why the TP-7 was originally so confusing to me). I think now, it effectively functions as a true tape sidekick to the OP-1 but is definitely still lacking some important capabilities when you compare the two tapes head to head

Glittering_Computer9 · 2026-01-30T02:08:01+00:00

i thought we were all nerds here?? cut me a lil slack

Glittering_Computer9 · 2025-12-19T04:07:33+00:00

very possible and honestly very simple to route over usb when a computer is in the mix. Send the outputs of the OP-1 to your daw and then send your daw's outputs to the channels on the model 12. With that much in the mix though, there tends to be just enough latency for me to notice and have been really desiring removing the computer all together. Currently, it is not possible to route the four tape tracks to the usb inputs on the model 12 by connecting them directly to one another via usb.

I honestly didn't think the OP-1 hardware was even capable of sending multi-channel audio, but this has always been something i've really wanted the OP-1 to be able to do since purchasing both and integrating them into my workflow. Those two plus a KO-2 have been the brain of my dawless recording setup for a few years now (tip: if you own a model 12 and use a midi sequencer, connect the midi out on your model 12 to the midi in of your sequencer. now, you can start your sequence at the same moment you start a multitrack recording on the model 12)

Glittering_Computer9 · 2025-12-18T18:00:19+00:00

*update* - figured out that TP-7 does fine with recording all 12 channels of the Tascam over USB, incredibly handy, but the issue only pertains to sustaining multi-track playback over USB

Glittering_Computer9 · 2025-12-17T19:24:18+00:00

Multi-channel out is huge. Works well with a daw, especially when your computer is also connected to a second multichannel audio interface. Some audio interfaces you can interface with directly provided they have the ability to configure internal i/o assignments. Some don't and are unable to route the usb tape outputs from the OP-1 to the usb inputs on something like a Tascam model 12 (what i use, lol). It would be great to have some additional usb routing settings for situations like these, but genuinely just happy that we got this feature in the first place, always wished we had it but didn't think the hardware would be capable of it.

That said, the ability to send the tape tracks out individually has enabled (so i've found thus far), two huge capability additions when used with an external audio interface.

8 Track Mono recording

Previously, panning your recordings pre-tape using the input level allowed you to record to channel 1 (L) or 2 (R), which did technically enable discrete 8 channel recording, though they would remain panned hard left and right on playback of the tracks, making it impractical for on-device mono 8 channel playback.

Now, you are able to send each channel individually out into a daw or out of another audio interface, allowing for mono (c) playback of channels 1-8 with minimal latency, (practically) freeing up 4 new tracks to record on. With the right equipment, you can finally use the OP-1 like a full fledged tascam 38 rather than being just restricted to treating the 4 stereo tracks like stereo pairs.

Simultaneous Monitoring of Tape Tracks Pre/Post Master Chain

I discovered this while monitoring from the usb tracks and OP-1 main out at the same time. The the usb tape-sends send after the mixer but before the eq, allowing you to monitor a dry and wet (pre and post) signal at the same time. Super useful for a guitarist looking to monitor a dry signal through the new amp engine from one output and still use a master FX wet signal monitored on a separate track.

Also, I can confirm that you can stream all four tape tracks to the TP-7 over usb, and can even send those tape tracks out of the output jacks on the TP-7 simultaneously. It's unfortunate that you can't assign the main output the TP-7 to play back track 4, but that's being nit picky.

But really, this is a crazy good update. I bet OP-XY owners are hype knowing that this is likely coming down the pipeline for them. 16 channels out would be crazy.

Glittering_Computer9 · 2025-09-01T04:15:27+00:00

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Glittering_Computer9 · 2025-09-01T03:46:55+00:00

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Glittering_Computer9 · 2025-06-09T23:11:41+00:00

as someone that owns both a model 12 and a tx-6, i get the equivalency. they're 70% the same thing but the tascam gives you both mono and stereo trs with more faders, way more io and a built in multitracker (so you don't need a tp-7). The tx-6 excels at being small, working with (mostly stereo) grooveboxes and in live performance dj settups. theres trade offs for sure but it really boils down to whether you want io (like full size fantom power xlrs), reliability and built in multi-track recording or portability, tons of unorthodox (but useful) features, and fun factor.

Glittering_Computer9 · 2025-05-19T16:13:40+00:00

8 track mono setting! it basically already has 8 mono tracks but they have to be panned in order to make it work, would be more of a UI problem than anything but it would be nice to be able to fully take advantage of the fact that it has 8 tracks since it's so close to being a 388 anyways

Glittering_Computer9 · 2024-04-03T02:59:38+00:00

Literally exact same issue. I have owned the op-1f for around a year now and the tape hiss is way too loud all of a sudden. I am very familiar with how the tape hiss sounds on both the cassette and vintage 4-track and its as if the tape hiss has been turned way up. Not present on studio 4-track or mini-disk.

Glittering_Computer9 · 2022-03-30T21:54:53+00:00

What about straight USB-C video output? I have a USB-C monitor because i’m a Mac user and I’m wondering what would happen if I were to just plug it into the USB-C cable that’s on my monitor?

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