go to the devices screen in the app. if you have navigated somewhere else use the main menu to get there.
tap the scan button to show a list of ble devices available to your system.
this step is not necessary on android. note however that on android, location services permission is required for ble connection.
push the pair button on the backside of your OP-Z. tap to connect when it appears in the device list.
if you prefer you can use a usb-c to lightning adapter to get a wired connection with your ios device.
on android with usb-c you can connect directly, otherwise use an otg adapter.
this is the OP-Z external screen and main user interface. view and tweak the multitude of parameters on your OP-Z.
on most tracks you get an overview of all the control parameters. the parameter indicators are grouped into pages just like on the OP-Z itself.
tap any of the indicators to select the parameter for touch tweaking. notice how the dial led colors change to match the selected pagecolor.
drag your finger over the touch pad area to make fine adjustments to the selected parameter.
photomatic lets you sequence photos and videos, as well as tweak and apply live visual effects. choose images and videos from your photo library or snap new images directly in the app.
a photomatic camera roll consists of 24 image slots. play the piano keys on track 16 to display the corresponding images or videos. you can sequence these changes just like you program musical notes.
use the navigation arrows to choose the active image slot.
tip: press the area between the navigation arrows to re-trigger the slot. this is useful to restart videos and photos that have animations.
there are 10 photomatic rolls avaiable. switch roll by tapping the current roll text in the status bar.
it’s also possible to switch roll by holding shift and pressing the black keys 1-10.
here you can tweak the midi connectivity settingsof your OP-Z.
select a parameter indicator and use the touch pad to edit the midi control change number it sends out.
tap the + and – buttons to edit the midi channel used by this track.
toggle the global midi settings by tapping these boxes. refer to the midi reference section for detailed descriptions of these settings.
the OP-Z app supports external displays over the ios lightning to hdmi adapter. simply connect the adapter to your ios device and run an hdmi cable from the adapter to an external display or projector.
photomatic and motion will automatically render to the external display. the app user interface stays on the ios device screen.
on android refer to your device vendor on how to connect external displays.
pro-tip: if you want to go fullscreen while using photomatic or motion you can tap the black bottom bar on either side of the videopak name or roll name.
using itunes: connect your ios device to your computer and launch itunes. click the minuscule device button next to the music dropdown in itunes.
click file sharing in the ios device panel to the left. select OP-Z in the list of available apps. under OP-Z documents to the right you will see a few folders.
the photomatic folder contains all your photomatic camera rolls. drag and drop the photomatic folder from itunes to your desktop. in the folder there are 10 subfolders, one for each photomatic camera roll. each roll folder contains up to 24 images and videos and a simple configuration file called camerarollroll.json. if you edit the image content of a roll folder, trash the configuration file - the app will rebuild it once you relaunch. when you are done drag and drop the photomatic folder back to itunes to replace the old folder.
the motion folder is used to install custom videopaks. videopaks are designed in videolab, our unity toolkit. learn more about videolab on github.
to install a custom videopak simply drag and drop it into the videopaks folder in itunes.