unexpectedbowtie wrote:
JaffaCakeMexica wrote:

I heard that all of the pocket operator series have no sharps or flats...only diatonic...

can anyone confirm or deny?

Not sure about all of them, but previous models have been based primarily on that idea:

https://www.operator-1.com/index.php?p= … ment_10821

You can get flats/sharps by using effect parameters, but it feels like a bit of a pain to do so.

I have the first gen line with the synth and the drum (12 and 16) and have been using the 20 (arcade)  - the arcade operates differently - you write in cmaj (so to speak) but you also set up chords and it plays in key to the chords  - eg: if you set it up to be - d-e-f in the sequence, if you set the chord to em it will go f#-g-a, same with the arpeggio instruments - also the chords can be set in sequence and the notes shift along with the chord changes. the pads on it correspond to the chords as well.