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Original Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer beside headphones and a cup, with its colored encoders visible

The original OP-1 uses color to give physical controls a clear role

justin lincoln / Wikimedia Commons. Original photograph, scaled for display. · Image license

Design archive: Teenage Engineering’s portable instrument shows how a few colored encoders can organize a dense set of functions.