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YouTuber Playpm puts things in perspective by showing how to reproduce the $1,999 OP-1 field's sound with free software on a budget laptop
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YouTuber Playpm puts things in perspective by showing how to reproduce the $1,999 OP-1 field's sound with free software on a budget laptop
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