Journey Now with Sergey

Mastering the OP-1 Essentials

Go through the plan chapter by chapter, practice as you go, and get to produce a complete musical idea on the OP-1.
Sergey has turned this know-how into a guide: short explanations, practical tasks and tips that you follow in the Journey Now app over a few weeks.

See the whole path before you start

a few weeks
at your own pace

Learn the core architecture of the OP-1, from sound design and sequencing to the unique destructive workflow of tape recording.

Cycle Through the Four Pages

Practice
The Four Pillars of Sound

Theory
Hardware vs Software Expectations

Reflection
Mastering the Color-Coded Knobs

Theory
Select and Tweak an Engine

Practice
Navigating the Interface

Reflection

Journey Now app: the next materials from the plan, each marked with its source

Your journey happens in the Journey Now app

Start here, continue in the app. Subscribe on this page, then log in to the Journey Now app with the same account — the journey is already waiting there.
Chapter by chapter. Each chapter pairs something to understand with something to try, in the order Sergey set, with the next step always in sight.
Practice around your week. Pick a time for a practical task and it lands in your calendar — move it when life moves.
Ask when you’re stuck. A chat under every material knows what you’re working on and answers questions about it.

More about Journey Now app

An app built by learning experts

The team behind the Journey Now app has spent years building learning programs with universities, education companies, global brands and creators, including:

TripleTen · Nebius Group
adidas
Miro
Harbour Space University
Esquire
Yandex Practicum
Princeton University
Forbes
Teach For All
British Council
Impact Hub
Barcelona Academy of Art

From watching how it’s done to doing it yourself

Subscribe to this journey and make it real, guided by Sergey’s experience, inside the Journey Now app. When you finish this one, pick the next one or build your own.

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Questions before you start

Free videos and posts show what to do. The journey is Sergey’s know-how put in order, with practical tasks — and the Journey Now app adds a calendar to plan them and a chat for when you get stuck.

Sergey made the material it’s built on and approved the journey before it went live. AI helps arrange it into chapters and answers your questions in the chat.

Yes — the journey itself lives in the Journey Now app. It’s free to download, and you log in with the account you create here on the web.

Usually a few weeks, at your own pace. You choose when to practice, and the app puts each session in your calendar.

Nothing is lost. The journey moves at your pace: miss a week and it picks up where you left off.

Your first payment comes with the subscription, then once each billing period.

Anytime. Come back whenever you like and pick up right where you left off.