# Video tutorial for beginners **URL:** \ **Category:** General discussion\ **Created:** [August 13, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/video-tutorial-for-beginners/3149 "2024-08-13T13:47:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boombipbass](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/boombipbass/32/3070_2.png) [@boombipbass](https://forum.electra.one/u/boombipbass)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/video-tutorial-for-beginners/3149/1 "2024-08-13T13:47:13Z")
dear electra one, sorry i really really cannot get my hands around this thing and i feel such an incompetent person. I just want to make a preset for the website with the teenage engineering op-z. I have connected the Op-Z as a usb host via usb and tried to midi learn something and it doesnt recognize anything. Now ive just put midi 1 out and midi 1 in cables in the op-z via the line in / line out and midi learn still doesnt work? I am following the manualstep by step but still I feel like its missing a lot of information on how to setup a preset from scratch…, how do i know if my opz is 7bit? i just onder understand. I cant find any youtube tutorial on any of this only on bitwig which goes out of my head. And the manual doesn’t make sense. I know its connected properly because the lights are blinking and blink when i rapidly press the start sequence button again. what is going on? I am really not that amateur with midi but somehow this just doesnt work, I dont understand and its making me crazy I just dont know what to do… I thought this was a very promising device but so far it seems its just too complicated for me i guess… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![martin](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/martin/32/145_2.png) [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/video-tutorial-for-beginners/3149/2 "2024-08-13T16:01:27Z")
Hi there, the MIDI learn function usually work just fine. ie. you enable the MIDI learn and the web editor will show you all “learned” messages as they arrive. I guess there must be something tricky happening. Please, send me PM (private message on the forum) or reach me on the chat when you are available, I will look at it together with you. ---
**Author:** ![keymanpal](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/keymanpal/32/1811_2.png) [@keymanpal](https://forum.electra.one/u/keymanpal)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/video-tutorial-for-beginners/3149/3 "2024-08-13T17:09:47Z")
As I also have both… first time i’m giving it a go (my E1 mkI and OP-Z) Nothing here, no MIDI traffic in both ways. OP-Z USB-C connection can also be a USB host… they don’t seem to go along, so to speak ( There are other controllers that don’t work) @boombipbass does the OP-Z show up in E1 Settings page? ---
**Author:** ![NewIgnis](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.electra.one/newignis/32/767_2.png) [@NewIgnis](https://forum.electra.one/u/NewIgnis)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/video-tutorial-for-beginners/3149/4 "2024-10-02T20:41:44Z")
> [@boombipbass](#): > > Now ive just put midi 1 out and midi 1 in cables in the op-z via the line in / line out and midi learn still doesn’t work? Hi, what do you mean with ‘the line in/out on the op-z’? I do not have an op-z, but after checking the manual I understood it only transmits MIDI over its USB-C ? Perhaps take a picture on how you connected both devices?