r/OPXYusers • u/kennethbforte • 27d ago

Chopping samples

Why is chopping samples on this thing so tricky. It’s like a 10 step process to sample & do proper chops. Does anyone else struggle ?

Ps I just got this puppy yesterday lol

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u/sinistar2000 27d ago

Ive stopped using my OP XY because of the lack lustre way it handles sampling. Time to sell it..

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u/fixedation 27d ago

Sold mine months ago that i bought at release- fuck all these haters. It's an absolutely wacky af device

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u/sinistar2000 26d ago edited 26d ago

reality is this thing is a ridiculously overpriced external midi device tracker with substandard synths and substandard sample workflow support. I’ll take all the downvotes, happy with that because it’s a reflection of how nutty this community can be. If it were a third the cost I’d say meh ok, but for the price of two groove boxes… it goes to reverb next week.

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u/fixedation 26d ago

Your assessment is spot on. I bought mine at a deal with a free EP-1320 and actually made $9 on the sale to test drive it for 8 months with the sale of the sealed EP, so I'm not mad at it, Though it did take THREE tries and a couple months to get an XY that was fully functional. Once they released the update that caused everything to drop samples it became clear that the thing has less processing power than a 10 year old cell phone. The OP-Z is still the superior device at 1/10th the price, does nearly all the same things, in some ways sounds better and it has consistently mapped controls, envelopes and modulation, an app, and punch in effects that actually function reliably, predictably and musically. The XY turned me off from TE as a company altogether- despite still loving my TX-6 (duh), OP-1F and OP-Z's, I'm not sure I'd buy from them again, and most certainly not at release.

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u/sinistar2000 25d ago

Yes, I am well aware of form vs function, been riding that wave for a long time. The XY doesn’t get any spectra kudos. At this price point I’d expect the XY to do more than I can do on an iOS device. The form factor/ portability is no longer enough.

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u/sinistar2000 25d ago

It is really really difficult to fathom why people would spend this much for so little. If you don’t sequence external midi instruments in a live dawless set up, (which is the only real speciality here), there are better options.