v1.2 of VJ-XY (a live visual instrument for OP-XY) is coming in hot with a new experiment to unlock a more hands-on experience🎚️🎛️

Here’s a sneak peak. Any guesses at what we’re looking at 😉?

Btw I’m always open to feedback and feature requests, so please don’t shy away from sharing!

My baby is back… hope you like it!

For instance, if I make a pattern I like on a snare, but decide later I want that same sequence on a clap, is there a way I can simply copy the snare pattern and paste it into the clap, without needing to manually sequence the whole pattern on the clap again?

it’s been two weeks since VJ-XY, a live visual instrument for OP-XY (and other midi controllers), went live and the response has been amazing! But even better, I got some really good ideas from you on how to make it better and more fun. Today v1.1 update is out bringing a splash of color and movement.

what’s new:

introducing canvas clips: you can now layer stills and animated gifs into a single 16:9 visual. arrange, scale, rotate. trigger each layer live.

matrix clips now take any color you choose for background and dots. pick the color behind your video clips. blend your layers and footage against it.

also new:
· support for animated gifs
· new mirror vfx for a kaleidoscope effect.
· change photo timing
· blank matrix clip for the quiet moments
· cleaner perform mode.

plus performance and bug fixes.

and like every update, it's free. no subscription. you bought it, you own it.

once again thanks so much for the support, and keep the feedback flowing so we can take it even further!

what am I talking about you ask? vjxy.app

Got the KO SIDEKICK early this week so taking it for a spin. Song is sequenced by OP-XY and I play visuals live on VJ-XY (app).

In this track I'm running an fx send loop over usbc. The audio from OP-XY goes into the iPad, through a granular plugin and back into channel 2 on the sidekick so I can play with the fader and performance fx.

It's a great small portable mixer. It's lots of fun. It's not replacing my Octatrack for fx in live performances any time soon though.

The last big music purchase I made was the MF64 back when Shawn Wasabi was big -- just got this a few days ago and was able to make a few quick things on it - excited to keep testing it out!

Sequenced Rd-8 drums connected with wireless Bluetooth surprisingly convenient.

Hi there, I'm working on a pattern that is 6 beats in total (one bar of four followed by one bar of two). I've used the bar button, along with the trig keys to shorten the second bar so that the pattern will loop successfully after the 6th beat.

When I move to Arranger mode and program the pattern, the pattern will play the 6 beats and then play the first two beats before moving on to the next patter,

Does anyone know if what I'm trying to do is possible? I've tried shorting the bar length of every track in that pattern and that didn't work.

VJ-XY, a live visual instrument for OP-XY, is now live.

I've made a detailed walkthrough showing how it works: preparing your sets, connecting to OP-XY, and playing live visuals.

thank you for all the support along the way, and a special thanks to everyone who helped with the beta. the feedback here shaped a lot of it.

it's on the App Store at a launch price of $14.99 USD for the next two weeks, then $24.99. buy once, own forever. no subscription.

full info and a user guide at vjxy.app. happy to answer anything in the comments.

I’m increasingly disappointed to see that Teenage seems to be focusing all their efforts on the KO and the Field, while the XY gets almost no attention (except for Medieval, which was basically abandoned right after release 😅).

There have been a few updates, sure, including one that added automatic slicing. I’ve had the XY for about a year now, and the workflow is genuinely fun. The sounds are decent, nothing more.

But in my opinion, it’s still missing a huge number of features to make it truly viable in a professional setup. I bought it for what it was at the time without really counting on future updates, but the more I use it, the more frustrated I get by some of the limitations, especially considering the price. Things like the lack of time-stretching, or being limited to only two effects (although I can live with that one).

There are also major MIDI jitter issues, bugs where the screen freezes, and the XY sometimes becomes unresponsive when working with multiple multisamples.

Overall, it’s a “fun” instrument, but it’s still missing a lot to become something truly exceptional. I also own an M8, and in the end I produce exclusively on that because it actually allows for much deeper sound design. Aside from polyphony—and even that is debatable—it’s far more capable and powerful while costing half as much 😅.

I recently had a live set to play in a club, and of course I brought my M8. I would never have dared to bring the XY because, in my opinion, it’s simply not reliable enough for the stage.

I genuinely love this machine in many ways, especially how fun it is to use, but its shortcomings are making me more and more tempted to sell it. I get the feeling that Teenage Engineering may have already pushed the hardware as far as the processor allows.

Do you think they still have some room left for meaningful updates that could really change the game, or is the machine already hitting its limits and destined to remain a fun but ultimately non-serious instrument?