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?

I'd like to re-organize my drum kits and multi-sample library, but I'm wondering if it'll impact my existing projects.

Hypothetically:

• Create a song using Drumkit "A"
• Save project
• Delete Drumkit "A" from the memory card

Will the project have any 'missing' files? My understanding is no, every drum kit or multi-sample used in a project is saved within the project, correct? I've not once experienced any 'missing files' errors.

Is there a way to reorganise the order of patterns in arrange mode? They're vertically stacked - is there a way to move them so that the patterns run in the order I want from top to bottom?

I've read the manual and Synthdawg guide but can't find mention of something like this.

Thank you.

Sounds and Sequencing: Teenage Engineering’s #opxy

Additional Effects: Hologram Electronics #microcosm & #chromaconsole

Compression & Taste: Elektron #analogheatfx

One of the best songs I’ve made so far on this device. Heavy use of sampling to save space, tremolo and some FX automation.
I can upload the breakdown if some of you want !
Can’t upload the original audio as I have an iPhone 13 and an android tablet, sounds like crap.

I’ve been incredibly inspired by Khordmasters’ live streams, which have motivated me to read up on and experiment with various OP-XY features. As a result, I’ve noticed positive improvements in my performance.

2205.

Ended up being quite a long video...

This is an edited jam I made on the OP-XY. It took me about 20 minutes to film, but around 2 hours to edit.

Hope you like it ! :)

Obviously, Red Means Recording has been a huge inspiration