I thought I’d start a thread for some basic questions I have and will have about using the OP-XY. I didn’t want to start a new thread for every question that pops into my head.
I never had an OP-Z but I do have an OP-1f so I get some of the paradigm right away.
My first dumb question is how to change the bar?
the manual says:
press or tap Bar to switch between bars. if you switch bars while playing or recording it will stay on the selected bar, allowing you to sequence just that bar without interruption.
I have recorded in a 2 bar pattern.
When I press or tap Bar, I see a screen with “1 2 3 4” and “track scale” across the top. Number 1 is highlighted with a black box. Is that the indication I am on bar 1?
No matter what I do, only the number 1 is highlighted. Tapping Bar doesn’t change that. Also, tapping Bar while playing the pattern doesn’t loop one of the bars as indicated in the manual.
I know at this very early stage this is user error! Or I hope so.
Yes, that indicates you pattern is one bar. You can add a bar by holding bar and pressing plus button, or you can add a 2nd bar and copy all existing data into 2nd bar by holding bar, shift and pressing plus button.
Question regarding the sequencing: on the OP-Z it was possible to shift the entire sequence back and forth step-by-step (I think it was the track button and the + / - buttons - I don’t think this was documented in the OP-Z guide). I don’t think this is possible on the OP-XY (yet?). Can anyone confirm, or is there some undocumented button combination?
I wonder if there’s a way to have the drum sampler affected by the brain track. I know this was first possible and then taken off with the new firmware to be more useful for most straightforward use cases, but I’d still like to have the option for more experimental stuff.
I thought I might have a hundred questions about the OP-XY by now but I’m finding it intuitive. Today I spent some time with the OP-XY connected to the OP-1f, trying things out.
I like how having both side by side makes an extended four octave keyboard. I like the keys on the OP-1f much better so I’ll mainly use those.
MIDI and audio over USB C works perfectly so I can keep the two of them synced while I fill up track 1 and then overdub more crap on track 2.
I still have to experiment with which one should send the MIDI clock. I have only tried using the OP-XY as master, it works well. But I haven’t checked out what happens when I change the OP-1f tape speed. That’s my plan for after dinner.
Nothing new today as I got sidetracked yesterday evening and didn’t get a chance to explore anymore.
I haven’t had any issues with sending clock from the OP-XY to the OP-1f. It works perfectly. The MIDI settings on the OP-1f were channel 1, clock in, notes out, other in. And the opposite on the OP-XY.
Audio + clock over USB C is good, I don’t hear any USB noise I’ve read others mention. I turned off USB charging on the OP-1f, I forgot to check to see if either box was charging as I played.
I’m anxious to get back to it, but it’s going to be later tonight I think. I’ll post whatever I find out, but I need to mention I’m not the smartest when it comes to this kind of thing. I’m happily surprised that everything seems intuitive so far.
I remember on the OP-Z that it was possible to sync/lock the delay to multiple of 16ths (either by using the number buttons or step buttons, I don’t recall at the moment). However, I’ve not found a way to sync/lock the delay - you have to dial it in by ear. Has anyone found a way to do it as the OP-Z can do it?
I’m not finding any way to lock the delay to tempo. I wish it was like the LFO with free times on one half of the knob and divisions on the other. I’ll keep looking.
I wrote down my serial number but now I can’t find the paper and my box is gone. Is there somewhere in the OP-XY that shows its serial number?
On my OP-XY the delay is always clock synced. But I’m just using the internal clock.
In delay settings „fine“ needs to be at 50.
Then the size parameter controls the delays clock division.
You can find the serial number beside the „made in china“ on the upper left side of the device itself.
Have asked this in some other forums and there seems to be confusion about this: Can OP-XY internally resample, the way the OP-1F can? If so, how exactly?
I noticed yesterday when I synced the XY and op1f via usb using the XY as master, that after a sometime (maybe a hour or so) the op1f stopped getting a clock signal. After powering the the op1f off and on, the midi sync was working again. This happened twice. I’m not sure if it’s a op1f or XY issue.