Op-xy wishlist

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OP XY user from day 1 here. Still loving the device but have a number of (realistic) wishes

Filters:

Bandpass and Notch filter

A drive setting for the filter would do a LOT for adding character and gluing tracks together.

LFOs:

Proper patching from any LFO type to any parameter. (A bit of a convoluted mess at the moment.)

Improve the rate curve.

EQ:

Ideally make the master EQ a 4 band eq, pressing encoder once lets us set the frequency of each band, a second time lets us adjust the ‘Q’. Or at least let us adjust the bands on the 3 eqs.

MIDI CCs:

Give us full midi implementation, fix the missing CCs (like EQ blend etc..)

Active channel gives us control of all track parameters (would massively improve live playability with a simple controller)

Song Mode:

Show us a bar/measure counter

and of course..

Engines:

Drum Synth, vocal synth (like PO series), FM synth, Custom wavetables

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Also an OP-XY user since it came out over a year ago. I love it, but agree with the suggestions above.

As a guitarist, I’d love to see a looper built into this. I do record some guitar parts into a drum instrument, but the sample management on the machine is poor, we need to be able to permanently trim files and rename them on the device.

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Hi, the thing would put the op xy at the top are those things ( talking as a sample beatmaker ) :

  1. multi output via usb to the daw (like a tx6, with 8 outputs at least). Without this, I feel all my beats stay in the box, cause I’m already tired to think about recording each track one by one.
  2. a drum engine with single editing sample possibilities. How can we work in a drum engine with multiples samples without having the flexibility to editing sounds individualy?. It’s a very big problem. for example: having a kick/snare/hh in a drum engine, we cannot edit each of them the same way, so we have to dedicate each sample to a track. Regarding the other gear on the market, yes they have only one channel track for most of them, but they have the chromatic key function on a sample: so they permit editing each sample individually and play them chromatic also. In the OP, you have 8 individual tracks but reduce this number proportional to each sound you want to edit individually… If the OP XY could do the same as the move, so a real drum sampler, it would be the best!
  3. adding an EQ to the editing possibilities. a adsr/filter/lfo isn’t enough.

If those 3 things were be implemented, the OP XY will have the real base functionality regard to his price position. There are lot of stereo toys in the market !, with many originals fx/engines, for YouTubers collections! but a real standalone portable device for pro beatmakers, which allows you to do a real project on the go… not so many (to not say nothing).

I dream to be able to bring my op xy in a studio and say: listen this beat, do you like it?, ok let me connect my op to your daw by usb c, 8 or 12 outputs direct to your daw with individual sample already separated for the ingenior and that’s it! :heart_eyes:

After this update, TE could bring us new engine, exotic fx and so on!

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Time stretching and pitch scaling, even if it’s retro-sounding. guess the dsp can’t handle too much of that kind of processing though.

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A lo grade time stretch is being strongly considered if not already in the works I would hope (deducing from Misnigbt operations show)

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As mentioned numerous times in the Elektronauts forum the on screen text size is too small.

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Seeing as the genius behind the code made a ~watch out~ statement in a recent interview .. We can assume the XY thing will grow into something very special (it already is).. its obviously a passion .. and perhaps a statement by TE as being leaders in the field (well their in their own class as portable advance DAW Abelton Move being the closest alternative) ..

That being said I~d like to add a last change ticket to the wishlist (attached to all the other wishes I’ve added)

Step~ LFO designer Mod source

Its more controllable vs a 2nd LFO and allows polymetric modulation, Bitwig has a nice implantation, Octatrack has LFO designer *similar concept) just allow us to adjust last step and clock the rate at high resolution so it functions as a loopable modulation envelope

FX Snapshots

on the keyboard when in applicable AUX tracks, my understanding is that the keybaord when in FX1/2 has no connection to the tracks / maybe they play the sound :white_question_mark: :white_question_mark: (Im one of those ghost users that is always on the way of getting one, so I dunno .. but I can imagine it be uber fun and time efficient to have FX settings stored on keys and being able to input them into a sequence in real-time play or xox vs manual labor per step (although it has it own space/ reason

MI BRAIDS MULTI OSC engine

I know everyone and their grandmas Pomerania is implanting them … but its for a good reason and no shame in holding homage to this great brand, TE (and everyone else using this algo) should be proud to have it onboard, ONE OSC model that can be a different sound on every step .. its soo OPXY … perhaps TE can tweak them a bit (they are bound to be too clean sounding in Y, maybe clock them down a/by a bit/s

I know I had some others I wanted to put down but all in all this is a gem, yet for good messure lets just throw in some key words that don’t get mentioned too often> Granular, Round Robin layer drumkits sampler, Aliasing Drum kit sampler and keyboard sampler (ala lofi Ensoniq (polyvera’s version is amazing bliss of zeros&ones at lowest settings), 2x Drums synths, one synth like one physical modeling acoustics modeling, why not a 8bit one like the in the classik OP1, Sting / acoustic engine seams to be amiss in the Y.. would Love to see lower clocked versions of all the engines (so u can do wavetable with 8 bit Interpolation, Chip tune FM or subtractive etc, stepping the engine down is really applicable if it saves CPU) but as this would be a decade long investment *and sales for TE) IMO double the amount of Synths and FX engines would be regarded as fair to the asking price of this wonderful product.

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Which interview are you referring to?

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In it u can see photos of a XY with a silver case and it looks soo lovely ..hope these will become avalible … it looks stellar

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BTW, I just remembered a few more things I’d love to see:

Fold keyboard to scale

This would double the notes available on the keys, since notes outside the scale would be replaced with ones from other octaves that are in scale.

Quantizer on modulation source (pitch / OSC)

Self-explanatory.

Freely scalable oscillator (personal wish)

On a personal note, I would really love to see something that’s very rare in synths: the ability to freely scale the oscillators in synth engines (or in a complex OSC engine).

Most synths are always locked to 12 notes per octave. But if you scale it differently—say to 8—the oscillator divides itself as 8 notes across an octive, resulting in new harmonium. It’s very fun to explore and feels quite avant-garde (almost no one is doing this).

On my Spectralis, I experimented with this approach and often ended up with very cool melodies I wouldn’t have found within the standard 12-note system. Maybe this could be implemented as part of a “free keyboard scaling” option—just a thought… IMO would suit the Y quite well

EQ under filter section

This would be extremely useful, especially since the XY only has one filter per drum kit. Being able to step-lock EQ can help clean up sampled loops and handle general sound design needs where precise band control is important.

Engine swap between OP–1 Field and OP–XY

Why not swap two engines between the Teenage Engineering OP–1 Field and the Teenage Engineering OP–XY??

The OP–1 Field is very musician-oriented—recording takes to audio while the OP–XY is more techy. I’m sure OP–1 Field users (musicans) would love a dedicated piano and organ engines, while the OP–XY could receive two more technically suited synth engines in return.

Realistically, most people won’t buy both units just for a couple of engines, so its a lazy code easy money no braine, TE can play it as a marketing card to something like International Day of Friendship.

Final note

In my opinion, the OP–XY is one of the best-sounding grooveboxes out there. I really love the digital engines, it has a strong, vibrant tone. Even from online demos, there are moments where the tone resonates my body, which is rare for digital synths. It’s probably in my top five favorite digital synths.

That said, the very hi-fi sound and lack of certain tools can sometimes result in softer or overly clean results (you can hear this in many demos online) Im note here to make lullabies .

So I just want to underline and repeat features that would be very welcome in the instrument chain: Waveshapers Rectifiers, Drive, Saturation, Wavefolding, Bitcrushing, Frequency decimation, Ring modulation, FM / PM modulation :face_blowing_a_kiss: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :speaker_high_volume:

Thank you so o so very much !

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After OP1F update, hoping we have our XY’s one also :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:.

Undo redo enhancement would be ok but not the priority at all.

Individual samples env/filt/lfo in drum engine

Insert fx per tracks and per sample in drum engine

Multi audio outputs via usb

Visual playback on samples

A better manual slicer mode with a tap key slice

A simple tap to the metronome button to on/off the sound of it without having to enter the page

I might dreaming if all those features appear in one update, but never know hahaha, if TE walking around here and go til the end of this thread :sweat_smile:

This lasts days, I was thinking about buying an old hardware sampler with multi outputs and sample individual editing features to sequence it with the op xy: just because of the lack of the Opxy. Maybe TE will save me some money this time with an update!! :hugs:

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JUST A SIMPLE SEPERATE TRACKS OVER USB (like op1) PLEASE?

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Truly the final boss of delivering on Field Kit’s potential. OP-XY USB to TX-6. Please make it happen.

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What do you mean by op xy usb to tx6?

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you can only transmit 2ch stereo mix from xy via usb…i’d expect any field gear to match or surpass compatibility between devices when compared to an phones, tablet, or non-te synth

currently usb audio implementation feels uneven or crippled depending what you have

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I’ve had my op-xy for about a month now, and it’s close to perfect for me. I’ve been using it with a Faderfox EC4, and there are just a few things that feel missing:

- Aux tracks 5-8 (ext in, tape, fx1, fx2): why are we limited to the “value” LFO type? Would be fun to use the “duck” type

- Value LFO in general: am I crazy, or is there no shape control?

- no MIDI CCs for the master saturator, compressor, percussion/melodic levels

- would love MIDI CCs for changing the display (4 main mode buttons and M1-M4), similar to CC 102 for selecting the active track.

- would be nice if “active track MIDI channel” extended to filter/envelope CCs as well. I believe it’s only note messages

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TE hasn’t released any updates for the OP-XY for a while now; in my opinion, it’s time to have multiple audio outputs via USB and, most importantly, a proper MIDI fix, since this is a product that allows you to control several instruments at the same time.

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PLEASE MAKE THE TEXT/NUMBER SIZE BIGGER ON THE OP-XY! :face_with_monocle:

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+1 I couldn’t agree more