Syncing play/stop between OP-XY + OP-1F

OP-XY
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Something I would have thought would “just work” but doesn’t seem to after a bunch of faffing around. Basically I want to be able to work on both the OP-1F and OP-XY at the same time and have transport sync’ed between the two, e.g.

  • pressing play on one is like pressing play on both simultaneously
  • pressing stop on one is like pressing stop on both simultaneously

Does anyone have this working or know how to get it to “just work”, either via bluetooth or via cables?

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I’ve had no problem with this, both using Bluetooth and USB-C.

I’ve set it up with the OP-1F as sending master clock, with the XY set to receive.

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I’ve been doing this as well. I have the OP-XY as master clock as I intend to sync another piece of gear as well. (not happening so far) anyway…
OP-XY:
Com>System>MIDI:
clock out, notes out, other out
active track channel 1
echo off

OP-1f:
Shift + Com>MIDI:
channel 1
clock in, notes in, other in
Tempo:
Beatmatch

All the sync I get is stop/start. There is no position information being sent so I can’t rewind the tape from the OP-XY.
If I choose Tempo>MIDI Sync in the OP-1f, the tempos sync but pressing Play on the OP-XY starts the tape from the beginning every time.
If I choose Beat Match on the OP-1f I need to set the tempo manually but then I can press start on the OP-XY and start the tape at any spot.

Maybe check in the OP-XY under Com>Devices and choose the OP-1f to make sure the settings there are correct.

All this comes with the understanding that I struggle a lot with the MIDI connections on the TE stuff. I’m frustrated this morning trying to get everything working the way it did last evening.

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Thanks for the replies here folks. I’ve managed to get this almost working but not all the way. The one thing I cannot get to work is have the OP-1F accept a “play” message from another device. I tried all the midi sync options (e.g. beatmatch etc) in the metronome settings. But these 3 things all work:

  • PLAY on OP-1F causes OP-XY to play
  • STOP on OP-1F causes OP-XY to stop
  • STOP on OP-XP causes OP-1F to stop

but I cannot get PLAY on the OP-XY to get the OP-1F to play so far. I even vibe-coded a MIDI router for my Mac that echoes PLAY/STOP messages from one USB MIDI device to others and I got the same behavior there (e.g. everything works except for sending PLAY to OP-1F).

Interestingly, I also discovered that the MIDI message that the OP-1F sends when you hit PLAY is actually the MIDI “continue” message, whereas OP-XY and OP-Z send MIDI “start” when you hit PLAY. But even trying sending MIDI “continue” or MIDI “start” to the OP-1F won’t make it play.

Of course, this does mean you can just use the OP-1F as the master transport control since the other devices seem happy to obey its PLAY message. But would be super nice if could solve the “all play buttons work on all devices” problem :slight_smile:

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this is very interesting and confirms my odd findings with trying to get the op1f to play nicely with midi with various devices. can i bug you to try something? if you hit PLAY on op1f with the tape maker at the very beginning of the tape, does it send a midi “start”?

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This is confusing to me as I have the OP-XY starting and stopping play on the OP-1f right now using the USB C ports.

Have you tried a different cable?

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I did this a while ago… and I know the notes are a bit around the place… but this is what I’m assuming you want to do and I do explain different parts of the setup to get this to work…

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