OP-XY/Z User Thread

I’m currently trying to use the OP-XY as a MIDI controller and multisampler for my DT2.

Using the OP-XY as MIDI controller to play the DT2 works fine: Simply enable controller mode in the COM menu, then press SHIFT and select the autochannel set in the DT2.

What doesn’t work is playing the OP-XYs engines from the DT2. No matter if and how I set the MIDI channels in the project configuration, the DT2 always plays only the currently active track of the OP-XY.

EDIT

After I have switched the OP-XY off and on again, it suddenly works.

What still doesn’t work is the MIDI channel assignment in the project configuration. For whatever reason, it will be ignored. As soon as I assign the standard channel of the respective OP-XY track to a MIDI track in the DT2, it works.

For the moment I can live with it. But somehow the whole topic of MIDI in the OP-XY is impenetrable and unnecessarily complicated. Or at least poorly documented.

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Not in front of my OP-XY at the moment, but looking at the manual I think you can change this on the multi-sampler by pressing shift and turning the light grey knob.

hold shift and click the light grey knob to switch between loop forever (which will use the looped section even upon release), loop until release and loop off.

You are exactly right. Don’t know how missed that in the manual. Many thanks!

hi is anyone using the YX with M8 02?

My first XY recognised the M8 and worked well over usbc without issues, but my new replacement XY only recognises the XY for a few seconds before disconnecting. I have tried various cables including the provided TE cable. What am I doing wrong, any ideas?

Does Program changes work?

Is anyone else experiencing a CRACKLE FEST when the OPxy is sending internal audio over USB-C into their macOS 15.3 after a few minutes of playback. Sounds like digital distortion coming thru. It’s sporadic but when it happens it’s awful.

Here’s what I am experiencing sporadically over USB-C:

Turn down the volume and protect your ears.

No, what Mac and what daw/sample rate?

Ableton Live 12

I have never had that on my Mac. I have similar settings, except for my buffer is at 128. Does it happen if you change that?

I’ll try. It comes and goes after 10+minutes of playing into the Mac…and then happens sporadically.

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I have found personally, that if I’m doing anything with USB audio, I need to specifically make sure that my Mac is not set to ‘Low Power’ mode before opening any audio software / connecting any devices.

I always set both of these to ‘High Power’ to minimize it from bouncing processing between performance and efficiency cores on the CPU.

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Would you happen to be using an M-series Mac? They’re notorious for audio pops. I’ve tried for years to fix it on my M1 MBP. Last time I recorded XY audio into Logic, I heard the same pops. If you haven’t had this issue before, though, it very well could be the XY.

Here’s an Apple Support thread worth checking it out for possible remedies.

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If you have a Mac with Apple Silicon Chip: The buffer size is much too high. A buffer size that is too large is counterproductive for Macs with ARM chips.

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Having some fun today using the OPxy to sequence AudioModern Soundbox in Ableton:

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exploring a bit more with external midi sequencing:

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128 samples seems to be the sweet spot we found when testing Ableton Live 12 on M series Macs.

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Thanks. Will dial it in.

Base model M4 mini does 32 buffer with no hiccups for any of my projects here on Logic. No idea about Ableton.

edit: I see someone already chimed in about Ableton.

Is there a reason why the M1 and M3 pages of the brain track are identical? And what is the purpose of the LFO (M4) for the brain?

Once again, there’s nothing in the manual.

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I was wondering the same thing, no clue. I do know that I’d love to see one page of the brain become scale and chord mode. Let me pick a global scale and everything I play on any track is in that key. And I can choose chords to follow that scale

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