Shipped!
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That’s my take - more interested in the sequencing. I’m actually considering this now. And make a video of a set composed of cheap Behringer synths being sequenced by it and mixed by the te mixer.
Ok the last part is kind of a joke. Won’t be mixing it with that tiny thing, and will sequence all my synths, especially my V-Synth.
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Yeah it supports BLE midi. Its very handy with the Op-1 F
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Oof thats a gem of synth!
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MPC Live is looking like better value and easier to use.
Yeah, like the og opz you can also change the resolution I guess
I might be interested sequencer wise, except I have a Squarp Pyramid, and I love that thing. Also a QY-100 (very different workflow, old) and the Analog Four which does external midi sequencing with 64 steps and external CV plus it’s internal voices. As I have those, and an OP-Z I still need to force myself to get into, I’m all good 
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BLE on the OP-1f is exceptionally good. It can pair to multiple BLE devices at the same time too.
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Do you know how fast it can load a new project with an existing on loaded? Thinking of love set transitions. And are there any step components or pinching effects that emulate side chaining?
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I maybe don’t want to know the answer to this since it may make me want one, but when sequencing external midi can it parameter lock midi CC messages? That’d be a wild feature.
@MichaalHell how to switch between bars of the sequencer? Press the bar button multiple times or is there a faster shortcut (like pressing bar plus M1-M4)? Thanks!
Get this idea out of my head or I’ll do something crazy that will end my marriage…
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so for those of you who definitely want or already bought one, what does the OP XY do in terms of a sequencer or groovebox that other comparable machines don’t?
are you someone who already has a bunch of different sequencers and you like having different approaches with each machine to stimulate new ideas or are you buying OP XY to replace your current sequencer(s) or as your main sequencer etc?
I just want a portable battery powered tactile workstation that gets me away from the computer. The op-xy might be the dream machine I’ve always wanted that aligns with the form factor and features I need.
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Like many, this release made me go back to the opz and I’ve forgotten basically everything… I am surprised of what I had made with it, not sure I can replicate it now 
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The OP-Z got its sampling engine in an update. It didn’t have sampling prior to that.
The OP-1 got USB audio like 8-10 years after it was released. It probably wasn’t even considered at the time of release.
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Have you think also in Dirtywave M8?
For me the OP-Z style of sequencing is just one way of working, I don’t always prefer it over other methods (like say Elektron).
But once you get into step components, it’s a really unique way to add variety and evolution to your sequences. I love melodies, and using step comments like ramp up and down, I can create randomly evolving melodies, AND they stay in key with the rest of the pattern without me having to think about it. I think that key analysis option of the OP-Z (seems like the “Brain” functionality of the XY) often gets overlooked when discussing what makes the OP-Z so unique. If I start adding new notes to say the bassline or chord track, the step components adjust what pitches they use to take that into consideration.
The other big thing for me is the high recording resolution. You can set the 16 steps of the OP-Z to be MUCH longer via the step length function, so you effectively get I think 8 or 16 bars (I forget the max). If you just jam on the buttons in real time to lay down some synth parts, it more or less sounds almost completely unquantized. This also goes for knob tweaks/automation. So that 16 step sequencer lets me actually do 8 bar patterns as long as I don;t mind playing the notes manually, which is my preferred way anyway.
I can’t image having like 32 bars on the XY to do the same. Makes for much less “loopy” sounding patterns.
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Yeah I had it for a while but the workflow got tiring and I like playing out my melodies with a keyboard and twisting knobs and I wasn’t interested in connecting controllers for that. Other than that it’s an amazing device.
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I can’t tell from the manual – when you’re putting together a song in song mode, is each track locked to a single preset, or can preset changes be sequenced?
For example, can I have one part of the song where track 1 is a drum kit, and another part of the song where track 1 is a synth?
And one more question: any way to lock your playing to a scale, or highlight the notes of a scale?
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