OP-XY/Z User Thread

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Many thanks :+1:

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Actually, the latest .pdf guide “OP-XY guide_v1.0.13” is now “searchable” with Preview under macOS.

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The UC4 works really well with the XY. I have the faders set to volume, the knobs to pan, the knob switches to 100% external send, the x-fader to tape speed, and the green buttons to mutes.

Considering a second “page” of faders and knobs for FX sends.

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For me… I installed Ubuntu in a Virtual Box and used that to transfer. Had no issues.
But because I know how flakey this is… I’m not tempted to do more music on it until they fix it because If I realize I need to rename folders & shit like that… all the projects will be broken.

Digitakt is very smart in handling this. Each file has a unique ID or something. No matter where you move it, or rename it… it just works.

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can someone confirm how the multi sampler works? The manual says it has 24 zones and pitches down from the recorded sample. So if i record 24 notes from an external piano with, e.g. 3 semitones distance, i should have 6 octaves each octave containing 4 notes of my piano while the in betweens being pitched down from the upper sample. Is this correct?

Cool. This is what I was looking for. Thanks :+1::+1:.

This is my understanding too, yes. Need to watch the max size though, I think there’s a limit. I saw further up in the thread @Colorsinspace1 mentioned it.

Yep, latest version is searchable on Android too for me. Newer one also has less missing info.

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Quick demo with no sounds playing. It’s a flexible controller but you have to get into programming to dive deeper into it.
Forgot to show the pots controlling panning.
I connected a CME H4MIDI WC to the PBF4. The H4 has an optional bluetooth WIDI chip. That way I was able to control the XY with the PBF4 through bluetooth.

Off topic: Can you upload short video files here? Can’t get it to work. Had to put it on You Tube.

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What a great combo! Ordering straight away.


Bluetooth control from the PBF4 through the CME H4MIDI WC to the XY.

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Sample transfers continue to be a pain. I bought the new Lost Levels Tanzbär sample pack today, and had to rename folders and flatten the folder structure to get it onto the XY.

At the same time, I dropped the folder onto the Move via move.local in the browser, and it just worked. But the time I was actually transferring to the XY, the Move’s display had gone to sleep.

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That sucks. I’d imagine they will continue to be a pain until there’s an firmware update to fix it. Ya’ll are patient souls and/or gluttons for punishment to keep trying though!

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i wanna hear this too. all the demos i see on youtube are a bit on the twee side. i want to hear this thing getting impolite.

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Mapping the element gyro to something on every track and twisting your body up as you dance around the room is extremely fun. Highly recommended :grin::ok_hand:

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About the pitchbend issue: it seems that it’s the button’s rubber being too tight over the button itself and pressing on it even when not in use. My OP-XY, was not calibrating, and got stuck on “release”. I (very gently) put a very small amount of outworlds force with my nail on the rubber’s right edge, and the pitch-bend was suddenly better centered, and calibrated well. Problem gone. Seems like a hardware issue with the tolerances on that pitchbend “button”, but they should be able to fix it with a slightly better calibration routine, and an “off” setting.

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It can be anything with the multisampler

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feed the manual to ChatGPT. I do it with all my gear manuals.

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This. Plus resampling through external fx (fuzz, distortion etc.)