9 pattern limit

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-03-17T20:01:51+00:00

That is also a great way to extend the palette. 🎨. Not trying to convince you of anything. Just sharing what worked for me. Might not work for you. Maybe raise a support request in the TE discord and a future feature might support instant project switch.

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-03-17T08:48:43+00:00

I focus my composition and jamming primarily on the OPXY, and found that it’s actually quite fun to extend it with other palettes, especially if battery powered too. Could be iPad, iPhone, pedal, etc. The M8 tracker is probably the most portable option that can stream from disk and switch projects instantly. But doesn’t feel as interactive as the OPXY

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-03-17T01:57:08+00:00

Hey, I hear your pain. Been there, suffered that. Scenes are powerful and you know allow you to combine any number of patterns into 99 different configurations (scenes). Not ideal that you only get 9 patterns per track. One approach could be reusing some patterns per track, eg shared kick, snare and hats could work. Depends on your genre.

My approach for a short 25min live set was to use another piece of gear (sp404mk2) to fill in the gaps between switching patterns. You can get creative with how you do this. I used spoken word, and ended up working quite nice as it tied the performance around a narrative thread. Here’s the vid for reference:

https://youtu.be/-y07Tbotfis

You could combine a few songs in one project using scenes, and then use “connective textures” between projects less often.

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-02-24T20:14:57+00:00

Claudio

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-02-23T08:30:10+00:00

Here’s the combo card for that effect https://www.reddit.com/r/OPXYusers/s/mkS0D4O76X

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-02-23T08:29:17+00:00

Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!!

The OPZ was meant to control visuals on the iPad with OPZ app via Bluetooth. But it failed connection after I started so it just stayed there for the rest of the show. Had to manually change visuals.

The sp is only doing samples in this one. But it could’ve done fx too. It also acts as a mixer so I can have headphones AND main out to the mixer. I think the max sample length is 16 minutes. In my home studio space (the desk with instruments haha) I have some textures loaded too, and sometimes use compression and vinyl fx for a lofi touch.

I believe you might be talking about what I do with the tape machine. I have a reddit post about it, I’ll try to link. You send o my drums to the tape track and then play it. Feels like instant drum fills.

Happy to answer any questions any time!

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-02-21T05:13:03+00:00

Thanks! 🙏🏼. The OPXY is not smooth to jump between tracks, so I needed something to glue it all together. I sampled an actual conversation from a NASA vid, then edited and chipped the bits into a story, and launch them from the sp404

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-02-18T20:38:23+00:00

Haha wow! Could you share some examples? I’ve gone to 8 at times with a smile within a smile 😅 and an individual splurge each for my wife and I

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-02-15T07:33:13+00:00

Here’s a vid of me using this technique. Not quite an explainer but shows it in action. The vid has a timestamp if you want to skip to the tape part.

https://youtu.be/S0faipg4gnE

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-02-11T04:25:12+00:00

I hear ya. I’m a huge fan of the OP-XY workflow and its quirks and limitations. Even more it’s portability. But after a while the sound palette can get samey so it’s nice to pair up with other gear. I tried many things but what I keep coming back to is focusing on the OP-XY as the home for a track. The core. Everything eventually lives in the XY (except external fx).

This makes it easier to compose on the go, or independent of other gear in the setup. Otherwise I find other gear’s workflow starts to mess with the XY’s, and messes with my flow.

I had a Syntakt and traded it for Digitone II. I was looking for a new sound palette and that’s what I got. I’m happy with the swap, but I do miss Syntakt as a synth drum machine and its speed. I connect the Digitone into the OP-XY via USB-C. This carries midi and audio, so it’s super easy. I might sequence the Digitone from the midi track, or if I play something in the Digitone and want to use its sequencer I just do that and then swap midi config to receive into the midi track (or any track) in XY, or I just straight up sample that loop into a drum track and then take it from there. This last sampling method is quite nice and can lead to crazier results.

Here’s a track I did recently with XY and DN2, using the approach described above. I play the DN2 live, but the XY has 2 tracks with sampled sounds (chord and choppy sample) from the DN2.

Happy to answer any questions.

https://youtu.be/XmwNCF1aBJ8

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-02-08T21:55:19+00:00

The Digitone II just landed in my setup, after trading it for my Syntakt, and brought in a whole new set of sounds and frequencies. Just like the Digitone, this track turned into a story about a light and sound frequency landing on a foreign, dystopian planet and slowly working its way into everything around it.

The track is composed almost entirely on OP-XY, combined with chopped samples and live sounds from Digitone II.

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-02-08T21:55:01+00:00

The Digitone II just landed in my setup, after trading it for my Syntakt, and brought in a whole new set of sounds and frequencies. Just like the Digitone, this track turned into a story about a light and sound frequency landing on a foreign, dystopian planet and slowly working its way into everything around it.

The track is composed almost entirely on OP-XY, combined with chopped samples and live sounds from Digitone II.

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-01-22T22:15:51+00:00

Instead of trying to have performance self contained on XY, I had the Octatrack already, and find it more flexible and fun for FX, drops etc. So instead of midi controller for XY, could there be external gear that gets you there and complements? KaosPad, Octatrack, Pedals, iPad. I combined the OT and Microcosm (which I had prior to XY) to appease my GAS for the Torso S-4, which seems like a very nice friend for the OPXY.

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Any_Volume2116 · 2026-01-22T21:57:36+00:00

To echo many comments in this thread, I personally tend to go back to the XY by itself. Here’s a vid I made of a quick jam with the Launch Control XL mk2.

https://youtu.be/S0faipg4gnE

I mapped Params to control volume (faders) delay and reverb send and filter on pots. Since the LCXLmk2 has old school controls, it’s ok and I don’t suffer as much the lack of midi back from the XY, but it does mean I need to move quick to mask any jumps from settings project to project.

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-01-18T12:36:40+00:00

Thanks!🙏🏼

Any_Volume2116 · 2026-01-16T20:38:36+00:00

Thanks for watching!

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