Is the Teenage Engineering OP-XY worth it? (Review)

Discussing the Pros and Cons of the OP-XY and whether or not it's worth buying right. This is not a sponsored video, I paid for this myself. Like and subscribe if this is helpful!

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0:00 Introductions
0:44 Build Quality
1:14 Sequencer Workflow & main features
4:55 Performance effects
5:48 Synths, presets, and instruments overview
7:50 Master effects
9:16 Players - Arpeggio and Maestro
10:44 The price $2300????
11:59 Only 8gb of memory is crazy
12:28 No insert fx & only 1 lfo per track :(
13:41 All the quality of life improvements that are missing
17:00 No sample chopping
18:21 The Verdict

[LFOVoyager]

I really appreciate you explaining those limitations and issues. It’s definitely something people should know about before dropping that amount of cash. I really hope they fix the software instead of insisting it’s the genius of their design.

[vagueversatile]

5:30 the OPZ also had a transposition mode

[F_letc.h]

Nice review. Very cool piece of kit. Thanks for sharing.

[SplashWaveBeats]

18:43 Im glad you said this. I thought i was the only one

[mdeerocks]

I've had mine for three days, and I agree with all your points. The file/sample management also needs improvement. If I lost it, I'd immediately repurchase it. It's very immediate, inspiring, and sounds great, which I can't say for every hardware out there. There is nothing like OP-XY.

[wojciechsura]

Seems to me that TE wants to become the Apple of groovebox world. Device is OK, but a significant part of the price goes for the brand. I'll stick to MPC One+, Arturia Minilab 3 and Yamaha Seqtrak - i think they all combined costs less than XY...

[Digiphex]

Yeah at least one insert and another LFO would go a long way and sample editing at least to the KO II level. When you look at the sample editing in the Dirtywave M8 it is incredible and it is on a Teensy chip! I think the XY has a much better processor so should be able to do this quite easily.

[Katmat]

If you come from the opz or older tech, the limitations aren’t that bad, but thanks for pointing them out. There’s nothing else this small, battery powered with these features. 8gb space is fine for a well managed, portable library of samples.

[syntheticschizoid]

I am still glad with my Yamaha Seqtrak..

[hanzvolt]

Thank you for highlighting these limitations...No one else pointing these out!

[Imetalman]

Yes this is expensive, but It’s not bad or overpriced. It’s not competitively priced at all, but at the same time the unit is unique enough to have its own market. I own the Op-1 and use to own the op-z. Not sure if this hybrid is gonna be the best of both worlds or if it’s gonna have some of the quirks that made me get rid of my opz.

[Blogspierre]

I don’t think the key are velocity sensitive in the traditional sense. I think TE managed to tweak the gyroscope inside to register velocity, and replicate VS keys. This was an update to the OP-1f, too. Works pretty well.

[whoadog]

I appreciate your review. I love the OP-Z, but I have really high standards for $2k+ purchase. It kind of bugs that the OP-1F is insert FX only and the XY is send FX only. I will probably wait until the first major software update to order it. I bought the TX-6 at launch and haven't been super impressed with the updates.

[nyanko]

I don't see why 8gb of sample memory is a limitation. Being limited to 20s in length, I guess it means you can at least record like 5000 samples. Who needs more than that on a super portable machine?

[systmcrsh]

@20:32 hard disagree. if you take price out of it and just think about what the obj is; starting out with music, i suspect the xy is one of the best out there so far (op1 being better). i've only had it a week, but i'm leaning that its very much philosophically aligned with the op1. when my 14 yr old niece was expressing some interest in making music and my brother (her father) mentioned that he was thinking about buying her an instrument, i immediately said, get the op1! the op1 is absolutely perfect for the beginner, absolutely perfect for someone who doesn't intuitively connect with a computer or daw. price is an issue, i get that. but functionality-wise, intuitiveness of use, for beginners, is top-notch. if my 14 yr old neice said she wants to make beats, then yeah, maybe the xy over the op1... or get both! these are perfect machines for the beginner, and good machines for the experienced. expensive, but you get what you pay for.

[mechantechatonne]

Hilariously, you can chop samples pretty easily on the EP-133.

[xavly]

Would you recommend this over the OP-1 Field?

[itsdrawkcab]

Thanks for your vid. Was looking for something to get more out my synths. Something that can sequence and sample. OP-XY looks cool and portable, but I realized it's a bit limited using it as a sampler. Figured a Digitakt II + an Ipad would get me a lot more functionality.

Of course that workflow looks a lot of fun in TE instruments, but I realized I'm bound to walk against walls if I get an OP-XY for my use case.

[kingofx]

Wait, you think Ableton move has a solid workflow for sample chopping?!?! Besides the 4 track limitation the move has, its sample chopping and manipulation features are the thing I see people complaining about and begging for features.

[worldtraveller]

Thank you so much for your honesty and for addressing the shortcomings / limitations. What a coincidence that none of the shills mentioned these 😂