OP-XY Gets UGLY After 64 Steps 😮‍💨 Huge Bugs Recreating Thom Yorkes Suspirium

[@macaronafterparty]

I would make the performance it's own video. Deserves some street cred. Respect.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much for that! If I don’t get copyright bombed I definitely will🙌🏻 lots of love!

[@ERICVIOLETTEart]

Agree ❤

[@dearapollo]

I’m super impressed by the Susperium cover. The singing was spot on.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thank you so much🙌🏻 lots of love🤘🏻

[@lemonrain2741]

This was a real treat. Loved hearing your voice. So glad you got an XY, and that you are sharing your experiments. Happy holidays and have a wonderful new year!

[@resetreboot]

Glad to see also the dark side and the bugs on this. You're making a great work with this device.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much my friend! I’m trying to be as objective and transparent as possible! Glad to see it’s appreciated ❤️🙌🏻 see you soon!

[@NovakTheEnjoyer]

Say whaaaeet!??? 😮 More singing please! Great song choice and really great voice!! If it wasn’t for the bugs, I may have just pulled the trigger. We’ll see how they do with updates, but I’m still holding out for some Field love. I really appreciate the shout out. I’m in complete shock ⚡️ Christmas came early, this was awesome!!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Merry Christmas my friend!! Can’t wait to hear what wonders you make next year and hope that maybe one day we make an XY-Field Collab together🔥 All the best in 2025!

[@krazywabbit]

Buggy New Gear to you and yours!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

😂😂🤘🏻

[@furialeon]

My favorite artist, Thom Yorke… something we agree 100%. I really enjoyed your performance and how this great device can be used to record/sample and sequence. I think 20 sec is enough for most scenarios… we’ll need a couple of 20 sec blocks for singing a verse. The OP-XY is the new flagship product of TE, I’m pretty positive that they will fix some of the bugs you mentioned. Have a good recovery for your shoulder.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much for the good vibes my friend! Wishing you a great 2025!

[@rantonerik]

According to someone on Elektronauts, there is a 120 note limit on any pattern. So although you can get a higher number of steps with track scaling, you are still limited to 120 actual notes spread across those steps. 😢

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much for that info! At least it’s not a bug, but it kinda makes having 1024 steps less useful I guess😂 Thanks for watching!🔥

[@reneeschke]

what?!! like fucking WHY??! If theres actually a technical reason for this, why not make a note cap per project? any chance they will increase that?

[@DoctorNemmo]

@@reneeschke This is unacceptable.

[@luismaior]

the digitkt 2, at half the price, can do 16x more notes than that.

[@rantonerik]

@@luismaior I think you may be mistaken. Do you have a reference for that? As far as I know, a DT2 track (which would be the equivalent of an XY pattern) has 128 steps and no polyphony. Hence it has 8 more notes per track (XY pattern) than the XY.

[@amilnoodeling964]

really appreciate your take on this device!! your a great youtuber it has to be said,thank you!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

I really appreciate the kind words my friend! Hope to keep making videos for many years to come! Lots of love!

[@Khordmaster]

Nice video! Regarding the internal mic, if you plug in something into the bottom port (audio in) it will allow you to enable the internal mic. That way you can keep using your main headphones. Definitely a big and one I’ve sent over to TE and got the feedback “nice find” so I’m sure they’re working that out. And I agree the internal mic is VERY GOOD on the XY. Okay back to watching the video 😎

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks for the heads up!! I was going nuts with this😂 hope they fix it soon (that and the trs midi bug). Happy holidays bro!

[@Khordmaster]

@ right back at you!

[@Khordmaster]

@ also the song and performance at the end was REALLY GOOD! I’m inspired to do something similar!

[@dramaresource]

Beautiful voice! Well done for finding a temporary fix.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thank you so much!! See you soon!🙌🏻

[@Daniel-ew9lo]

Great singing! Thanks for sharing!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks for listening! Lots of love and happiness in 2025!

[@BreakfastatSynthphonys]

Such a great video. I got mine in a week ago and still having learning curve Issues, but overall am finding it easy and fun to make new music.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much and congrats! I find it’s really deep when you start digging! The button combos can be a pain though lol, hang in there🙌🏻

[@petrus_89]

Absolutely beautiful singing! Maybe there is an XY under the Christmas tree 😁 Merry Christmas 🎅🏻🎄

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thank you so much and congrats!!! That’s a very generous Santa you got there😂 ENJOY🤘🏻

[@RolandFrasierEPIC]

And some 1989 Petrus too!

[@colemancahill8695]

Amazing performance my friend. I am a huge Thom fan as well. I have owned the Opz since it came out and the xy looks like such a wonderful upgrade.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much!! I never owned the Z, but I have been absolutely loving the XY! It’s in need a few patches yes, but it’s something special for sure. Happy holidays!

[@757SoundLab]

Thom is my favorite, you covered him really well, great performance! I thought I was crazy about the midi. I have been trying to use the XY as my main sequencer, but it seems buggy to send and receive midi at the same time.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Absolutely agree! Thom is the 🐐! I really hope they fix the bugs in this cause I’m really loving what I’m creating on it🤘🏻 thanks for watching my friend, lots of love!

[@757SoundLab]

@@MidlifeSynthesist I haven’t committed to finishing much in my “music life”, but messing around on the XY the workflow just comes so easily, so much so that going back to Z I can use it without a screen. I’ve been able to create fairly fleshed out pieces for the first time ever with XY. I really hope they implement stem audio/midi export, then I’ll more easily be able to swap out instruments in post, add new parts and do some editing. The midi in out is something I hope they fix as well, it’s not easy to use, I really think it could be powerful at the center of a setup. Have you found any good midi interfaces to use yet? I wonder why TE hasn’t made their own USB-C midi interface yet. Have you tried usb out of XY to input of OP-1 Field? I tried this and it was fun to control midi on the Field and also have a longer record time. I wonder if you can record the mic from XY into the tape on Field?

[@evanwyatt9971]

So so impressive dude what a voice

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much! Truly humbled🙌🏻 Happy holidays!

[@theromanshow]

Ok , so you’re not JUST a Dentist. Looking forward to more!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

😂 thanks so much!! Lots of love and happy holidays!

[@johnnyraphaell]

Wow so so beautiful! 🦋👏🏼

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much! I appreciate that!🙌🏻

[@samprock]

Beautiful opxy and vox worrx!! 🖤 It's so powerful can charge Arturia keyboard, though charges you by stealing some notes 😂 Glad to see it works for singer-songwriter scenario... almost... except 20 sec limit. I guess one easy improvement is to let to record over continuous scenes (2, 4, 8 bars each) over the whole song length. I do this on iPhone Korg Gadget, without breaking creating flow. For that XY does not have a "single take audio" engine yet (multi-sample and drums are cool but hit that 20s cap). I'm sure it will be here in no time and TE replicate 1f tape recording, overdubbing, or rendering into a scenes. So far it works for the ones who can't last more than 20 sec ... I mean can't perform more than 20 sec... whatever .... LOL I'm at the point capturing my first song into Live. Played it 3 weeks, only filled 6 tracks, and could beef-up more, but can't wait. Want to mix, add Moog and listen in phones while biking ... which I still do, placing OP-XY into pocket 😎 Mary Xmas to you and yours, mate! ⚫⏯⬛◼◾▪◾◼⬛✴🖤

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

LOL! Merry Xmas my friend!!! Really happy to know you’re having an amazing time with the XY! I feel finally prepared for Jamuary 2025! Lots of love!

[@Frankston88]

That swatch is sick

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

🔥🔥

[@TheNimasan]

thom york is also my artist of the 20. centurie. ok. computer is #1 in my top ten all time fav list. i whish i could afford an op-xy. maybe i will sell couple of eurorack modules to by this beast. the bugs will be fixed over the time. but the iternal mic from the under 200 euro p6 is also the best internal mic i ever heard on a device. just to my ears of course.

[@horaziohorazio]

better go for a Deluge!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Absolutely agree, Thom is the GOAT! I really hope TE does fix the bugs cause this thing is honestly pretty special🤘🏻 thanks for watching!

[@reneeschke]

As much as I love the op1, a part of me now wishes it never existed... because with the op1 in town TE will never add some form of audio tracks to the xy :(

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

So sad but true😅

[@lemonrain2741]

I like the simplicity of Op-1 doing what it does and OP-Z / XY doing what they do. They compliment each other instead of replacing. For vocal and other long recorded tracks, I use my smartphone as track recorder, sometimes OG OP-1.

[@mooseinbeesocks2700]

Came for the Thom Yorke Cover beautiful, man

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much! Happy holidays!

[@erwanmirabeau6751]

Very nice cover !

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thank you my friend! Wishing you holy holidays!

[@remyvegamedia]

It seems fun and I watched a lot of videos on it wondering if I'd end up getting GAS, but gladly I'm not super into it haha. Do you think you'll end up keeping it?

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks for watching! Yeah I think it’s a keeper for me! Just like the OG OP-1, it has something that just speaks to me, I find making music with it frictionless for my style, but I don’t it’s for everyone, especially with that price😂 happy holidays!

[@remyvegamedia]

@ That's dope, man. I can see why people would enjoy this more so than most of the other TE stuff. If it were in my budget I think I'd be down for it. But for this price and my plans in 2025 it would be either this or Push 3 and Push 3 wins for me haha. Enjoy it! I'm definitely interested in seeing how its potential unfolds. And happy holidays to you, too!

[@horaziohorazio]

the most creepy glitch I found is the crackling and noise if you plug it to your PC. you can't even record because of that. I can only get clean sound when running on battery. others reported too. and the MTP file handling is inacceptable too... only one level of subdirectory and many characters not allowed. and if working it's very slow. even the filetransfer via midi from elektron is much much better

[@horaziohorazio]

PC does not load other USB devices if OP is pluged in and turned off. seriously! perhaps my device is faulty...

[@MrBasic]

Thom Yorke's Eraser is the all-time best album in the history of the world by anyone.

[@tColorsinspacerecordings]

That’s fu&@ed up fu$@k up.

[@EZBOT_]

Great work! ❤

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much brother🙌🏻

[@davelee1935]

Still not sold completely on it for that price ! Love That Thom cover nailed it

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks so much my friend! I think if they can fix the bugs and add just a few quality of lige features (zooming in sequences with more than 64 steps for example) the price might hurt less. Lots of love!

[@SpeakOfTheDavel]

Beautiful performance 🎹🎵🎤👍

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

I really appreciate it! See you soon🤘🏻

[@uberzone5836]

I was lucky enough to see Radiohead for the In Rainbows tour. Thom Yorke is the only singer I've ever heard that sounded better live than on the record.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

That must have been mindblowing! I wish I could’ve seen them live🥹 Maybe someday! Peace!

[@ArguZ72]

Programming such a complex system IS hard. But it will be fixed...they are clever cookies

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

I really hope so! As it is, I’m already loving it🤘🏻

[@ToyKeeper]

That looks really frustrating. Audio limited to 20 seconds. Patterns limited to 4 bars, and only a few patterns maximum. Those things would make my workflow impossible. I start by humming basically an entire song into an audio track in a linear manner, and however long that is, it becomes my loop, my base unit to build a song from. Typically 384 steps or more, and then it's time for a B part and C part. A short 3-minute song ends up at about 1500 to 2000 steps long, or like 24 to 32 x 64-step patterns worth.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

To be honest, I haven’t found the pattern/scene lengths limiting for sequencing midi for long form songs, especially when you add in the trig locks and probabilities, but yeah, if you need long form audio this aint it. Maybe if I add the field?😂 But for real, I’m thinking the perfect pair for this guy might be my Octatrack

[@ToyKeeper]

@@MidlifeSynthesist Yeah, it's awesome for people who jive with its workflow.

[@andrewgobel4936]

Beautiful!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

❤️🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@jantuitman]

Wow, I loved your singing!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thank you so much🙌🏻

[@llorenzo582]

great cover!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!🤘🏻thanks so much❤️

[@horaziohorazio]

well I had one here for 3 days and I'm already very frustrated. not your fault even if your videos were bringing me closer to the point to order one 😂. there are absolutely too many bugs and issues for a highpriced device like this. but the most annoying thing for me is to fiddle around like a crazy kid with those tiny tiny sharp edged not goot feeling encoders, which do not change parameters after one click but after 1000000 clicks. will send it back and enjoy the Deluge with chopin ;)

[@horaziohorazio]

and for playing melodies the keys don't feel good either...

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Yeah, I feel at this price one is entitled to expect a more streamlined experience. I do hold faith that they’ll fix the bugs, if only cause I really like using it. Cheers!

[@horaziohorazio]

@@MidlifeSynthesist yes actually I didn't ship it back yet *lol* because there is something really special about it. Hard to describe. I guess you know what I mean an all who had it in their hands ;)

[@Phisynth]

amazing ! Even better than the original methinks

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thank you so much! I’m humbled and appreciative, but Thom is the GOAT of all Goats😜 See you soon!

[@wesp404]

Bro I don’t think it’s a bug. I think It’s the 120 note limit per track. Try counting your note count right when that silence hits. If you’re not at 120 yet then may be a bug, but might wanna check that first. Happened to me on some heavy drums I made. You’ll have to loop and step components for changes or need to place additional needed notes if unique on a separate track. I messaged support and they confirmed the 120 note limit.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thanks for the heads up! At least that explains what’s happening, though it kinda makes having 1024 steps less useful I suppose😅 cheers my friend!

[@wesp404]

@ yeah I know and I feel like it’s just some arbitrary limit. The way they describe how the the XY works with minimal data use, I feel like that limit could be raised. Gimme 240!

[@DankePlace]

does it get ugly after *DubSteps* ? asking for a friend. Have a safe and merry Xmas :D

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

😂😂😂 lol! Gonna have to try it out and see! Merry Xmas!!!

[@BeyondTyrants]

I'm here to do two things: chew gum and hate on TE.. and I'm all out of gum! lol.. I knew as soon as I heard the "yeah but.." about this thing's limited sampling and sequencing that it was going to be buggy as hell trying to push beyond that. It's almost like they knew they couldn't release the thing at that price if they didn't add the pattern workaround, but then of course it doesn't work right. I find this to be par for the course with all of TE's products. It's like driving a Ferrari that crumbles up into a ball like paper when other cars would just lose a bumper so maybe you don't take the Ferrari out every day. It just sits in the garage, the so called ultimate driving experience not really being driven. I think a lot of OP-XY users are going to start driving their's less and less, or at least giving up on this idea that it's somehow everything they need in a studio. It's really not. I don't think any single piece of gear can be. I'd be bored with this thing's presets after a couple years with it, just like anything else with presets. But I'd also come back to it after a while so it's all good. It's just one of those things where familiarity breeds contempt and abstinence makes the heart grow fonder. But I do feel an emotional reckoning coming for everyone holding the OP-XY on too high of a pedestal. It's been both hyped up and hated on far too much for it not to disappoint both sides a little. It's neither as great as one side says nor as shitty as the other side says. It's time we all accept that so we can get back to chewing gum. And to the Midlife Synthesist, that was an inspiring cover! I keep forgetting you have actual range in the midst of all these gear videos! Keep singing!

[@peterbondmusic]

Nice vocals sir.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thank you so much!🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@LexanderMiller]

uh oh. The microphone might be a hardware issue that isn't fixable in software.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

I reaaaally hope not😂

[@LexanderMiller]

@MidlifeSynthesist hopefully I’m wrong. I’m by no means an expert, but I assume the 3.5mm jack you’re using to run to your interface is a TRS while the headphones with mic are TRRS. While technically these two different inserts should ground the same way, in practice it’s possible that TE didn’t place the grounding point in the right location, and idk if that’s something that can be fixed with an update.

[@danielpirone8028]

Amazing singing!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Truly thankful for your kind words🙌🏻

[@Galfar0th]

Your voice sounds fire

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thank you so much🙌🏻🔥❤️

[@tendingtropic7778]

hope they fix this soon!

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Hopefully!! It’s already a really great platform, it’s a shame that it has these things holding it back👍🏼

[@florianrambelli1485]

nice voice man

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Thank you so much! Happy holidays!

[@GreenHoleSun]

Luckily it is such an affordable device, that we can forgive some limitations. [SARCASM MODE OFF]

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

@@GreenHoleSun 😂😂exactly lol👍🏼

[@justinbernal1]

Teenage Engineering is a design company first, who just happens to make synthesizers. They're under no obligation to fix any software issues. You paid for a pretty piece of furniture that happens to go bleep, bloop.

[@farts184]

They do tend to fix software issues and release updates

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

I do agree that they are a design company first👍🏼 But this thing (bugs included) has become one of my favorite music making devices in the short time I’ve had it. The price is of course a hot topic, but having paid for it myself, I have to say at this point I don’t regret buying it at all. Cheers!

[@justinbernal1]

@MidlifeSynthesist Merry Christmas to you and your family, I hope you get well soon brother.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

@@justinbernal1 Merry Christmas brother🙌🏻 Love and happiness in 2025!

[@lemonrain2741]

the software is the design. the interaction between the software and the hardware is the design. the choices of a good mic and speaker and screen and cpu and keys, all part of the design. TE regularly updates their units with fixes and sometime new features and engines. but these updates are meant to compliment what is already there, not turn it into a laptop daw.

[@tombasports]

Still buying one nothing else like it on the The market

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Totally agree! Cheers!

[@tombasports]

So the nord leqd a1 had a random patch maker which this thing has which really opens it up

[@LeRoy9000]

Overpriced and crappy.

[@MidlifeSynthesist]

Both highly debatable😂cheers!