Teenage Engineering OP-Xy

Teenage Engineering OP-XY is a new supercharged OP-Z style sequencer synth workstation with new features taken to the Field series 

For a few days now, Teenage Engineering has been teasing a new device on social media. There were also trademark entries and hints that it might be a successor to the OP-Z.
The OP-XY is a new groovebox in the Field series and seamlessly follows the design of the OP-1 Field. It has the same aluminum design and clicky buttons but in black with various grey buttons. Also, the OLED screen has a black interface.

Unlike the OP-1 Field, which is about tape-style recording, the new Teenage Engineering OP-XY is all about sequencing. As a reminder, the OP-Z mastered this feature perfectly and is still one of the best and most creative sequencers. The OP-XY continues OP-Z this. 

TE says the unit is powered by a dual CPU system with 8GB storage and 512 MB RAM capable of ultrafast processing power and efficiency.

At its core is a new engine that boosts a performance sequencer with 16 tracks (8 instruments + 8 auxiliary) and nine patterns per track + 99 scenes surrounded by a Synthesizer and a multi-sampler, allowing you to pull samples from several zones simultaneously. 

It has 24 voices of polyphony, multiple unique synth engines (8 in total), and three unique samplers (drum multi-sampler…). As in the OP-1, the synth engines are minimal and offer only a few parameters. Live sampling is possible via the built-in microphone, the stereo audio input, or via USB-C. 

The sound engine also includes a multimode filter and a multi-effects section to refine your sounds, including reverb, delay, chorus, distortion, Lo-Fi, and phaser. Simple envelopes and LFOs are also onboard. 

Compose Compositions Like Building Blocks

Teenage Engineering has created something special for the musical workflow in the OP-XY. With the OP-XY, you stack musical ideas and phrases like building blocks to construct full compositions. A concept taken from the OP-Z. 

The heart is a 64-step sequencer that has a modular approach. It uses 14 unique step components for advanced step sequencing, including: pulse, multiply, hold, velocity, ramp up, ramp down, random, portamento, and more.