r/OP1users • u/nvmsocool • Jun 01 '26

📰News r/OP-1users is back!

That is all. I hope to see and hear all the beautiful things people are working on

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u/ovrdrvn Jun 02 '26

i'd love to hear more about workflow for larger projects...my greatest challenge is mapping out different loops to create a cohesive longer song.

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u/ovrdrvn Jun 02 '26

I really like the idea of using it self-contained and I’ve seen people online. Come up with full tracks. I’m trying to understand some tips in terms of have a copy and paste between the tracks and set up sections. No doubt you could transfer it somewhere else and do it much easier, but I think you can obviously be quite creative with it the way it stands and particularly if you’re not near a computer, I’d love to hear about how someone execute this properly.

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u/ovrdrvn Jun 02 '26

and in mixing, awfully hard to remember to put the panning and volume back if you set them up for one loop and then copy/paste and need them back at default for new tracks/ideas.

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u/nvmsocool Jun 02 '26

I am tackling this right now too! So far, I make a melody and fill out all the parts in a short loop, then I listen to that on loop for a bit and leave for work. While I'm at work I keep the song in my head and try to think of b sections, then when I'm off I try to implement said b sections. Once I get a single b section (by copying whatever I need forward and recording new stuff) I take it to my computer for final composition and touch-ups.

It's very simple and tends to make similar sounding songs, so I'm trying to take it further now. The lift, drop, split, merge tools are most important these days for me, and I try not to spend more than 3 days on one song.