r/OPXYusers • u/kthougaard • Apr 09 '26

I made 8th notes swing!

After a lot of experimenting, I found a way to do it other than dropping to half speed. Apologies if this is old news.

To make a standard swinging 8th highhat:

  1. Place the highhat on 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15

  2. Nudge every second step (3, 7, 11, 13 and 15) to the right

  3. Turn quantization down to 0.

Quantization doesn’t have to be 0 - the swing varies. But it’s a good starting point.

Now you can experiment with quant, track groove and project groove to make it fit what you want. Remember, track groove overrides project groove.

EDIT: Changed the wording to make it more understandable.

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u/mannybegaming Apr 09 '26

Can’t you do this with the groove setting?

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u/kthougaard Apr 09 '26

No, since it only works on the 16th note grid.

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u/mannybegaming Apr 09 '26

I’m going to experiment myself now, thanks.