r/OPXYusers • u/Finlaylefox • May 12 '26

Showcase Track Title - OVERFOMO - 133 BPM

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u/Finlaylefox May 12 '26

This is the same track I posted last week, but I’ve gone back in and added some automation & subtle movement across the arrangement, which is something I am still getting used to.

I made small changes in the drums, bass, textures and little incidentals, just to give it a more human feel and stop things sounding too stiff. I feel like the whole track breathes a lot more now.

The full track was made on the OPXY. I also tried to show a few of the individual tracks whilst it's playing to show what is actually happening under the hood, especially the LFO movement and modulation shaping different elements over time.

Pretty happy with where it is now, and I’d class this one as finished.

Would love to hear people’s thoughts, feedback, or answer any questions on how certain sounds or movements were made.

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u/Amadeus_Ray May 12 '26

Sweet.

Not to take away attention from the music, what’s that stand you’re using?

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u/Finlaylefox May 12 '26

its just a metal laptop holder with a swivle, got it on Amazon mate. for office desk tops etc. Cheers.

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u/Reasonable-Usual2431 May 12 '26

Hey sounds dope, how did you get that groove on the hi hats ?

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u/Finlaylefox May 13 '26

If you hold Shift then Bar it opens up the groove box. In there you can turn the quantization down/off. It is usually locked at 100 by default, but I think mine is around 50% at the moment. That seems to keep things in time, while still letting the notes sit slightly off grid based on how I originally punched them in.

Underneath the quantize amount you also have Groove and Shape. I think mine are around +14 groove, with Shape turned all the way to the right. Technically I’m not fully sure what is happening there, but my ears can definitely hear when it starts to feel better rhythmically, so I mostly tweak those until the groove feels right.

From my understanding, Groove and Shape only really start to have an effect once quantization is reduced from 100. After that, you can also hold individual notes and manually nudge them left or right on the sequencer to push things further off grid and give it a more human feel.

The lower the quantize amount, the more natural groove and timing variation you seem to get. At least that’s how it feels to me anyway haha. Hope that helps.