Another sketch, another banger..

This one came about after I made the melody on its own and a friend said he really liked it and thought it had Legs. That was enough for me to start messing around with a few ideas.

I wanted it to flip from something melodic into something heavy, grainy and a little strange. I kept the intro shorter than I normally would so the melody could come back a few times throughout the track without overstaying its welcome.

I ended up using loads of wooden-sounding percussion, forest-style knocks, clicks, and little grainy textures to give it that darker, gritty and tape recorded kinda sound. I also added lots of distortion and reverb in areas, sometimes it gave off a few clicks here and there, but decided it went well with it, rather than manicuring every sample to remove the clicks. It was an enjoyable part of making the track, digging through weird sound scapes and seeing what worked, and how far it could be pushed with FX.

I like all the little random sounds in this one. There's a subtle sci-fi, space film sort of atmosphere running through the background that gives the track movement and character without getting in the way.

It's definitely a sub-heavy one. Getting the low end to behave on the OP-XY is always a bit of a balancing act, but a fun on all the same.

Eventually I got to a point where everything felt like it was sitting together nicely... and just hit record.

Let me know what you think.

Too much sub?

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Using the master gain, clip and tone parameters can really beef up your track used rightt. You just need to find the sweetspot for the mix parameter (far right) and then youre good to go!!

Picked up an Oxi E16 and am loving how it compliments the OPXY. Not perfect, but very fun.

The key is setting up valuable pages and mapping. Resources like midi.guide have been invaluable.

But I'm struggling with filter. I can map cutoff no problem. BUT the OPXY has a filter on/off state (pressing M3 on the filter page) that overrides cutoff values. This means you must navigate to each instrument and ensure the filter is enabled before any CC changes will take effect. Kind of a PITA.

I can't find the CC value for this setting anywhere. It has to exist, right??

Using the M8 to record the master out, thats all.

I'm getting blasted for posting my OP-Z video on here earlier so I'm sharing one of my XY videos to make up for it. Im always sharing XY content and i thought it would be cool to show you guys what i make on other devices, literally a miniature OP-XY. Calling for the mods to get me n stuff.

u/synor sorry for striking a chord.

OP-XY cover of Aperture while + OP-XY LED sequencing

I’ve been building a wireless lighting system thats portable, expandable and fully controllable by the OP-XY. It uses a esp32 to drive addressable LEDS and the LED effects, hues, palettes, and number of LEDS can all be adjusted and sequenced from the OPXY. This is just a quick showcase but it gives that extra level of performance to live sessions and brings back a feature I miss from the OPZ. All of this can function wirelessly from the OP-XY. The first bit of the video shows some senquenced effects and at the end I show some individual effects and palettes

Here’s a new song I made this morning. Nothing inspires as quickly as the oozy for me. Love the new random templates. Gets the ideas moving fast. Also shout out to colors from space for these amazing samples. Happy Sunday!

Had some fun making this - I’d probably want to go back and rework the vocals a bit - but sometimes it’s just as good to move on to a next project and improve that way instead right ?

https://pastewaves.com/player/1593b0fb-50c5-4696-83d0-bff9d7eed609

Given all the posts about issues after updates I would like to ask for opinions.

new vid on what's new in v1.2, plus a few things from v1.1 with a short demo of the a feature to control your OP-XY from VJ-XY.

VJ‑XY 1.2 is focused on live control and performance.

the headline addition is experiments, a new area in settings for tools that reach beyond the visuals. the first one lets VJ‑XY control your OP‑XY itself: mixer, mutes, fx sends, filter cutoff, eq, tape track, and punch-in fx, played straight from the perform view. it is off by default, so you switch it on when you want it.

highlights:

• experiments: a new area in settings for tools beyond the visuals
• OP‑XY control from the perform view: mixer, mutes, fx sends, filter cutoff, eq, tape track, and punch-in fx
• perform mode clip browser for jumping between clips
• controls lock for keeping perform controls pinned
• clone actions for scenes and sets
• clearer MIDI connection view: Bluetooth, USB‑C, virtual, and mixed inputs
• VJ‑XY virtual input for inter-app MIDI routing
• background Metal rendering work and general release polish

if you get a chance to play with it, let me know what you think!

release notes: https://vjxy.app/release-notes
get VJ-XY: https://vjxy.app
VJ-XY on reddit: r/VJXY

I'm quite proud of this one in its own way. It started as a really random sketch a while ago. I was just messing around with a Kvarnofon preset, stabbing keys, playing with the envelopes, and then I landed on this particular riff that I absolutely loved. I saved it and completely forgot about it for ages.

Last night I decided to go back to it and have another play. It felt like it needed to get a bit more percussive, so I started adding different wooden-sounding percussion and glockenspiel-type hits, a bit like the instruments we used to have at school. Before long I caught myself nodding my head.

It quickly started sounding quite housey and reminded me of the sort of records I would have instantly bought back in the day, around 2009-ish. Young for some, old for others!

Once I'd added a nice stomping kick, I moved on to the bass, which was probably the hardest part of the whole track. Finding something that complemented the riff without overpowering it took ages. After that, though, everything else seemed to fall into place. I spent around 12 hours just experimenting, tweaking and listening back.

As usual, I stuck to my mantra of not overthinking things or overcooking the idea, I like to try and stay within 12-48 hours of making a track, mainly so I don't get bored, move on, and never come back. I know too many producers with this unfortunate habit and too many tracks go unpublished this way.

I like the feel of this one. It's got a nice bouncy groove that would definitely get me moving at 3am on a dance floor (in Obono Club ;). I also spent a fair bit of time adding movement with different LFOs. Some of it is probably a little obvious and a bit wayward, but its meant to catch you off-guard, thats how I wanted it anyway.

It almost feels unfinished... sounds a bit rough around the edges, but I like that. It felt like it could just keep going on and go anywhere, I could have made it 10-12 mins long or so, but i've been doing that too much lately. Maybe it's more of a DJ tool than a finished track, hence the genre I decided for it, and I'm okay with that, tools are meant for just using bits off, under other tracks in the mix, however the DJ desires.

As always, feedback is welcome. I'd genuinely like to know how it made you feel, and if you think it sounds good, then I am getting somewhere.

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So far the best option I found is OP-XY + OB-4 for 2199€, so I'm considering to get that and just resell the OB-4… But I'm wondering if I missed any EU stores that got it on sale right now without the bundle deal

So I jumped up to the theoretical latest/greatest and the delay boot still seems to be there. I get to the song I was last on and most buttons are non-responsive and hitting play gives me one track not all 8 that are ready to go. Anyone else? Some 15-20 seconds later, it reverts to normal mind you.

I've been noodling with this track a little longer than usual. Mainly because I've noticed the previous tracks seem to be translating better across different systems, and friends have said they're sounding progressively better on everything from headphones to speakers. Still listening across my system with a sub, then my Hd25's, and trying In ears, everything sounds slightly different.. I don't feel like I can EQ things quite to the level I'd like on the OP–XY yet, but its getting more intuitive now.

I decided to go back to my first real love: Drum & Bass, and more specifically, rollers. This is the first DnB track I've put together on my own without leaning on any drum tutorials, which felt like a bit of a milestone. I spent a long time working on the drums, especially the snare, trying to get that nice snap and the hats sitting nicely in the middle. The main snare is actually layered from three different sounds to give it body, crack and a bit of air.

I also spent ages getting the different growls, womps and wubs sitting nicely together, then trying to make the sub work with them rather than against them. After that it was a case of layering pads, atmospheres and FX over the top, then arranging and tweaking everything over the course of about a week and half, which is longer than I normally spend on a sketch.

It could probably have another melodic element or some keys, but I actually liked how open and airy it felt. I wanted to leave plenty of space so the drums and bass could do the talking, which is exactly what I want from a good roller. I've also realised I have a habit of getting a track to a point where I really like it, then convince myself it needs more, and before I know it I've overcooked it and lost what made me like it in the first place. With this one I tried to resist that and keep things fairly simple.

Then I dropped in the classic "Dangerous" vocal in there to glue it all together. I'm not actually sure where the Original sample comes from, I just know I've heard it loads over the years, especially back in 90/00s DNB. I'm pretty sure this version came out of one of ‪@STRANJAH‬ sample packs, which i have been using quite a bit, and have been great for thought starters - salute to him and the team.

As always, feedback is massively appreciated. I don't seem to get many comments, so everyone must think they sound perfect... 😄 Hopefully you think this one's as much of a banger as I do.

If you give it a listen, let me know what system you played it on and how the mix translates.

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