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First Stars

By hauntedshrines on January 4, 2026 4:26 pm

An instrumental track made with an OP-XY and mixed in Ableton.

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some real nice synth design in this. that swell bass at 0:13 and the shaky lead that come in later are a joy.

Agree with the comment above, the sound design here is real nice, it all sits very well together. Favorited

Lovely track. I love the crispy acoustic sounding drums on top of the retro-style sound design and how everything swirls around like a dizzying, gauzy memory.

Thank you guys. I love that you like it.

Here are some notes I posted on Discord.

My first WeeklyBeats submission, which is my first ever WeeklyBeats submission, is now live. I made every sound except the drums with my OP-XY, then rendered each track out separately into Ableton where I added drums, recreated the FX and mixed it. I actually had some very sad news towards the end of the DAW portion of working on this track which I think I will always hear in this song. I hope you guys enjoy it.

very nice and cozy vibe!

Thats the first opxy track i heard so far that pushed further than the typical te sound. Great job on the mix too. Hyped for more

Really nice track.  I was super digging the opening section, but then the changeup when the drums kicked in was cool, too.  Nice work! 

Cosmic Cairns wrote:

Really nice track.  I was super digging the opening section, but then the changeup when the drums kicked in was cool, too.  Nice work!

Seconding this. Loved the stretchy bass, then the drums hit and sounded great and big, but you still had room for the delicate lead starting around 1:55.

Nice! Felt like the journey started all over once that drum track kicked in.

This is great! Love all the little surprises along the way.

good vibes:)

theskyis256k wrote:

very nice and cozy vibe!

I'm very proud that I can share that feeling with you through my music.

Apticx wrote:

Thats the first opxy track i heard so far that pushed further than the typical te sound. Great job on the mix too. Hyped for more

There's actually a default preset used in this believe it or not. Thanks for listening, enjoying, and for the feedback!

Cosmic Cairns wrote:

Really nice track.  I was super digging the opening section, but then the changeup when the drums kicked in was cool, too.  Nice work!

kelley wrote:

Seconding this. Loved the stretchy bass, then the drums hit and sounded great and big, but you still had room for the delicate lead starting around 1:55.

I got you with that drop didn't I? I'm glad you both enjoyed it.

alterationx10 wrote:

Nice! Felt like the journey started all over once that drum track kicked in.

I'm glad that landed, it's very encouraging for me to hear that my music can take people on that trip with me.

GregVK wrote:

This is great! Love all the little surprises along the way.

Thanks for listening!

george bowles wrote:

good vibes:)

Thanks man. Always!

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