VJ‑XY

resources

graphics, reference sheets, and tools for OP‑XY and OP‑1 field, made for the community.

a one-octave keyboard with three notes marked solid and the rest of the scale filled in grey

scales — what am I playing?

tap the notes you are playing to find the scales that hold them.

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the triads tool: a piano to tap notes on, the scales they fit listed beside it, and the seven triads of the chosen key numbered by degree

triads — interactive tool

every triad on the OP‑XY keyboard (major, minor, dim, aug, sus2, sus4). pick a scale, or tap out what you are playing to find one, and see just the triads in it.

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a chart of all twelve major triads and their inversions drawn on the OP‑XY keyboard

major triads and their inversions — OP‑XY

every major triad, in all twelve keys, drawn on the OP‑XY keyboard. root position, first inversion, second inversion, and the fourth shape you get when one of the three positions sits an octave away.

download PDF 2.8 MB download PNG 227 KB

a chart of all twelve major triads and their inversions drawn on the OP‑1 field keyboard

major triads and their inversions — OP‑1 field

the same chart, redrawn for the OP‑1 field keyboard.

download PDF 1.1 MB download PNG 245 KB

a four-step card showing how to route drum tracks through the OP‑XY tape track and punch in fills from the keyboard

combo 01 — tape punch-in drum fills

the tape track as a fill machine. route only your drums into it, set the tape, then punch in from the keyboard to shuffle the loop into fills you never programmed.

download PNG 150 KB

a three-step card showing how to hold a chord on the OP‑XY axis engine and play the ratio for overtones

combo 02 — shimmering space overtones

the axis engine, held on a chord, with the ratio moved by hand. three steps to a pad that keeps shifting under itself.

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