the lead seems out of sync with the beat. Does it need to be quantized?

You have the start of a possible track. Can't comment much cause at the moment, it all seems a bit random. The arrangement is confused and the track needs far more going on.

Perhaps wait till you have something a little more finshed when posting next time so we can comment a bit better.

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