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Are you productive?
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Fungoid
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Posted : May 16, 2004 14:27
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More or less every day when I sit down with my synths I say to myself "geez...this would be a good day to actually produce a new song". So I fiddle around some more on the synths, decides to make a new sample patch, reprogram the OS to the sampler and spend the rest of the evening playing and playing and not a single note has been recorded.
I find the actual playing and musical improvisation more fascinating than the actual producing.
Maybe once a month I produce a new song.
How about you?
Reading this forum I see many of you are quite a lot into the technical parts of the production. But what are the results?
Are you productive enough to actually produce a song? : )
Would be great to see you guys post your songs (old as new) here. Wouldnt it? : )
Another thing that came across my mind is the fact a lot of you guys seems to work with software equipment. Do you play musically with those plugins or are you mainly using the mouse to 'paint' the notes into the sequencer?
I've got two songs uploaded on my non-finished website.
Rolling Barenga is mostly made on a Yamaha TX16/w (probably the funniest sampler) and the Airwolf remake is various FM-synths : )
http://www.gudinna.com/~void/audio
Keep the smile up people!
/ fungoid
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Trip-
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Posted : May 16, 2004 15:06
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I'm in the same boat
I dont produce much.... but I improvise on the flute or the piano every day.
and you might want to post the link in the New Tracks section to get proper reviews.
bom
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Fungoid
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Posted : May 16, 2004 15:22
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Nah, i'm not so much into the review thing.
I'm more interested in hearing how you all are working. If there are any production results or if the creativity aligns to the controller tweaking, patch writing and so on : ) |
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Trip-
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Posted : May 16, 2004 15:28
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there are different threads here about how ppl work on tracks... you can find lotsa info.
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PsYmAnTiCs=]
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Posted : May 16, 2004 16:05
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Every track I've produced so far has been the result of playing about with a synth or sample. I think that my inspiration for a new patch/sample/sound gets lost if I spend too long programming and don't get the idea recorded quickly.
I prefer to leave the sound "unfinished" as I'm working on a track (I mean modulation sources/destinations and other things that will change the sound). I find that I can then keep the sound evolving & fresh as the track progresses, listening to how it interacts with other sounds & rythms. Then, as other sounds are added, they can all be modulated / mutated beyond my original idea. I suppose it is creative freedom which is the key for me & why I find psy style so much fun.
I think that the most important thing is to find the method which suits you, and you only get there by experimenting right?  |
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saxopholus
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Posted : May 16, 2004 16:27
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Reading this forum I see many of you are quite a lot into the technical parts of the production. But what are the results?
Are you productive enough to actually produce a song? : )
Another thing that came across my mind is the fact a lot of you guys seems to work with software equipment. Do you play musically with those plugins or are you mainly using the mouse to 'paint' the notes into the sequencer?
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I use software a lot but play it with midi piano and midi sax mainly. I will also make synth melodies on real sax/flute. Have no decent hardware synths.  Drums will be 'painted' like you say. I guess I produce almost 1 tune a week at the mo and sometimes have several on the go.
The thing is that discussing and concerning yourself with the technical aspects usually means that you can more quickly produce well, because you can more easily solve any problems or not come across any because you've thought about it beforehand. It's a good point you make though.
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Aluminol
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Posted : May 17, 2004 04:08
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i think the most important thing is where newbies get lost and one day go wow why ain't i done that b4 is always record automation..
if you got a couple of loops going for your individual parts press record and any new intrument added if tweaking it put it on record aswell as for any new effect aswell...then you haven't lost that great piece you could never recreate again..if it sux delete it easy as, if it doesn't go back later and have a look at the automation and see how it effects the vst knobs and settings and you start to understand everthing a whole lot more and songs start to take three days to make instead of three months... |
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zooter
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Posted : May 17, 2004 07:32
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fungoid, i agree with you...i take lots of time to complete a track...i mostly am mesmerized by the whole "sound" thing rather than producing...
hours wise : i take minimum 100-200 hrs per track (meaning could be a month if i work slow, or a week if i spend the whole time on the track) |
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limbic
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Posted : May 17, 2004 11:46
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fungoid my man i have a suggestion for u
found a nice sound and a nice improvising u made record it and save even if u dont mean to use it save the notes and sound in somr deserted folder and continue improvising i promise u some day youll hear the things and have an didea what to do with them |
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Fungoid
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Posted : May 19, 2004 21:40
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limbic: haha i thank you for the suggestion. you know i'm just smiling cause i just looked through my harddrive and i have nearly 300 pieces of recorded improvisation pieces. most of them are pure midi but also some harddisk recordings.
some years ago i used to record improvisations right onto a minidisc or dat and use that when i dj:ed suggestive ambient.
thing is, i always tend to think, "yeah yeah i'll do something with this stuff later on". very very rarely happens that way though : )
but the funniest thing is to listen to those things made years ago. and the same sentence pops up in my mind "whoa! did I record this? i forgot about that" : ) |
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