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How much time you spent producing a track?
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Work4Acid
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 03:31
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Hi everyone, this is my first topic here... Well, i was just wandering how much time you spent producing one track, from 0 to 100% complete (not mastering).
Its because im working on my second track (melodic psytrance) and im taking too long in the process, and i wanted to know others experiences, ranging from the newbie like me, to the advanced producers.
I also want to know the genre of the music of course.
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Elad
Tsabeat/Sattel Battle
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 03:53
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Alex Roudos
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 09:34
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From ambient to trance.
From scratch to complete arrangement, 3-4 hours.
One day break, checking of structure and details(correcting/adding/changing), 2 hours.
One day break again, recheck if what previously done is ok. If no, another 2 hours for finalizing the arrangement and details. If yes, proceed to mixdown.
Mixdown can take from 3 to 10 hours, depending on the complexity of the track and the live recordings it may contain(vocals or other instruments).
Mixdown is split again in 2-3 hours mix sessions with one day intervals(at least).
So in total, it takes from 6 to 18 max actual working hours spread in a 2 to 12 days time period.
 A friend told me once that the biggest mistake we make is that we believe we live, when in reality we are sleeping in the waiting room of life. |
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Alias
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 09:44
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Seppa
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 10:30
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On 2007-10-19 09:44, Alias wrote:
3 weeks/2months
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Yeah that's more like it |
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PoM
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 10:35
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2 days/2 weeks, after i don t finish them cause i m bored, for me the faster i made them the best they are , cause i m in the same mood, the story stay focused .(like you come back from a party and make a track in 2 days with all the energy you get from their,it ll blast the dancefloor for sure  ) |
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Medea
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 10:52
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hugaw
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 11:35
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Usually from 3 weeks to 3 months, depends of the complexity.
You can make a linear track with just arps and leads and fx's (basic), i can make this in 3 days but if you want to really shape your sound and have an "objective" point of view, you must spend more than 3, 5, or either 10 days on it.
"You just have to stop producing a track when you feel that you're going completely mad, just before things turn bad"
Psy stuff : myspace.com/neyaprod
Non-psy stuff : myspace.com/cheaperbits
french psy production forum : http://www.hadra.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=18 |
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Yellow Warrior
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 12:13
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FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
I have about 5-6 2 minute tracks.
But mine is a different story, I am fuckin' useless! 
Rather than feeling that you're about to have the rug pulled from under you, let me teach you how to dance on a flying carpet |
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orange
Fat Data
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 12:48
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Elad
Tsabeat/Sattel Battle
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 13:34
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i have to mention the best best tracks i did made in 2 days tops , straight 14 hours a day work , some food , one shower , 2 sex sessions ,lots lots of smoking , couple of more hours after the ear refresh from the sounds .. viola 
i think once u sure what u do , why u do it , what u want to hear , then its pritty easy hey... the biggest time killer is to not be sure what u want , then u can mess a hole month with a track contain 7-8 presets www.sattelbattle.com
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shamantrixx
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 14:32
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As long as it takes... usually way over 100 working hours.
"It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception"
Albert Einstein, speaking about his theory of relativity |
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Tomos
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 14:48
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I usually work on a track for a week straight. Leave it at 80% completion (just needs polish, freq balancing, additional fills etc.) then leave it for a month and come back to it.
Actual work time probably 2 solid weeks, but it is spread over a longer period so as to not go insane listening to the same bit of track over and over and losing sight. Plus I get new ideas when I come back to a song and it can progress in a different (better?) direction. I don't think I'll ever be 100% satisfied, but there comes a point when you just have to say 'it's done'.
This is a good follow on from the recent thread about how many tracks you've completed. I work really fast, but I'm obsessive and a perfectionist and I like to experiment as I go, I rarely have an idea of what the finished product will be like.
Those saying they can complete a track in a couple of days.. that means you could make an album a month if you tried! I think I could manage an album a year if I had consistently good ideas and saw them through to the end. |
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Glitch_CapeTown
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 14:53
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Glitch_CapeTown
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