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How much time you spent producing a track?
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Medea
Aedem/Medea
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 15:01
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On 2007-10-19 13:34, Elad wrote:
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
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true
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psychowave
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 15:23
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sometimes 1 day...
sometimes 1 month...
in the production...and then more a week mixing...
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faxinadu
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 15:55
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very veyr hard for me to say because i work in cycles...
i could be for a whole week just sampling my gear and movies and such, then editing samples and making huge folders.
i could spend a few weeks just making modular patches in scope modular.
the actual arrange and mix of a track itself usually takes me 3-4 days, but that is because i already made myself a ton of unique samples, built nice mod patches i can instantly use and so on, the arrange just needs some inspiration and it almost takes care of itself.
so i donno really 
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Psytracked
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 19:11
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On 2007-10-19 12:13, Yellow Warrior wrote:
FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
I have about 5-6 2 minute tracks.
But mine is a different story, I am fuckin' useless! 
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lol.....I'm the same.
I already know how to mix from University and doing work for bands but the song writing bit is a tuff one for me. Producing your own music like Psy/Goa-trance I think is a big task.
Sound design
Song writing / Musicianship / programming
Mixing
Mastering (not always)
And of course you act as the producer as well
Sometimes I have thought of giving up. But I am getting better in some of these areas. I have found that listening to a wider range of music has helped keep my passion alive.
I admire your honesty. I think that shows you know where you are at. Knowing that I think can help you work out how to go forward.
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UnderTow
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 19:32
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Anywhere from one day to two years. Lol.
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Tomos
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 19:50
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Messing about is never a waste of time.. sometimes I'm in serious mode, sometimes I like to see what happens if I put 8 insert effects on a sample.. happy accidents! |
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Colin OOOD
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 22:18
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Spindrift
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 22:41
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4 hours is the fastest I made a complete track in I think.
Usually it's something like three four hour sessions.
I used to somewhat disrespect people who did their tracks in a day or two, even if I actually liked their music. I just thought they should be able to do much better if they spent a week or two like I used to do.
But I don't see much correlation between time spent and quality, not for my own work nor for others.
If anything I find that I work faster when really inspired so many times the best tracks is the ones that was fast to make.
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Work4Acid
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 22:43
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Well thanx for all the replies =)
I laught reading the messages thought because the deiversity of the experiences, from "a couple of hours" to years... but hey! i think the average timing was like 3 weeks or something? i feel normal i guess... now i have more topics in my head, but thats a different story
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splinter
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Posted : Oct 19, 2007 23:33
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MadScientist
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Posted : Oct 20, 2007 00:55
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hmm pretty hard question...
the fastest I did was also like 4-5h, but I dont really like to do that...imo the track goes fast into a repetetive and kind of boring direction if you run thru it that quick!
but thats just my experience...right now I dont have that much time for producing, so I do like 2-4h each 2nd to 4th day but that time is with a lot of listening breaks, so I do my stuff and when I got some time I continue the track and so on...then I come on 2-4h producing time 
a whole track takes me like 2-4weeks usually, but often I'm also working on several tracks at a time...
with getting out of the mood of the track I dont have any problem really...in contrary I get more ideas to put diversity in the track when I take some time for it!
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Anak
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Posted : Oct 20, 2007 01:13
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Outolintu
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Posted : Oct 20, 2007 21:34
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i usually work for 4-8 hours on a track per day. depending on the track it usually takes atleast 10 days to finish it. usually i like to keep longer periods of "ripening time" between these working days. so the whole process takes 20-40 days. i've noticed that it usually gives the track a better form and direction if you distance yourself from it every once in a while and then listen to it again with fresh ears. at the moment i'm writing a track which i started autumn 2006
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Anak
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Posted : Oct 20, 2007 21:59
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splinter
Splinter / Kode Six
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Posted : Oct 28, 2007 20:46
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On 2007-10-20 21:34, Outolintu wrote:
i usually work for 4-8 hours on a track per day. depending on the track it usually takes atleast 10 days to finish it. usually i like to keep longer periods of "ripening time" between these working days. so the whole process takes 20-40 days. i've noticed that it usually gives the track a better form and direction if you distance yourself from it every once in a while and then listen to it again with fresh ears. at the moment i'm writing a track which i started autumn 2006
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yep i tottaly agree
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