Production Confessions Confidential

[Theo Void]

I already have had a few synths. I had a MicroKorg, GAIA and a Micron. I miss the Korg and the Micron. Not so much the GAIA. I wish I hadn't sold them. I'd really like to get a Moog or a Mini-Brute or some other analog mono-synth but being broke mostly stops me from acquiring them.
I do love hard-ware synths though and I'm sure I'll own a few more eventually.

[Theo Void]

Well doesnt that solve the problem?

Not really because when it comes to mastering my own songs it's not just the volume of it that I feel is inferior but also the dynamics and punchiness and over-all sonic impact of it.
If I'm playing live and I mix one of my tracks into a commercial-grade track it's going tp be a drop in energy that won't be fixed by sheer volume. Or at least thats what I'm worried about.
The solution, I guess, is to just keep trying to get better at it or paying to have someone else do it.

[dickman69]

oh ok yea i get u

i think if u practice certain blends & find ones that work even w/ the lack of punch... that could help u out

id just mix ur track out of like 100 other tracks & see which ones sound ok that way ull get some confidence that it sounds good

[chekov]

i get what you're on about, often when i play my own tracks it's like when you mix an old 33rpm single out of a new 180g 45rpm pressing
just sounds a lot weaker

haven't mixed any of my recent tunes though, think i've got quite a bit better at mastering so hopefully it won't be as much of a problem now

[MrBaxter]

Once I spend an hour or two making a simple 8, 16, 32 bar loop. I will just listen to it for like an hour and a half, even though I have more details I want to add in, its just, its in a listenable state and then i just listen for too long. Probably why I don't get any thing finished.

[hasezwei]

i suffer from loopitis

[HaddaUK]

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[chekov]

Tinnitus is a real pain when it comes to long production sessions :/

ain't that truth

[fragments]

I already have had a few synths. I had a MicroKorg, GAIA and a Micron. I miss the Korg and the Micron. Not so much the GAIA. I wish I hadn't sold them. I'd really like to get a Moog or a Mini-Brute or some other analog mono-synth but being broke mostly stops me from acquiring them.
I do love hard-ware synths though and I'm sure I'll own a few more eventually.

I highly recommend the DSI Mopho Desktop. You can get them for less than 300USD. And you can run audio through it's filter (mono audio in only, but who cares), which is incredibly gnarly (at times hard to wrangle properly). For 250 bucks I'll never want something else for pure bass power again.

[Theo Void]

I already have had a few synths. I had a MicroKorg, GAIA and a Micron. I miss the Korg and the Micron. Not so much the GAIA. I wish I hadn't sold them. I'd really like to get a Moog or a Mini-Brute or some other analog mono-synth but being broke mostly stops me from acquiring them.
I do love hard-ware synths though and I'm sure I'll own a few more eventually.

I highly recommend the DSI Mopho Desktop. You can get them for less than 300USD. And you can run audio through it's filter (mono audio in only, but who cares), which is incredibly gnarly (at times hard to wrangle properly). For 250 bucks I'll never want something else for pure bass power again.

Ya, i'd be happy w/ one of those for sure.

[MassAphekt]

I spend way too much time replaying loops and arrangements I made to hear if they sit right

[Gewze]

I cant think of any

[Aufnahmewindwuschel]

i like the side of trap that isnt like brostep in worse

[advocate]

I always keep looking for the next piece of software or equipment to make me sound better, when in actuality I should refine my skills with the tools i already have

[Theo Void]

I always keep looking for the next piece of software or equipment to make me sound better, when in actuality I should refine my skills with the tools i already have

Yeah, I was stuck in that trap for a min. Trust me, thinking that way is like rationalizing and telling yourself its cool to shoot heroin. It's like being in denial. If you have decent tools you can do anything w/ them as long as you learn your shit inside out. I have something like 50-100 plug-ins that acquired when I thought that way and now I use maybe 5 of them. The ones I use I've mastered completely and its way more efficient than having 50 you barely know. Who has time to learn how to use 50 different plug-ins?
That said, I still lust after new gear that comes out and sometimes give in and but it. But I've whittled my studio set-up down to the few things I really use. Most of my productions are done w/ a laptop, headphones and Ableton. I get them nearly finished that way sitting on the couch then I bring it to the studio and mix it on my monitors and record some touch up automation w/ a controller.
Point Blank, you can have the newest, best gear out there and still fucking suck. And, you can pump out bangers on a 1999 Dell running Audacity.

[fragments]

^that being said and true...if you know what you are doing, new gear can improve you sound in a variety of ways. I feel like a lot of plugins of the same type mostly sound the same I find hardware to be different in that regard. But yea, buying something thinking it's an "insta banger button" is foolish.

[Ficticious]

The first song I ever made I was lying to myself that it was satisfactory

the first, man i do that all the time. you get used to it

I know right!? then we look back and go. god damnit, and I coulda done SOO much more to it, but it's already out.

[antman]

I scrap around 6 or 7 projects A WEEK, because I dont think theyre good enough.

And by scrap I mean delete. Permanently.

[ehbes]

I scrap around 6 or 7 projects A WEEK, because I dont think theyre good enough.

And by scrap I mean delete. Permanently.

Standard, I think I go through 3-4 projects a session

[Artie_Fufkin]

Truth is... my DA convertors are probably crap, but I really don't know no better

^^lol I saved 9 variations of an experimental effect chain last night because they might be interesting effect sounds to use someday. I've got 23 project files that start with the word 'interesting' and 26 with that begin with the word 'neat'.