Good luck mang..

This is why I LOVE Ableton!!! It's an instrument and one can build anything they desire and just play it. I have an APC40, Launchpad and an Axiom 25. Thats enough knobs, buttons, pads, sliders for me to control more than I could on a synth and it's custom.Insahn wrote:I think by nature of just being at a computer making music it takes away from just being able to improvise which is 90% of what makes most music have some sort of feeling. It's amazing how the way I make music has changed over the past year since I began producing. Prior to dubstep and production I used to sit at a keyboard/piano and try to write a song. Melodies/Harmonies were foremost in my mind. Now, I fire up drum rack every time and try to make noise and atmosphere with no thought to melody/harmony whatsoever. It's become more about sound design and figuring out how other artists in the genres I like put their songs together. If I look at the two methods separately I can see why the former would have me producing more music and the latter would leave me without much direction. It's pretty tough to play your computer like an instrument. I think one of the best things I've done was to get some kind of control surface (APC 40) to control my daw on the fly and give me a little more room for improvisation. Granted, I still have to design sounds, make my own loops, etc, but putting it all together is a lot more fun.
Definitely going to try this. Probably the best way to revert myself to my prior musical self.Theo Void wrote:My suggestions: Separate sound design time(technical time like building racks, organizing samples, synth patches etc.) And music writing time.
Werd. Worked for me bropython453 wrote:Definitely going to try this. Probably the best way to revert myself to my prior musical self.Theo Void wrote:My suggestions: Separate sound design time(technical time like building racks, organizing samples, synth patches etc.) And music writing time.
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.
Wow. What a classic, gonna keep this one bookmarked!Skang wrote:Slighty off-topic, but here's some food for thought about the 'left' and 'right' side of the brain. Knowledge of the little things vs wisdom about the whole (track).
Serious shit^Altron wrote:The big part is just getting your arrangement down.
Brothulhu wrote:...EQing with the subtlety of a drunk viking lumberjack
Pedro Sànchez wrote:BigUp Skreem, Mela, Loofah, Kode8 & Spacial Ape and Bengo.
I totally understand this, but am surprised by the ammount of people who say they cant switch off 'producer mode'. I find it quite easy.Lucifa wrote:tell you what, the more i learn about the production the less enthused i am with other peoples tracks. Nothing worse than not being able to switch off and hear the music for what it is rather than its individual parts
I cant even listen to Saxon anymore by C&S and I used to love that track ha
Coca Cola is always the answer.BudSpencertron wrote:i guess coca cola is the answer
Lol i loved that when it came out, now all i hear is a cheap sounding brutal electro patch.Lucifa wrote:I cant even listen to Saxon anymore by C&S and I used to love that track ha
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