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do you prefer a tune to do a breakdown at the end or an abrupt ending or a gradual fade out say on the chorus looping
i'm talking for casual listening not from a dj or necessarily electronic music standpoint

No preference. Depends on the track.

For me, I tend to feel like a fade-out is a cop out; like they cba to spend 30 seconds thinking of a decent ending point for the track and instead had to fade the song out... Just me dow


Dub Fiend

Nothing worse than a fadeout in metal music.

it depends, a fadeout can be lazy but sometimes it can work well if you strip down the loop to one of its background elements and fadeout on that.

amphibian wrote:No preference. Depends on the track.

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Fade Out with filter cutoff

i normally just like to drop elements out gradually until you have 2 or 3 things left and the just have it stop, or filter summat out, or doin some little thing to one of them

Both have their place, I think 9/10 times a tune will sound like it needs a proper ending, but 1/10 you'll need that fade out. Fade outs can be kinda epic if you do it right.

Yeah, it depends heavily on the track, but I think a well made burn-out ending makes more of a lasting impression. Not true in all cases, obviously.

I'm feeling the fade outs atm but maybe that's cos I'm experimenting with lots of things in my production right now.