Too much choice
Before Rack Extensions and before VST integration I used to experiment a lot with Reasons instruments and effects.
It was necessary to produce new sounds and expand what was available in the FSBank and refills.
Now I tend not to so much. I go looking in REs and vsts instead. Generally only tweaking presets. And usually getting lost in that massive choice and ending up with nothing much after much time spent.
I think i need to reduce my options again but not sure how.
It was necessary to produce new sounds and expand what was available in the FSBank and refills.
Now I tend not to so much. I go looking in REs and vsts instead. Generally only tweaking presets. And usually getting lost in that massive choice and ending up with nothing much after much time spent.
I think i need to reduce my options again but not sure how.
reason never was reduced in any way
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My point here i think is that i will never have the time to learn and know many of the devices open to me.
So luck and happy accidents are more prevalent than design and discovery.
I've seen it with friends who have 1000s of records. They can't choose one. I can because i just choose what i love which is based on knowledge of a much smaller subset.
My point here i think is that i will never have the time to learn and know many of the devices open to me.
So luck and happy accidents are more prevalent than design and discovery.
I've seen it with friends who have 1000s of records. They can't choose one. I can because i just choose what i love which is based on knowledge of a much smaller subset.
Decision fatigue is a thing. I've found that having spotify kind of ruined listening to music for me. Started to buy vinyl again which helped a lot. It is so much better to discover stuff in a crate rather than being served stuff by an algorithm.
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reason has always been more versatile than all other daws imho
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Limit and challenge yourself. Just think of something randomly, only use subtractor and redrum for a week, use only samples recorded from your bedroom (lamp switches, fingernail against a glass of water, door noises, whatever), only use free VST, or maybe sounds of a toy piano, circuit bend that thing, incorporate noise from the construction site or big street near you. Whatever you do, pick something and just stick with it.
And stop being so hurtful. WTF man, not the first time.
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that doesn’t invalidate Zac’s point. there are roughly a billion more devices available now than there were before Rack Extensions and VSTs were introduced.
well - concentrate on the best stuff then
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I am working on an album. I wrote stuff, ideas on guitar and them put them into the computer. I do that track by track, not focussing too much on sound and even on structure. If I have like 2 parts, it's ok. the trick for me is to keep it raw, mainly think about notes, not on sounds. later on I will polish it a bit, but not too much, but first I need to find the whole song working more or less using a specific arrangement.
I do vocals very raw as well. If I have an idea for a melody, I record it quickly using a SM58.
don't overfocus when you're not complete aware of the whole track. details are only important when you have a bigger arrangement.
I do vocals very raw as well. If I have an idea for a melody, I record it quickly using a SM58.
don't overfocus when you're not complete aware of the whole track. details are only important when you have a bigger arrangement.
I personally do not have any problems with unlimited choice. I have reached a point where i can create what i want and now i stopped buying or make more careful choices. Just should have skipped several bought stuff in the past... Now i know that...
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Setting out some boundaries and sticking to them till something comes out works great. Also open your ears to the music you love and try and capture some of that magic in your own work.
Nah, i think i need hardware man, this digital stuff is just rubbish...
I better put a wink here
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yes that's also why many people started using hardware again. because of limitations.
Thanks everyone.
I didn't foresee this or post the topic as click bait but this afternoon whilst doing another 2min stock tune i mainly confined myself to 2 of the r10 instruments.. klang and the perc instrument one.
Got a song out. Think I'll restrict myself again.
I didn't foresee this or post the topic as click bait but this afternoon whilst doing another 2min stock tune i mainly confined myself to 2 of the r10 instruments.. klang and the perc instrument one.
Got a song out. Think I'll restrict myself again.
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great!
the more music, the better
Nah. Wait until it goes up to full price again. Then it’ll sound even better. .
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I have thousand of records and hundreds of REs.
A lot of the REs I have absolutely no knowledge of how to use them properly (my fault) but I know every note on all the records I've got from start to finish and I never have a problem choosing one to fit my mood . Maybe I'm just lucky (or not...depending upon which way you look at it)
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Hey, Cam... I'm glad you listen to lots of music. I do too. I definitely have my favourites though. I haven't got my physical lps or cds with me now but hopefully they are in storage somewhere.
I def drifted off what i was trying to get at.
Out of those 100+ rack extensions.. how many do you really know?
Curious.
I def drifted off what i was trying to get at.
Out of those 100+ rack extensions.. how many do you really know?
Curious.
Mostly the ones I can put on guitars. Effects, amps.Zac wrote: ↑12 Feb 2019Hey, Cam... I'm glad you listen to lots of music. I do too. I definitely have my favourites though. I haven't got my physical lps or cds with me now but hopefully they are in storage somewhere.
I def drifted off what i was trying to get at.
Out of those 100+ rack extensions.. how many do you really know?
Curious.
Also real instruments Pianos, Keys. Mellotrons etc.
I’m crap at synths. I’m crap at cv.
Don’t really understand compressors.
Most of the stuff I do with those things end up sounding cool but more out of experimentation and accident than anything else. Call me avant-garde:).
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If you have aclear idea set or goal youre working towards...well, that's the limitation.
Once I know where I'm going I don't have aproblem. It's the experimentation period where I can get lost. Once my aim is clear I just work towards that and everything falls in or out of thouse parameters. I may olny use 20% of the fire power I have but it's well used, not faffing about.
So in a way, don't worry. If I'm right, once you find a groove it will define what you do and what you use.
I can't see it could be otherwise because discovery needs experimentaion and polishing needs focus. So you need loads of potentially useless gear in order to germinate an idea but you need far far less in order to realise the idea fully.
Once I know where I'm going I don't have aproblem. It's the experimentation period where I can get lost. Once my aim is clear I just work towards that and everything falls in or out of thouse parameters. I may olny use 20% of the fire power I have but it's well used, not faffing about.
So in a way, don't worry. If I'm right, once you find a groove it will define what you do and what you use.
I can't see it could be otherwise because discovery needs experimentaion and polishing needs focus. So you need loads of potentially useless gear in order to germinate an idea but you need far far less in order to realise the idea fully.
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I know.MrFigg wrote: ↑12 Feb 2019Mostly the ones I can put on guitars. Effects, amps.Zac wrote: ↑12 Feb 2019Hey, Cam... I'm glad you listen to lots of music. I do too. I definitely have my favourites though. I haven't got my physical lps or cds with me now but hopefully they are in storage somewhere.
I def drifted off what i was trying to get at.
Out of those 100+ rack extensions.. how many do you really know?
Curious.
Also real instruments Pianos, Keys. Mellotrons etc.
I’m crap at synths. I’m crap at cv.
Don’t really understand compressors.
Most of the stuff I do with those things end up sounding cool but more out of experimentation and accident than anything else. Call me avant-garde:).
I'm such a prick.
Avante garde for me was celtic frost.
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