Production Methods?

[eyeswithoutaface]

well to me even having a template such as that with everything already to go just isnt right, in my opinion of course. I just dont feel it instigates intuitiveness or originality, i feel opening a project with all your favourite things in ready to go is counter productive and just, even little by little, sap's the natural human thirst for progression, development and the need for learning. Providing your the kind of person who has this instilled in them from the start of course. I for one dont want to use the same sends/returns on every track, or have the same effects applied on certain elements such as a synth, that's just not how i work, some synths get totally different treatment than others etc etc but i did mainly mean people who literaly just swap their samples around. It's becoming evermore obvious who does this.

it may seem odd but i dont want to hear 3, 4 identikit tracks on a record in terms of mix and the dynamics, 3 tracks which peak in the same places, have the exact same frequency range, exact same dynamic range etc etc, which is why i always start every single track from scratch, including my sends/returns, samplers etc everything, fresh palette every single time. That's just me, that's how i've always done it and it keeps thing's fresh for me

And of course people start afresh with hardware on every track. Mike Parker is known for not using a computer to program and uses analogue gear that he has to load up every session and work's on his track's until he has a finished track per session, cant save a thing, which i personally think is amazing i could only imagine the kind of creativity that must force out of you, i give every track 100% as it is but that is something else. Props to him

[rhythmtech]

so you're basically saying that you dont have a sampler loaded up in your synth rack ready to go?
seems a little pointless seeing as you're going to load it up anyway :whoops: . basically thats just wasting time isnt it?

and y not have your sends and returns loaded up? surely most of us at this stage realise that its better to stick to 2/3 good reverb/delay etc rather than having a disk full of crap freebies! so whats wrong with having say your waves rverb loaded and ready to go as your send reverb.. its not as if rverb is limited in the sound that can be gotten out of it. and its not exactly hard to change a send to a differant plug-in is it?

[loopdon]

so you're basically saying that you dont have a sampler loaded up in your synth rack ready to go?
seems a little pointless seeing as you're going to load it up anyway :whoops: . basically thats just wasting time isnt it?

and y not have your sends and returns loaded up? surely most of us at this stage realise that its better to stick to 2/3 good reverb/delay etc rather than having a disk full of crap freebies! so whats wrong with having say your waves rverb loaded and ready to go as your send reverb.. its not as if rverb is limited in the sound that can be gotten out of it. and its not exactly hard to change a send to a differant plug-in is it?

ontopic: i have tried so often to get a basic template going as rhythmtech described with verbs etc. readily on the send channels and can see nothing wrong with it but i still start just about everything i do from scratch. The things i start with change as well, don't think i have ever started with a hihat-pattern, though.

offtopic: ''waves rverb'' and ''crap freebies'' in one sentence must be a joke. reverb wise there isn't much choice on the freeverb market but waves absolutely isn't known for it's reverbs. I swear, even in ten years time, when people are asked what they use plugin-wise, you will hear ''waves'' far to often... i reckon it's what you do with it, though.

[fatcollective]

i just knew this thread would turn out like this, thats why i dont post much on BOA anymore! too many uptight people ....eyes!!

[loopdon]

you mean me?

[fatcollective]

mainly eyes, because straight away he started getting all "people using templates etc etc ... is lazy and blah blah..." instead of answering the question regarding production methods? rhythm tech answred the question properly.

[loopdon]

OK, had to look up what 'uptight' means, haha.

[dirty_bass]

I don`t get all this arguing.
I have no idea what I`m talking about anyway.
I just tell my computer to make music and it does it all for me while I get drunk and shag nuns.

[RDR]

Right then.

As my VERY first act as a moderator here i am asking you ALL to put a stop to this right now.

sure its fun for the first five minutes, but then its all fun and games until someone loses a testicle.

SO.

From now on people in this thread will only do the following

1. List their method of production
2. REFRAIN from commenting on others methods
3. Actually go off and try what others are suggesting.


Back chatting this post will get you a naughty mark mKay?

positive vibes people!

[fatcollective]

Right then.

As my VERY first act as a moderator here i am asking you ALL to put a stop to this right now.

sure its fun for the first five minutes, but then its all fun and games until someone loses a testicle.

SO.

From now on people in this thread will only do the following

1. List their method of production
2. REFRAIN from commenting on others methods
3. Actually go off and try what others are suggesting.


Back chatting this post will get you a naughty mark mKay?

positive vibes people!

i started this thread to get proper answers and there have been some good uns, but you always get some clown who knows best and dont asswer the question properly, therefore the thread gets lost!!