Guest lifeform Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 How long does it ussually take you to write a full track? What was the longest time you spend on a single track and What was the shortest ammount you've spent? obviously these apply to the ones that turn out good, with professional gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aonia Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 longest: about 1 month and half...(lack of inspiration) shortest: 1 week. It usually takes me about 2-3 weeks for something that I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rikard Posted January 18, 2002 Share Posted January 18, 2002 And how many hours do spend everyday on that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lifeform Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 It's taking me forever to write this new track i'm working on... It's been about 3 weeks so far... and i only have like 3 and half minutes.. maybe i should try to change my method of writting.. i just do a minute at a time... and then another ... and so on... till it's done. I was just hoping that you weren't gonna say... ohhh 3 or 4 days... then there would be something wrong... alright, well thanks for the reply. anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Indidginus Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 It varies... I wouldn't worry about how long it takes you. Be more concerned with the content Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slidingtrancer Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 At least 48 hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ez Hi Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 How long does it ussually take you to write a full track? -The song is usually finished in 1-2 day. I try to finish them on same day, since the *feeling* is different next day. What was the longest time you spend on a single track? -some weeks, cant remember. What was the shortest ammount you've spent? -probably something like 4 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lifeform Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 4 hours? is that possible? Did it sound good? You must have your @!#$ down Ez Hi. I used to be able to write tracks so easily in Impulse tracker, but now months have gone by with me using cubase as my sequencer and it's a big change of what i actually have to do to make it glide smoothly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Xoltan Posted January 19, 2002 Share Posted January 19, 2002 I agree with M. Indidginus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hogus Posted January 21, 2002 Share Posted January 21, 2002 I could only see it taking me 4 hours to produce a track if I really had all my sounds together and was collaborating with someone that has the same mindset.. I've been working on my last track for a week and a half (about 2-3 hours a day on average) In that time and in this order I've: 1. Created a Bass module from scratch in Reaktor 2. Set up the majority of the bassline. 3. Sampled, Synthesized and edited a variety of kicks to get the perfect one to compliment the bass 4. Got all the rest of my kit together (Snares, hats, etc.) and set up the rhythms I want to build up to for the various parts of my bassline. 5. Gone through a whole series of pad-type sounds to come up with a sound that wasn't too Pad'ish... This will be used as backing, but won't form a major part of the track, so it will sit far away in the soundspace when the sound get's busy, to fill it all out. 6. Created another Reaktor module for a kind of psychedelic lead sound, I'm very happy with this sound. But it took me a few months of experience to have the knowledge to do it quickly (Took about an hour and a half) 7. Set up the basic balance and effects for all these sounds to work together. 8. Jammed away allong with the bassline to get ideas for the pad progression and lead sequences. That's it so far, I feel I'm about 30% of the way to complete. My next steps will probably go along the lines of: 1. Altering the bassline and accompanying percussion layout to complement the ideas I've had for the final composition. In essence finalysing all the rhythmic apsects of the track and organising the build-ups. 2. Recording, programming and editing the pads and lead. 3. Another quick calibration of the Volumes, EQ, Effects levels and so forth. 4. Tweaking and hacking all the little aspects of the track so each part runs into another smoothly and it all grooves together, Adding complimentary sounds where necessary. 5. Pre-mastering and testing the music on live subjects. 6..... We'll see when we get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mike Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Anywhere from a week to a year, man...not even kidding. most recently, I found my niche for getting a song done in a fair amount of time: WRITE FIRST----MIX LAST I've spent 2 weeks and more on a piece and then have only 3 minutes of music--why? because I record one track and then try EQ-ing /mixing it....not the right way lay down all your tracks and musical ideas and don't even worry about how the mix sounds yet-- (Especially if you're using reason and cubase together----you will lose your mind (and self-esteem) if you're thinking 'EQ/compress' during the early stages of he song. when the basic sequences are in place, and everything is audio...then start mixing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hogus Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 I like to get rough sketches in my mind of the certain parts as I go along... It all changes around as I progress through the track, I'll drop whole sections of music on an instrument as I go along, and expand on others. The trick is to set up the sound gets you into it initially with enough vairations that you could drop huge chunks of it as you add instruments and still have enough variation left over that you can't even fit it all into one track and still need to drop more. This is usually the bassline for me... On my current track I've already dropped more than 70% of the ideas and there are still parts I'm going to get rid of if I want to get a track of under 10 minutes. As you add sounds to your track the amount of variations you can have increases exponetially, and once you start working on transitions from one variation to another even more ideas come out of it. So you have to be ruthless and weed out anything that doesn't sound 90% right... the 10% margin is important, since you could tweak forever and never get to 100%, as soon as you can you must leave a part and go on with the next. It all depends on your development method. This method comes from the days when I used to do graphics. I had to draw tons of sketches of things from different angles to sort out the details of the final picture, and I try to apply the same technique with music. In the end how long the track takes to make isn't that important to me, as long as I can finish is before I get bored of it and leave it altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hogus Posted January 23, 2002 Share Posted January 23, 2002 Mike, I like your methodology, it's like writing a book... You put down everything you want without caring about getting the grammar, time or even the character names right at the start, you just keep writing until you come to the end and realise what the story is really about. Then you go back and edit, cut out the pointless bits, place accent on the important part and so forth. I don't do it exactly that way, but I have a simmilar mentality... there are always variations on my production methods, depending on what the inspiration for the track is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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