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Chopping samples, I love taking a loop that I already love and slicing it into bits that can be rearranged into something brand new.

Least favourite aspect is saving patches and backing up my shit, I don't use a computer to produce so I have to SysEx dump from my synth and drum machine and export samples and patterns from my sampler AND THEN make sure they're stored in a safe place and labelled properly so I don't delete them by accident

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Losing hours off the clock and coming out of my haze with something resembling music.

For me it's all about sound design and the mixdown, I like to feel that I achieved something with the over all sound.

Genevieve wrote:All the individual elements coming together.

exactly ... and building bass layers

harveykartel wrote:Chopping samples, I love taking a loop that I already love and slicing it into bits that can be rearranged into something brand new.

Least favourite aspect is saving patches and backing up my shit, I don't use a computer to produce so I have to SysEx dump from my synth and drum machine and export samples and patterns from my sampler AND THEN make sure they're stored in a safe place and labelled properly so I don't delete them by accident

Also, long time lurker, finally decided to sign up today. So, hello!

easy man
i too know the pain of sysex dumps and saving/labeling
ah my akai s2000 floppy disks

My fave:

Getting the track back from the mastering engineer

ALLL OF IT
apart from mix downs

Project EX wrote:

keith_b wrote:Favorite part: writing melodies, chords, harmonies, etc. Arranging sections into a full song.

Least favorite part: Most "production-oriented" tasks (mixdowns, FX, designing new patches, messing with samples, etc).

the opposite for me

Haha yeah if I ever decide to collab with somebody - it needs to be an agreement like this

Me writing/composing, someone else producing. that would be an ideal collab for me.

My favourite bit would be the creation of a melody.
So much fun.

That or creating a drum pattern.

Genuinely there isn't one aspect that I find a drag. I agree that layering 3 or 4 snares until you get that chunk to it sets a smile on my face, and I love playing around with rhythm. Either layering it to fuck so there's 5 or 6 rhythms attacking each other, or simply just giving the percussion loads of space. But then again, melody and harmony is also a joy to do.
Probably a bit that I enjoy doing a lot would be when the tune is finished (no more composing!). I can sit for hours adjusting levels and subtly changing compressors and EQs until the track flows properly. But hey, I am an obsessive :/

My favourite part is when a track is pretty much finished, and i change all the colours of tracks (green for drums, blue for basses, yellow for pads etc.)

Seriously, it feels good to know all i need to do left with my track is make it look pretty.

When a track sounds shit and the little part of my brain dedicated to the amen break says "maybe you should layer an amen on there" and i do and it sounds fucking beautiful.

Debaser1 wrote:layering 3 or 4 snares until you get that chunk to it sets a smile on my face,

^this,
making the drum patterns,
n that feelin once the messing around has turned into an actually pretty idea, start bouncin up n down in the chair till my head hurts.

joeroxor wrote:Forcing an unwilling passerby to listen to my work in progress and flipping out when they say "it's alright"

Haha yes! I do this to my girlfriend all the time. She's into indie rock and shit like that but she's cool and always takes time to listen to some 30 second breakbeat loop i've started after a few drinks.

As for the actual production process, probably getting a good loop happening and then adding all posts of little twists, melody variation, parts where the drums mimic or accentuate parts of the riff. Just the little details. Love that shit

The surprises/accidents. Knowing the sound I am after, but getting side tracked with 'I wonder what would happen if I did this?', followed by 'oh, snap!'

Also, at the moment at least, things sounding 1000 times better than before. I remember around 6 months into taking production seriously, I was like 'I'm never going to get this'. I still haven't made the best use of the time in between then and now due to life throwing one curve ball after another at me, but at the moment I am just getting to the top of that vertical initial learning curve, and I am beginning to feel comfortable with what I am doing.

Still miles to go though and no end in sight, so my favourite aspect of production is the fact it's a continuous journey of discovery.

stereotactic wrote: Still miles to go though and no end in sight, so my favourite aspect of production is the fact it's a continuous journey of discovery.

This 100%