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Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:00 am
by JFK
mattnlondon wrote:maybe not so much embarassing, but probably the most retarded thing which has ever happened to me producing:
bring up 2 projects (i use logic) to play to my friend to see what he thinks and has any advice etc etc
click on one project and play it to him, (all works fine)
click behind it, other project pops up and loads i play it to him. - except its a messed up sounding version of the track i had made, (had to stop it quickly and pretend it was a mistake lol)
afterwards i spent ages trying to work out what had happend, turned out that the first project had somehow copied its channel strips to the second project, but all the effects of the original second project were still there as of course was the Midi (i know wtf) so like a clav type sound became a piano, drums where just fucking retarded synthy sounds etc. Even after trying to restore everything i couldnt get it sounding as good as it was >:<
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:56 pm
by syrup
I had a synth sounding good, but kept on tweaking it on and on until it sounded like a mess... then hit Cmd+S for some reason...
couldn't get the same sound again!
((
happened a lot of times. Other one i can think of was oversaving "My Song" project file (default project name) which was actually a tune i liked a lot with a new project.. Sucks when you realize it like 3 seconds after
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:30 pm
by narcissus
Ldizzy wrote:^same here. honestly, u shouldnt diss ur work. its good.
id play it in a chick set
ha, big ups. that is kinda what it's for. definitely played it at a forest party once and had this rolling girl alllll over my shit
but she wasn't the one i made it for, so.... lol.
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:45 am
by RandoRando
deadly habit wrote:accidentally deleting a finished project file when cleaning up that i only had an mp3 render of
YOu use cubase right?
Just send the mp3 to steinberg, they should be able to rebuild the project file for you
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:44 am
by symmetricalsounds
RandoRando wrote:deadly habit wrote:accidentally deleting a finished project file when cleaning up that i only had an mp3 render of
YOu use cubase right?
Just send the mp3 to steinberg, they should be able to rebuild the project file for you
doubt it
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:26 pm
by JFK
RandoRando wrote:deadly habit wrote:accidentally deleting a finished project file when cleaning up that i only had an mp3 render of
YOu use cubase right?
Just send the mp3 to steinberg, they should be able to rebuild the project file for you
How the bally blue blazes would they do that?
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 2:41 pm
by -[2]DAY_-
bagged for the chick sets
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:05 pm
by benjam
Its not really embarrassing but I was working on my tunes at 4 in the morning one night. The girlfriend was passed out on the sofa so I had my headphones on. Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw the door handle move. I looked back and after a second it started turning really slow. I clocked on straight away it was someone up to no good so I legged it at the door and flung it open to see two stunned chavs. Heres the sortof embarrassing bit. I opened my mouth and this weird fucarrrrrr growl sound came out, they shot off I started to chase but I still had the headphones on and my interface went flying. By the time Id got my phones off they were gone. Nothing was missing in the end though so I can see the funny side of it.
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:11 pm
by brettheaslewood
benjaminC wrote:Its not really embarrassing but I was working on my tunes at 4 in the morning one night. The girlfriend was passed out on the sofa so I had my headphones on. Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw the door handle move. I looked back and after a second it started turning really slow. I clocked on straight away it was someone up to no good so I legged it at the door and flung it open to see two stunned chavs. Heres the sortof embarrassing bit. I opened my mouth and this weird fucarrrrrr growl sound came out, they shot off I started to chase but I still had the headphones on and my interface went flying. By the time Id got my phones off they were gone. Nothing was missing in the end though so I can see the funny side of it.
just a growl or a genuine attempt to say FURCCC AAARRFFF at 4am?
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:46 pm
by -[2]DAY_-
hahahaha lmao @ that one ^^
I've done near all of these things. twice
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:44 pm
by Triphosphate
I just realized I've been mixing all week using my gaming headphones instead of my proper studio cans. Yay! Back to the drawing board.
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:09 am
by nnny
Triphosphate wrote:I just realized I've been mixing all week using my gaming headphones instead of my proper studio cans. Yay! Back to the drawing board.
At least you have studio cans
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:11 am
by Dystinkt
Sitting down and thinking, 'hmm, might try to make a bit of bassline today'
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:02 pm
by hutyluty
Cheeky wrote:Sitting down and thinking, 'hmm, might try to make a bit of bassline today'
nothing wrong with that!!
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:42 pm
by Dystinkt
hutyluty wrote:Cheeky wrote:Sitting down and thinking, 'hmm, might try to make a bit of bassline today'
nothing wrong with that!!
I was just scared I wouldnt live up to the god that is T to the Z
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 12:33 am
by DJCmanchester
i feel like a total fool for this one....every track i started a few weeks ago panned to the left ear really bad but all the settings were fine. either way i adjusted everything to sound right only to realize when i played it on speakers it was only coming out the right speaker...
... turns out I had a build up of wax in my right ear giving me some brutal impaired hearing hahaha
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 6:04 pm
by Ldizzy
nasty shit
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 6:37 pm
by leeany
I had a fucked up soundcard about 2 years ago, it could only play mono audio. So I produced a couple of hiphoptracks for this rapper, and only last year I listened back to the finished songs (vocalled and all) on my new soundcard and realized that the snare on 2 of the tracks was panned hard L SMH
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:40 am
by Skrew
Spending hours doing pre-mastering in FL trying to fix clipping when I realize I don't even have my audio settings set to my sound card.
Re: Most embarrassing thing you've done producing?
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:37 pm
by ehbes
Finishing an entire track then right before the export realizing that all the midi clip and notes are just a little too long, fix that then look down and seen i had accidently switched it to 5/4 time sig
