Stop worrying and just get on with it
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 8:03 am
Stop worrying about the tools and techniques and just get on with the process. This is too common a question format;
Something running too slow? Upgrading your setup isn't the answer.
Can't get a good sound out of something? Stop trying to and just use it
The whole happy accidents approach might seem somewhat unrefined and loose, but it's a better alternative (much better IMO) than sitting around twiddling the thumbs whilst you wait for the forum to regurgitate an answer to a question.
I've made no bones about my feelings toward too many specific sound design questions, where the point is to identify and perfectly replicate a specific sound in a specific song. But a good read through of How To Make A Noise will be time better spent than asking for a patch so you too can sound like Flavour Of The Week's latest tune Club Banger.
Ask questions by all means, I'mnot advocating that nothing should be asked and/or imitated. If that were the case we'd still be running around in caves grunting at each other in all likelihood.
However, the concept of a workaround is much overlooked in this day & age of disposable information and tools. Why figure something out if the Internet is there to find an answer? However did they make electronic music before the Internet, getting the responses via post to questions on how to program their synths must've taken ages.
Basically don't let specific technical details (either hardware based performance issues or software unfamiliarities) spoil the process of actually making a tune.
This has been a Wub Rant™
Got a problem? Find a way around it.Q) Can I do [this] with [this]?
a) No, you definitely can't do [this] with [this], you'll need [that] before you can do this [this]
b) Yes, but you'll struggle
c) Yes, and don't worry about using [this] to do [this]. Greater things have been done with less
Something running too slow? Upgrading your setup isn't the answer.
Can't get a good sound out of something? Stop trying to and just use it
The whole happy accidents approach might seem somewhat unrefined and loose, but it's a better alternative (much better IMO) than sitting around twiddling the thumbs whilst you wait for the forum to regurgitate an answer to a question.
I've made no bones about my feelings toward too many specific sound design questions, where the point is to identify and perfectly replicate a specific sound in a specific song. But a good read through of How To Make A Noise will be time better spent than asking for a patch so you too can sound like Flavour Of The Week's latest tune Club Banger.
Ask questions by all means, I'mnot advocating that nothing should be asked and/or imitated. If that were the case we'd still be running around in caves grunting at each other in all likelihood.
However, the concept of a workaround is much overlooked in this day & age of disposable information and tools. Why figure something out if the Internet is there to find an answer? However did they make electronic music before the Internet, getting the responses via post to questions on how to program their synths must've taken ages.
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Specifically hardware on this last point (not the post bit, obviously). Tunes were made on machines and computers that a) weren't designed for that sort of thing in the first place and b) had less processing power than a modern calculator..Or phone, I guess. Don't think a calculator as a stand alone entity given smartphones and all
Oh sh^t, my computer runs really slow when I'm processing an instance of this synth! Bounce to audio and save your processing speed. Oh no, I can't get the 10:1 compression ratio exactly right like that YouTube tutorial. Use your ears and/or stop using it altogether and concentrate on getting the mixdown sounding hot.Basically don't let specific technical details (either hardware based performance issues or software unfamiliarities) spoil the process of actually making a tune.
This has been a Wub Rant™
