I find it hard sometimes to display a reasonable level of quality control. I work on the 80/20 rule - 80% of my tunes are crap and the other 20% don't get posted in the cafe.
Do you ever find yourself listening to the same half finished 32 bar loop for days on end not knowing where to go with it? I do, although if it carries on for too long I just delete the f**king thing and start over.
Quality Control...
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- KVRAF
- 8703 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
CypherOne wrote: Do you ever find yourself listening to the same half finished 32 bar loop for days on end not knowing where to go with it? I do, although if it carries on for too long I just delete the f**king thing and start over.
mine go to 64 but the bpm is quite low
leave it and go back to it later
the more you listen to it the more it will sound 'ordinary' to you and you'd dismiss songs too easily
My other host is Bruce Forsyth
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- KVRAF
- 9064 posts since 1 Aug, 2003
Like spaceman said... you really need a fresh ear when listening, little problems and opportunities will be in your face then.
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Stupid American Pig Stupid American Pig https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4753 - KVRAF
- 7065 posts since 25 Nov, 2002 from not sure
take 2 of yer loops and splice them together. Especially if they are defferent tempos/time sigs/keys. That will facilitate some creativity to make them fit...
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- KVRAF
- 8703 posts since 9 Jan, 2004 from leroyaumeuni
CypherOne wrote:that's probably accurate. I rarely have more than two projects on the go at once so I do listen to them waaaay too much.
after a while it sounds 'common' and you think 'what the f**k's special about this?'
and when you have little time that leaves you with 500 unfinished song parts of around 64 - 128 bars
My other host is Bruce Forsyth
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35506 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Smash yourself in the head with a rock. When you recoved you will hear your music on a new light...
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRist
- 250 posts since 22 Jun, 2004 from NYC
Man, I am with Spaceman. I have a bunch of stuff that sits around that is probably 50-60% finished. Like 20 tracks, and they are really all over the place, no one defined style. Am waiting for LIVE5 with the freeze function because I end up running out of CPU and start bouncing tracks, but get annoyed because I want to change small things, go back, repeat.....argh.
It's actually easy to get ideas down, but finishing? That is the tricky part.
It's actually easy to get ideas down, but finishing? That is the tricky part.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 7936 posts since 18 Feb, 2003 from out there somewhere
yeah I know what you're saying. I usually end up with each track comprising of 3 or more 'projects' so I've got the chance to change stuff after I've bounced it.