Feeling a lack of direction/focus...

[Lejurai]

Lately I feel overwhelmed by all the sonic choices in my softwares and sample library. It was actually easier when I only had 16 synth sounds, maybe 40 drum sounds and 50 effects. And my first hard disk recorder could only record 4 tracks. Now everything is so nearly unlimited that it takes a lot of effort to get to a standard kit and pallette that I like.

Sounds like you need an "inspiration computer" that has only drum samples you've created by yourself or just one samplepack that you have collected sounds you propably use (like 20 kicks 20 claps 20 hats etc). And ONE synth that is your workhorse (mine is synthmaster and zeta+2) and if you need some special synth like granular then install that but nothing else. Sampler is also allowed. And one of each fx type you use. And of course if you limit that computer to be some bit older laptop.. Your unlimited track issue is also solved

[Lejurai]

Of course you need to remember that grab stuff that is "good enough". Not perfect but good enough when being easy for cpu. If you come up with something good, you can always bounce it and load the stems to your main computer and add the fx you want. Or continue the whole project with your main computer if your daw allows that.

[Uncle E]

Of course you need to remember that grab stuff that is "good enough". Not perfect but good enough when being easy for cpu. If you come up with something good, you can always bounce it and load the stems to your main computer and add the fx you want. Or continue the whole project with your main computer if your daw allows that.

These days, I'm using Bliss to handle the plugins that require a lot of CPU.

[Lejurai]

These days, I'm using Bliss to handle the plugins that require a lot of CPU.

I meant cpu hungry fx