How much time do you take to finish a track?
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- KVRian
- 719 posts since 17 Aug, 2015 from Finland
Anywhere between a day and a year.
My solo projects:
Hekkräiser (experimental) | MFG38 (electronic/soundtrack) | The Santtu Pesonen Project (metal/prog)
Hekkräiser (experimental) | MFG38 (electronic/soundtrack) | The Santtu Pesonen Project (metal/prog)
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- KVRAF
- 8077 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
Usually about 3-6 hours once I start a session.
In 2017 I averaged one track per 1.37 days, but I slowed down a lot since I went back to releasing albums and caring more about quality than quantity. This year the average has been more like one track per 5 days.
In 2017 I averaged one track per 1.37 days, but I slowed down a lot since I went back to releasing albums and caring more about quality than quantity. This year the average has been more like one track per 5 days.
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- KVRist
- 196 posts since 19 Sep, 2012
It varies for me. So many different kinds of projects. I've a catalog of unfinished ideas, some of them many years old. I finish things as needed and/or wanted, but I don't put pressure on myself to finish things just for the sake of finishing. I do eventually end up using almost all ideas that I think are worth pursuing. If you're having trouble finishing things, try simplifying. Simplify your objective, keep your song short, eliminate things that are blocking, etc.
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- KVRAF
- 8237 posts since 22 Sep, 2008 from Windsor. UK
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- addled muppet weed
- 111301 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
i hope that's not one take of a live piece, you might need to edit it a little for cd
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
I made it all in real time before 1986 when I did a few things on the original MacIntosh. Not counting the time spent by a real engineer to mix it.
Sometimes there was punch-in. So if it's a solo instrument I do maybe a couple of takes, or if it's me on keyboards it's a phrase at a time. Edit it, two sessions. It's the orchestrated stuff takes weeks, not counting the mix which is never finished, only abandoned. I'll take a week or two setting up sometimes, if a template doesn't suit and/or there's new instruments.
Sometimes there was punch-in. So if it's a solo instrument I do maybe a couple of takes, or if it's me on keyboards it's a phrase at a time. Edit it, two sessions. It's the orchestrated stuff takes weeks, not counting the mix which is never finished, only abandoned. I'll take a week or two setting up sometimes, if a template doesn't suit and/or there's new instruments.
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- KVRAF
- 4345 posts since 8 Mar, 2005
Depends when it's due. If it's due tomorrow, I make it in a day.
If it's due next month..well, then it takes 2 months.
If it's due next month..well, then it takes 2 months.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6300 posts since 12 Jan, 2018
That's amazing!foosnark wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2019 1:12 pm Usually about 3-6 hours once I start a session.
In 2017 I averaged one track per 1.37 days, but I slowed down a lot since I went back to releasing albums and caring more about quality than quantity. This year the average has been more like one track per 5 days.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6300 posts since 12 Jan, 2018
Good points, thanks for sharing your thoughts.datroof wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:31 pm It varies for me. So many different kinds of projects. I've a catalog of unfinished ideas, some of them many years old. I finish things as needed and/or wanted, but I don't put pressure on myself to finish things just for the sake of finishing. I do eventually end up using almost all ideas that I think are worth pursuing. If you're having trouble finishing things, try simplifying. Simplify your objective, keep your song short, eliminate things that are blocking, etc.
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- KVRist
- 196 posts since 19 Sep, 2012
LoveEnigma18 wrote: Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:52 pmGood points, thanks for sharing your thoughts.datroof wrote: Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:31 pm It varies for me. So many different kinds of projects. I've a catalog of unfinished ideas, some of them many years old. I finish things as needed and/or wanted, but I don't put pressure on myself to finish things just for the sake of finishing. I do eventually end up using almost all ideas that I think are worth pursuing. If you're having trouble finishing things, try simplifying. Simplify your objective, keep your song short, eliminate things that are blocking, etc.