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htohgrom · Post by **htohgrom** » Thu May 07, 2020 7:59 pm

Passing Bye wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:26 pm
htohgrom wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 11:09 am
Passing Bye wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 8:13 am 1. Staying sober
2. Picking DAW
Are you me?
Are you drunk right now, if yes, yeah, i'm you

A little bit, I'm also going back and forth between Ableton and Studio One

Joking aside (even if I'm not joking), the DAW issue is seriously my top "challenge". Serious case of analysis paralysis. And yes, I have tried Reaper and Bitwig.

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Thu May 07, 2020 8:14 pm

True story, last night I opened Budweiser Budvar and I taught to myself, man I love Bitwig, it's like I wasn't even using it, started really great track and had a blast, so easy, fun and straightforward, continued drinking whole day today, #artistlife and all that hahahaa

Unaspected · Post by **Unaspected** » Thu May 07, 2020 8:27 pm

immersed_records wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 3:16 am As a beginner, what do you wish to accomplish more than anything else?
Looking forward to hearing your input!

Trying to keep the blood spatter off the microphones. I've tried wrapping them in plastic but the results sound phasey. Pop shields work but they're currently in the wash. I'd rather not pause my activities to wait for clean pop shields. It's not so much for the sound but bloody pop shields sometimes put off the talent. I like to have them gradually work towards the ultimate take. It's old-fashioned but I want to capture a great performance rather than paste a composite together.

I've got some hooks in the ceiling that I've tried suspending the microphones from but the blood just gets everywhere.

roman.i · Post by **roman.i** » Fri May 08, 2020 1:27 am

1. Finding an efficient learning path.
2. Stop spending time on checking out gear and plugins.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Fri May 08, 2020 2:38 am

Unaspected wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 8:27 pm
immersed_records wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 3:16 am As a beginner, what do you wish to accomplish more than anything else?
Looking forward to hearing your input!
Trying to keep the blood spatter off the microphones. I've tried wrapping them in plastic but the results sound phasey. Pop shields work but they're currently in the wash. I'd rather not pause my activities to wait for clean pop shields. It's not so much for the sound but bloody pop shields sometimes put off the talent. I like to have them gradually work towards the ultimate take. It's old-fashioned but I want to capture a great performance rather than paste a composite together.

I've got some hooks in the ceiling that I've tried suspending the microphones from but the blood just gets everywhere.

jdanzig · Post by **jdanzig** » Fri May 08, 2020 3:53 am

Mixes randomly sounding horrible on some playback devices or systems. obviously it's not really random and I just don't know what i'm doing but you know what I mean?

Winstontaneous · Post by **Winstontaneous** » Fri May 08, 2020 5:24 am

Pacific05 wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 9:21 am Money, drugs, women.

And counting to 2...

Pacific05 · Post by **Pacific05** » Fri May 08, 2020 6:22 am

Winstontaneous wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 5:24 am
Pacific05 wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 9:21 am Money, drugs, women.
And counting to 2...

Oh no, that would be three

MMaarrkk · Post by **MMaarrkk** » Fri May 08, 2020 4:59 pm

Looking back at it, when you get things rolling, I would say it was producing a decent mix. After spending some time getting a hang of a DAW, choosing the different plugins and software you want to work with and getting a workflow down, the first real challenge is to make the final product sound good. Some artist/producers outsource this to engineers, but if you want to be a one-man team, it's a thing you have to tackle.

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Fri May 08, 2020 5:07 pm

jdanzig wrote: Fri May 08, 2020 3:53 am Mixes randomly sounding horrible on some playback devices or systems. obviously it's not really random and I just don't know what i'm doing but you know what I mean?

It's good practice to get a rough mix and then go play it on as many devices as you can - headphones, mobile, in a car, home multimedia speakers (with and without subwoofer), and try to play from speakers in different types of rooms. You don't have to do them all, but the more you can do the more you can figure out if there are problems with your mix.

morfic · Post by **morfic** » Fri May 08, 2020 11:36 pm

1. Not having continuous time to learn so I don't go "if I start over anyway maybe I should switch DAWs". (I'm talking about jobs killing available time for months or years at a time to keep me in a very "how do I draw in piano roll again?" State (it's B, in Live...) (it is connected with amassing vsts because "then I have the same tools available no matter what DAW I learn, im smart doing that")

2. Not Knowing a DAW so well that I can focus on learning more about connecting Individual ideas into one interesting complete track, leaving me lacking and sticking to repetitive loops playing I somehow still enjoy

Yours truly,

Daniel,
Synthaddict

Roboman20000 · Post by **Roboman20000** » Sat May 09, 2020 7:46 am

For myself, the largest challenge I have is mastering. There are so many different techniques and strategies and my ears can't really pick up on subtle changes in the sound yet.

The second challenge I have is exploring the sound capabilities I already have instead of buying or getting new instruments. I still have trouble playing around with synths and other instruments to find sounds I can use now or in the future.

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Sat May 09, 2020 10:28 am

Oh, this turned out to be serious thread.

Dirtgrain · Post by **Dirtgrain** » Sat May 09, 2020 11:54 am

1. Hearing
2. Evaluating advice from the internets

Distorted Horizon · Post by **Distorted Horizon** » Sat May 09, 2020 12:26 pm

To handle all the
1. Money
2. Pussy
I get for being a produzahhh.

Beginner producers, what are your 2 biggest challenges?