Longest and most productive studio time
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Remixreprogramme Remixreprogramme https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=476177
- Banned
- 117 posts since 12 Oct, 2020
I like to work in the evenings and for 3 hour stints , how about everyone else !
- KVRAF
- 8074 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
Whenever inspiration strikes. And usually around 2-3 hours, maybe less, maybe more.
I start from zero: an unpatched modular, usually no presets, maybe a vague general plan or experiment to try. I will noodle for a while, and if I hear something I like, I switch gears into production mode.
At that point I'll build up more parts if I feel like it needs them, try a couple of combinations and then record live, in one take, to a single stereo file -- no multitracking, no endless tweaking and fiddling, just committing and keeping it spontaneous, in one session.
After that there's at least some minor editing (to clean up start/end, adjust the overall level etc. if not anything more radical, which sometimes I'll do). Maybe more editing after a couple of days after I've had a chance to listen with fresh perspective.
I start from zero: an unpatched modular, usually no presets, maybe a vague general plan or experiment to try. I will noodle for a while, and if I hear something I like, I switch gears into production mode.
At that point I'll build up more parts if I feel like it needs them, try a couple of combinations and then record live, in one take, to a single stereo file -- no multitracking, no endless tweaking and fiddling, just committing and keeping it spontaneous, in one session.
After that there's at least some minor editing (to clean up start/end, adjust the overall level etc. if not anything more radical, which sometimes I'll do). Maybe more editing after a couple of days after I've had a chance to listen with fresh perspective.
- KVRist
- 140 posts since 11 Oct, 2017
Two or three hours, mostly in the late evening. I hope to change that a bit, when I try to do NaSoAlMo next month (again), because it doesn't suit my schedule well. Mixing stuff only in the morning.
- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
I do whatever it takes. I'm not watching the clock. I try not to bang my head against the wall with a problem, learned to cut my losses but some ideas are worth the struggle. 2 hrs is probably a short session for me unless it was something which went so well I'd better quit while I'm ahead.
In the thick of it I start just about as soon as I'm up for the day. I work on tracks in my sleep sometimes, possibly waking up with a solution to a knotty passage. I also may rest my ears for days for certain things (which have no obvious model or direct precedent and I need distance/perspective).
In the thick of it I start just about as soon as I'm up for the day. I work on tracks in my sleep sometimes, possibly waking up with a solution to a knotty passage. I also may rest my ears for days for certain things (which have no obvious model or direct precedent and I need distance/perspective).
- KVRAF
- 13815 posts since 19 Jun, 2008 from Seattle
Longest: 74-hours straight.
Most productive: Remembering to hit "save as".
Most productive: Remembering to hit "save as".
I'm not a musician, but I've designed sounds that others use to make music. http://soundcloud.com/obsidiananvil
- addled muppet weed
- 111297 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
most productive periods?
depends how you rate it?
by quantity, probably my mid 20s.
by quality, probably my mid 40s.
till it hurts
or till im ready for bed, which ever comes first.
depends how you rate it?
by quantity, probably my mid 20s.
by quality, probably my mid 40s.
till it hurts
or till im ready for bed, which ever comes first.