Is there anything more intimidating than a new empty project?

[BONES]

The saddest key of all

Goodness me! It's a been a while. Hello, old friend!

Anyway, there's "D Minor" and then there's Dee Minor & the Dischords, still rockin' after 40+ years -

[Frantz]

I used to fantasize about using a pitch to MIDI converter on my dictaphone recordings to get really good musical ideas.


But the actual pitch to MIDI stuff doesn't seem to be at that level yet.

I do this successfully all the time with voice memos on my phone which I run through Melodyne to produce MIDI.

[mjolnir]

I used to fantasize about using a pitch to MIDI converter on my dictaphone recordings to get really good musical ideas.


But the actual pitch to MIDI stuff doesn't seem to be at that level yet.

I do this successfully all the time with voice memos on my phone which I run through Melodyne to produce MIDI.

hmmmm, Melodyne keeps showing up as the only one that works really well. thanks. keeping a mental note of that.

[crimsonwarlock]

The saddest key of all

Goodness me! It's a been a while. Hello, old friend!

And hello back at you old friend, I see you're still your charming self after all these years Great to see some of the old gang still hanging around here.

[BONES]

I was absent for a decade or so but I kind of got back in the habit when we decided to ditch Orion and I had to find a new DAW. And this place is a filthy habit.

[_leras]

Surely an unopened DAW is more intimidating? Once it's open you're ready to create something.

I think it's quite important not to put too much pressure on an idea or starting something. Not everything is going to work first time, and also maybe the 7th or 8th time am idea is reopened, is the spark that brings it to life.

[crimsonwarlock]

I was absent for a decade or so but I kind of got back in the habit when we decided to ditch Orion and I had to find a new DAW.

Somewhat same with me. After Orion I moved to Reaper. Have been using that for a decade, and I was mostly active on their forum during that period. I did come here sporadically during that time, tough.

I bought Reason 11 suite, about four years ago (during the Covid lockdowns), to run it on a laptop besides Reaper on my studio machine. But soon discovered I had a lot more fun (and actual tracks) with Reason, so I ditched Reaper completely. At the same time, I started posting on ReasonTalk, but that place was the worst DAW-forum I ever frequented, so I left.

And this place is a filthy habit.

Clean habits are so overrated

[martinjuenke]

An empty beer glass is more intimidating than an empty project.
Just sayin'...

[mjolnir]

I get more intimidated by my incompleted tunes backlogue rather than the empty DAW.
I got a few completed tunes, but too many that aren't done and I can't figure out how to improve/finish them.

[Monsieur_FyP]

Most intimidating for me is old project full of stuff to modify etc. It is like slap to forehead "why I did it like this"

You bet!

[bulevardi]

I mostly start by opening TikTok on my phone, and I hope to find some inspiration after 3 hours scrolling.

[_leras]

An empty beer glass is more intimidating than an empty project.
Just sayin'...

Only if it's being waved or thrown at you.

Going to the bar isn't that difficult really.

[vurt]

hamster with a flick knife.