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Ixox · Post by **Ixox** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 12:56 pm

vurt wrote:so this sister then...

She's beautifull, clever, funny, rather hot and she loves strange soundscape music...
Anyone ?

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:00 pm

cheeky

ill be round in ten minutes

rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:04 pm

think I can make it in 5 min

Wopelka · Post by **Wopelka** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:05 pm

Ixox wrote:
vurt wrote:
Ixox wrote:
chagzuki wrote:found that over time you noticed aspects of it that you wish you'd altered before the release?

I'm finalising my CD and focussing so much on details I'm rather lost and don't know when to stop.
I'm about to finish my CD...
I know this CD will be only for family and friends but there is always something wrong.
When it's a vocal or guitare track you have to re-record it then redo the mix.....

It' s a nightmare !!!!!!!

i better be included in the friends list,unless you got a sexy sister
Let my sister out of this.....
You are included in friends list

so, it means you really have a sexy sister

ok, off to Paris...

rsmus7 · Post by **rsmus7** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:09 pm

prolly we change Stuttgart to Paris?

:hug::love::hug::love::hug::love:

Ja.x · Post by **Ja.x** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 1:19 pm

chagzuki wrote:... I'm finalising my CD and focussing so much on details I'm rather lost and don't know when to stop.

That's the main reason why I launched my CDs, even knowing they were not perfect (never will anyway): to stop doing so

P.T. · Post by **P.T.** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 2:06 pm

mauseoleum wrote:stay away from it for a week then quickly fix details that bother.

This is good advice.

A while away from the work will make it fresh when you listen again.
Then you will think, "hey, that's good.", or "oh no, what was I thinking."

Either way it will come clearer.

I'm fairly certain even the pro's go through this.

püRe · Post by **püRe** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:23 pm

chagzuki wrote:I'm finalising my CD and focussing so much on details I'm rather lost and don't know when to stop.

I'm doing that at the moment...set myself end of september as a deadline because I've been doing it for too long (more than one year) and now I want to redo the old tracks

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:24 pm

I've got this really horrible attack on a "guitar" part in one of the tracks on my CD due to, I think, bad settings on a compressor. Somehow I didn't notice it until after several people already bought the thing

donkey tugger · Post by **donkey tugger** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:36 pm

chagzuki wrote:
CypherOne wrote:well I agree that it's important to you, but I would see it as only a moment in time, a snapshot of your current abilities. Make the most of the track but if you have success, I'm sure in years to come, however good it is and however long you spend on it, you'll still cringe at certain bits...
True. There's always the option to remix/remaster the material in the future too, as the Prodigy did with their first album I believe. But of course you don't want people to feel that they're buying something 'unfinished' (whatever that means).

Aye, there's loads about both me 1st 2 CDs I would have done differently, but I think Cypher is right (for once

). For this next one, its a right f**king mess of stuff, veering from breaks to death metal, to disco house, to acoustic ballads and f**k knows what, the hardest thing is getting it to sound vaguely coherent. I think I concur, I need a deadine then....f**k it, it's finished!

SuitcaseOfLizards · Post by **SuitcaseOfLizards** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:58 pm

I've just spent the last week doing the same thing everyone else has - trying to finalize a CD! It's only for family and friends, but I'm totally paranoid about sending "bad product" to anyone, even if they only use the CD for skeet shooting practice!

I burned a test audio CD last night, I'm going to ignore it until Saturday and listen with "fresh ears". If I don't cringe, it's done and out it goes!

I'm 100% sure I'll find something I'm not happy with later, but that's how it goes, I don't think there's any way to avoid that short of not growing and evolving your skills and talent.

Steven West · Post by **Steven West** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:28 pm

I torn myself with my own CD's. My first one Electricky, I took my pile of DATs to a mastering house. The engineer did a great job in cleaning them up and all, but then didn't give a crap about the track spacing.

To me, just how the next song 'comes in' as important as the song itself. So I think I almost drove the poor engineer crazy by asking 'nudge it out 50 frames... back in by 25... out by 7... Bingo!' And of course, when the CD's are done and delivered - that doesn't sound right? What was I thinking?

So now mastering at home, I'm just not comfertable at all with trying to acheive 'proffessional sound', and hopefully one day Sony or Virgin can assign a engineer to 'remaster' all my early CD's to be just right.

As long as I get the sound 'good enough', I'm happy. BUT - continuity and crossfades, I get to spend hours, days, months on if a song should 'crossfade' with another, butt up by 1.5 seconds or 1.2 and all that.
That's what I get off on, but again - spend probably TOO much time on. But when I listen to them down the road, I'm still saying 'damn straight!'.

So I guess an artist has to find a mastering detail they're good at, and not worry too much about the rest? As long as the music's coming out loud and clear, and a listeners not waiting 7 seconds for the next track, or you got two songs with the same BPM with a bad crossfade - be happy with it!

CypherOne · Post by **CypherOne** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 5:39 pm

donkey tugger wrote:I think Cypher is right (for once ).

yay, that's twice now

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 7:19 pm

always a point where you have to let it go. my approach.. take a vacation or do another project.. don't evaluate until you're def. absorbed with somethnig else. if you smoke weed, lay off it until you're ready to have a good fresh listen.

pHz · Post by **pHz** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 7:44 pm

to borrow a truism from my real world job and experience ...

... the real trick in any artform is not knowing what to do next - its knowing when to stop doing it

if deep down you KNOW its finished and youre now just fiddling then it IS finished

slainte

rob

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