Quote Originally Posted by massplanck
PS: The fruity playlist sucks... i gave up on it ages ago but the best tip for people who find that they are having to go back over the track to make edits is just to draw PATTERNS 1-200 in a diagonal line all the way across\down before you even start making the tune. That way you will always be able to make edits wherever is necessary without having to delete patterns and resize them.. also gets rid of the whole 'I can seeeee the break coming in 2 minutes before it does' bullshit which wrecks my head.. I hate 'seeing' my songs...!
again, that all depends how you like to work. when i used fruity i always only had one instrument or sound per pattern as i found it a lot easier to know where everything was and lay things out

i agree watching everything happen can make it harder to think of things as "music", but if this is a problem i either turn off my monitor while i listen or minimise the window :)