7: Edits.

No more high pass filters please!!! There is so much more you can do creatively.
Here is an idea for example…..
Record the whole track, cut out sections where you would like edits and then apply effects, resample, and cut back into the track.
There are some fantastically creative effects out there, and lots of them are freeware. Use them.
There is a certain buzz when working for the moment, but the rush to finish a track leads to lazy programming. Always go back a few days or a week later to a so called “finished” track, and you can then approach it without the creative “fever” clouding your final production.
It`s good to approach a track 1st from the more creative and spontaneous side, and then later from the more considered and clinical side.