Production Methods?

[eyeswithoutaface]

the minute you start laying "rules" the minute it all falls apart in my opinion. Open up a synth, start playing. Open up a sine wave, start making a bass, start making a kick. Get some new loops, chop em up, crush em down, slice them and rearrange them into something totally new.

I cant stand people who use templates too i have to say, well not the person obviously haha but the method i.e just swapping the parts for each track and keeping that same mix dynamic on every tune. Easily the laziest approach to production. If you cant build up a track from total scratch each time, your simply not producing

[dan the acid man]

yeah when ever i've made tracks i've always changed the way i work, i always found if i started with the same parts and worked in the same way my sound stayed the same and never changed

[RDR]

What they all said!

plus

dont listen to them

dont listen to techno

get a microphone and start sampling!

[jk_scowling]

I try and start off with an idea, either a method of doing things or what you want the track to be like. It might not end up anything like that but it helps.

[fatcollective]

the minute you start laying "rules" the minute it all falls apart in my opinion. Open up a synth, start playing. Open up a sine wave, start making a bass, start making a kick. Get some new loops, chop em up, crush em down, slice them and rearrange them into something totally new.

I cant stand people who use templates too i have to say, well not the person obviously haha but the method i.e just swapping the parts for each track and keeping that same mix dynamic on every tune. Easily the laziest approach to production. If you cant build up a track from total scratch each time, your simply not producing

im not on about templates, just diffrent ways poelpe put there tracks together, maybe people do just change their samples but in the same sequence and this is deffo lazy, im not on about that though...i just wanted to know about peoples diffrent methods? personal methods etc? weird maybe unusual shit you do when making tracks, stuff you picked up that you always put into your production?

[force]

If you cant build up a track from total scratch each time, your simply not producing

BULLSHIT!

There's a million and one ways of producing.
You can take elements of previous work you've done and manipulate it into something completely different. Its what you do with it that counts.
Making something totally viable without sounding anything like the original piece.
I often find old loops etc, that i've made that fit other pieces perfectly with some molding and manipulation

Sounds like your applying rules there mate!

[loopdon]

Almost sounds like you gotta make your own piano every time before you play it or something [strongly exaggerated comparison].

I think a thread like this could quite well manage without ''rules'' etc. Tell people how you work, listen to how others work. If something sounds good to you - try it, if not: Don't! Isn't that easy? To easy probably.

[eyeswithoutaface]

BULLSHIT!

There's a million and one ways of producing.
You can take elements of previous work you've done and manipulate it into something completely different. Its what you do with it that counts.
Making something totally viable without sounding anything like the original piece.
I often find old loops etc, that i've made that fit other pieces perfectly with some molding and manipulation

Sounds like your applying rules there mate!

yeah ok i get your point there, but i think you knew what i mean really. And it's not bullshit, it's my opinion. I respect your's enough to not call what you have to say bullshit mate, it would be nice to have that respect back.

I'd actually forgotten about going back to older tracks or projects and working from there, but again i think you knew what i meant

[FILTERZ]

the minute you start laying "rules" the minute it all falls apart in my opinion. Open up a synth, start playing. Open up a sine wave, start making a bass, start making a kick. Get some new loops, chop em up, crush em down, slice them and rearrange them into something totally new.

I cant stand people who use templates too i have to say, well not the person obviously haha but the method i.e just swapping the parts for each track and keeping that same mix dynamic on every tune. Easily the laziest approach to production. If you cant build up a track from total scratch each time, your simply not producing

worked for motown though innit

they hardly ever touched their desk

[judas_beast]

Ahh, nothing beats a 'my ways better than your way' argument on the net. Who gives a **** anyway, the only rule in music is: if it sounds good, it is good.