Quote Originally Posted by Jay Pace View Post
So If I spend ages designing a synth sound and automating all the variables it goes through and writing the midi part for it, how much attention to I need to pay to its sound? Because I have the choice to engineer the synth so that it fits into my mix, but am I supposed to just make it sound lush, then fit it into the mix later?
That's the eternal question isn't it.

From my point of view, with electronic music, I don't think that the various stages are as discrete as if you were recording a band.

My rule of thumb is do always do as little as possible to get what you want, which I immediately throw out of the window and go crazy with DSP.

I wouldn't listen to me though, I never finish anything. I've got a HD full of loops crying out to be made into tunes and I can't make any progress with any of them.