Anyone Else Have Trouble Concentrating?

[fauna]

some good ideas in here, and hopefully some things to give you some new directions.

one thing i do is that i DO just make an 8 bar loop, but i try to make the second 4 bars different, as if they were part of a different loop entirely.

another idea (depends on what machine yr using, etc) is to write something in 5/4. that opens me up sometimes.

[Jollyollyman]

thanks for the advice, i'm gonna give it a go with some practice tracks this weekend. i saw flying lotus' score to heaven and earth magic at the ann arbor film festival tonight and it was not of this world, i think that'll serve as some inspiration

[Chuck]

thanks for the advice, i'm gonna give it a go with some practice tracks this weekend. i saw flying lotus' score to heaven and earth magic at the ann arbor film festival tonight and it was not of this world, i think that'll serve as some inspiration

Damn wish I could've seen that!

[Jollyollyman]

yeah hopefully it gets released or they do more showings cus it was really good. he mentioned they would like to do more screenings of it

[ormo]

you live in ann arbor?
I'm in Toledo

I would advise that you use tv resample to make entire tracks.
like record four notes of a hihat and loop it and run it through some delay and freak the controls while you resample the hihat loop for like 32 bars. then lay a kick and snare over that and resample with some compression...

and so on.

[Jollyollyman]

thanks for that tip, i still gotta get around to that. i got busy and had to do some other things and fix my guitar.

and no, i actually live in northeast ohio.

[PHeMoX]

i think what would help would be changing sequencers. does anyone know any good hardware sequencers?

Yes, the MV8800. Best sequencer I've come across in hardware so far! It's expensive, but it's worth every dime I've paid for it. I'll admit I am a fan boy, but it's so amazingly intuitive and convenient, with nearly no limitation on one's creativity. It's truly a blast to work with and I'm saying this not even being affiliated with Roland.

When it comes to work-flow and methods of production, you can do anything you like basically. Build from patterns, build in song mode using the 'loop 8 bars' technique or any combination of both.