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Templates, No Template
A workflow adjustment I’ve made in recent months is using a DAW template with most of the instruments I like working with. Prior to doing this, I would begin a piece with a piano sound. I still often begin with piano, but the problem with beginning with only a single (and familiar) sound, I realized,… Continue reading
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Database: Grischa Lichtenberger On Steps Of Enhancement
“I very rarely go back or delete. I add one eq after the other and each one of them is like a step of correction or enhancement of the previous one. Of course it is maybe the worst thing you could do, but it makes the sound more yours, or better: it crystallizes what your… Continue reading
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The Analytical-Intuitive Fader
“The musician, like the writer or speaker, regularly confronts his conduct as performance or not.” David Sudnow, Talk’s Body (1979) On one of my favorite VST synthesizers there’s a volume mix fader that allows one to move between the sounds of two oscillators (Osc). The control is delightfully simple: when the fader is all the way up,… Continue reading
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Database: Ital Tek On Inspiration
“I try to see (inspiration) as a muscle I flex.” “The way I work is to create a huge amount of content/versions/takes whatever you want to call it and then hone it down over and over. I’ll get inspired by some happy accident when I unplugged a guitar and it made a weird thud through… Continue reading
