How do you start your track creation?

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marker853

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Do you first lay down the drums? Or do you start with the main section, melody, synths ect... And build from there.
 
marker853 said:
Do you first lay down the drums? Or do you start with the main section, melody, synths ect... And build from there.
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It depends. As I like to link my songs to a theme, the first thing is to decide on what I want my music to be based on. Then, it will depend on the genre I want to produce: if it's drum and bass, I start by choosing the drum sounds, layering them, making them stick well together. Now, if it's dark ambient/industrial, I normally start by the ambient background drones.
 
I usually have rough idea of the track in my head before I start but I usually start with the drums then lead lines then add my bass and sub in and then work my way through the track
 
I start with the sample. And a lot of listening to it getting ideas. Then I start chopping, I try to be as surgical at this point as possible.
Once I have my chops, I lay down a guide beat or a break. (Sometimes I'll keep this guide and layer up from there but more often than not I'll scratch it after I lay down my chops)
Once my guide beat is down I lay down chops.
then I lay down the beat proper and begin layering process.
Add pans and level out what I have; maybe add compression and some verb.
Lay down bassline (either via keys/softsynth on on b-guitar)
Re-set levels/pans... Verb/Comp as required.
Arrange.
Move on to next sample.
 
I like to keep it simple. So, most times I like to create a melody, add some ear candy/sprinkles/sample, find a bass line then add my drums. However, sometimes I will just focus on making a dope 4-bar drum loop, fully mixed, and save it for later when I just feel like jamming. Hope this helps.
 
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