Hey guys,
I find myself going back and forth a lot with ideas about how to efficiently get through a track from start to finish. I waste ALOT of time trying to get it right.
I usually start off with getting a good intro done at -6db
-this includes panning drums to where they sit well and getting a good solid drum loop
-includes getting strings, pianos, or synths (panned and eq'd)
I feel like I waste a lot of time. I'm sure there is a standard or proven way of efficiently getting a track done in the "industry" with how professionals do it.
Should I produce the whole track first without any mixdown elements? Not worrying about imaging or compression, etc. on any tracks? Should I mixdown the intro first before going to the breakdown and next parts of song?
What I have been doing lately is sending my drum tracks to a bus (aux), where I mixdown the drums on that bus (aux) using various effects and plugins. I send the synths to another bus where I mix those down. Etc.
Lately my session crashed because I had too many instances of plugins because I was mixing and producing in the same session.
I do not master
Thanks SO much
I find myself going back and forth a lot with ideas about how to efficiently get through a track from start to finish. I waste ALOT of time trying to get it right.
I usually start off with getting a good intro done at -6db
-this includes panning drums to where they sit well and getting a good solid drum loop
-includes getting strings, pianos, or synths (panned and eq'd)
I feel like I waste a lot of time. I'm sure there is a standard or proven way of efficiently getting a track done in the "industry" with how professionals do it.
Should I produce the whole track first without any mixdown elements? Not worrying about imaging or compression, etc. on any tracks? Should I mixdown the intro first before going to the breakdown and next parts of song?
What I have been doing lately is sending my drum tracks to a bus (aux), where I mixdown the drums on that bus (aux) using various effects and plugins. I send the synths to another bus where I mix those down. Etc.
Lately my session crashed because I had too many instances of plugins because I was mixing and producing in the same session.
I do not master
Thanks SO much