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Cold turkey
« on: May 09, 2016, 01:31:09 pm »
This probably only applies to those of you who have access to your works-in-progress whilst away from the studio;

If I've bounced an idea for a friend to listen to and have access to it on my phone (for example), I won't allow myself to listen to it until I'm back in the studio.

Reason for this, is that if I've had a long break from the tune (4+ hours), I'll usually know what needs fixing/adding the second I hear it back for the first time. If I listen while I'm away from the studio, I might have a great idea and then forget it by the time I get back.

Does anyone else go with this mindset? I would recommend trying it if not. Over-listening to your own stuff sort of clouds your outside vision of it.
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Re: Cold turkey
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2016, 04:06:39 pm »
I actually highly disagree.

When I'm in the 75% stage of completion I like to bounce it out and listen to the track on my iPod BEFORE I go back to the studio.

At that point of the production stage there's often 60+ tracks which can make it incredibly hard for me to focus on fixing issues while I'm in my DAW. I like to listen to the track away from my DAW that way I can write down a list of issues that bug me as I'm listening.

(snare to loud, kick to punchy, etc...)

That way when I get back into the studio I immediately know what it is that I need to fix and I'm not bouncing around all these tracks trying to figure out which one needs to be fixed.
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Re: Cold turkey
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2016, 06:11:27 pm »
that's why you take breaks in between sessions and write stuff down.

Unless you can just go in an fix the stuff you hear.

Try not to over saturate yourself to begin with...
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