by Habanc » 02 Jul 2012 22:40
Fleshing out songs is probably a big one. I can make pretty good melodies if I put my mind to it, and my synths aren't half bad (atleast nowadays, now looking through my old projects, maybe not back then). But, when I set everything up and listen to it at once, it sounds hollow and bland, even though I use stereo separation, reeverb, panning and delays whenever it can be used. I don't overdo it, but it seems like I try so much to give a large soundscape, and once I play it all through it sounds like there is still much to be desired. By hollow I mean just like something HUGE is not there, and yet I can't find out what I don't have.
I've noticed the few moments where it does sound alright is when I use atmospheric vocal samples in the background... But that'd get repetitive.
Besides that, self-confidence. I've started perhaps five-dozen songs and finished... Umm, six? Seven? Since school has ended, I am 0-9 (Tracks completed to started). It's always that "stay up until two working on a track I think is awesome... Wake up the next morning and listen to it, then throw it away being disgusted at what I just heard."
I enjoy mixing, alot. It's like a big puzzle, so much fun to work out and tinker with. I may not be very talented at it, but it's one of my most favorite parts of the production process. Mastering could use some work though. Since I hardly finish any songs... It's hard to practice.
DAW: FL 10 | Main VSTs: Zebra2, Massive, Nexus | Genres: Progressive House & Electro House