at the moment, a long one, I'm stuck in the pre record phase too. Still want to have a recorded memory, because it happens I listen back to some of my tracks and still find them worth the struggle. But I also like to let a potentionally evolved patch to become an instrument and leave it like this, at least for a while, until its limit approaches in making enough different recordings, within a kind of common style. It's good to record and then go back to plan something else ASAP! (just trying to convince myself, here...).I should unpatch everything after each session.
I've felt this for a long time, but just decided to act upon it. If I leave things patched up "to record more later" It somehow starts feeling like a burden. I catch myself avoiding the modular because I just want to play around and there's this baggage of an old patch. The blank slate on the other hand feels instantly inviting, I'm automatically drawn to fiddle around and try things out, it's creatively inspiring.
that's a beautiful attitude. And an instrument to play-record + a larger rack for sketching, is what I'm after. Is the book a reminder for you of the patches or would it become available?I leave patches up varying lengths of time. I have one that has not been changed since 2019. That’s for wind instruments so I can grab and play any time I get the urge. Sometimes I add a voice for a show, but I tear down to the basic patch when the show is over.
Most of the time I am also working on a generative patch (my system is fairly large). Those usually hang around for a month as I explore, tweak, record and just use it for background.
I am currently working on a book, and I set up test patches for everything I write about. Those are usually gone in an hour.
Statistics: Posted by parsec foley — Thu Aug 29, 2024 4:37 pm