Plugins are Stopping You From Creating

#music #production #plugins

[PianoVampire]

This was an eye opener for me - I don't have these problems, but I always wish I was better at mixing and mastering - but I love the creative process so much I just run with it and don't spend too much time mixing - this video made me feel a little better about that, because once I'm in the zone recording it's the best feeling in the world.

[Bogmore]

Some people do get stuck in a cycle of miniature edits and micro EQing. They spend 2 hours recording and 2 weeks mixing to try and get a "perfect" sound, just don't tell them it sounds dead. They turn into MixZillas, like a BrideZilla but over their mix.

[muralist_]

I only agree partially with your vision on this topic. When your basic process of music creation is always based on traditional songwriting, like: finding the melodies, the chord progressions, the tunes and rhythms and merging them in a fluid way to a new song, yes... then your vision is totally true.
However, if you are - like nowadays is easily possible BECAUSE of plugins - are composing on basis of sound creation, by using unexpected but audible patterns running out of plugins that you stimulate in whatever creative way you can - for instance by running one single sound hit that you just recorded outside thru a new FX plugin - as result giving you a carpet of weird sounds or even automatically generated chord patterns.... You can become that composer who then delivers the craftsmanship to glue together all these waves, audio patches and unexpectedly exciting results, slowly growing organically into complete loops, song parts and eventually full worthy compositions.

It's just another approach. A different set of tools. Another craftsmanship maybe even. But it still is writing music and finding a way to bring that feeling into the result.

[jeramym]

I did the same thing with plugins. Bought a couple of packs and committed to learning them. Before that, I had signed up for trails of Plugin Alliance, Izotope, and UA Spark. Spent two hours deleting all the trails and demos lol.

[CHEEFIXBMX]

ur amazing mate u need more subs u are really underrated

[baptistec.]

Thinking that Apple Logic Pro stock plugins could be worse than any other high-end plugin (UAD, Fabfilter, whatever) is a mistake. Apple has money to bring any project to any level, undoubtedly more money than anyone, and hire the best devs. I’m pretty confident to use LPX stock plugins.

[eternalchocolate]

Hey man! Are you still taking clients for mixing and mastering?