For those with 100s of unfinished projects

TranceAddict Forums (www.tranceaddict.com/forums)
- Production Studio
-- For those with 100s of unfinished projects

Posted by cl0ckw3rk on Jul-15-2011 19:29:

For those with 100s of unfinished projects

When was the last time you dug back and looked at what you could salvage for a current production? Who knows, maybe you had one stellar part while the others just didn't get worked out in time?

I just did this, and was pleasantly surprised by some useful ideas that didn't pan out back then that fit very well now.

Give it a shot if you haven't already! If you use Ableton, importing the entire part or clip from another project is easy (I don't know about other DAWs)

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jul-15-2011 19:32:

i do it everyday! I have my folders broken down as

Album Ideas
Single Ideas
Remixes Official
Remixes Not Official

then if i get a remix offer, i go thru my "Single Ideas" and Remixes Not Official ideas to see if there's anything lying around that might already fit what i have going on

I got to sit down w/ Wolfgang Gartner a few years ago and he told me a big chunk of his ideas are really just past projects, he opens them up and see 's if the two projects act as a "call & response".

Anyways, i'm also in the 100+ ideas boat and I'm sure i'll never finish some of these but when you're out of ideas they are a wonderful "kick start" for something else

Posted by cl0ckw3rk on Jul-15-2011 19:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
i do it everyday! I have my folders broken down as

Album Ideas
Single Ideas
Remixes Official
Remixes Not Official

then if i get a remix offer, i go thru my "Single Ideas" and Remixes Not Official ideas to see if there's anything lying around that might already fit what i have going on

Damn, I feel like this is just an obviously good idea to do. Can't believe I haven't bothered to dig back until now.

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jul-15-2011 20:19:

quote:
Originally posted by CalvP

Spending the extra time to correctly label projects, is a great use of time imo.

i wish i read this advice 2 years ago, there are a few projects i cannot find ANYWHERE. The only thing i knew was it had "XYZ sample" in it. Now i force myself on every project to collect all & save so if i know the sample, i can search my computer and find the corresponding projects folder.

I still haven't found a better system for naming stuff, i suck at it.

Posted by Subtle on Jul-15-2011 20:22:

Can be a gamebreaker, definitely.

Posted by Beatflux on Jul-15-2011 21:50:

I am struggling to finish everything. Leaving a project half way finished makes me feel shitty.

Posted by Storyteller on Jul-16-2011 11:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
i wish i read this advice 2 years ago, there are a few projects i cannot find ANYWHERE. The only thing i knew was it had "XYZ sample" in it. Now i force myself on every project to collect all & save so if i know the sample, i can search my computer and find the corresponding projects folder.

Some sequencers have a feature where you can browse through the samples of other project files. Pretty nifty and easy to solve problem for the developers of other software it would seem.

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jul-16-2011 14:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Storyteller
Some sequencers have a feature where you can browse through the samples of other project files. Pretty nifty and easy to solve problem for the developers of other software it would seem.

ableton has this but only if you "collect all & save" , which basically takes any files that are not in the project folder and moves them internally into the folder. it's really helpful if you're exchanging projects between people or computers but i've been using it because i don't remember project names i just remember the sample or audio files i imported.