this may have been asked here already but i did not do a search but

when most of you guys do your sequencing and production.

do you usually find it better and much easier to start with your melodies ,main riff and leads etc,chorus,main bed

to just work on that first get that down then work on the bass,the percussion the kick etc


cause i have been doing the opposite and everytime i make a tune in my sequencer it takes to get the levels right to hear the main riff or the melody .

since i work on the kick first ,then the bass line ,then the man riff and all.


so does anyone here do the percussion and the kick and the bassline last ?

id just like to know ,so it could help me out .
thanks

clubkid

it usually goes like this, except sometimes interupted by trying to find just the right patch/preset: (i dont tweak the sounds alot until ive got something full and flowing...):

1. Chord Progression. i lay down what will be the defining progression in the song which is'nt necesarily played in its entirety untili the song builds up.

2. Lead/Rythym. i usualy pull the lead right FROM the chord prog., but sometimes i just do it from scratch, right on top. the rythym comes in when filling in the gaps left behind so far, and this is where im scrounging for that perfect preset to use.

3. Bass. this is where it really starts to sound full, and you can get some ideas on how the track should flow by noting which one (1,2, or 3) is most dominant.

4. Kick/percussion I usally have a simple thing going in the back up to this point, which is kind of like a metronome, but with the kick/HH/cymbal. 4. is where i start tweaking to get everything to have the same feel and start flowing

5. Tweak. this is so tedious, but its nessecary to go back over each part to work out the kinks at this point.

thats as far as i can go right now... i dont have the patience to do any Mastering/EQing, or using plug-ins specificaly designed to make my tracks not sound like crap. so here they sit... sounding like crap, and unfinished, just like this thr

i'll usually start off with a generic percussion kit that i tend to always use, with specific changes here and there.

from there it's over to samples/vox or leads, whether it's the main riff, intro, or counter-melody. i'll work out the basic chord progression and then usually have the bassline just follow that. 2 birds with one stone, so to speak.

with almost the whole track done, here's where you'll do the final mixing/eq'ing, fx, basically what jacheatamobits said for his #5... tweaking! add all the little bits that make the track whole.

and i think from there you should be finished

in my opinion it all starts around a bassline (+percussion + kick). But i guess everyone should do what he/she prefers. There are no rules i guess.

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