Yes that's how you define your sound as someone already mentioned.

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Oh, one more thing...

From the guitar side, there's one phrase that comes up over and over on the "I need the ultimate tone" threads where GAS runs rampant and guys obsess over Klon ODs and NOS Mullard tubes.

"Les Paul, Marshall, Done"

I would equate that to this. All the time spent chasing that one truly unique sound, while fine, is time taken away from writing a truly unique song. Soundcloud has on it more unique sounds than I thought were possible. Unique (and good) songs worth listening to? Not so much by volume.

I shall now shut up and go try practicing what I preach

Given the current state of the EDM scene it seems that the current trend is for all artists to collectively use the same sound, so it won't matter if I use the same sound more than once.

I can't say I've ever consciously re-used the same sound, although I very often go to the same source for a particular kind of sound or sample which is close to being the same thing imo. I really can't see how it matters at all tbh. I remember hearing the same old DX7 bass patch back in the 80s on numerous records, and one amusing article in a music paper showing that the top 3 singles of the time all used the same patch. Nobody noticed (well, apart from us geeks) or cared back then so why should we now?

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I try not to do it, but it has happened a few times.

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Nope. I had a few signature sounds but they were never the same. Other than that, everything was a blank slate. But they always sounded like me despite nothing being the same.

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Recently I have started building a folder where I keep the most important drum sounds from my newest tracks. It's mainly the kicks and some snares. They are all dry, so when I re-use them they get processed to fit each track accordingly. Mostly It doesn't even sound like it's the same sample.


This is really useful when I need proper samples for a track that started in a way other then from building the drum pattern. Usually I just fire up my daw, put the melody/sequence together and a minute later I have a pretty good drum part covered too.


This bypasses the painful process of searching for the right samples which can really kill the inspiration fast.

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I've got a couple of synth patches which I've been using for at least 4 (some even 6) years now. i vary and tweak them a bit but they mostly keep a very similar character. Apart from that I've got some samples and signal chains I often use. Also I tend to re-use samples from earlier concepts and finished productions quite often. Especially the synth patches and signal chains are what I believe to be my signature parts.

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If less is more think about how much more more would be. -Frasier

for sure , some basic sounds , some percussion or effects, abstract strings, some atmospheric line although i tweak it each time

Recently i get obsessed with a kick and try to use it in more that one track

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If a song is going to sound great, sell shit loads, and contains the same lead sound as 3 of your other songs on your album so be it.

However, I think people get caught in the trap of writing very similar sounding songs when they are working with the same sounds. I have caught myself doing this because for me, the sound inspires me to play a certain way/style, and sometimes particular modes/scales/chord progressions. In that case, I will create another sound that I havent used before (or even search through presets) and find a sound which hopefully inspires me to write something that is still me but also different. I have found it very frustrating at times but I try to keep challenging myself. If starting off with a new and different sound doesnt work, i usually try to come up with chord progressions I havent used before and this will usually set me off on a different path.

A producer friend of mine once said to me, when you are working on a song picture the music video/film clip to it, if you visualize the same thing for every song then you may have a problem because the songs may be imposing the same vibe, kinda strange but I must admit I do it from time to time.

i've rarely re used any hat/kick/snare etc because the library is pretty big and never felt like doing it, only a hat/perc loop that i created that was quite simple but imprinted a drive on the track instantly and i used in the next tune.

As for sounds i try to change my sound every 2-3 tracks but keeping some watermark, different detune settings, different filtering... whatever adding delay, phaser or other effects or not...

About the kicks now that i got curious i've always used different ones but in the end all of them sound alike, someone here pointed it once :P well it's a formula that seems to work for me although i tend to overpower them in the mix.