Although I usually like to have the melodic parts of a new track outlined in my head before I start, the first bits & pieces I actually lay down on my equipment is all the constituent parts of a good groove (drums, bassline, synth lines etc). I'll spend days and days working on a good groove because that's the foundation of a track. If the basic groove doesn't feel right, nothing else will work on top of it. I remember Darren Tate saying in a SoS interview that a good groove must be something you'd quite happily listen to for hours on end and must be capable of raising hairs on a dancefloor's neck, which I absolutely agree with.

Once the groove's laid down, then it's time to add melodies, FX etc and then think about track structure. I work very slowly indeed so this next part often takes weeks. Then it's on to advanced processing and mastering: although I'll EQ and process each part as much as possible as I go along, I treat mastering as an entirely separate process.

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i differ a bit but there is no right and wrong whateer works for you

1 - i start with the percussion ,i program the percussion and lay it out throughout the track after i draw it in.
2 i program the bassline and again i lay it out -then do some filter sweeps ,delay etc

then from listening to it this is where the fun begins i make the lead,then the melodies and the pad and lastly i add the effects and tech synths


on other occasions i have been known to do the reverse just make the main riff first,the pad,the meodies,the lead and then from that work up everything else

I prefer to start of with an idea, then come up with the beat, add bass for rhythm and then whatever else i feel will sound good

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I watch a lot of porn

seeing two guys going at it with a woman builds up all kinds of inspiration, deep within my creative loins, that words just can't describe

seriously I just do things as they come.

Sometimes I start with a little groove + bass, and other times I find some cool synth/chords and work some beats under it.

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Emmm i think i should try that, to work that basslines.

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Originally posted by Reactance Emmm i think i should try that, to work that basslines.

make sure that bassline makes ppl horny on the dancefloor

picture your self on the dance floor at some underground club at 3am
in the city!

just think what you would want to hear, thats what should be in your head giving you insipiration

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Originally posted by Reactance Emmm i think i should try that, to work that basslines.

Could work a treat on buildups and crescendo's too!