Need a solution

[Neoscope]

I've been having problems completing my tracks for years now. I usually get 1/2 way or 3/4 through a track and stop there. The main problem is trying to figure out a plan for getting my ideas from my head, to my motif sequencer and into a program like cubase or something else to edit/mix the track.

My current setup is a yamaha motif 7, novation KS4, Roland JP-8000, m-audio quattro, midisport unit, decent monitors and a windows 2000 workstation running cubase sx2.

I write tracks like a madman on the motif using the sequencer but i can only use the sounds in the motif and 1 sound from the jp8000 and one sound from the novation ks4 as they are connected to the yamaha motif via midi. (i'm not even using the midisport)

What is the best plan of attack? When i come up with a beat should i immediately record it into cubase then loop it and write tracks that way rather than writing on the sequencer. Or should i write as much as i can on the motif, record the entire track the way i sequenced it on the motif then add auxiliary sounds.

I personally have liked being able to write a tight sequence on the motif then just recording it as one track into cubase. It's quick and gives me the immediate satisfaction i'm looking for. I get bummed out however because there's so much more i could be doing if i sequenced in cubase but it just seems so much more time consuming.

Can someone offer some advice or give me some insight how they approach getting an idea from there head to the point of a completed track? Thanks in advance,

T

 

[Elmo89m]

i guess their is no real definitive rule on how to write a song. But personally i write the core of the song all the way through and then add other instruments and or sounds as needed in order of most important to least important.

 

[ez_willis]

Ritalin helps. The key is to stay focused grasshopper.

 

[Zed10R]

Ritalin helps. The key is to stay focused grasshopper.

+1 haaahaaaaaaa OH that's funny.

OK - I can identify with your problem. However, I am of the opinion that the problem is in you head, not your gear. If ideas and creativity flow freely, tracks almost finish themselves. Of course it helps if you really like the material you are working on. I can't accomplish shit if I don't dig the track in the first place. Unless I'm getting paid.......

I too get discouraged if I feel stuck and finishing the track is difficult. Just relax and clear your head. Listen to what you have already done and try to feel what should come next. Everything you need is already there, in your head. All you gotta do is find it.