Well I had a breakthrough today.

[@LD40PRODUCTIONSLLC]

When pieces come together to the puzzle omg its the best feeling.. its like a new world knowledge. Keep at it 🎉🎉

[@Tony_Anthemz]

Production is the art of being subtle and doing just enough.. picture yourself as an audience member at a concert or live band ... the vision of pan left right etc comes to me when I make beats from that perspective

[@PoliPopo]

Thats dope bro 💯🎶 ill remember this fir sure

[@UrbanJournal]

This is one hell of a tip. I appreciate it.

[@Tony_Anthemz]

@PoliPopo yes indeed bro .. your channel has inspired me for sure .. my studio is like a sound factory now ..

[@Tony_Anthemz]

@UrbanJournal 💯 appreciate that 🙏

[@xacolima8892]

I had the same revelation a year ago when I purchased the X Con Pro X mixer board for FL. I knew that my productions were always missing something and made the same mistake of using filler sounds that didnt need to be there. I noticed that i always started out with a good track and would end up accidentally destroying them or transform the original idea into a mess of other ideas that didnt fit. I would end up with several versions of the same song that sometimes offshooted into a completely different genre because I would alter the other components of the song to match what didnt fit. Having my mixerboard and MPC key forced me to work in a way I was able to become more focused on the making the elements of the track I have thus far sound more rhobust before introducing a new layer by mixing and mastering as im producing. I used to always clutter my Techno/House tacks with unnecessary noise and it also put me in this mindset that genres such as drumnbass/Trap/Electro were more intricate and intimidating to create then they actually are. Being more focused on honing in the components you have so far in the song by adding/subtracting their individual fx/bus mix first before introducing a new sound rather than being consumed in the different ideas for what comes next in the track. Kind of a cliche but let the sounds do the talking, not your mind. Let your gear act as an attatchment of yourself and dont let the software control you. This took years of practice to have the muscle memory and understanding of my own workflow. There were a couple other things i picked up which is audio fatigue, if your listening to the same track 30 times tinkering around trying to diagnose your track, Just move on to a different track/new project and another note is to stay more organized with your mixer channels. Anyway, I was excited to relate with somene who has recently gone through what your going through after 15 years of producing so I thought to share with you my experience. I honestly wouldnt have made this discovery had I continued down the path of making music with mouse and keyboard. I am humbled that someone else who owns alot of gear is not affraid or ashamed to admit that you were still finding your work flow. Such an awesome feeling when that light bulb turns on, congrats m8!

[@PoliPopo]

Much Appreciated i have learned a lot but im sure i got a ways to go, love the learning process 🫡🎶🙏

[@nilespeshay1734]

Re: minimalism/tracks... theres a guy on yt named mario DiSanto. He's all analog, guitar/garage rock recorded to 12-tracks of tape. His vids are dope (and a bit of gear porn). They've been really inspiring/refreshing to remind myself that, at the end of the day +to me+.... a really good song should REALLY +not+ require more than 6 tracks-ish.

[@PoliPopo]

@@nilespeshay1734 thats dope ill vheck it out asap thank you 💯🫡

[@joromimondlane3076]

Thank you Popo for sharing another episode in your life when you say...Haaaahaaaahhh...Man I watched your whole video explaining all your feelings and discoveries...I could see in your face like you managed to dig a piece of little but big and meaningful nugget...You deserve it after all your hard experiments...Watching you from Mozambique. Always.

[@PoliPopo]

@@joromimondlane3076 🫡💯🎶❤️

[@UrbanJournal]

Limited tracks makes you zero in and only add exactly what’s needed for each frequency. This has been a great year for sound for you!

[@manatee_flips6811]

I'm proud of you brother....learning on your own take confidence, time and lots of patience. I am in a similar boat, good to see you make a break through!! I agree with what you are saying about space, I need to heed your words!! I want some of those sounds!!

[@PoliPopo]

@@manatee_flips6811 bro thank you Little by little day by day

[@nyanna2579]

That's what it means to grow as a Producer, YOU getting there Bro keep going this what I love to see and hear bc iron sharpens iron God Bless...

[@PoliPopo]

@@nyanna2579 Much Appreciate it. Thank you very much.

[@PoliPopo]

I apologize for the noisy background, but I thought I'd share

[@tupapa7230]

The discovery journey is satisfying man, especially when it clicks and opens up another door of creation. An ASR series of what hurdles you're encountering would help alot of new users to figure things out together. Experienced users could chime in suggestions/solutions to help. Sorry its late had to edit that in 😁✌🏻

[@drindy5166]

Limiting your optiona always helps ;) 🔥👊🧡👍🔥 nothing but love brother!!!

[@swiftmello123]

Glad your doing well and still learning and growing still love this channel

[@PoliPopo]

@@swiftmello123 Bro I appreciate it very much 💯🎶🫡

[@therainmaka6455]

Dope 👍🏾

[@PoliPopo]

@@therainmaka6455 💯🎶🫡

[@lazaruslaser]

Thank You

[@SuperQuater]

I still remember Brian Eno saying that with the multiple million things we can do today we have to choose a handful and just work with that, to avoid waht you're saying

[@lazaruslaser]

Im 73.. and if There's One Thing I've Learned is Simple Sells...

[@PoliPopo]

@@lazaruslaser ill keep it going 💯🎶🙏

[@carbonvibes]

Thanks for sharing @PoliPopo 🫡

[@MrSRellz]

Yep, every time I would watch the Jake One videos of how he made/makes tracks on the ASR-10 he always says how he ends up only using less than 8 sounds. In terms of learning the ASR-10 The Daydream sound has some videos and an online video manual of how to use it. I have the ASR-X also a great machine.

[@Cataloguegavi]

been a while since I checked you out I sent you something recently I hope it got to you but let's work...