I was thinking of your ongoing jazz project 
But patience is a virtue. Youāre still sketching the whole thing out, I gather.
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I have quite a few tracks in āPhase 1ā but this kind of project need full exclusive work time for me.
Problem is that time is not on my side these days so it may take a while.
But in the meantime, if you really want some of my stuff in this genre, i can point you to my Bandcamp where you can find the first ep of the same āBandā.
Itās a āfinished productā vs the sketches iāve posted here.
Itās a tad bit different in the moodā¦ and a different expended formation
In all cases, thanks for the support/Interest !
Ep :
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Digitone plinks and ploinks with a little OT drummage. One of those sessions where the initial idea has completely evaporated.
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Thanks mate!
lil sum sum
Another one forā¦
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Great!
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MD morning ambient study. 2 GND-SIN, 2 comb filters, 15 LFOs
probably best listened to whilst doing something boring that needs some frequency beating
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I love the Cinematic Mood.
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whatās the kitchen sound system setup? and did he finish his bowl?
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Sound bar and he ate 2 bowls. 
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A4/Ms20/opsix
Some electro ideas. Very hard to mix. Any tips are welcome
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sp-404
quick test with sending some cc messages from octatrack
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This is just me, but:
If I care less about what Iām doing, and just have an urge to make a sound or some music, or even just sit and play just for fun, THAT is when I come up with something decent.
If I have some spare time, and decide that Iām going to sit down and make music/sounds/whatever, and then force it into an āIām going to do thisā sort of thing, it will not typically turn out very well.
So, my gear sits largely unused a lot of the time, and then all of a sudden, Iāll have some idea that I want to try out, or just feel creative in general. Those are the times things work out better. A more natural flow of that creative energy, and I care less about making something cool, and more about just getting absorbed in the moment.
Maybe take a break just long enough to where you get a feeling that you want to do something, or some idea pops into your head. The quality of output might change based on a different frame of mind.
Also, my opinion is that all the sounds you post here are really cool. Maybe youāre just being too critical of yourself.
As far as just basic mixing and sound design to make things fit together, there are some pretty cool videos on YouTube about all this. I tend to like Oscar / Underdog. He usually presents ideas that Iām already familiar with, but theyāre good reminders, and he has a slightly different approach with some things than other people do. Also check out Ken āHiwattā Marshallās videos. He mixes a lot of Skinny Puppy tracks, and has very good tips. Heās also always super excited about everything, and it rubs off. 
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I always wanna be doing something. I sit down excited every time. The deterrent is the sounds. Sometimes while doing stuff Iām so upset with the sounds, I just rage shut it off and walk away.
I feel like itās in me, I just canāt get it out.
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Happens to me. Or I make some cool sounds, start making a loop to hopefully extend into a track, then realize the whole idea is stupid. Then shut it off and walk away.
One thing to try maybe. Start with simpler sounds. Just make things super simple, but play with them. Work with the EQing, layer them into a simple mix. Or short sounds, and work on animating and sculpting them, timing them in the sequence. Work out from there with some more lush or evolving stuff. I have a lot more actual fun when Iāve got something simple and catchy going. I usually find ways to fill in the gaps and make it sound fuller later if I need to.
Just change up your approach a bit. Maybe a different process will lead to different results.
The other night I spend about an hour making a nice drum kit on the Syntakt, made a cool bass sound, and started writing a loop. No matter what I did, it just didnāt sound good to me. I put it on the table, turned to my wife, and said āI just made some really bad music.ā She laughed. But it really did sound stupid. The sounds were good, but the idea to use them wasnāt. Sometimes things just donāt work.
Edit: One other thing that works for me sometimes. Say Iām writing a techno track (or at least thatās what I set out to do), and itās not going the way I want. Sometimes, Iāll turn the tempo down, rearrange the drums into a break, and make hip/trip/hop instead or something like that. Sometimes the sounds didnāt do it for me with one genre, but in another they worked just fine. Or my brain was just working that way for the day. Iāve made a ton of tracks that started out as one style, and ended up in another one. For the better.
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nice clarinet woodwind type sounds! How did you embed your Bandcamp song and link in this forum?
ambient nightmares
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Same here.
There are some times when i succeed to achieve precisely what i want when designing.
But i find Happy Accidents more vivid and exciting most of the time.
Thatās why i love Synth/tools that let me keep my not so fantastic tweaks to an other algorithm/sound engine/synthesis that instantly reveal something special or at least, really interesting, either to keep as it is or as a more colorful start to refine.
That has become one of my many favorite thing with the Digitone or Microfreak.
So, if i achieve my initial goal, thatās awesome, but if i produce layers of turds, the possibility of turning them into a gem takes out a lot of frustration in the process.
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@phaelam I can understand the frustration and i wonāt give you awesome tips of victory.
But ā¦
When that happens to me, before walking away, i joyfully fuck up that douchebag of sound that refuses to become awesome with dumb tweaks, outrageous manipulations and mean effects.
One : Thatās fun.
Two : Revenge has been served.
Three : Something cool may rise from this.
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Woodwinds are from Swam :
The Bandcamp link is the just a copy/paste of the album page from my web browser into the post.
If i remember correctly you can choose the display of the player.
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First things first: almost everything you post in here sounds awesome, if that matters to you.
I get lost in details oftentimes and end up just having spent hours for single sounds. Most of which I will never use and it doesnāt feel like thereās any bigger picture behind all this tweakingā¦
But then thereās these very precious moments when out of nowhere a sonic change occurs. Breaking through monotony and boredom. This moment is what needs to be preserved. Fast. Often within minutes thereās something, a draft, that seems to work. Where everything starts to interact.
And even more often it feels like cheating to spent just half an hour or so and come up with something that sounds already convincing (at least to my ears). But in the endā¦ who cares if it feels nice?
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