this bloody track....

i've been experimenting with it off and on for thirteen years and it just won't connect.

but it will. it must. dammit...

i'm considering deconstructing the drum collage, which is built up from about fifty samples and is going to be a lengthy process. having the bass drum and cymbal crashes in the same file just isn't mixing well, as i really want to equalize them separately.

but there's a few things i want to try before i do that, because it's going to lead to a drastic change in the track that i want to avoid. like, i want to remix it, not rewrite it. this is a track that has all the components i want, but that i could just never mix the way i wanted it.

another problem is that the source is not clean, and the effects are mostly rather dry. it was the first time working in a real daw, and i didn't have the necessary foresight....

so, i may have to redo some of the guitars, but it's going to be a last resort.

i very, very rarely feel as though i need outside production help. but with all the focus i spend on effects and mixing, it's worthwhile to point out that i'm an experimental guitarist, i'm not a producer. this is the rare moment where i might want to talk to a techno producer about some specific eq/compression choices...

in the end, though, experimenting is the only possible approach, regardless of knowledge or experience levels.

it will sound "right" soon enough. just gotta keep tweaking it

i mean, i have tools available to me now that i didn't have then. i have no excuse not to nail it. and i will nail it.