Pratical solutions to Bad Producer Habits aka. BPHs

Doing 20 beats and naming em QQQQQQ.pgm and SEQQQ1.seq......ETC!

Solution: Sticky notes, your to tired, high, drunk, to finish em. Write the info on a sticky put that shit on the MPC, when you come back you'll remeber what the fuc you were working on and wont have 20 lost beats that you remeber being tight.

Hit us up with your practical tips.

good thread...

your to tired, high, drunk, to finish em

solution:2 get rest, dont drink while on the mpc,dont get loaded while on the mpc, save and finish the next day you can write down what you need to to remeber for better reference on a refreshed brain.

a sly smoke never hurt anyone- getting drunk doesn't really work..

i sue stickies all the time, also draw all over my mixer, write down structure ideas or 'needs to be fixed' lists at the end of late night sessions when i give it a final listen and but dont have time that night to tweak more...
greg

i allways name my sequences for example v72c36y108f5r28
meaning..

v72 = virus multi number 72
c36 = karma bank C combi number 36
etc.

you could just name the tracks in the sequence wih the patch number, and even set it up with the proram number on each track.

I just name my beats/ folders, and high or not, just remember the name.

I'm slack though because sometimes when the beat changes into a song sometimes i forget to change the name of the beat to the name of the song. Can be frustrating to my crew but we always work it out. I'm learning to be more organized. Theyalso get high so they can't give anybody shyt about it, and i'm the one making the beats anyway so they understand.

el thats what i do- i even name the midi channels so you know what is on what channel- then simply juno m47 or astat365, i do the same with my effects and then add a blank bar at the very beginning so i can use that channel to send the program change for my vf-1

lastly i ensure all program changes are right for the internal pgms and all other synths- that way when i flash up a squence from old it plays everything as it should...

greg

@ Johnathon Morris - I get that all the time. The worst is when they are in a room with other people and are like yeah my man's made a Jackson 5 beat or something. I'm like don't broadcast it you muppet!!

My worst habit is remembering to change drum sounds when I'm finished with a tune. I tend to load up stock drum sounds when I'm getting an idea down. Send the beat to someone and then argue with them when they get the mixed thing back with a new kit on it. I have no one to blame but myself.

Like elmco said just put the name of the patch with the midi track

So for example if i have a piano patch from my motif it will look like this

1-Piano
MIDI 1A 1-63-0

I just name the midi track the name of the module patch im using. I also save the program on the racks im using as well as the mpc so i can just dial them up when i want to work on a beat again

class....

Keep a pad and pen next to the MPC.
There are so many good uses.

I always draw a picture of the song structure, then label it with each pattern number that make up the song in song mode.
Then, for example, when I want to make a change at the beginning of verse#2, I know exactly which pattern number I need to change.

Then there's just writing down settings, etc. that you wanna remember, so you don't have to make your brain work so hard juggling numbers in your mind, and trying to remember them all.

Definitely name your midi channels, keeps it easy. You don;t often have to insert a program change, just scroll through the program numbers on the track until you hit the patch you want, then it changes the patch when you first play the sequence and it stays there.

Keping a pad and paper nearby is a great help too.

I invest in post it notes!

I always name my midi tracks on the 60. Also when naming sequences I use simple NUMBERS. I think its so easy to use numbers. 1,2,3,4,5......etc. If you wanna remember exactly what beat it was name it after the record you sampled or if your using a keyboard name it after the patch that is your main melody.

wow i just sequence in cubase sx and name each midi part the patch