![]() ![]() HOW to create a template – It’s fairly easy today to create template inside your DAW of choice. Whats important is to keep your workflow comfortable and inspiring. Some people I know redesign their template every six months, some update it once a month. Discover a new soft synth, add more sample libraries and loops to your library, and add them to your template. I say, whenever you get tired of your sounds, spend half a day updating your template. When you limit yourself to only what’s in your template, your creativity opens up, and you can focus just on creating.Īnother important point to note is when you should create your template, or rather when you should update it. Often, the number of sounds and plugins our computers can hold can be overwhelming. You will feel like a kid in a candy store. WHEN do you need a template? Every time you start making music! It just makes it easier, faster, and more fun. Save time by creating a template with your favorite plugins and settings. Why not be ready? Spend an hour creating your vocal template, and your process will be much faster next time.ĥ) Mixing template – Most engineers who mix music have their preferences and go-to plugins. When you start adding reverbs, delays, compressors and EQs to the equation, that’s a lot of tracks and a lot of mouse clicking, creating tracks and adding plugins. A typical pop song can easily have 30 tracks of vocals. When recording vocals, you’ll often have many vocals tracks going doubles, ad-libs, background parts, harmony. Preparing your DAW for that can take a week! Stay ready by creating your own template and customizing it to your needs.Ĥ) Vocal Recording template – In today’s world, very often singers or rappers record their vocals to an instrumental track they receive from their friend, download from the internet, or create themselves. Creating a full orchestral piece can require 100 tracks of samplers running at the same time. Repeat this process for any other style of music.ģ) Sequencing template for orchestral music – When it comes to orchestral music, you don’t only need many sample libraries, but you also need a computer that’s strong enough to handle all of it. Even searching for a sound for 5 minutes can slow your creativity down.Ģ) Sequencing template for R&B music – Same as #1, just a different set of sounds. Why not create a template that houses all your favorite sounds? That way, next time you sit down to create a song, all the sounds are right there, and you can concentrate on just creating! It makes it fun and intuitive when you can just flip through your favorite sounds quickly, rather than search randomly for hours. Here are some examples of templates you might want to have:ġ) Sequencing template for Pop music – In today’s pop landscape, you will find that you go to the same software synths often, or use the same drum sounds on many songs. Some people even have a few different templates for different needs. WHAT kind of template do you need? That’s a question that depends on you! I’ve seen many different templates people use, customized to their needs. So creating a template that already has all your sounds loaded, named and organized the way you like it will save hours. That can take at least half a day or more, and creativity can fly out the window in that time. Now if you’re about to write a symphonic arrangement? You have to repeat that process 90+ times, and that’s even before you applied any effects. As you can see, there are many steps you have to take to create a track. Need a piano sound? Create a midi track, insert a software synth or sampler of your choice, load the piano sample, arm the track, and you’re ready to go. In Avid’s Protools and Apple’s Logic, you must create the tracks you need as you go along. In today’s world, a blank page usually means a sequencer’s window that has no tracks created in it. WHY create a template? When you’re starting to write a song, a beat or a score for a movie, you always start with a blank page. We’ll end with some tips on setting up your template. In this article, we will get into WHY it’s important to have a template, WHAT kind of a template you need, WHEN you could use a template, and HOW you can create one. It seems to be overlooked most of the time, yet it is probably the most time saving, creativity enhancing tool one could use. But one very important component of working inside whichever program you choose to work in is creating your own template. ![]() Now, I know there are millions of youtube clips, articles and courses you can take that will teach you how to operate Protools, Logic, Ableton Live, Fruity Loops, Nuendo and others, including all the tips, tricks, and shortcuts. There’s a big part of the recording process that often gets overlooked, and that’s the computer environment you record in. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |