{"id":2220,"date":"2019-10-01T00:29:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T00:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2019-10-01T00:29:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T00:29:53","slug":"five-fun-games-to-become-a-better-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/five-fun-games-to-become-a-better-producer\/","title":{"rendered":"Five fun games to become a better producer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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ONE of the best ways to become a better producer is to make your life harder. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know how that sounds, but hear me out! If you limit yourself to certain options, then you have to become more creative. By only allowing yourself certain freedoms, you can really steer your music in ways that you’d not see open to you otherwise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAWs now ship with huge content libraries and the availability of free and cheap VSTs means that producers are spoiled for choice with what is on offer. This can lead to more time choosing sounds than time spent making music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few “games” you can play to improve your production:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. The one synth rule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Grab yourself a powerful synth VST<\/a> and make a song using only that synth. You will have to make the elements from scratch, including the percussion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This works great with synths like Serum, where you can add in samples as wavetables and have a wide range of sounds on offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By playing with the one synth rule, you will force yourself to learn that synth inside out and come up with new techniques for making ideas flow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, you could use a single hardware synth or (limited functionality) groovebox<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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