I heard something interesting the other day from another audio engineer youtuber, automation is what separates the men from the boys! haha. I now automate the most I can so things arent as static in the mix
Very good! Sometimes we add too many layers and forget that these automations are an additional element that can fill the music in a very interesting way.There's a sounstrack that I really like called "The knick" by Cliff Martinez. he is an example of the power of these automations
This is great advice. Thanks for putting this together for people. You also have great melodic sensibility which is much harder to teach and just comes with experience and lots of listening. I've been really into Nathan Fake lately. I feel like his whole thing is taking a very catchy 2 bar loop and then evolving it through modulation and automation every 2 bars it feels different but it's the same melodic concept for 3-4 min. Yet it's never boring. Anyway--cheers!
Yes of course, the question is how many tracks, instruments, etc you are going to use. That is what defines the load. Ableton will always "work" in a sense. Hope that makes sense. :)
Was this inspired by the dude on Reddit the other day who had 25 automations going? It looked chaotic visually but sounded so beautiful. I use Maschine so it’s extremely annoying to automate
