ive been breaking away from my ep133 to reset some habits and routines that developed with my tunes. challenged myself to do a beat all on the 404 for the first time in a long time. and i gotta admit, i get where the haters are coming from. it was kinda hard at first! but i was reminded of what @DimensionsTomorrow said in the p6 thread
and it really resonates with the 404 workflow too. maybe this sounds like a cope but i do appreciate the different kind of creative thinking i need to employ while making a beat on here. i started off doing my typical routine i do on the ep133 but it was taking so much longer to accomplish the same goal that i ended up going much looser. played with structures i dont typically use, ran the digital piano through the amp sim, stopped all the loops while recording and counted in my head to time the next loop. i dunno feel like “real music stuff.” this beat kinda sucks too, but the most fun part was figuring out how to cover up the worst parts with the fx