• MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Oh for sure, completely agree with all of that, but there is a point of diminishing returns. Like you definitely need functional equipment. And it’s nice to have nicer equipment. But buying yet another guitar doesn’t make you better at the guitar, and you can probably get better by practicing more often with what you have.

    Don’t get me started on music software. I could spend $10,000 a week on plugins that I would never use because they all look so awesome.

    Sequencing on something like LSDJ is great because you are locked into this tiny little ecosystem and you have to get creative.

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      8 days ago

      there is a point of diminishing returns

      Definitely, just thought it needed clarification.

      Sequencing on something like LSDJ is great because you are locked into this tiny little ecosystem and you have to get creative.

      This exactly. When I use a standard DAW, I spend SO much time searching for (or making) samples, synth patches, tweaking effects to usually little effect, while the constraints of LSDj force me to have a relatively consistent sound from the get-go and into actually making music. Unfortunately, it’s hard to translate that into something that isn’t chiptune or some other genre that I don’t particularly care for right now like rock.