00:00have you ever wanted to produce so fast
00:01the Flames fly out of your mouse no me
00:03neither but you probably struggle with
00:05time and find that producing no matter
00:07what you do just eats up tons of it so
00:09in this video I'm going to give you six
00:10things that over the past 25 years I
00:12found have sped up my production
00:13workflow like crazy starting with this
00:16oh no sorry hang on this I know you
00:19probably weren't expecting me to hold up
00:20a keyboard or dinosaur but this is a
00:23game changer because learning the main
00:24keyboard shortcuts of your software and
00:26designing your own personal ones will
00:28allow you to produce much f fter think
00:30of it like adding grease to the bearings
00:32of productivity your creative process
00:34doesn't constantly get slowed down by
00:36having to click around the screen with
00:37your pointer now I'm not suggesting you
00:39need to learn all the keyboard shortcuts
00:41but by learning a few like how to split
00:43Clips create new channels and
00:45instruments preview sounds and turn
00:47favorite plugins on and off will give
00:48you a huge boost personally one of my
00:51favorite shortcuts allows me to switch
00:52my entire mix to Mono so I can quickly
00:54check if it's still balanced without
00:56being distracted by the stereo field I
00:58also use a track ball as I can assign
01:00commands to these buttons on the side
01:01like switching apps scrolling and
01:03opening menus now I used to use a mouse
01:05for years but I ended up developing
01:07carpal tunnel syndrome from too much
01:09moving and clicking my wrist ended up
01:11hurting all the time and I actually had
01:12to train myself how to use my left hand
01:14but since switching to a track ball
01:16about 15 years ago it hasn't happened
01:18since so by combining a good keyboard
01:20and learning the keyboard shortcuts and
01:22something like a track ball your
01:23productivity is going to really speed up
01:25the second thing to start using ASAP is
01:28a Daw template that will works for you
01:30that's where you save your default
01:31product to include particular channels
01:33instruments and effects that you always
01:35use already loaded in so you can hit the
01:37ground running whenever you open a new
01:39project this might save you 5 or 10
01:41minutes with each project but over time
01:43this really adds up a word of warning
01:44though I've actually created default
01:46templates in the past that are so
01:48exhaustive and that go into so much
01:49detail I found they ended up directing
01:51my creativity down a similar path each
01:53time and I ended up finding that quite
01:55restrictive this can be useful if you're
01:57creating a body of work in one style
01:59like an album or an EP but nowadays I
02:01prefer to keep it lean and mean so
02:03here's what I do for mine I set up a
02:05room Reverb on an auxiliary Channel with
02:06a short Decay so I can just feed a
02:08little bit of many elements into it it
02:10really gels the mix together I also set
02:12up a mono switch as I mentioned earlier
02:14for checking my mix in mono I put this
02:16on the master Channel I then have a
02:17couple of metering plugins that I always
02:19use and a drum rack as that's what I use
02:21for programming drums boom lovely number
02:23three is to use sample packs and
02:25favorites folders this could technically
02:27be classed as two separate tips I guess
02:29but the overall idea is to have a great
02:31selection of sounds that you can draw
02:33upon easily that means organized in a
02:35way that works for you think of a chef
02:37having all the best ingredients chopped
02:38and prepped before he starts cooking
02:40then when it's time to cook he knows
02:42exactly what to reach for and where it
02:43is without having to stop and break his
02:45float it's exactly the same with music
02:47production and the beauty is you only
02:49have to do this once and then just
02:50update it a bit every couple of years
02:52personally I have my folders organized
02:54into these categories that I'm showing
02:56now but I won't talk through all of them
02:57as it would be boring but feel free to
02:59pause this video and screenshot it if
03:01you feel it's going to help and every
03:02time I find a sample that I really like
03:05I also save it into my favorites folders
03:07so spend a session researching and
03:09buying a couple of really great sample
03:11and preset packs that fit the style of
03:13music you want to make and you can do
03:14this just by doing some Google searches
03:16reading the reviews and listening to the
03:18demo tracks that they usually show on
03:19their sales Pages splice and loot Cloud
03:21are another two great resources for this
03:23then organize them into categories that
03:25make sense to you you can also use
03:27tagging to help you do this now and if
03:28you devote a few hours to this just once
03:30I guarantee you your productivity will
03:33shoot through the roof the next tip is
03:35to have a clear Target for every track
03:36you make and every production session
03:39this is the key to producing quickly
03:41opening a blank Daw project can be very
03:43intimidating as we quite literally have
03:46infinite options at this point couple
03:48that with no time frame or deadline and
03:50we're really screwed I found ironically
03:52the more constraints we put upon
03:53ourselves the more focused our energy
03:55becomes and the more creative and
03:57productive we become so by deciding the
03:59kind of music you want to make before
04:01even starting you will have already put
04:02constraints on yourself and this is good
04:04those constraints could be Tempo the
04:06kind of sounds that you use the kind of
04:08core progressions you'll be making as
04:09producing a drum and Bas track is going
04:11to be completely different from
04:12producing a house track now I use
04:14reference tracks for this I listen to
04:16music in the style I want to make and
04:17then I use that as a guide for making
04:19creative decisions now of course we can
04:21deviate from these reference tracks if
04:23we feel like it but having some sort of
04:25Target guide helps remove a lot of the
04:27overwhelming inde decision then for each
04:29uction session I work out what I want
04:31the outcome of that session to be for
04:33example I like to come up with the main
04:34Loop idea in just one session to capture
04:37the vibe and then come back in another
04:38session and tweak it if needs be after a
04:40break I've got fresh ears anyway and I
04:42can usually hear pretty quickly if
04:44something needs changing then I'll come
04:45back in another session and the goal of
04:47that session will be to arrange that
04:49idea into a full track once again using
04:51a reference track as a guide I'll try
04:53and map it out Allin one go this is what
04:55happens you come up with a loop and you
04:56think yeah man this is awesome but then
04:58you listen to it over and over and over
04:59again until he gets sick of it and then
05:01you just want to give up and move on to
05:02the next project well by using a track
05:04to help map out the arrangements of your
05:06song you can avoid this all together or
05:08largely anyway just work out which parts
05:10of your template track is the drop and
05:12the break and where the different
05:13instruments come in and then use that as
05:15a template to map out your own
05:16Arrangement now doing this will stop you
05:18looping your ID over and over again
05:20until you get sick of it and completely
05:22lose objectivity and we've all been
05:24there so if you're in the arrangement
05:26session and you get the urge to listen
05:27to your Loop just one more time ask
05:29yourself will this take me closer to the
05:31goal of this session or is it just
05:32wasting time and finally I'll listen
05:34through and I'll just make a long list
05:36of everything that needs adding removing
05:38or changing and that list can be long
05:40then I'll work through the entire list
05:41just ticking it off until it's done now
05:43this bit can be boring but fully
05:45finishing a track usually is which is
05:47why almost all bedroom producers never
05:49actually finish a track please don't be
05:51like them and using these steps will
05:53help number five is eliminating
05:55distractions and you know what it's like
05:56to get into the flow with music
05:58production time seems to just fly past
06:00and you're completely absorbed in it and
06:02this is beautiful this is what's really
06:03enjoyable about music production but
06:05every time you get distracted from that
06:07flow it's 15 minutes to get back into
06:09that same state so we need to be
06:11disciplined in removing distractions so
06:13for example you could leave your phone
06:15in the other room turn off the internet
06:17if you can and have enough drinks and
06:18snacks close to hand if needs be then
06:20definitely let the rest of your family
06:22or your other half not to disturb you
06:24during this production time on pain of
06:26grave consequence if you plan it in
06:28advance your loved ones are usually very
06:30understanding so it's worth doing I
06:31guarantee you'll produce more in one
06:33Power Hour than 3 hours with
06:35distractions and make that a power 4
06:37hours and you'll completely forget the
06:38world exists just don't forget to Blink
06:41it's easily done I've often woken up in
06:43the morning and my eyes still feel sore
06:45from staring at the screen the night
06:46before I'm pretty sure that's not good
06:48okay the sixth thing is the Big Daddy of
06:51production and that is to create a
06:52process or processes we all want to get
06:55better at producing and become more
06:56efficient and effective with our time so
06:58whenever you need to repat a task or a
07:00process ask yourself is there a faster
07:02better way of doing this the chances are
07:04there usually is what I find really help
07:06is doing what I call my 10-minute track
07:08tear down at the end of every project
07:10I'll save out the sounds and effects I
07:12really like maybe I'll bounce a couple
07:14of them as well saving them into my
07:15favorites folders so I can use them in
07:17another project moving forwards a
07:19successful producer friend of mine takes
07:21that one step further and he literally
07:22starts a new project using a previous
07:24one that he's created he already knows
07:26that the sounds are going to work really
07:27well together and a kind of half mixed
07:29already so he can just compose a new
07:31track using many of those same sounds if
07:33you listen to a few of your favorite
07:34producers you might notice this
07:36happening it's cuz theyve got to work
07:38quickly and they've developed a
07:39signature sound which is the other
07:41benefit of this approach not only will
07:43you produce your next track more quickly
07:45as you'll already have those sounds as a
07:46starting point you'll start to develop
07:48your signature sound over time as you
07:50use some of the same sounds over and
07:51over this is a good thing if you want to
07:53stand out and develop your own sound now
07:55batching certain tasks is another way to
07:57systemize your process like mixing
07:59several tracks in one session for
08:01example then your heads space is in
08:02mixing mode rather than composing mode
08:05and the seventh really important thing
08:06to speed up your workflow is to watch
08:08this video next there are 14 ways to
08:10simplify the mixing process which will
08:11cut down your production Time by hours
08:13for every track you make and take out a
08:15lot of that frustrating trial and error
08:17before you head over there if you
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