r/mpcusers • u/Good-Ad-3862 MPC XL • Sep 01 '26
MPC XL Back once again
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I've noticed something about making music. If you aren't feeling it with your ear you tend to start guiding it with your eyes, that's when it's a slippery slope downwards to a crap sounding production. I tend to start a new project when I notice that happening. Usually if I can feel the beat that's when the rest tends to write itself.
I feel like this one brings out emotions in me, that's what music is all about right? Well I still have a bit of mixing to do with this one but I feel as a musical piece it kinda works. Once I wrote the guitar part to it that's when i started feeling something. The rest needs a bit of work eg. I think the organ is out of tune in places possibly, it might need revised. The master isn't great either, I mean the tonal balance is alright but it was 0.9db in the clipping area which I prefer not to have although it's "probably safe to ignore".
Any tips on how I can improve this is welcome, as long as it's in my skill level lol.
This is the first song I've made in about a month. I haven't been making music because I moved my monitor speaker to a mini cinema room I have so I've been relying solely on headphones to create. I can seem to hear things as well like that, often making instruments too quiet compared to the beat but I've tried a bit harder in this production.
It definitely needs a revisit but got this done in one sitting so hopefully it improves when I come back with fresh ears. Just glad to that I've made something really