Hello Tone Matrix. Your extraordinary music always impressed me a lot. I have a friend in Heidelberg who can master your tracks. No problem.
I enjoyed this chilly track Nr.1 !!!!

Hello Tone Matrix. Your extraordinary music always impressed me a lot. I have a friend in Heidelberg who can master your tracks. No problem. I enjoyed this chilly track Nr.1 !!!!

Tone Matrix! Man i love your music. I was happy to see some of the new tracks in 2021 that you shared in Soundcloud. You must have a crazy amount of material that is album ready.

I like this new track, and the sonic landscape you created with this drone chord and the other synth lines behind. I'm excited to get more of your music this year!

There is this book called The War of Art, about fighting the procrastination as a musician, a writer or anything really. Super inspiring, you can check a discussion about this on the following podcast. Really helpful and cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi9dTiN1AzI

Tone Matrix! Man i love your music. I was happy to see some of the new tracks in 2021 that you shared in Soundcloud. You must have a crazy amount of material that is album ready. I like this new track, and the sonic landscape you created with this drone chord and the other synth lines behind. I'm excited to get more of your music this year! There is this book called The War of Art, about fighting the procrastination as a musician, a writer or anything really. Super inspiring, you can check a discussion about this on the following podcast. Really helpful and cool. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi9dTiN1AzI[/url]

Hi Tone Matrix!!! Fantastic opener for this year. I like this one. I’ve got a friend, who can do the mastering for you, if you like. A Tone Matrix album would be great.

Hi Tone Matrix!!! Fantastic opener for this year. I like this one. I’ve got a friend, who can do the mastering for you, if you like. A Tone Matrix album would be great.

I relate hard with your message, and I've had a very similar 2021 of music. I'm trying to put together an album and get it mastered and some days I love the music and feel like it's nearly there, other times I just want to give up and accept it will never be good enough. I'm not sure if you meant it to, but this song feels like it represents the emotions in that cycle to me. I love the progression and the sounds here.

My advice to you and myself is just to have fun, because that's when the best music is made. I find, though, that I can only have fun when I fully truly believe that the music is not being made for a purpose, say, to be released. I wish I could go back to the days when I made music just cos I loved making music, and not getting caught up in releases and all that. A year of simple, pure enjoyment of music is what we all need, I think. Keep it up!

P.S. Happy to try my hand at mastering your album!

I relate hard with your message, and I've had a very similar 2021 of music. I'm trying to put together an album and get it mastered and some days I love the music and feel like it's nearly there, other times I just want to give up and accept it will never be good enough. I'm not sure if you meant it to, but this song feels like it represents the emotions in that cycle to me. I love the progression and the sounds here. My advice to you and myself is just to have fun, because that's when the best music is made. I find, though, that I can only have fun when I fully truly believe that the music is not being made for a purpose, say, to be released. I wish I could go back to the days when I made music just cos I loved making music, and not getting caught up in releases and all that. A year of simple, pure enjoyment of music is what we all need, I think. Keep it up! :) P.S. Happy to try my hand at mastering your album!

Completely relate to what you're going through. Had a similar 2021 myself. Lots of unfinished concept left on the table.
Sometimes, just going with the flow garners the best results!

Lovin the tone of the synth here.

Completely relate to what you're going through. Had a similar 2021 myself. Lots of unfinished concept left on the table. Sometimes, just going with the flow garners the best results! Lovin the tone of the synth here.

Really glad to see you back. Looking forward to hearing more of your work this year, and the ambient noodling too.

Really glad to see you back. Looking forward to hearing more of your work this year, and the ambient noodling too.

Hey man, happy new year!  Good to hear from you again.  Just reading other peoples first posts makes it sound like a lot of people had a hard time producing last year.  I definitely did as well.  Not even just trying to be nice or anything, but the music you released last year was 100% release ready in my opinion.  I know that everyone has their own vision for where they want to get their music too though, so hope you can get there soon.  For mastering though, have you tried ozone?  Probably the same result you'd get from lander, but you can tweak it afterward the AI does its thing and add in exciter/stereo imagining.  Very cool first track though man, very chill.  I missed hearing your tracks every week, so looking forward to this year for sure. 

Hey man, happy new year! Good to hear from you again. Just reading other peoples first posts makes it sound like a lot of people had a hard time producing last year. I definitely did as well. Not even just trying to be nice or anything, but the music you released last year was 100% release ready in my opinion. I know that everyone has their own vision for where they want to get their music too though, so hope you can get there soon. For mastering though, have you tried ozone? Probably the same result you'd get from lander, but you can tweak it afterward the AI does its thing and add in exciter/stereo imagining. Very cool first track though man, very chill. I missed hearing your tracks every week, so looking forward to this year for sure.

Going right into my favorites. This is the type of moody vibes I get absorbed in. When I get migraines I tend to gravitate towards a similar spectrum of music (except with a guitar) so it's pretty cool to read that's how this was born.
Hoping the casual nature of WB helps to ease your mind on the album you've been working on. Sometimes things just got to get done, warts and all, and WB kind of instills that attitude in me. One day you'll accidentally stumble on perfection when you weren't looking for it.

Going right into my favorites. This is the type of moody vibes I get absorbed in. When I get migraines I tend to gravitate towards a similar spectrum of music (except with a guitar) so it's pretty cool to read that's how this was born. Hoping the casual nature of WB helps to ease your mind on the album you've been working on. Sometimes things just got to get done, warts and all, and WB kind of instills that attitude in me. One day you'll accidentally stumble on perfection when you weren't looking for it.

The track's title perfectly describe the feeling of listening to it. Beautiful melancholia!

The track's title perfectly describe the feeling of listening to it. Beautiful melancholia!

Hey Tone Matrix! Nice work on the strings and chord progressions. Moody but hopeful with the tension of a well crafted suspension bridge. Good to see you back and hear your music!

Hey Tone Matrix! Nice work on the strings and chord progressions. Moody but hopeful with the tension of a well crafted suspension bridge. Good to see you back and hear your music!

beautiful washes, love it! feelin' the same energy for 2021 and looking ahead to wb2022 here as well.

beautiful washes, love it! feelin' the same energy for 2021 and looking ahead to wb2022 here as well. <3

Arturia LoFi in use? Sounds very good!

My 2021 was probably my most productive year ever, untill i released EP in late 2021 and after that could not do anything anymore. Until last friday when i did this weeks WB track. My EP was mostly my 2020 WB tracks remixed. Now thinking that i spent lot of 2021 re-doing 2020 WB tracks

Arturia LoFi in use? Sounds very good! My 2021 was probably my most productive year ever, untill i released EP in late 2021 and after that could not do anything anymore. Until last friday when i did this weeks WB track. My EP was mostly my 2020 WB tracks remixed. Now thinking that i spent lot of 2021 re-doing 2020 WB tracks :D

This is blissed out radness

This is blissed out radness

Glad to see you're back!  I can very much relate to what you went through.  I felt like I had production headaches in 2021 and never felt totally satisfied with my results and ended up getting burned out on music for the rest of the year.  I'm 100% on board with just trying to have fun this year, not be too serious, and not worry about perfectionism or being "release ready".  This track sounds great, by the way.  Very chill and relaxing.

Glad to see you're back! I can very much relate to what you went through. I felt like I had production headaches in 2021 and never felt totally satisfied with my results and ended up getting burned out on music for the rest of the year. I'm 100% on board with just trying to have fun this year, not be too serious, and not worry about perfectionism or being "release ready". This track sounds great, by the way. Very chill and relaxing.

Fantastic stuff, so glad you are back for another year, always impressed by the tones and sounds you are able to create, hopefully you can get an album sorted out, that would be awesome

Fantastic stuff, so glad you are back for another year, always impressed by the tones and sounds you are able to create, hopefully you can get an album sorted out, that would be awesome

Welcome back!  Nothing wrong with an ambient jam. . Very nice.

Welcome back! Nothing wrong with an ambient jam. :). Very nice.

Weeklybeats just brings out the notes inside us

Weeklybeats just brings out the notes inside us

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Thanks so much I really appreciate you saying that.  I'll have to see how this year goes as far as productivity but I might have to find out more about your friend   One step at a time lol. 

[quote=Q-Rosh]Hello Tone Matrix. Your extraordinary music always impressed me a lot. I have a friend in Heidelberg who can master your tracks. No problem. I enjoyed this chilly track Nr.1 !!!! [/quote] Thanks so much I really appreciate you saying that. I'll have to see how this year goes as far as productivity but I might have to find out more about your friend :) One step at a time lol.

I do have a lot of material that could possibly get used but most of the time I'll hear something that makes me say "nah this should be different" etc..  So hopefully I'll change that mindset a bit this year.  Thanks so much for the book recommendation.  I'm def going to check that out.  It looks like something I could use daily. 

[quote=Kedbreak136]Tone Matrix! Man i love your music. I was happy to see some of the new tracks in 2021 that you shared in Soundcloud. You must have a crazy amount of material that is album ready. I like this new track, and the sonic landscape you created with this drone chord and the other synth lines behind. I'm excited to get more of your music this year! There is this book called The War of Art, about fighting the procrastination as a musician, a writer or anything really. Super inspiring, you can check a discussion about this on the following podcast. Really helpful and cool. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi9dTiN1AzI[/url][/quote] I do have a lot of material that could possibly get used but most of the time I'll hear something that makes me say "nah this should be different" etc.. So hopefully I'll change that mindset a bit this year. Thanks so much for the book recommendation. I'm def going to check that out. It looks like something I could use daily.

Thanks man I really appreciate your comments.  I need to somehow trick myself into believing it's ready lol.  For now hopefully the fun will take precedent.  I haven't tried Ozone's stuff yet.  Mainly cuz I have like 3 slightly different versions from all these offers I get.  Like Neutron Elements and Ozone Elements.  So I just need to dabble a bit in one and see if I can get the hang of it.  I don't need it to be perfect either.  I just don't want that low volume feel where my track is so low and then deadmau5 comes blasting in with his smack in yo face compression.  Thanks for the reminder though.  Hopefully once the rust wears off I'll be more adventurous and give that a try.  Good to see ya back!

[quote=Chrisfoo]Hey man, happy new year! Good to hear from you again. Just reading other peoples first posts makes it sound like a lot of people had a hard time producing last year. I definitely did as well. Not even just trying to be nice or anything, but the music you released last year was 100% release ready in my opinion. I know that everyone has their own vision for where they want to get their music too though, so hope you can get there soon. For mastering though, have you tried ozone? Probably the same result you'd get from lander, but you can tweak it afterward the AI does its thing and add in exciter/stereo imagining. Very cool first track though man, very chill. I missed hearing your tracks every week, so looking forward to this year for sure. [/quote] Thanks man I really appreciate your comments. I need to somehow trick myself into believing it's ready lol. For now hopefully the fun will take precedent. I haven't tried Ozone's stuff yet. Mainly cuz I have like 3 slightly different versions from all these offers I get. Like Neutron Elements and Ozone Elements. So I just need to dabble a bit in one and see if I can get the hang of it. I don't need it to be perfect either. I just don't want that low volume feel where my track is so low and then deadmau5 comes blasting in with his smack in yo face compression. Thanks for the reminder though. Hopefully once the rust wears off I'll be more adventurous and give that a try. Good to see ya back!

i declare a pressure drop for 2022

    "Dans ses écrits, un sage Italien
    Dit que le mieux est l'ennemi du bien."

i declare a pressure drop for 2022 [youtube]uw66FA6OTqA[/youtube] "Dans ses écrits, un sage Italien Dit que le mieux est l'ennemi du bien."

I completely relate to getting turned off by the mixing/mastering process. I start obsessing over the details and lose perspective. I have sent stuff through professional mastering engineers only to end up going with my own rough master, and then wonder what the hell am I doing.

I know the conventional wisdom is you should always get stuff mastered, but with so many platforms and devices doing some sort of auto-leveling nowadays, maybe it doesn't really matter as muchanymore? Cold comfort, I know. Too bad LANDR didn't work out.

Anyways -- beautiful stuff. I love the chord changes in here. On my third listen now

I completely relate to getting turned off by the mixing/mastering process. I start obsessing over the details and lose perspective. I have sent stuff through professional mastering engineers only to end up going with my own rough master, and then wonder what the hell am I doing. I know the conventional wisdom is you should always get stuff mastered, but with so many platforms and devices doing some sort of auto-leveling nowadays, maybe it doesn't really matter as muchanymore? Cold comfort, I know. Too bad LANDR didn't work out. Anyways -- beautiful stuff. I love the chord changes in here. On my third listen now

I listened to this a few times now. It's a good track. It's ready. The volume is OK too.

Wanted to share a few points about this:
0) no point in making your stuff as loud as deadmau5 - I will never listen to this track back to back with banging electro beats anyway. I would compare it with some tracks from a similar genre, such as Biosphere, Aphex Twin (Stone In Focus) and see if your track sounds louder or not.
1) most places nowadays do LUFS loudness normalization on everything, which works in magical and mysterious ways and may actually mean that brick wall limited tracks are taken down in human perceived loudness. This side can help you see if your "loud" track is actually going to be turned down by youtube/spotify/etc: https://www.loudnesspenalty.com/.
2) before trying to master your own stuff, spend some time to set up your monitoring chain. This
is a good tutorial for setting things up and calibrating levels in your home studio: https://gearspace.com/board/mastering-forum/1024714-depth-bob-katz-k-system-tutorial.html
3) There is an excellent talk on this subject by Bob Katz, who is a renowned mastering engineer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EgamkLkXW8

I listened to this a few times now. It's a good track. It's ready. The volume is OK too. :) [quote=Tone Matrix]I don't need it to be perfect either. I just don't want that low volume feel where my track is so low and then deadmau5 comes blasting in with his smack in yo face compression.[/quote] Wanted to share a few points about this: 0) no point in making your stuff as loud as deadmau5 - I will never listen to this track back to back with banging electro beats anyway. I would compare it with some tracks from a similar genre, such as Biosphere, Aphex Twin (Stone In Focus) and see if your track sounds louder or not. 1) most places nowadays do LUFS loudness normalization on everything, which works in magical and mysterious ways and may actually mean that brick wall limited tracks are taken down in human perceived loudness. This side can help you see if your "loud" track is actually going to be turned down by youtube/spotify/etc: https://www.loudnesspenalty.com/. 2) before trying to master your own stuff, spend some time to set up your monitoring chain. This is a good tutorial for setting things up and calibrating levels in your home studio: https://gearspace.com/board/mastering-forum/1024714-depth-bob-katz-k-system-tutorial.html 3) There is an excellent talk on this subject by Bob Katz, who is a renowned mastering engineer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EgamkLkXW8

Smooth beats as always tone!

Smooth beats as always tone!

Oh Ja.. Oh Yes.. Ohh
Super Track, Love it
Dauerschleife, Noisy, hmm Lecker
Fav!

Oh Ja.. Oh Yes.. Ohh Super Track, Love it Dauerschleife, Noisy, hmm Lecker Fav!

Maaan such gorgeous pads. Sorry to hear of your creative turmoil, but I totally admire your approach to dealing with it now. Taking the pressure off of yourself is such a powerful thing for getting those juices flowing. Here's to making stuff just because its a wonderful thing to do!

Maaan such gorgeous pads. Sorry to hear of your creative turmoil, but I totally admire your approach to dealing with it now. Taking the pressure off of yourself is such a powerful thing for getting those juices flowing. Here's to making stuff just because its a wonderful thing to do!

Another great track. Making music to make music is always the goal and sometimes gets lost behind the other ambitions we have. Knowing that you will be happy to come out with 10 quality tracks by the end of the year is a respectable goal. I'm looking forward to listening to another year of your tracks.

Another great track. Making music to make music is always the goal and sometimes gets lost behind the other ambitions we have. Knowing that you will be happy to come out with 10 quality tracks by the end of the year is a respectable goal. I'm looking forward to listening to another year of your tracks.

you got me again.

before the 3rd second I was like "oh sick someone from Boards of Canada joined WB?" and then I click over and see my South Park Tone Matrix Boi and I'm like "YOU MOTHER TRUCKER YOU GOT ME AGAIN"

Favoriting and downloading.  I just want to say that I really appreciate you as a human being, and there has always been a strong emotional connection for me to your music, and I know that you're kind of taking all of your mixed feelings on any given week and then blending them into a big landscape and then POW I just get a huge response from your work.  I think I always say "cinematic" with you all the time because something about what you do is so visual, when I listen to your music it's like we're on a train and then you point out the window and I see something I've never seen before.  Thanks for letting me join you on your journey.

I read your notes:

- I love the length of this and would love more ambient pieces like this.  These are perfect for journaling, meditating, driving, calming down, going for a walk.

- Something that I started doing years ago, is that I stopped saving versions.  I just have one main session file, and then when I change something, I press save.  I will of course undo and adjust, but if I redo a vocal, I scrap the old one.  This forces me to make a single decision of A or B instead of A or B or C or D which STARTS at SIX decisions!  I enjoy painting and there are no "versions" in painting, you just gotta repaint it if you want it again.

- I have heard quite a bit of your music from our WB and I'd say that you know a lot of the answers to your questions as a musician, but maybe not as a person.  WB is kind of telling you that you already know how to finish stuff and do a great job, but maybe you're getting in the way of yourself.  Not trying to be rude, but your music is very confident and assured!  It's trying to tell you something!  If you said, "I worked really hard and executed this vision of a colorful sonic landscape through blended drones" I would have been convinced!

- This track is amazing and better than a lot of Boards of Canada stuff and I am CRAZY about BoC!

you got me again. before the 3rd second I was like "oh sick someone from Boards of Canada joined WB?" and then I click over and see my South Park Tone Matrix Boi and I'm like "YOU MOTHER TRUCKER YOU GOT ME AGAIN" Favoriting and downloading. I just want to say that I really appreciate you as a human being, and there has always been a strong emotional connection for me to your music, and I know that you're kind of taking all of your mixed feelings on any given week and then blending them into a big landscape and then POW I just get a huge response from your work. I think I always say "cinematic" with you all the time because something about what you do is so visual, when I listen to your music it's like we're on a train and then you point out the window and I see something I've never seen before. Thanks for letting me join you on your journey. I read your notes: - I love the length of this and would love more ambient pieces like this. These are perfect for journaling, meditating, driving, calming down, going for a walk. - Something that I started doing years ago, is that I stopped saving versions. I just have one main session file, and then when I change something, I press save. I will of course undo and adjust, but if I redo a vocal, I scrap the old one. This forces me to make a single decision of A or B instead of A or B or C or D which STARTS at SIX decisions! I enjoy painting and there are no "versions" in painting, you just gotta repaint it if you want it again. - I have heard quite a bit of your music from our WB and I'd say that you know a lot of the answers to your questions as a musician, but maybe not as a person. WB is kind of telling you that you already know how to finish stuff and do a great job, but maybe you're getting in the way of yourself. Not trying to be rude, but your music is very confident and assured! It's trying to tell you something! If you said, "I worked really hard and executed this vision of a colorful sonic landscape through blended drones" I would have been convinced! - This track is amazing and better than a lot of Boards of Canada stuff and I am CRAZY about BoC!

love da t00ts!

[quote=emily]i declare a pressure drop for 2022 [youtube]uw66FA6OTqA[/youtube] "Dans ses écrits, un sage Italien Dit que le mieux est l'ennemi du bien." [/quote] love da t00ts! :)

Thanks for the nice comments and links I'll check em out.  I'm pretty sure I could use some better placement or "diffusers" in my tiny bedroom as far as the mixing process goes.  Thats why it always seems to sound different to me on different systems/devices.  Even tho I was being a bit sarcastic with the Deadmau5 comment (actually haven't listened to his music in almost 10 years lol) yeah I've always been afraid that my quiet stuff will just sound quieter than the next track.  Like in an amateur way and not just dynamics way.  But I hear ya I just need to have a bit more faith in myself and that the volume will be O-K.

[quote=thawkins]I listened to this a few times now. It's a good track. It's ready. The volume is OK too. :) [quote=Tone Matrix]I don't need it to be perfect either. I just don't want that low volume feel where my track is so low and then deadmau5 comes blasting in with his smack in yo face compression.[/quote] Wanted to share a few points about this: 0) no point in making your stuff as loud as deadmau5 - I will never listen to this track back to back with banging electro beats anyway. I would compare it with some tracks from a similar genre, such as Biosphere, Aphex Twin (Stone In Focus) and see if your track sounds louder or not. 1) most places nowadays do LUFS loudness normalization on everything, which works in magical and mysterious ways and may actually mean that brick wall limited tracks are taken down in human perceived loudness. This side can help you see if your "loud" track is actually going to be turned down by youtube/spotify/etc: https://www.loudnesspenalty.com/. 2) before trying to master your own stuff, spend some time to set up your monitoring chain. This is a good tutorial for setting things up and calibrating levels in your home studio: https://gearspace.com/board/mastering-forum/1024714-depth-bob-katz-k-system-tutorial.html 3) There is an excellent talk on this subject by Bob Katz, who is a renowned mastering engineer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EgamkLkXW8[/quote] Thanks for the nice comments and links I'll check em out. I'm pretty sure I could use some better placement or "diffusers" in my tiny bedroom as far as the mixing process goes. Thats why it always seems to sound different to me on different systems/devices. Even tho I was being a bit sarcastic with the Deadmau5 comment (actually haven't listened to his music in almost 10 years lol) yeah I've always been afraid that my quiet stuff will just sound quieter than the next track. Like in an amateur way and not just dynamics way. But I hear ya I just need to have a bit more faith in myself and that the volume will be O-K.

Good to see you found this year's site.  Always appreciate your support and listening.  Hope you're well, thanks so much!

[quote=Unsupported]Smooth beats as always tone![/quote] Good to see you found this year's site. Always appreciate your support and listening. Hope you're well, thanks so much! :)

Your mother trucker comment lol.  Now that Monster Magnet "space lord" track is reverberating in ma head! 
OMG BOC is gonna beat me up now.  That's awesome of you to say.  Obviously they're like top 5 for me and sorta like NIN chords squeeze their way out of my brain, BOC has a way of influencing a lot of my ambient schtuff.
It's really cool to hear that you get such a cinematic feel from my music.  That's all I'm hoping for with anyone who listens, so yay!
The versions_idea is def a good one.  I need to try that for sure. 
Also you're not being rude at all.  You seriously nailed it.  I am totally getting in the way of happily and freely making music  I'm trying to change that and to hopefully enjoy the process more.  So reading all these positive and supportive comments on pushing through definitely helps.  I really appreciate your insight and just the fact you're enjoying listening cuz the feeling is mutual for your tunes man!  *HIGH FI*  Yeaaaaa!
PS.. My stuff mixed better than yours!? Pssssh no way meng!

[quote=orangedrink]you got me again. before the 3rd second I was like "oh sick someone from Boards of Canada joined WB?" and then I click over and see my South Park Tone Matrix Boi and I'm like "YOU MOTHER TRUCKER YOU GOT ME AGAIN" Favoriting and downloading. I just want to say that I really appreciate you as a human being, and there has always been a strong emotional connection for me to your music, and I know that you're kind of taking all of your mixed feelings on any given week and then blending them into a big landscape and then POW I just get a huge response from your work. I think I always say "cinematic" with you all the time because something about what you do is so visual, when I listen to your music it's like we're on a train and then you point out the window and I see something I've never seen before. Thanks for letting me join you on your journey. I read your notes: - I love the length of this and would love more ambient pieces like this. These are perfect for journaling, meditating, driving, calming down, going for a walk. - Something that I started doing years ago, is that I stopped saving versions. I just have one main session file, and then when I change something, I press save. I will of course undo and adjust, but if I redo a vocal, I scrap the old one. This forces me to make a single decision of A or B instead of A or B or C or D which STARTS at SIX decisions! I enjoy painting and there are no "versions" in painting, you just gotta repaint it if you want it again. - I have heard quite a bit of your music from our WB and I'd say that you know a lot of the answers to your questions as a musician, but maybe not as a person. WB is kind of telling you that you already know how to finish stuff and do a great job, but maybe you're getting in the way of yourself. Not trying to be rude, but your music is very confident and assured! It's trying to tell you something! If you said, "I worked really hard and executed this vision of a colorful sonic landscape through blended drones" I would have been convinced! - This track is amazing and better than a lot of Boards of Canada stuff and I am CRAZY about BoC![/quote] Your mother trucker comment lol. Now that Monster Magnet "space lord" track is reverberating in ma head! OMG BOC is gonna beat me up now. That's awesome of you to say. Obviously they're like top 5 for me and sorta like NIN chords squeeze their way out of my brain, BOC has a way of influencing a lot of my ambient schtuff. It's really cool to hear that you get such a cinematic feel from my music. That's all I'm hoping for with anyone who listens, so yay! The versions_idea is def a good one. I need to try that for sure. Also you're not being rude at all. You seriously nailed it. I am totally getting in the way of happily and freely making music I'm trying to change that and to hopefully enjoy the process more. So reading all these positive and supportive comments on pushing through definitely helps. I really appreciate your insight and just the fact you're enjoying listening cuz the feeling is mutual for your tunes man! *HIGH FI* Yeaaaaa! PS.. My stuff mixed better than yours!? Pssssh no way meng!

Hope this advice is helpful! I just remembered one more life hack: check out Sonarworks Reference Headphone edition (https://www.sonarworks.com/soundid-reference/for-headphones). If you happen to have headphones that are in their list of calibrated models, then you can get the free trial and capture the impulse response (fancy way of saying you copy the EQ correction the Reference software does).

This way you can have a nicely calibrated "flat" sound in your headphones. It's not going to fix sound issues in your room, but it is a quick way to improve your headphone sound.

And if you like the results, the software is worth buying too of course.

[quote=Tone Matrix]I'm pretty sure I could use some better placement or "diffusers" in my tiny bedroom as far as the mixing process goes. Thats why it always seems to sound different to me on different systems/devices. Even tho I was being a bit sarcastic with the Deadmau5 comment (actually haven't listened to his music in almost 10 years lol) yeah I've always been afraid that my quiet stuff will just sound quieter than the next track. Like in an amateur way and not just dynamics way. But I hear ya I just need to have a bit more faith in myself and that the volume will be O-K.[/quote] Hope this advice is helpful! I just remembered one more life hack: check out Sonarworks Reference Headphone edition (https://www.sonarworks.com/soundid-reference/for-headphones). If you happen to have headphones that are in their list of calibrated models, then you can get the free trial and capture the impulse response (fancy way of saying you copy the EQ correction the Reference software does). This way you can have a nicely calibrated "flat" sound in your headphones. It's not going to fix sound issues in your room, but it is a quick way to improve your headphone sound. And if you like the results, the software is worth buying too of course. :)

bruh

bruh [img]https://i.imgur.com/uA0HUQL.png[/img]

I listened to this twice while I read your notes and all these great comments. Thanks for being here, and sharing your tunes, always love them! Glad you're back, this will be fun year! This tickles my nerves just right. I admire ambient, and you're great at it. It's surprisingly hard for me. I tried a few times in 2021 for Disquiet Junto projects (worth checking out for some inspiration, different themes to create on weekly. I relate on the mastering and releasing I ultimately just put stuff out there and called it a day, used Landr. And in the end, not many people heard my stuff anyway, or even had an ear to know there were plenty of mix issues and it was mastered by AI. I found tryin to do it myself in Ableton with plugins and whatnot just made a bit bonkers and took away time from creating stuff and doing stuff I like, like jamming and improvising.

I second this! Just started it recently, it's good!

I listened to this twice while I read your notes and all these great comments. Thanks for being here, and sharing your tunes, always love them! Glad you're back, this will be fun year! This tickles my nerves just right. I admire ambient, and you're great at it. It's surprisingly hard for me. I tried a few times in 2021 for Disquiet Junto projects (worth checking out for some inspiration, different themes to create on weekly. I relate on the mastering and releasing I ultimately just put stuff out there and called it a day, used Landr. And in the end, not many people heard my stuff anyway, or even had an ear to know there were plenty of mix issues and it was mastered by AI. I found tryin to do it myself in Ableton with plugins and whatnot just made a bit bonkers and took away time from creating stuff and doing stuff I like, like jamming and improvising. [quote=Kedbreak136] There is this book called The War of Art, about fighting the procrastination as a musician, a writer or anything really.[/quote] I second this! Just started it recently, it's good!

it's now 8

[quote=orangedrink]bruh [img]https://i.imgur.com/uA0HUQL.png[/img][/quote] it's now 8

Yes! Just two more listens and you get a free sandwich!
- seriously, thanks for listening :)

[quote=orangedrink][quote=orangedrink]bruh [img]https://i.imgur.com/uA0HUQL.png[/img][/quote] it's now 8 [/quote] Yes! Just two more listens and you get a free sandwich! :) - seriously, thanks for listening :):)

Ahh this is right up my alley, can't wait to hear more of what you do this year!

Ahh this is right up my alley, can't wait to hear more of what you do this year!

This is a vast, inviting space to get lost in!

This is a vast, inviting space to get lost in!

There's not much more that I can say because Drew (Orangedrink) put it so fucking clearly, though I've had very close people in my life with your mindset, and I can assure that you're very talented. It's like... fucking obvious.

Some of your songs have helped me in rough times. You have a special talent for "beautiful melancholy", meditative states and your work is highly evocative and visual. I usually download almost everything from the people I follow and comment regularly. I've got gigabites of WB songs ... and Tonematrix circa 2014 is still played to this day.

I read carefully your process and the bit about "social media" caught my eye. I'm no expert, because my one and only social network is Youtube, if it can be considered as such. I don't want to sound patronizing but ... I'm not hearing people aroung me say "Oh, thanks to Insta now I feel quite more confortable with myself".

It seems that this whole "content creator" culture has convinced us that we NEED to produce an output for other to see instead of enjoying making art for the sake of it. It's really nice to show stuff to others once you've finished it, no doubt, but... your priority has to be yourself. Enjoy it. Do what you want. Drew's advice about not saving versions is quite on point.

Tonematrix music has made a lot of lonely sunsets hundreds of miles from my family more bearable. It sounded warm and intimate and evocative of better times. I remember your songs, though I have no clue if I had to adjust the volume knob. I was busy pressing play again.

I have my personal Audio Effect rack for Ableton that you can borrow as a starting point, if you're interested. Maybe it give you some ideas.

You are the f***ing Tonematrix, bro. In the flesh. Don't you ever forget it

ah, BTW... Downloaded and faved. This is the sh*t

Lots of love, Eric. Respect

There's not much more that I can say because Drew (Orangedrink) put it so fucking clearly, though I've had very close people in my life with your mindset, and I can assure that you're very talented. It's like... fucking obvious. Some of your songs have helped me in rough times. You have a special talent for "beautiful melancholy", meditative states and your work is highly evocative and visual. I usually download almost everything from the people I follow and comment regularly. I've got gigabites of WB songs ... and Tonematrix circa 2014 is still played to this day. I read carefully your process and the bit about "social media" caught my eye. I'm no expert, because my one and only social network is Youtube, if it can be considered as such. I don't want to sound patronizing but ... I'm not hearing people aroung me say "Oh, thanks to Insta now I feel quite more confortable with myself". It seems that this whole "content creator" culture has convinced us that we NEED to produce an output for other to see instead of enjoying making art for the sake of it. It's really nice to show stuff to others once you've finished it, no doubt, but... your priority has to be yourself. Enjoy it. Do what you want. Drew's advice about not saving versions is quite on point. Tonematrix music has made a lot of lonely sunsets hundreds of miles from my family more bearable. It sounded warm and intimate and evocative of better times. I remember your songs, though I have no clue if I had to adjust the volume knob. I was busy pressing play again. I have my personal Audio Effect rack for Ableton that you can borrow as a starting point, if you're interested. Maybe it give you some ideas. You are the f***ing Tonematrix, bro. In the flesh. Don't you ever forget it :) ah, BTW... Downloaded and faved. This is the sh*t Lots of love, Eric. Respect [img]https://media.giphy.com/media/B1rftCsU89Kh0gocDq/giphy-downsized-large.gif[/img]