I would say when it comes to creating art that unreasonable ideas are completely reasonable to hold. In terms of feeling like you're in a place where nothing sounds good and nothing is interesting then that's great if you have the fortitude to continue. I think this is where many that become in any way proficient at making things give up. I once had a painting professor that said, "if you haven't considered giving up, then you're nowhere near the end." The only thing I don't like about this is the word "end", because it doesn't exist—there is no end, but I still know what he meant.One thing I've learned about myself making music is that I have lots of unreasonable ideas/workflow.
What would you recommend, dear reader?
In terms of synths, I agree with you on Vital, even though it can do a lot, it's to tinny sounding. Have you tried Dune or others from Synapse Audio? To my ears they always sound the best out of the soft synths. As for wasting money by not using what you buy, I can understand that. I know I probably use about 10% of the plugins I've bought. But, unless it's becoming a financial problem, then write it off as a "I tried."
It's a platitude at this point, but I'd say just keep working. I always loved the line in Moby Dick—I think it was Moby Dick, but it could have been another of Melville's books?—anyway, one of his characters says, "I try everything, I accomplish what I can."
Statistics: Posted by eassae — Mon Feb 02, 2026 5:37 pm