Going Dawless
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You may have heard this term "Dawless". The general idea is to stop using a computer for recording. Part of the reason is that you have to force yourself to be a better musician! When you are recording linear there is a lot less possibilities for fixing things, etc. The other reason is to honestly get down to business. There are a lot of people doing instrumental jams with synth setups, everything wired together via midi using a sequencer and sometimes loop pedals. There is a really good community on reddit for that kinda of thing right here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dawless/ What I'm talking about though is going to dawless to create acoustic music. Harkening back to the old days of using a 4 track cassette recorder (or something similar). The general idea is to take the computer away, and the crazy amount of options you have. A lot of the times I end up in "analysis paralysis" trying to get a drum loop going or pick the perfect synth sound. In the