Q: i enjoy making up new sounds using the software i have, but i have a problem am asking for advice: i don't know when to stop editing the sound and consider it "a sonud". what i mean is , i'll take a guitar sound and ill think okay lets edit this, so i'll change the fret position or i'll change the microphones, or i'll tune it up a little bit, but then i'll think okay well thats great, but when i do the same thing for a bass, it's unuseable unless i put an EQ and a compressor to sustain it. so how do i know when the sound is a sound, and not a sound PLUS mixing.. i just want to know how far to go before saving the patch or track settings for later.
A: there's no good answer. some will be undercooked. some will be overcooked. you're never gonna get an exact answer for this. your collection will contain a variety