u/BasicBob99

There is nothing else i want more than to binge in this moment. It is at the forefront of my mind. It feels like someone is holding my head with a tight claw grip. Like there is a block of ice in my throat which can be removed with binging in an instant.

It just makes sense to binge. What is one time? one time does not hurt. It would feel so good. I do not feel hungry, yet i am starving all the same and i feel uneasy. Every second has heavy weight to it and the present feels very tainted by this.

I have no desire to focus on anything else. Everything else feels on hold as long as this urge persists. It is like trying to play soccer in the rain

The only way to reduce the urge is either to suffer through it, give in or be in a situation where focusing on it is not an option. Unfortunetaly we are often in situations where binging is an option. Rarely am i unable from choosing to go and binge.

Today i got more familiar with mid side EQ and using it to try and make a vocal and a synth sit together better. I tried to have the vocal be more in the middle and the synth off to the sides. I adjusted EQ on both of them and scooped away some freqs from the synth to leave space for the vocal.

I AB'd them and i think it made a difference? hard to tell if it is just me expecting results, or if its actually different. I preferred the results after my EQ work and i think i still would even if i were to return to the project with fresh ears the next day. I had fun experimenting regardless and i acquired new knowledge.

Also, from that same acapella i managed to reverse engineer it and get the midi notes from it and the key they were in. I later used that key on a synth and made melodies of my own to be in key with the vocal and it worked nicely. I've learned to use the highlight scale function in the clip editor which is very handy for this.

Am i on the right path? i use EQ to find areas i like and bring them out, and the opposite for things i dislike in a sound. I tend to sweep around until i find an area that sounds nice and then bring it up a bit. I feel that is the right direction. I am also more aware nowadays of AB'ing EQ with the volume normalized to not be tricked that louder = better. And also to not overdo EQ on things either.