What are the most common mistakes beginner producers make?

[DrummaBoy22]

I thought this would be a good idea for a thread where people can exchange some tips.

[steevm]

HAVING EVERYTHING WAY TOO LOUD BEFORE GOING INT...

[marino]

Spending a lot of money on extra software while...

[ReedIndeed]

Giving up on music because they are unsatisfied...

[Alphagem-O]

Not taking adequate breaks to refresh your ear...

[hermann]

- too much internet surfing and researching, re...

[Scott]

Not using stock plugins. Wasting too much tim...

[Nogyoff]

I can tell you the biggest mistakes that I made...

[bleakapathy]

Alphagem-O wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 9:25 pm No...

[m@RV]

Spending too much time on forums and not enough...

[ejr01]

forgetting about balance (gain staging) when mi...

[clint]

Not even attempting to read the manual.. F1 key...

[Formbank]

Expecting too much, too soon.

[OldSageWisdom]

Advicing people and not applying those advices ...

[DrummaBoy22]

Thinking you need a ton of different elements t...

[Bruellbart]

I really feel caught out by many of these posts...

[Manitsky]

Forgetting that music is so much fun!

[PhreaSpirit]

Very common mistake is to start producing in FL...

[DrummaBoy22]

Scott wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 11:08 pm Not usi...

[ReedIndeed]

Bruellbart wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 1:26 pm I r...

[Bruellbart]

Hahahaha... wait a moment...

[ALFR3DO]

Spending 20h on creating kick sound instead of ...

[visiblenoise]

DrummaBoy22 wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 11:01 am T...

[John Judd]

Not realizing what a terrible effect an untreat...

[natraj]

As mentioned before, probably the most common m...

[audiosabre]

Belief in magic bullets that circumvent practic...

[Aura_Qualic]

Getting too much crack VST, then 10 years later...

[Miles]

[Aleix Fontanet]

The very first mistake is calling yourself a pr...

[beasts]

ALFR3DO wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 6:42 pm Spendi...

[MvR]

Thinking that what you make is f-ing amazing wh...

[steevm]

beasts wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 11:24 am That's...

[Dunbar]

Don't forget, a good song is always a good song...

[DrummaBoy22]

Dunbar wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 3:41 pm Don't f...

[Thunderpunch]

DrummaBoy22 wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 11:01 am T...

[Les Jay]

-thinking learning music theory is a waste of t...

[miles_t3hr4t]

Every beginner mistake can lead to other mistak...

[AmThat]

For people who want's to get in to it: The most...

[Alphagem-O]

AmThat wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 7:53 am The mos...

[highkoo]

The worst mistake is to focus on product rather...