Ok im sure something like this has been asked a billion times, but im going to try delve into peoples work flows here a little deeper.
Heres they way I find i work these days, ill open up a session, open up kontakt or Battery, go trough my drum library and make a kit i like, lay down a the basics of the drums, then i choose a synth or look for particular sound im looking for and go from there. I havent in awhile, but i love to start tracks with obscure percussion like 5 or 6 percussion tracks that barely make sense on their own but when i lay drums on top they make a difference. Now that i have edrums i play on top where theres room, if it works.
I used to start a lot with redrum do a loop export all the sounds individually, then program the hard hitters on top. Other times ill go trough a bunch of sounds pick out a few i like have them ready and then start from there instead of pickin sound recording, then picking other sound, but thats usually the way it works out anyways.
Just wondering if you guys work with specific templates with specific instruments etc most of the time, or what. Anyways like to hear how some of you get down.
Oh yea i forgot to mention the part i hate, after i compose the track, i then arrange it, bounce all my midi to audio importing back in on a track and geting rid of the midi, and heres were i get my rough mix. Time consuming horrible buzz kill.