Well key is :
I always take my time to explain my students the real essence of production witch is a very dense and crucial "event" that we have no control other ...
Thing is when i start producing and then stop once i validate , i asked them what did i done ? and answer goes from beat makingt to creation ...
I then explain them that we create nothing !!! Human is as egocentric and with big ego to think he can creates something !!
They start to freak out lol ..... and i explain , yep creation occurs but in my head , coming from where ? well at least we know it's not consceince based ...if you create with the sens of mastering everything you're just repeating stuff already done , anyxway ...creation occurs in head , and what i did is what we call "production" witch the formalisation of something non "real" .
And this very idea is unik witch means that in time + 1 it's not the same , so to get this idea formalised as it is (witch is what i call the instant truth) Delta T is crucial !
That's why when i see one of you guyz speding 30mintutes looking for a kick , this show that you have no idea on what part of the "production "process you're in and what have to be done to achieve it !! 30 mintutes on a kik is ok during post or pre production (usually pre ).
Now all this to make em understand first to know what you're doing , then to know what to avoid and how to increase the quality of the process since you know what you're into (and the goal) !! This leads with the "Validation" process ....witch of course ,very few ogf them make ,since i see a lot of people with midi even in mixing stage !!
The problem being to be able to validate a production you need to know if it can lead to a final picture what was the original "truth" .
And you have to be sure that your printed the DNA of that Truth ...like i say to them : you guyz validate Cats dna and expect Dogs at the end !!
Why do i explain this here on the forum ?. because i then explain to them that to go from the Production to a finshed product is a tutff road that they still don't know , and to make this road easier, key is : Shorten the distance !!! witch mean : QUALITY production !!!!
Conclusion is Carlos , Piotr and the team .... tools are crucial when you know when and how to use them , what prupose they will serve and if they gonna be usefull in the specific type of process , Production (i mean all phase from pre prod to mastering) is composed of several phases and each one needs a specific procedure with tools that serves different needs , and differents ways !!!
If you don't feel the need for something :
1) you're already covered
2) you don't know what can be its utility witch means work needs to be done to master your craft
By the way mastering the craft is something we all do until the end !!
If a tool makes you gain some time : Buy
If a tool makes you inspired : Buy
If a tool sounds killa but is a pain to use : ditch
If a tool in any sens makes your work more solid (cpu hit , stability ect other another one ) : buy
If a tool you don't know if you need it : not buy !!
SORRY for the long post i wish we could tcaht live to talk those concept as this is where thing start to get real
