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Thanks for the suggestion! I think my biggest issue is that in my DAW, I'm an absolute slob. I've used return tracks with some success but I always feel the need to tweak each individual channel while it's solo'd -- perhaps I focus too much on individual sounds where the fine details might get lost in the bigger picture.

Thank you for the reply! Looking forward to the album, I'll opt for the advisory board on Kickstarter so maybe I'll finally learn a thing or two about production (after about 8 years or so on my own).

Hello Mr. Gabriel and Mr. Dresden,

I've been to a couple of your shows and you've always been really cool to me and I just have to give a sincere thanks for that :). It also goes without saying that I'm a big fan and I don't think you guys will ever get enough credit for your contributions to Trance/House and EDM.

EDIT: Initial questions below you can answer if you feel like, but my most pressing question is how do you turn an idea into a production? I always seem to lose the idea while I'm trying to get it down. Do you always have an idea or do you sometimes just mess around in your DAW and see what happens?

Thank you

My question is that although you may not have intended to have such a tremendous influence on the genre, in retrospect, what do you think allowed you to have such a big impact? E.g. was it right place, with the right stuff at the right time?

Also as an aside, I've been a bedroom producer for years (mostly for my own enjoyment as it's all garbage), do you guys ever run out of computing power? I see all these people producing on laptops and my monster machine always eventually runs out of oomph.