Uprising wrote:
I really love producing sounds, but it sure f**** my mind if I do it for too long without breaks, which is the reason why it's just a once a month thing for me, I'm also really really slow at it compared to other people.
I love making my own sounds. It's a rarity for me to focus so much on percussion and FX, and usually I stick with analog or analog modeling (or physical modeling, but that's not much of a challenge). FM on a Synclavier is especially challenging because it is such a basic implementation of FM. With a little creativity and willingness to look in some less-than-obvious places for sound manipulation, you get a versatility that is often absent on so many current FM synths, both hardware and software.
The secret to making your own sounds quickly is to create templates, and lots of them. Program, say, a good saw pad, copy it several times, and just change the waveform on it. The less detail-oriented you are about it and the more you go for more "bread and butter" kinds of sounds, the faster you'll be able to come up with new stuff and the less of a headache it will be.