I've been without my car, and speakers, for some time. Like over a year.

I never relied on the car test as I always thought it was a crappy feedback system.

I have been producing for about 15 years. I have made about 26 new songs (reflips & originals) in the last 3 months and have really been on a creative drive.

However, I took a ride in my car after getting repairs and notice my system was working again.

All those years, all that time wasted, but my mixes sound like poo.

And it's crazy because my headphones, my mixes are pristine. I not only use consumer headphones, but also studio monitoring headphones. Additionally, my monitor speakers sound great. My home system sound phenomenal.

But in the car, it sounded garbage.

I feel like I've done so much damage that I wouldn't even know where to begin to re-learn anything

Does learning proper mixing really require another person in the room?

Or can this be done by yourself at first?

I'm having a rough day and have been on again off again about even continuing. It just feels like wasted energy for something that just makes me feel like I was being a narcissist all those years thinking my poo didn't stink.

Like is this why my shi ain't getting clicks? Lol

I am a new artist and my budget is kinda low

Hello would a 2019 desktop or laptop be able to run FL studio if it’s 16gb ram and has 1tb ssd ,.. dosent matter with age ?? lol

Hi, guys. So I've been producing for a year now (October 2025). On my own. Just FL Studio and my laptop. In my untreated bedroom. I do the mixing, writing and singing all on my own.

I feel like my music is too experimental for it to occupy a space. I still haven't released a track I don't know when I'll be ready even though there are few people who want some of these tracks released on Bandcamp, but I'm scared. I've just had a breakthrough with sidechaining after a year and I want to believe that through the ears of the more experienced producers here, that they would notice that in some of these tunes, hopefully.

What I would love is for anyone who has extra time to give me some constructive feedback on my own songs. My friends don't care and I just let them be so I don't have any choice but to ask strangers. Do you hear a strength in these tracks. What are my best qualities so far as a producer/songwriter? What are my weaknesses. What needs more work? Please constructive only. I don't wanna deal with any hateful comments because I've already had enough of it from the FL Studio subreddit.

These are the tracks:

1. https://voca.ro/1hT0SSLL030W (this is the first track i ever finished. i worked on it for 6 months i think. without any knowledge on music production at all aside from being a music lover. i just really wanted to express my tiredness. still to this point, this remains untouched and i am now trying to give it a new face with this track now that i've gained some new knowledge after a year: https://voca.ro/198FyQ9fZuUe

2. https://voca.ro/1897UuR1zh7T (short clip i worked on whilst taking a break from the 1st song)

3. https://voca.ro/1i7C8PP6V3nD (sparse and all over the place. was not able to rearrange this because i've grown tired of it.)

4. https://voca.ro/13u4Rr3HJG5S (2nd full track i ever finished. just like the first 2 tracks, this hasn't been sidechained yet. so hopefully, i'll be able to work on it more. but i'm losing interest in coming back to it because some important files or samples within the song have mysteriously gone missing. something i can't remake again. personally, this is my favourite track of mine so far.

5. https://voca.ro/1jB5of1YfbRF (working on this at the moment)

6. https://voca.ro/1lSUWvzI62pe (trying to make a song in my mother tongue (tagalog)

(the lyrics mean, "i can't understand what i'm feeling. the gravity of losing you is still haunting me" something like that)

1. https://voca.ro/1bPp1j8An69u (potential sequel to song #1, sparse, an idea from last year)

2. https://voca.ro/1i7C8PP6V3nD (this is very recent like the new track under the first one)

I feel like an open wound in front of you, guys. But I just need to do this so I can gain new perspectives and move on. Ty for your time!!!!