Warm. Cold. Dark. Brilliant. Silky. Lush. Juicy. Fat... Notice something? We use the exact same vocabulary for colours and textures than we use for sounds. The word "Klangfarbe" isn't a metaphor. It is how our brain actually processes sound: the true nature of sound is colour.

Your taste is your secret superpower! Stop asking: "Is this correct? Am I doing this right?" Instead, simply pick and combine sound-colours, place them on the "gradient" and ask yourself: "Does it sound interesting to me?". This naturally leads you to your own, unique signature sound. And you can feed it anything: the noisy call of a distant crane recorded with your phone, a vocal snippet or the sound of plugging in your guitar. As one musician said: "I am still trying to find a sample that does not end up as an interesting sound."