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Originally posted by Adambomb337 I figured that if a beginner is able to make the standard trance song, then it would be easy to branch out from there and get more creative. I guess you're right though. And then we would probably have to choose one subgrenre of trance for an example... I think tutorial videos would really help though more than anything

I think you're wrong.

There are actually are a few arrangement tutorials in the sticky anyway. I was apprehensive about including them, too, but I figured that they weren't too cookie-cutter, and I'd end up wasting a lot of time anyway if I started seriously evaluating tutorials as opposed to just aggregating them.

Still, I agree with Allied that "step-by-step" tutorials or videos wouldn't be such a great addition. I think that the type of people they are likely to help are also the type of people who are least likely to contribute their own ideas, and although this may make me sound like a pompous ass, I'd rather weed out rather than encourage the people who are SO lost that they can't even come up with a basic outline of a tune, let alone any technical elements.

I don't know, it just strikes me as someone who wants to make lasagna but can't figure out how to boil the water. I'm not calling these people stupid, I understand that not everyone is naturally good at everything (my Dad seriously cannot boil the water), but if you need to see a video of how to boil the water then you're just not cut out to be a cook. We're willing to give you the recipe and even the preparation instructions, but what you're really asking us to do is prepare the entire thing ourselves and hand it off to you just before it goes in the oven, so you can be the one to put it in the oven and say you made it. And even then we have to tell you exactly what settings to use on the oven. It's not fair to us and, truthfully, it's not fair to yourself either.

Maybe I'm off-base. Who knows. At any rate, although I don't claim to speak for Allied or anyone else, I still think that a suggestion like "find more tutorials" is unfair to the mods and a touch rude. Moderators aren't teachers or data-miners - it's a public forum, content is supposed to be submitted by members. Otherwise why allow people to post at all, why not just have a web site with an e-mail feedback form?

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Originally posted by DigiNut Maybe I'm off-base. Who knows. At any rate, although I don't claim to speak for Allied or anyone else, I still think that a suggestion like "find more tutorials" is unfair to the mods and a touch rude. Moderators aren't teachers or data-miners - it's a public forum, content is supposed to be submitted by members. Otherwise why allow people to post at all, why not just have a web site with an e-mail feedback form?

I'm sorry it appeared that way. I did not mean to suggest that the mods go find tutorials and that wasn't my intent at all. I have been actively trying to find some video tutorials myself for people I know who want to begin making trance. I'm trying to find content that would help them the most and save them some time. This thread was requesting suggestions and I gave my suggestions in order to help the community. If you change your mind and want me to give you the videos I've found, let me know.

I really do appreciate all that the mods have done here. Thank you

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Originally posted by Adambomb337 I'm sorry it appeared that way. I did not mean to suggest that the mods go find tutorials and that wasn't my intent at all. I have been actively trying to find some video tutorials myself for people I know who want to begin making trance. I'm trying to find content that would help them the most and save them some time. This thread was requesting suggestions and I gave my suggestions in order to help the community. If you change your mind and want me to give you the videos I've found, let me know. I really do appreciate all that the mods have done here. Thank you

No, I think you are missing the point. We are stating that we don't really have any use for the sort of "step by step" tutorials you are looking for. You want trance by numbers and we don't think that will help anyone.(Speaking on behalf of the community here) Best bet is to have a rough idea of what you want to do, get the hardware/software necessary to do what you need to do and use tutorials/instruction manuals along the way in order to faciliate the process. It's arguably way too easy to make trance anyways and a step by step beginners guide won't really help you in the long run I don't think. The structure of todays trance is very easy and to map it out yourself, put some on, grab a pen, start counting beats and drawing it out on a piece of paper. It's a good way to get a 'visual' of what's going on and will help your mind think. I used to have huge structure issues and have since resolved the majority of them just by counting, understanding, and attempting to be creative within a general structure. This does not however mean I advocate copying the structure of any tunes, I just think it helps one gain a bit of perspective.

None of this however, has anything to do with us not wanting to share our knowledge/tutorials. We would love to see the videos you've found and will gladly add them to the main sticky if they seem appropriate.

Cheers,

Greg

I completely agree with you about teaching structure.

The main reason I have been searching for tutorial videos and encouraging people to make them is because there are very gifted musicians with extreme reading dissabilities. This dyslexia is a great burden to them and videos would be a godsend.

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Originally posted by DigiNut None of this however, has anything to do with us not wanting to share our knowledge/tutorials.

The reason I came to that conclusion was because of DigiNut's response here:

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Originally posted by DigiNut if you need to see a video of how to boil the water then you're just not cut out to be a cook. We're willing to give you the recipe and even the preparation instructions, but what you're really asking us to do is prepare the entire thing ourselves and hand it off to you just before it goes in the oven, so you can be the one to put it in the oven and say you made it.

The recipe is insufficient for people with reading dissablities. There is much ambiguity and frustration when reading a manual and it includes work and I mean this for someone without a dissablity. Please immagine what it is like for someone with dyslexia. Videos are better, and some of these people who watch these videos are cut out to be producers of trance.



Most of the videos I've found have been sequencer specific in learning the ability to use the host instead of more foundational tools in music creation like compression, mixing, mastering, etc. Hopefully I can find more foundational videos in the future.

Here are a few on YouTube:

Reason's Subtractor and sound design:

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTJ7_piUfok&eurl=
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AfHTH6H6B0&eurl=
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUQE4Xex72o&eurl=

These were found here:

http://www.samplecraze.com/tutorial.php

which also include many other tutorials in text.

FL Studio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrSaIwI6mL4&eurl=

FL Studio's Vocoder in flash:

http://www.504productions.com/flash...ng_tutorial.php

The FL videos were found here, which also include more text tutorials: http://www.504productions.com/index...showcat&catid=6

The Digital Music Doctor will give college students who are memebers of the Grammy Universiy a free pro audio video. http://digitalmusicdoctor.com/grammyu.htm

Also there are a few free teachings from each of the videos if you click on one of the pro audio videos ("cubase 4" for example) and then click "demos" in the right corner under the heading. http://digitalmusicdoctor.com/

Ask Video also has a few free demos on their website but they are not as helpful:

https://askvideo.com/videoexamples....c719e45b28c88f5

Their videos are also expensive.

Here are some videos from keyboard magazine. Most of them are just sales pitches but the berkleemusic videos have some useful content.

http://www.keyboardmag.tv/

There's lots there, but I intend to go through them and add them to the list when I get the chance, unless Allied Nations gets to it first. I'll also highlight them specifically as video tutorials (although they'll go in the normal categories). Thanks for posting.

On an aside, musicians generally tend to have to read music so I don't think there can be THAT many with dyslexia.

great, I hope it helps a lot of people. I think we would be surprised if we did a study on how many electronic music producers are able read music. Sure, there may not be many with dyslexia, but to me, every person is worth helping if they want help and I'm glad you agree by wanting to add these videos to your list. Thanks

beginner area for people that keep asking questions like



what synth
what program
what do i use to make trance
What is compression
What monitors should i get


yada yada

Like something the stickies have there?

Adambomb337 Wrote
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I think tutorial videos would really help though more than anything

Adambomb337 why dont you just make the tutorial videos you cant find and then post them to you tube.

I dont think videos help much because in the end your gonna put your own twist on everything , everyone here could make a how to video

but again everyone would want to do something different use a different synth ,deifferent sequencer ,make a different kind of trance so you cant please everyone.

I also produce trance music, and I believe I have come a long way, and I do not try to copy people or their styles. With that said, I must say in the past year (I have been producing for about 4-5 years) videos on youtube have helped me more than anything. And it is not about not wanting to read or too stupid to produce trance. There is just something about seeing someone doing something that helps. If you just read everything in school and didn't have a teacher to teach you, would you be as smart as you are? Or when you join band in school and the instructor shows you how to play an instrument, would you be as good if you would have just read about it? IMO I don't think so. How many of you read Computer Music magazine? I have been a subscriber for years now and love it. But ask anyone who reads it what one of the latest and greatest additions are and probly they will tell you, the Masterclass Production videos.

Personally I like Adambomb337's suggestion +1

ps= I do like the tutorial thread you have there, I have used it time and time again, and I am not complaining about it, I just read this thread and was responding to what I read Keep up the good work, and this is the BEST forum in the land

This thread is interesting and throws up the problem noobies like myself have, which is that despite the tutorials and threads, somehow the basic question doesnt get answered. I like RichieV's suggestion and use to ask the same questions as Adambomb337, because its natural to anaylse the problem by deconstruction. If I play Bach on the organ, I have the sheet music in front of me and can see how it was constructed. Naturally, many beginners in Trance, go "wow, how the hell do you get that sound?" and cant find the sheet music ha ha. If I want to reproduce a particular chord or effect, the sheet music tells me. But Allied Nations is absolutely right that all the sheet music in the world wont make you a better composer. Composition is something else and it begins for many people as a tune in the head. I used to be able to hear a baroque concerto in my head as if it were in the room, but that was after listening to nothing but baroque concerto's for 2 years. Sadly, I didnt have the technical skill to write it down, because I was not musically trained. So I began with simple melodies. Now, after 6 months of listening to trance I am beginning to hear melodies and know what I wd like to happen to certain pieces I hear. Then I hear something new and think "wow,I didnt know that was possible". that is what trance is about for me and about having the courage to make our own unique contributions.
That said, you might end up becoming well-known for something you actually dont like producing, but may kick off a whole new era in trance. Meanwhile, I have questions that I dare not ask in case I get flamed he he

there is a comp on at the moment (you may off seen the thread in hand).
so i was wondering if all goes well,why not have some kind off incentive for being top ta producer.

I'm hoping the competition will spark a new wave,only the porducer forum doesn't get much in the way of publicity.

i think it would be good if we can get some big labels on bored.

anyway just thort id ask

extensive review section for equipment if one doesn't exist already

How about you actually do your job and moderate the forum?

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...3&forumid=48&s=

Alan for mod?

Not to give the impression that I am against suggestions and constructive criticism, but this has become a pretty stagnant sticky and IMO has outlived its usefulness.

Everyone is still welcome to fire off a PM to me about this kind of thing in the future.

I concur! Add how do i make sound like x thread. (Ban everyone who don't post sample)

seriously, who are the mods, and who runs the show and what is this thread really about? i think this part of the forum where nice until around summer time, when the moderator discussion came up, ever since that its all been a mess. delete spambots and their threads and leave the rest, its fine like it is. website-discussions like this should be in the website-discussion-forum and not filling up this place.

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Originally posted by palm seriously, who are the mods, and who runs the show and what is this thread really about? i think this part of the forum where nice until around summer time, when the moderator discussion came up, ever since that its all been a mess. delete spambots and their threads and leave the rest, its fine like it is. website-discussions like this should be in the website-discussion-forum and not filling up this place.

What are you talking about?

i dont understand what the thread is about? new look? new stickies? moderation?

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Originally posted by Purpose Unknown But Allied Nations is absolutely right that all the sheet music in the world wont make you a better composer.

You could get new ideas for your tunes.

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Originally posted by palm i dont understand what the thread is about? new look? new stickies? moderation?

It was unstickied because it no longer served a purpose and now you question it? Just let if fall to its death.

oh sorry, didnt know this was a sticky before, and i just saw that it was from 2006 lol.
i thought it was a new thread, i never watch the stickies. forget everything i said.

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