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Posted by Murlman17 on Nov-02-2006 00:40:

Is there trance for us bassheads?

I just recently started listening to trance and really like it...alot

I'm a basshead, have a nice setup and want to know if there are any dj's out there that produce music that dips sub 30hz?

Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-02-2006 00:56:

What exactly is a basshead?

Does it involve fish?

Posted by Murlman17 on Nov-02-2006 01:01:

basically i have 3 12" subwoofers in my trunk, i love loud bass thus i'm a basshead...

I was just curious if there is trance with fluctuating bass lines instead of the standard kick drum over and over and over throughout the song...

Posted by Chang monkey on Nov-02-2006 01:05:

just go listen to some dubstep m8

Posted by Spirit5 on Nov-02-2006 01:17:

Uh your probably going to want to check out Hardstyle or Speedbass or stuff like that. If it's trance your after, the bassiest trance I know if is Psy trance, it's got very heavy bass. There's a lot of it out there...ask Rebel9, he's an expert on it.

Posted by SMC on Nov-02-2006 01:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Murlman17
I was just curious if there is trance with fluctuating bass lines instead of the standard kick drum over and over and over throughout the song...

Bassline instead of the kickdrum? Does that make any sense? It's like saying a car with wheels instead of the engine.

Posted by SMC on Nov-02-2006 01:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Spirit5
the bassiest trance I know if is Psy trance, it's got very heavy bass.

I would not agree on that. Psytrance has a lot of bass in the sense that the basslines are intense and sequenced with short notes on every step, usually with fairly high gain. But short bassnotes do most of the times not reach down that deep into the lowest frequencies and the highly pitched basskick is not the phatest kick around. So i would say psytrance is as bassy as other sorts of trance or less.

Posted by Spirit5 on Nov-02-2006 02:00:

quote:
Originally posted by SMC
I would not agree on that. Psytrance has a lot of bass in the sense that the basslines are intense and sequenced with short notes on every step, usually with fairly high gain. But short bassnotes do most of the times not reach down that deep into the lowest frequencies and the highly pitched basskick is not the phatest kick around. So i would say psytrance is as bassy as other sorts of trance or less.

Okay, didn't know the specifics about the bass frequency levels it gets down to, but from listening to it, it seems to me to have a stronger bassline than epic and most certaintly than progressive.

Posted by Tony Morello on Nov-02-2006 02:06:

if you want bass listen to house

Posted by Spirit5 on Nov-02-2006 02:10:

I've really never understood some of these guy's fascination with bass though. Hearing these guys driving around with their trunks vibrating and you can hear it a mile away....that's just annoying haha. I'de much rather listen to tracks for the melodies and nice smooth beats vs. the bassline. Sure it's cool to have a good bassline, but that's not what makes a track good or enjoyable, to me at least. Just a lil rant, haha.

Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-02-2006 02:22:

Psytrance... duh!

Posted by medinaM5 on Nov-02-2006 02:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Allied Nations
Psytrance... duh!

no doubt

Posted by ASFSE on Nov-02-2006 02:31:

medinaM5: i busted all over my keyboard when i saw your sig.

Posted by medinaM5 on Nov-02-2006 02:35:

quote:
Originally posted by ASFSE
medinaM5: i busted all over my keyboard when i saw your sig.

better clean that up rookie

Posted by kingchinc on Nov-02-2006 03:22:

Infected mushroom or the Alex M.O.R.P.H feat. Rank 1 - Life less ordinary

Posted by stev�sto on Nov-02-2006 03:35:

when you say you want something with "fluctuating bass lines instead of the standard kick drum over and over" the first thing that comes to my mind is minimal house. something like:

http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF239570-01-02-01.mp3

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/239570-01.htm

that record has the lowest frequencies ive ever heard from a record. i actually have to put more weight on the needle because the wavy grooves make the needle skip.

Posted by refuge on Nov-02-2006 03:37:

Definitley psy. Techno is also very bassy.

Posted by DJ NEMESIS on Nov-02-2006 04:02:

if it's bass you want here you go:

stream: click here

mp3 download: click here

the first track will shake your car to pieces, as will many of the rest.

You're better off with electro, french house, bassline heavy prog, breaks if you want big bad ass basslines.

basslines

Posted by Murlman17 on Nov-02-2006 04:14:

thanks for all the responses...for the bassline/kickdrum comment sorry, i couldn't think of how to describe it, i really like the trance sound though, thanks

Edit: Stevesto, thats the bass i'm talking about, but theres no other substance to it, are there trance like songs with that kinda bass out there...sorry i'm a noob to trance i literally started listening to it like yesterday

Posted by SMC on Nov-02-2006 13:57:

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-02-2006 15:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Spirit5
I'de much rather listen to tracks for the melodies and nice smooth beats vs. the bassline. Sure it's cool to have a good bassline, but that's not what makes a track good or enjoyable, to me at least. Just a lil rant, haha.

You can't dance to a melody.

Posted by stev�sto on Nov-02-2006 15:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Murlman17
thanks for all the responses...for the bassline/kickdrum comment sorry, i couldn't think of how to describe it, i really like the trance sound though, thanks

Edit: Stevesto, thats the bass i'm talking about, but theres no other substance to it, are there trance like songs with that kinda bass out there...sorry i'm a noob to trance i literally started listening to it like yesterday

well, at 8am theres substance to it

for trance/techno this comes to mind:

http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF121112-01-01-01.mp3
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/121112-01.htm

the sample cuts out the best part, the beginning, it has this awesome rumbling evil sounding bass.

sorry no samples but search for:

renato cohen - pontape
passive resistance - praiseworthy tunes

i dunno im just spitting stuff out off the top of my head. theres so many styles. usually in a trance set, when you want bass you drop a darker sounding, driving techno track.

edit: forgot to mention, there are songs out there at first listen they dont seem like they have low bass, or they seem like a standard kick drum pattern. what i find amazing, is some songs you have to turn up so incredibly loud, that only then, you hear underlying elements that are just recorded at a very low quiet level, and the only way to reveal them is crank the fuk out of your stereo. suddenly, the standard boom boom boom, becomes: boom rumble rubmble boom rumble boom boom rumble, just a real chaotic energy. also, some producers take high volume distortion into account when designing their track, where the typical distortion heard on big systems change the track into sounding something different/better.

Posted by stev�sto on Nov-02-2006 15:42:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
You can't dance to a melody.

yea right! what about soccer chants? its just a melody, but they all jump up and down to it. like that one: olay, olay olay olay ... olay ... olay

or the melody of zombie nation, that gets chanted at soccer games too.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-02-2006 16:06:

quote:
Originally posted by stev�sto
yea right! what about soccer chants? its just a melody, but they all jump up and down to it. like that one: olay, olay olay olay ... olay ... olay

or the melody of zombie nation, that gets chanted at soccer games too.

I fail to see how you equate a football crowd chanting and jumping with dancing.

Posted by sandstorm03 on Nov-02-2006 17:15:

Re: Is there trance for us bassheads?

quote:
Originally posted by Murlman17
I just recently started listening to trance and really like it...alot

I'm a basshead, have a nice setup and want to know if there are any dj's out there that produce music that dips sub 30hz?

the response prob isn't fast enough, so it will distort like hell.

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