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Posted by coby5588 on Apr-17-2002 13:15:

making trance help

I want 2 make a trance but i dont know where 2 start.
I use reason, yamaha cs2x, friuty loops 3.3 and acid tecno 3....

this isa question for all the other track makers... give me suggestions on how 2 build somthing good

Posted by gareth on Apr-17-2002 15:30:

I got Yamaha CS6R and I use Logic Audio, Soundforge and samples~
Yamaha CS series do have some good trance sounds in dem.. I did use a few in mine..~

Posted by mantisnl on Apr-17-2002 16:03:

this usually helps me a lot: 1st listen 2 a bunch of trance.. then start producing, givez ya lots of inspiration

Posted by coby5588 on Apr-18-2002 11:39:

what is Logic Audio.. is it good?

Posted by coby5588 on Apr-18-2002 11:42:

quote:
Originally posted by mantisnl
this usually helps me a lot: 1st listen 2 a bunch of trance.. then start producing, givez ya lots of inspiration

I ment somthing more specific, like how 2 build up stuff

Posted by sunjammer on Apr-18-2002 12:53:

Hey Coby!

The best advice I could give you is to play with your synth until you get a nice melody. This means playing with the melody as well as playing with the filters until you get somthing groovy.

Remember, a "good" melody depends very on your selected instrument.

At this stage, don't care to much about effects, fx sounds, etc.. Your main goal will be to get the basic lines in your song.

When you finally got your melody, its time for the bass (i know that a lot of you might not agree with this, but it works for me! )
You should easily find the steps of the bass based on your melody. And remeber: play around. Nothing is like a creative basline with the little xtra.. If you got a synth with a good arpeggiator, this is it...

You could figure the rest out your self....

I don't know how much you've been playing around with synths/soft-synth before, but if you are new, don't get to complicated with dozens of programs. That will only get you frustrated.

Don't think that you will be able to make high-quality trance on the fly.. Making stuff for the labels often takes years of experience... Just listen to the really early stuff by tiesto and ferry corsten, and you will know what I mean.

One last thing regarding the effects> Ferry Corsten once said: "Without the effects my songs are nothing. Taking them out would be much the same as taking the wings from a bird"

Have a nice day!

Posted by flutlicht junky on Apr-18-2002 15:38:

Sometimes i find starting with something you dont normally do is a fresh way of looking at things. So instead of a beat trying some sound fx 1st.

Posted by coby5588 on Apr-19-2002 14:27:

okie thanks... ill try 2 do all that

and i got a realy nice melody commin up

Posted by RussCastella on Apr-22-2002 20:20:

yo guys, yeah making trance is all about the melody and FXs like fliterings and eq. But thats not over. to give an affect you gotta add a vocal to it, like a mistique one. I just got something licenced and its due on release. it like hard trance. check it out, its called Russ Castella feat Clara - Like a dream (Hyper Club Remix). look it up on Audiogalaxy, i think thatll work, if not then wait until tracneaddict uploads the track! youll never guess on what i made the track!lata!

Posted by mantisnl on Apr-23-2002 13:29:

well.. whot did u make it with

Posted by Peter Campbell on Apr-23-2002 13:56:

quote:
Originally posted by mantisnl
well.. whot did u make it with

don't tell me, Fruityloops

Posted by RussCastella on Apr-23-2002 16:35:

ejay! lol na. you guys like it tho?