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Track length
(1) How long is the longest track you have ever written?
(2) Do you tend toward making shorter or longer stuff?
My longest is 11:08.
I used to tend toward long things, but it seems they are getting shorter with time.
One hour and six minutes. 
I definitely tend towards longer stuff. Not that I won't make short tracks but I really like stuff that stretches out and has a lot of architecture to explore with lead elements.
Re: Track length
My latest tracks have been very short, some even less than a minute. It's not that I don't enjoy long tunes anymore, in fact I tend to enjoy long pieces more than anything, but the ideas that I've been having recently definitely suit something short and sweet. I'm certain it's just a phase rather than a direction my music is taking.
My longest is just over 10 minutes
My trance tracks are usually 9 minutes long, but some people told me it's too long for trance 
Back in the 90's I had one that was 22 minutes long, but in more "recent" days, it's 8:58 I think, and that's "World at War" which i released in 2007 on another random Digital Label, considering reworking it to keep the buildup and build the rest from scratch because I am in love with this buildup! (And it's the last time I did a cookie-cutter original trance track past 130bpm 
World at War - the re-release preview by Sinnica Hax
12:49 but it contains a hidden track. As one-parters go I think I've got a track that's slightly over 11 minutes.
I don't really have any preference on how long a track should be, I usually don't even know how long the track is until I've rendered it. I guess they usually fall somewhere between 6 and 8 minutes but I've made a lot shorter tracks too. Depends entirely on the track.
28 mins, one piece but it was in 7 parts. Tunes do seem to be shorter these days, I recently submitted a remix to a label and they wanted it edited to 7 mins, I managed 8:30, down from 9:40 and that was a tough edit but it sounds better.
People want instant gratification, I also think that since a lot of DJ'ing has in fact become re-editing with tracks mixed by software the intros / outros needed for vinyl / CD manual DJ'ing are no longer necessary.
(1) 15 minutes long..
Above The Sky (Subtara Progressive Remix) by Fly Bonzai
(2) Average track length is about 9-10 minutes.
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| Originally posted by Sinnica Hax Back in the 90's I had one that was 22 minutes long, but in more "recent" days, it's 8:58 I think, and that's "World at War" which i released in 2007 on another random Digital Label, considering reworking it to keep the buildup and build the rest from scratch because I am in love with this buildup! (And it's the last time I did a cookie-cutter original trance track past 130bpm World at War - the re-release preview by Sinnica Hax |
Reminds me on the planisphere tracks by laurent. There were wuite often around 9 to 11 minuts long.
I Guess average time is between 7 to 8 minuts so for for the most original versions / remixes. But I noticed that tracks are getting shorter nowadays....
usually I end up around 8 minuts usually. I work usually with a certain system with my tracks. 4x 8 bars for the intro beat, than getting in with sub, bass and getting into a break after 2 or 3 minuts etc...
my masters thesis was a 50 minute orchestral piece.
10 minutes, i always tend to make tracks around 6 minutes, but when the melody is long usually tends to be 8 min or so, i try to avoid breakdowns in club tracks and that mostly what i do so keeping around 6 minutes is easy, when i dj i like short tracks, you skip to the interesting part and keep a flow
I tend to enjoy others tracks that are about 4 - 5 minutes long. I try and keep my shorter than 5 mins but it's difficult what with dj in and outros.
my longest was 13mins, released on joof. i recently found out the perfect length and tempo though. 8 minutes at 128bpm. that allows every 32bar section to be one minute long which is perfect for setting up a standard track setup: intro, part1, part2, part3, part1, part2, part3, outro; each 32bars (one minute) long resulting in a 8 minute track. im gonna do 10 tracks like this, resulting in a 80 minute album. for radio edits you can skip the repeated parts and shorten the intro and outro with 50% allowing a radio edit to be 4 minutes long. perfect hu?
mmm i'd say my fetish bpm is 136 , that 128 idea is cool but a house track of 8 minutes is very boring imo. If i like one thing of house music is that you can play a lot of tracks in a set, with trance you've usually a breakdown that kills the flow and it's difficult to skip it and get back to the interesting part.
i dont see any problem with 8min house tracks really. infact most is exactly that (because they really are in 128 lol, i guess im not the only one figuring out its the perfect length and tempo). they can be mixed rather fast anyway as they usually are very static and mostly about a groove only.
Longest track was my house/trance mashup that sits at 6:35.
The lower energy trancy stuff I typically do around 5-6 mins, while the higher energy stuff sits around 4:20. (I'm a stoner what can I say)
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| Originally posted by Kenny Rogers my longest was 13mins, released on joof. i recently found out the perfect length and tempo though. 8 minutes at 128bpm. that allows every 32bar section to be one minute long which is perfect for setting up a standard track setup: intro, part1, part2, part3, part1, part2, part3, outro; each 32bars (one minute) long resulting in a 8 minute track. im gonna do 10 tracks like this, resulting in a 80 minute album. for radio edits you can skip the repeated parts and shorten the intro and outro with 50% allowing a radio edit to be 4 minutes long. perfect hu? |
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