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What makes a tune sound professional?

Alright guys

Just wondering what makes a pro sounding track in your opinion? id love to get my tracks up to standard in time

here are one or 2 factors that i think matter

good quality reverb

leaving enough space to let things breathe. (i think its a common beginner mistake to chuck too many different elements in - im certainly guilty of this)

Keeping the arrangement interesting with variation, fills, fx etc

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...1&forumid=48&s=

You take these advices to heart and make killer song, okay?

Seriously, to answer your question, clean mixing, musical progression, good bass-line, originality and rhythm - not necessarily in that order. The rest is subjective. This is a pretty general question and I don't think you're going to find very many good answers to it.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...1&forumid=48&s= You take these advices to heart and make killer song, okay?

lols thats a good thread

yeah it is very vague but interested to hear what people say none the less!

im pleased to find a forum with so much quality stuff on it. awesome

1) solid songwriting














2) Everything else.

Re: What makes a tune sound professional?

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Originally posted by chris marsh Alright guys Just wondering what makes a pro sounding track in your opinion? id love to get my tracks up to standard in time here are one or 2 factors that i think matter good quality reverb leaving enough space to let things breathe. (i think its a common beginner mistake to chuck too many different elements in - im certainly guilty of this) Keeping the arrangement interesting with variation, fills, fx etc

Hm....

I will try to sum it up in a couple of ideas:

-Forward Motion
-Clarity
-Familiarity with a hint of novelty

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Originally posted by Beatflux Hm.... I will try to sum it up in a couple of ideas: -Forward Motion -Clarity -Familiarity with a hint of novelty

I agree.

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Originally posted by Beatflux -Forward Motion -Clarity -Familiarity with a hint of novelty

This.

The sense the maker cared and sweated. We admire ancient carvings and buildings for a reason.

In terms of dance music, for me the key distinguisher is groove and beat sensibility.

I agree on the reverb point, especialy room type treatments, which when well executed is like strawberries and cream. Sure the public wont say 'whoa what a great verb' just as they might not say 'what a warm sounding vocal capture' but none the less they instinctively know when it's right. Abba's songs are great for sure, but they would not be halve the beast they are without that production. You can get a sense of this by comparing the version of Tradegy that Steps did.

Good Mix,Mastering.
Melodies
Hooks.

side-chained white noise

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Originally posted by meriter side-chained white noise

I remember the first time I asked how it was done too.

Happy days.

in some genres a track without white noise certainly lacks of something, it's very basic synthesis but i am sure not all people here know how to make it from scratch and keep using samples

i also recently read that white noise is very useful for adding to trance leads to make them brighter

i think Orjan Nilsen does it, lately i've listened to a track that was so evident if i find it again i'll post it. In fact if you have 3 Oscs you can have the last one with noise form i've been experimenting with this lately but doesn't sound cool with they style i am into.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...1&forumid=48&s= You take these advices to heart and make killer song, okay? Seriously, to answer your question, clean mixing, musical progression, good bass-line, originality and rhythm - not necessarily in that order. The rest is subjective. This is a pretty general question and I don't think you're going to find very many good answers to it.

what he said

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Originally posted by chris marsh i also recently read that white noise is very useful for adding to trance leads to make them brighter

yep

Beats by Dre?

still funny, that joke has longevity.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi Beats by Dre?

Because when you want high end audio gear, Staples and Office Depot should be the first stop

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Originally posted by dj_alfi Beats by Dre?

How about 1 million dollar beats by Dre, as worn by this pair of muppets?



I suppose the good thing about them is that if the actual headphones parts break, they are still worth $999,999.75

back off.

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Originally posted by cryophonik 1) solid songwriting 2) Everything else.

THIS RIGHT HERE, for real. Learn how to write music because its the hardest part. Mixdown you can only learn with time, read about it but don't worry about it, the more music you make the better your mixes will be. On the other hand, you dont get better at writing music with time, just look at afrojack for fucks sake lol

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Originally posted by mathieu THIS RIGHT HERE, for real. Learn how to write music because its the hardest part. Mixdown you can only learn with time, read about it but don't worry about it, the more music you make the better your mixes will be. On the other hand, you dont get better at writing music with time, just look at afrojack for fucks sake lol

Sorry, could you be more specific please?

Writing music in a sense to write just the melody? Or to structure the entire track and build it around the melody?

And that afro jack throw

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Originally posted by future_newbie

I really dislike your avatar.

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