Hello, kinda new to the forums, taking a chance at my very own thread (yay!). So the title says it all: Why does trance sound so crappy when you hear it really loud at a "party?" I've been to "parties" before where they've got the trance/house main room, a side room for jungle and a side room for hardcore. I've got to say, even though I love trance, it's more fun being in the jungle or hardcore rooms. I haven't been to a club yet because I just turned 21, so I don't know if they are any different.

When I play trance at home on my little sound system, it sounds great! You can hear all of the layering in the tracks, the individual melodies and beats, it's just fantastic! Then I go to a huge "party" and the same track sounds like crap. All I can hear is the *thump* *thump* and then a little *doodley* *doodley*, then back to *thump* *thump*. Jungle tracks sound so cool when the bass flares out and the beat rolls back in, and hardcore makes your head explode. Does trance suck because they play it in the main room and the sound system can't handle it? Maybe melodic trance doesn't lend itself to being played loud? Anyone in the know, please enlighten me.

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Some clubs and parties have crap sound systems and EQing, DJs who abuse the mixers and speakers, etc. Can leave things sounding pretty shitty. And yeah, it sucks.

"Thump thump doodley doodley" sounds like an accurate description of the sound in many clubs.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Some clubs and parties have crap sound systems and EQing, DJs who abuse the mixers and speakers, etc. Can leave things sounding pretty shitty. And yeah, it sucks.

That's basically it in a nutshell, someone leaving the EQ settings on 'doof doof' rather than a gentler spread across the range.

Well, that depends on may things. Since trance usually uses a wide spectrum of high, mid and low frequency sounds, you need to setup the PA right, otherwise it just sounds shit. Then - like MrJiveBoJingles said - there's noob DJs who EQ the tracks to death or are too dumb to realize that their signal is clipping or whatever.

At last it also depends on what you declare as trance. If for you trance is recent stuff by Sean Tyas or Selu Vibra then I can assure you: They are also crappy when played on your home system

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Originally posted by Lilith That's basically it in a nutshell, someone leaving the EQ settings on 'doof doof' rather than a gentler spread across the range.

Okay, so do the dj's not usually have access to the EQs? There must be some kind of main EQ not on the mixer then? I'd hope any respectable trance dj who knew it would sound like crap with the bass cranked all the way up would change the settings.

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ummm i didnt read that whole thing...but doesnt it usually sound better loud?

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Originally posted by distant electro is a sub genre of house, if its not house wat genre is it then genius?

sounds like you haven't been to the right clubs

r u talking to me or him? cos if its me that wouldnt make much sense lol

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Originally posted by distant electro is a sub genre of house, if its not house wat genre is it then genius?

trance in clubs blows... albiet i have only been to the shit clubs (edit: never been to big city club)

Last edited by ClearWater on Dec-06-2006 at 12:14

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Originally posted by ClearVision trance in clubs blows... albiet i have only been to the shit clubs...

what age are 15? have you ever been to a club?

trance on a night out is what makes the night. anywhere ive been that plays house or r'n'b is shit. when i go out and trance is played the club lifts.

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i went to two of the local clubs in spokane while i was there... they sucked.

Last edited by ClearWater on Dec-06-2006 at 12:15