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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

Last edited by chris marsh on Feb-08-2012 at 03:05

1) solid songwriting














2) Everything else.

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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 dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

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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.

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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.

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Originally posted by meriter side-chained white noise

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

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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