This is the dumbest question I've asked yet...but I can't seem to grasp the concept...... (Even after two years of spinning)

Is it where the harder bass drums come in, where the track's bassline starts (if so how EXACTLY do you know where this is)

What marks the end of the intro basically...? The introduction of a melody?

For example I have a track that has percussion the first 16 bars... then more percussion for the next 16.. but with a heaver bass drum.

Is the first set of 16 the intro..or both?



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I think I just answered my own question.

Still a second opinion couldn't hurt.






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The intro is the beginning of the track where the beats and everything else are very basic. This usually lasts for a phrase or two.

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Intro is a beginning of a track.

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Originally posted by dj_palm trance doesnt have intro. listen to prodigy - no good or break & enter and u see what an intro is! trance is just a flow progression compared to that.

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Intro is short for introduction.

So it's up to you if you want to use an introduction to a track or a mix. There are no strict boundaries if you want to give your own intro to your mix or track.

I often see the whole part in front of the main part (or the break) as an introduction to what it's actually about in a track.

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Into's can very in length from 16 bars to 48 bars on average.

They're usually simplified forms of the track itself with a constant bassline that is mixable. It allows for the songs to mix in and out into the important parts of the track effectively and have the set continue along.

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Define it however you want.

As said, it's the introduction - so that can either be a pad intro with some whining vocals, or just the beat you get at the start of a bog-standard tune... and you can define the intro as being the swooshy noise before the first kick, the swooshy noise and up until the bassline comes in, the swooshy noise and everything until the breakdown, even the whole of the first track... define it however you like.

When people say "DJ X used an intro" they normally mean they used a special intro track - i.e. a track or edit designed or just chosen to start a set nicely.

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id say that trance does have an intro but if you mix it right, its not evident.

if you want intros listen to d&b

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Originally posted by Stu Cox When people say "DJ X used an intro" they normally mean they used a special intro track - i.e. a track or edit designed or just chosen to start a set nicely.

This is what I think of when I hear "Intro"..

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Originally posted by J:\Digital This is what I think of when I hear "Intro"..

+paco

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