Registered: Sep 2001
Location: tranceaddict wants to know your location
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is the industry standard around about 130 nowadays?
i remember back in the days of 145 and such, really stompin and energetic, now its all too apparent that ppl are spinning house and prog.
does the slower tempo suggest DJs are getting knackered out? ie PVD (i remember say like in 2000 he would spin his records at like +8%, really ragging it out) but now many DJs would not even go past +4%, not even with the slower records)
i mean when i spin its usually around about +4-6%, keeping it around 143-147bpm (somewhere around there)
i dunno, maybe ive had too much to drink+combination of being bored.
anyone still spin at high tempos? 145 all the way!
yes epic trance DJs spins slower nowadays than a couple of years ago. The best example is Ferry Corsten Live at Trance Energy 2000. Compare that set with his sets today.
My range has changed in places, newer music I accomodate mainly at 130-140 because for progressive trance/house and progpsy, that's what suits. If i'm playing hard/techy/techno/fullon psy I'll go up from 145-150, and anthems either at 138 or 143 depending on if theyr'e deeper or hands in the air. Still love to bang tunes out at 145-148 when it works, eg o'callaghan & kearney - exactly & martin roth stuff, but it doesn't always allow now, and my d&b side, well that's pretty much a set tempo anyway
Oct-17-2006 16:44
miamitranceman
Extreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Miami
Yeah man, it really just depends on the genre. I do think I get what you're saying though as it does seem that over the past few years, overall, the speed has slowed from the '99 and earlier era, or at least, the stuff getting played out by the top trance DJs like rebel said.
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Now that you mention it, I have noticed my sets slow down a bit.
Oct-17-2006 17:12
nchs09
Traceaddict in training
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Inside your mum
130 has such a nice right to it.. 134 is my top
but i guess i dont spin trance
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Oct-17-2006 17:23
thoughtlessjex
Yakkity Yak
Registered: May 2004
Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
I can't say much about spinning, but the stuff I write rarely goes below 140 BPM, and often reaches around 150. I find it's easier to get an energeting trance effect at the higher tempos; the rolling bassline and arpeggios move faster, which makes the brain smooth the sound out more, I guess, so I feel more flow.
By the way, there are a lot of elements that you can add to a track to make it seem like it is moving faster then it really is. A lot of my favorite progressive & tech-house tracks are like that.
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