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| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Do you want the original trance from the early 1990s or the 1999 - 2001 style of epic trance?
Early '90s trance: anywhere from 125 - 150 BPM; lots of acid (303) and high-resonance squelchy noises; short breakdowns (usually thirty seconds to a minute) or no breakdowns at all; you can try throwing in some spoken word samples or "ethnic" sounding vocals; percussion will mostly be relatively simple 909 or 808 style drums and hits plus some tribal-sounding drum and perc samples; lots of weird and spacey noises and pads; most common effects are probably delay and reverb; melodies are mostly very short, one to four bars generally.
Late '90s trance: usually around 135 - 145 BPM; lots of supersaw pads and saw leads; longer breakdowns (usually from two to three minutes) where the track pretty much stops completely; if you use vocals, they should be light and breathy and have some simple lyrics with basic pop themes of love, loss, and heartache; breakdown includes a low-pass filtered supersaw with gradually increasing cutoff frequency and probably a snare roll; percussion will be a big thumping kick with a very loud clap or snare and some hats with a delay on them; noise washes; melodic elements will often have a ton of delay and reverb; melodies are longer, stretching out sometimes to four, sixteen, or even thirty-two bars.
As a general guide that's about it, I think. |
You reminded me of two DJ Micro mixes..
Tech Mix Version 2.0
Tech Mix 2000
...I remember Yukoozu - Drugs is on one of those mixes.
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