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Originally posted by daeus I'm trying to get my Djing off the ground at the moment so have spent less time on producing..I really want to work on percussion as I think my general synth quality is good but my sence of rhythm has never been that good and good percs can make a track bounce all over the place. So anyway I've been importing lots of tunes in to Cubase and really analysing beat/perc structures to death From over three years of producing I'm fairly happy with my progress...here's a short clip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Hc-nqcNjA

For trance?

Trance was never about the percussion...

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

lol it has been for me, and obviously the synths.

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Originally posted by alanzo I think the most I've ever taken off without doing anything significant was a month ... that was during my ... darker days ... my ... WoW ... addiction.

HAHA!!! WoW has been holding me since my 2nd year of producing

I think I would be alot better at making music if I didn't play that damn game.

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Thing about trance is that the drums are precisely quantized, and also considering they aren't live means there is even less expressiveness than you get from a live drum set.

Sometimes trance used to have breakbeats in them, there was even a spell of cheesy breakbeat trance and trancy progressive breaks, but otherwise I wouldn't expect someone to get their kicks from listening to trance percussion.

I would imagine breaks, drum and bass,rock, or jazz would be more suitable.

Post what you think is exceptional trance percussion.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

Yea their quantized but its the timbre's and arrangements that build up that can work a dance floor, not just talking trance though, all EDM, minimal right now I find interesting.

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I think one reason I don't like today's trance as much is the overemphasis on percussion.

Old-school trance was pretty much all about the synths, while the percs were mostly simply 909 or 808 with the occasional congos and stuff. Everyone now is focused on getting the tightest kick drum or the loudest snare and clap or whatever. Screw that. Give me some sweet trippy synth noises!

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Originally posted by Beatflux For trance? Trance was never about the percussion...

Drums in trance is as important as anything else.

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Originally posted by Dj Pyster I think I would be alot better at making music if I didn't play that damn game.

It's pure evil. Stop while you still have control ... if you still have control.

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Originally posted by Eric J A lot of inspiration comes from just going through the BeatPort Top 100.

Yeah, hearing something one likes always gives inspiration. It doesn't have to be in the same genre even, lately I've been inspired by Sigur Ros and some prog/tech house.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles I think one reason I don't like today's trance as much is the overemphasis on percussion. Old-school trance was pretty much all about the synths, while the percs were mostly simply 909 or 808 with the occasional congos and stuff. Everyone now is focused on getting the tightest kick drum or the loudest snare and clap or whatever. Screw that. Give me some sweet trippy synth noises!

I think percussion is one of the things thats evolved the most and its for the best, it drives a dance floor more than ever since those times, also other sounds that replace percs.

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Originally posted by alanzo It's pure evil. Stop while you still have control ... if you still have control.

I quit and became a much happier person overall.

I get inspired by new tracks and try and make something from that inspiration, but it never turns out well, and then I listen to the track that inspired me and it really rubs in how much better these guys are, and then I get all down and frustrated again.

I do it for the love of sound, and thats what usually brings me back to the DAW, but the repetitive emotional beating of consistent failure can be depressing. The hardest part for me is knowing the next step in a production, and sometimes that will only come to me when I am away from the DAW. So leaving it for a few hours or days can be the best thing.

I think having a few projects on the go at once is good, because once you are frustrated with one you can go and frustrate yourself on other tracks.

Computer games are more fun, but nothing's as challenging and rewarding as EDM production.