I guess that is true, but, then I have a problem, because I can never make my productions sound like the ones I love to listen to

I am listening to Sander Van Doorn and it sounds awesome, wish I could make mine sound like that!!!

Most important thing to start is samples. Good samples are most important. Nothing works without them....everything else is quite easy from there...
my favorites: vengeance club sounds, ni synthetic drums..the later has a great trance preset and some quite mad techy sounds...i love it

this is really a key factor. you can´t make a sample work just by applying eq, compression etc. they most be right from the start.

all the synth sounds are far less hard to produce...for the start, just step through presets and make them work for you i produced like that for years and it helped me a lot

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Agenda 2009:

WinterWorld, Sporthalle Oberwerth, Koblenz
Trance Energy, Jaarbeurs Utrecht
Mayday, Westfalenhallen, Dortmund
Nature One, Pydna, Kastellaun / Hunsrück

I don't use presets too much, I love to create my own patches too. I use presets sometimes but, since I got my Krishna synth I have focused more on creating my own patches and sound fx. The only thing I really use samples for is drums and for that I also use Vengeance clubsounds vol.2

I have no problem making lead sounds and pads, or really anything musical. My biggest problem is always bass. Meaning the Kick and Bass, anything that produces bass, I just have a hard time getting it right. Usually when I am working on a track, It will sound perfect to me when I listen and create. Then I go to work in my car and listen to some other trance music, then listen to mine and the bass on my tracks is always too much, or not tight like I want it

I feel that I have decent mixing skillz and skillz at creating patches, its just that damn bass

Here is the track that I have been working on since I started this thread, if anybody is interested in listening. All Opinions welcome

Alot of it just plays out, it needs more melody and hats, and pads.

let me know about the sound quality please....

http://www.box.net/shared/wtkfod544g

Should I junk it?

http://www.box.net/shared/afup6w668c