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Originally posted by DJLafleur What I like about Trance is that it can pretty much be made for anyone in mind.If you like fast pumping music Trance can do that,you like slow more relaxing and groovy music trance can do that as well unlike Minimal(which I wonder how anyone can dance to?)

By crouching, apparently.

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Originally posted by Sykonee By crouching, apparently.

that breakdown was the most awkward thing i've seen since i watched a documentary about the chiptune scene

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Originally posted by supersaw abuse that breakdown was the most awkward thing i've seen since i watched a documentary about the chiptune scene

...and they give trance shit for drawn out breakdowns. Good grief.

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Originally posted by palm U mean Yamaha monitors and Roland JP8000? Thats the guys that started before 2000. Now its headphones, a laptop, pirated windows and pirated ableton and shit load of pointless VSTs.

No, meant a shit load of sythesizers.
But what's wrong with pc's and software? The ones that started before 2000 probably started with Amiga and Protracker or Atari...

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Originally posted by Trance-MB No, meant a shit load of sythesizers. But what's wrong with pc's and software? The ones that started before 2000 probably started with Amiga and Protracker or Atari...

I would bet most amateurs these days don't have any hardware synthesizers, much less a "shit load."

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Originally posted by Trance-MB No, meant a shit load of sythesizers. But what's wrong with pc's and software? The ones that started before 2000 probably started with Amiga and Protracker or Atari...

for example:

a software emulated 303 will not sound the same as a hardware Roland TB-303. Most professional musicians agree on this.

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I love the percs/buildups/melodies. Trance can cover so many different sounds, although I think this site is about all EDM really because the lines blur between all EDM genere's - and thats the magic.

Another reason I think is that an old tune can be completley brought back to life to match the current style every couple of years with a new sound technique/creative angle and this is one aspect of Trance/EDM that is amazing.


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Originally posted by RebeL9 for example: a software emulated 303 will not sound the same as a hardware Roland TB-303. Most professional musicians agree on this.

Probably many amteurs also will, to be clear:

Many amateurs started cheap, probably still do. Nothing wrong with that.

Some will buy better equipment lateron when they can afford it, just to increase quality and fun of making tracks. My friend Lisaya prefers his Roland over his Korg and the other way around for some instruments. He can hear the difference. He bought a lot of hardware lately to get a more professional sound.

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Originally posted by daeus I love the percs/buildups/melodies. Trance can cover so many different sounds, although I think this site is about all EDM really because the lines blur between all EDM genere's - and thats the magic. Another reason I think is that an old tune can be completley brought back to life to match the current style every couple of years with a new sound technique/creative angle and this is one aspect of Trance/EDM that is amazing.

I totally agree. And techno is way more repetitive imo... but I do enjoy it occasionally.

It seems as if everyone starts out liking trance and then they sort of "graduate" to progressive house and um, minimal.

I started out liking trance when I was 14 and at 22, it's still my favorite. Obviously, trance has changed over the years, and some of the big names in trance aren't as great as they used to be (I guess they make too much money to make the effort--so they hire singers to cover up their mediocre productions; I really duno, it's quite disappointing). But there are still lots of good stuff, though it is a bit different.

I do like most genres of EDM, even a little bit of minimal (the only genre I really dislike is probably happy hardcore lol). But I like dancing to >130 bpm, I love the chills I get, I loveee the melodies.

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I agree with everything said here,
lve listened to trance since l was 12 and lm 25 now and still do, we called trance "dream trance" back then ie. dj Dado, Robert Miles etc although, l listen to progressive and inimal as well these days, trance is the only my favourite genre regardless all the criticism it gets...l love beautiful melodies, it relaxes me, and l dont find it in any other EDM genre, but trance fulfills all my needs in this regard

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Originally posted by shortyspice I totally agree. And techno is way more repetitive imo... but I do enjoy it occasionally. It seems as if everyone starts out liking trance and then they sort of "graduate" to progressive house and um, minimal. I started out liking trance when I was 14 and at 22, it's still my favorite. Obviously, trance has changed over the years, and some of the big names in trance aren't as great as they used to be (I guess they make too much money to make the effort--so they hire singers to cover up their mediocre productions; I really duno, it's quite disappointing). But there are still lots of good stuff, though it is a bit different. I do like most genres of EDM, even a little bit of minimal (the only genre I really dislike is probably happy hardcore lol). But I like dancing to >130 bpm, I love the chills I get, I loveee the melodies. Trance<3333 (Please no one make fun of me, I really do love it )