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| D South |
What are the different Tempos Used in the Production Of Trance and Dance music. I am Familiar with 140.
Thks |
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| NicklessGuy |
Well, depends much of the song style and the vibe u want in your song.
Trance is usually between 132 and 145.
House can be 125 to 138, depending on the type of house
Psy or hard-house trance usualy goes from 140 to 150
A progressive/light set is normaly played at 130 to 134
A regular trance set like tiesto's goes t 134 to 140 (he can be faster sometimes)
A bangin energy set like Paul Van Dyk's set can be at somewhere around 138 to 145...
A would say that the MOST common and used tempos for regular trance is 138 / 140, but aways try your song with more or less tempo than the original ideia to see how it sounds :) |
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| SgtFoo |
you should also watch out for your melodys.
If you have a melody with lotsa tiny tiny notes running really quickly, you maywant slower, so that u can make out each note, or you may want to make that faster to pound the energy out of it.
If you have a more melodic and "stringy" melody as the focus/chorus, then use lower BPM to give it feeling, or faster to make is get through quicker. It's honestly a producer's choice. THe above tip is quite valid as well.
...my $00.2
edit: .. oh yea... try running a track in 135. then run the same track at 144 and you'll notice a real difference in the energy or melodic effect u get out of it. |
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| DJMikeyP |
Yeah but don't listen to one right after the other - in my opinion that kind of jacks my brain all up.... LIke if I'm listening to a melloy 120bpm song for awhile, then suddenly go to PVD - it sounds excessively fast, like happy hardcore.... THen again if I've been listening to PVD for awhile, the 120bpm stuff sounds odd and dragging.
I guess what I'm saying is - if you're going to listen for different tempo feelings, listen for a long time to each, or spit it up into 2 sessions. |
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| Peter Campbell |
| Don't pay to much attention to the bpm, set the Tempo for the melody, or how you want the melody to sound. |
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| NicklessGuy |
| Oh yeah, and dont forget the bassline too. A pumpin off-beat Paul Van Dyk-like bassline will sound good faster, since the space between them is bigger, while a more complex groovy bassline will sound faster than it really is, due to the short space between each note... |
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| kewlness |
here's a tip... memorize the way your track sounds like in your mind...
now imagine the song playing your head and start nodding your head to it and change the BPM to match accordingly to the tempo you nodded your head to...
it works for me ;) |
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| D South |
kewlness
"here's a tip... memorize the way your track sounds like in your mind...
now imagine the song playing your head and start nodding your head to it and change the BPM to match accordingly to the tempo you nodded your head to...
it works for me "
I do something familiar. I come up with a melody then have a 4 beat kick pattern going at 140, Then I just ajust the tempo untill the 4 beat blends in nicely with the melody |
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| DJMikeyP |
| What you guys are forgetting is that what we currently hear will distort the audio we're holding in our mind. This is why you lose a tune you had in your head sometimes, in the middle of trying to figure out the right midi for it. What I usually do to avoid this, is to first record myself, through a microphone, humming the melody and tapping the beat - this way if I get jacked up while trying to adjust the notes and tempo that I originally liked, I can always go back to the recording for reference. |
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| Arty |
Faster = more energetic
Slower = more groove and easier to dance to.
It probably wants to be a bit slower than you think, because when you're sitting and listening to something it sounds better faster. That's why dance radio stations tend to speed tracks up. |
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| LeonPieket |
I think it depends only on yourself. Sometimes you can get more impact in a melodyline by chanching the tempo. You have a feeling for the sound what you want to produce. You should try different tempi to find out what is best for your tune. When you'll get the goosebumbs and start crying 'cause it's so beautifull you'll have to stop 'cause then it's perfect. It's all in the tempo and the way you combine different kinds of melody, bassline, beat, etc etc.......
If you'll listen to your hart you'll succeed!
To create really beautifull music technique is not a must,
fantasy and a good emotional hart is. |
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| NicklessGuy |
Also dont forget that each people has their feeling for sound speed, depending on many things like what they usualy listen/dance to, and even metabolism, try to listen to a song when u are sleepy, or just woke up, and u will think its very faster than usual, people with slower metabolism feels the song faster than it really is and so on...
So, u may hav diferent feeling for the sound speed if u are relaxed in your bed or dancing to it in a floor.
I would say that 135 -> 140 are average speeds that almost everyone has a good feeling about, since its more or less the speed that our hearts beat when we are dancing.
And remember that when u are in your computer next to the speakers, especialy if u are using headphones, u can missjudge the speed. The closer u are from the sound source, the slower it feels :) |
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