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how do you choose your bpm??...
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| Floorfiller |
hey i was just thinking (after reading another thread)...
how do you guys go about choosing your bpm's...i have my favorites which is right around 135-137...but every once in a while a producer will have a funky wierd number...i don't know..i usually tend to stay in the same range...should i be mixing it up?? |
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| Mossy |
| 137bpm is the average persons heart rate when dancing, which i guess is a good guideline. Personally I start at 140 as its nice and round, but usually i like to go to 145 or more. |
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| thecYrus |
i use 140.. if i think it's not energetic enough i use 143 or 145..
and in the club, the dj choose his own bpm and so it doesn't care me too much ;) |
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| Mr.Mystery |
Whatever fits the tune.
I usually like to create the illusion of speed with rapid percs rather than the actual bpm so I'd say around 134-140. |
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| BelgianGuru |
| 140 is usually the highest I go .. Don't know why. But really, if I start working on a track when I'm a little drunk, it's usually faster and banging as when I start working on one at 4am, it's usually a little fresher, cleaner trance. The ones I'm working on atm, all but one, are totally ed up when it comes to freaky noises etc..., I think i could have a serious drinking problem :D |
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| Haak |
| anything from 127-139 usually (ofcourse lower if i do something downtempo). it all depends on the tune, and i bet some tunes could work well with alot of different bpms, usually don't put alot of thought into it hehe |
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| KilldaDJ |
| 140 onwards as all my tracks r energy tracks which have a real hard kick :) sorta a hard techno kinda thing |
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| Floorfiller |
| quote: | Originally posted by Haak
anything from 127-139 usually (ofcourse lower if i do something downtempo). it all depends on the tune, and i bet some tunes could work well with alot of different bpms, usually don't put alot of thought into it hehe |
yeah see that me too...i don't really pay attention to it hehehe...but i don't know...i was just wondering if there was some kind of production reasoning for choosing certain bpms...i suppose its really just about getting the track to sound how you want...
well then...let me ask this...lets say you're in the middle of a track...do you ever switch the bpm while you are working on it...doesn't that change the quality of the sound that you just produced... |
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| NicklessGuy |
well, dun make your song based in bpm, make your bpm based in your song.
I mean, often when i com up with a song in my head, it already comes with a given speed. Depends a lot on the drive of the song, the groove, tha percs, how busy it sounds...
Right now im working on a progressive drive in 130 bpm |
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| dj-sean |
| Lately I've been doing all of my tunes at 138, and once finished I poke around at +/- 3bpms to see how it sounds at the respective speeds. Usually I end up sticking with 138. This is for trance tunes of course, if I make different styles the BPM is usually quite a bit different. |
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| StarcoreAngel |
140 is a very standard tempo, I don't know why, it just is.
I prefer to do stuff anywhere from 120 all the way to around 200-300 (When doing stuff like speedcore and such I'll get that high). |
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| FuzzyGreen |
My latest track is at 130, I decided this because the tracks I want it to mix into are around 130 (progressive). I usually prefer lower tempos because I often write my melodies on a keyboard and they don't sound as reflective and emotional when sped up.
In short my answer is this:
Play your melody on a keyboard and then tap your feet to feel the groove. The groove that feels the best and "mooves" you is the correct tempo for your track. |
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