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Making a decent trance beat
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| DJ HARN |
| Hi folks, I'm totally new to producing and I need some help. I'm using FL studio 8. I've been trying to make some trance beats at about 138-140bpm, trying to make some progressive trance. I have a kick drum with a clappy type sound on every other beat, and a hi-hat sound somewhere in the middle of every beat. The sound is not powerful enough and sounds really poor. When the basslines kick back in on the melody they hardly even penetrate through. It sounds so flat and dull. How do I go about improving. I really need help because I don't know what to do next. Thanks. |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ HARN
...I don't know what to do next. |
Post a sample. ;) |
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| chick |
use quality samples!
kick should be the loudest element in the mix.
use equalizer.
cut everything excep the bassline & kick below 200hz.
compression can also help, but i think this will be enough for now :) |
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| hexadecimal |
| Sidechain, bro. It's the secret to trants sukcess. |
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| floyd741 |
| quote: | Originally posted by chick
kick should be the loudest element in the mix
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are you ing retarded?
| quote: | Originally posted by chick
use equalizer.
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And the winner of the vaguest advice ever given is... |
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| hexadecimal |
u nead mor presets and sampols
also sampol presats |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by hexadecimal
u nead mor presets and sampols
also sampol presats |
You need some new material. |
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| evo8 |
| quote: | Originally posted by floyd741
are you ing retarded?
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whats retarded about that? |
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| mysticalninja |
| quote: | Originally posted by floyd741
are you ing retarded?
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It's actually pretty common classic mixing advice, because once you put compression on the 2bus it creates an almost sidechain/suction around the bassdrum. |
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| derail |
| quote: | Originally posted by evo8
whats retarded about that? |
I was wondering the same thing. Off the top of my head I can't think of an instrument that would be consistently louder than the kick. |
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| TRANcL8R |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ HARN
I don't know what to do next. Thanks. |
Log out,get some reference tracks,cut 1 bar or 2,analyze the level and frequency of each instrument/sound,now slow down the tempo to
100 bpm if you're having problem with sequencing,a good sample cd still needed!
now log in after a couple of month and ask about sidchain!
Cheers! |
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