How to make a trance track - Our Trance music production tutorial.
In our music production video tutorial we explore our Progressive Trance sample ...
It seems easy to assume you need layers and layers for a bigger, fuller production but very often when it comes to music production less really is more.
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Typically the most successful tracks are the ones with the simplest approach, be it tonally, melodically or structurally. As humans we like consistency...
2. At mix down, loop the loudest most important part first. Set levels at this point as correctly as possible. In a pop track for example this would be your final "All in" chorus.
Nothing creates a busy mix like too many parts vying for the stereo field. What are you wanting your listeners to hear? Effects? Or your sound? Clearly your ...
..then low cut (600hz) and high cut (10k) the signal into your reverbs. Everything will sit much better in the mix and, and it avoids mud and that hyper bright reverb tail that’s a telltale giveaway to an ..
Although there’s no end of mix-ready kick drum sounds available at sample sites around the web including our own, building your own custom kicks by blending two or three sampled layers is always a rewarding endeavour. Each layer should ...
Starting from an INIT preset, we'll look at Oscillator and Filter settings, Repro-5's Tweaks page and why that helps, We'll play around with some sound modulation then work with it against a simple bass sound in keeping with the Chillwave genre then finally add a drum break with some lowpass filtering, bit of a levels balance then finish.
It's often typical to enable the synths additional oscillators and leave the levels where they are. Enable additional oscillators with some really different tones then drop the volume to 0 and slowly introduce it until it adds a different quality to the sound. It’s not about hearing this sound itself but more about hearing the sum of it’s parts when combined with the rest of the sound source, which can be quite different to the same OSCillator but on full volume.
Just starting out in the music production world? Get a head start with these 5 essential sound design tips. We've put together our top tips especially for Beginners new to sound design.