Is it so complex to make uplifting trance ?
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- Banned
- Topic Starter
- 73 posts since 22 May, 2015
Hi !
This is just a question, as I always been interested by uplifting trance.
But, when I see people here speaking of it, sometimes I see people that say that :
"There is a lot and a lot of complex layering" - "All the sounds are highly processed, a tons of effects are applied just for a simple reverb" etc etc.
This kind or arguments give me the impression that producing trance is a kind of voodoo thing.
And I don't really understand...
When I listen to it, yes I feel that there is an interesting work on basslines layers and on the atmosphere, but I don't feel that there is 10000 plugins activated...
I just feel that the producer has a great musical knowledge, a good monitoring system, and is creative...
What I say is that I don't feel this is too technic...
I mean yes this is complex, but I don't understand why some people are saying that...
For me, there is just a good use of EQ, compressors, and audio effects, but nothing else...
So, if someone into that could give me informations, it would be great.
This is just a question, as I always been interested by uplifting trance.
But, when I see people here speaking of it, sometimes I see people that say that :
"There is a lot and a lot of complex layering" - "All the sounds are highly processed, a tons of effects are applied just for a simple reverb" etc etc.
This kind or arguments give me the impression that producing trance is a kind of voodoo thing.
And I don't really understand...
When I listen to it, yes I feel that there is an interesting work on basslines layers and on the atmosphere, but I don't feel that there is 10000 plugins activated...
I just feel that the producer has a great musical knowledge, a good monitoring system, and is creative...
What I say is that I don't feel this is too technic...
I mean yes this is complex, but I don't understand why some people are saying that...
For me, there is just a good use of EQ, compressors, and audio effects, but nothing else...
So, if someone into that could give me informations, it would be great.
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- KVRian
- 1185 posts since 11 Sep, 2015
there's two types of uplifting trance... the kind you can hear on a BT album and takes months of hard work on a single track, and the cookie-cutter throwaway ibiza kind which is essentially raw nexus presets
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- KVRAF
- 7540 posts since 7 Aug, 2003 from San Francisco Bay Area
Everything is relative. Making tarnce is less complicated than composing a classical symphony, but more complicated than eating a bag of Doritos.
Incomplete list of my gear: 1/8" audio input jack.
- KVRAF
- 25852 posts since 20 Jan, 2008 from a star near where you are
The most uplifting trance track IMO is Binary Finary '98, and deconstructing that it is in principle quite simple, the keys are:
C F G
G A A#
C F G
G A A#