Is it so complex to make uplifting trance ?

[Tomag]

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.

[acYm]

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

[deastman]

Everything is relative. Making tarnce is less complicated than composing a classical symphony, but more complicated than eating a bag of Doritos.

[Numanoid]

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#