What should I do to start making trance?

Question by Patrick: What should I do to start making trance?
What should I do to get started? Any tips would be loved!
Hello!

My name is Vision20 and I have been DJing for a little bit now and I had just gotten comfortable. I have a huge love for trance so I figured, why not DJ? After a while, I have been inspired by many top producers and underground producers to make my own trance songs. I have not yet been able to get a good amount of money so I planned to get a keyboard later this year.

Well, I guess I got it earlier than I planned. I found the Axiom 25 for a steal and now it is just sitting here, with me not knowing a single thing what to do. And yes, I do feel like a real noob because I am.

Problem is with all this work I have to do as a student, I didn’t have the time to research anything about producing music especially with the Axiom 25. I had FL Studio and I tried to work with it, but I still didn’t have the time to fully understand it and I was too lazy to concentrate. Now that I have my keyboard, I am going to use all the freetime I have to learn how to produce trance with it. Along with that, I hope that I can soon be able to use Ableton live.

So please, can anyone share any tips, tutorials, or guides on how I should start off? Thank you!

Best answer:

Answer by TS
check out dubspot’s tutorials on youtube, they’re pretty helpful.
also the website: KVR and search in the forums, lots of people ask specific questions and they get answered, http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/

random tips I’ve learned in producing:

– dont over-EQ
– layer your sounds, i.e. 3 snares hit at once
– its easy to mix bass too loud
– main rule in producing: If it sounds good, keep it, even if its unorthodox.
– completely quantized beats are dull, try inputing them manually
– for club music like trance research: sidechain compression
– don’t do a final mix on headphones

hope i helped

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