Original Message                 Date: 22-Oct-00  @  11:27 AM   -   How do you make a good trance drum beat?

toomas

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I wonder how do you make a good trance drum beat.
What effects are u putting on the drums to get them "punchy"?
What effects are u putting on hihats and handclaps?
Do you have many sounds in a drum beat like maracas, closed hihats and so on?
Tell me how you make a good trance beat.

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Message 11/15                 Date: 04-Nov-00  @  02:08 AM   -   RE: How do you make a good trance drum beat?

nandoseiji

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Try to add some reverb or flange effects on the HH and/or on the claps (use drumstation Dt-10 to do it, it's good to make those effects). Don't boost too much the CLAPS volume (it may feels TOO house-like). At each four or eight beats, change slightly the TB303 tune. (sorry for the bad english, i'm from Brazil)

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Message 12/15                 Date: 04-Nov-00  @  11:08 AM   -   RE: How do you make a good trance drum beat?

Toomas

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thanx for your comments. Do you know witch sounds Rank1, Airscape and Ferry Corsten uses in their drum beats and how they make them?

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Message 13/15                 Date: 15-Nov-00  @  07:17 PM   -   RE: How do you make a good trance drum beat?

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use two compressors first one tube so you you get the warm sound (use the tube compressor on all the drums) then use a usualy so you get it punchy (hard) just on the kick, clap, and the snare, then the sounds like the drums flys, then use a reverb on the kick drum and a onother to all the other sounds....if you really want a fat sound use this tip
if you want a good cheap tube compressor bye fatman from tl audio (450 dollar) if you have money check on the dbx compressors, the secert to get fat drums is to use a compressor!!!

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Message 14/15                 Date: 15-Nov-00  @  09:24 PM   -   RE: How do you make a good trance drum beat?

toomas

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thanx for the tips!

keep posting your tips how to make hihats, handclaps and how to make phat drums in style of rank1, lange, ferry corsten, airscape

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Message 15/15                 Date: 16-Nov-00  @  03:53 AM   -   RE: How do you make a good trance drum beat?

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if you put a comp on the hats layered on the snare beat, the make it slowest attack, and 12-o'clock ish release and LOTS of compression it makes the hats sorta pump... nice fx to dtrive a beat along - just mess with the THRESHOLD until it starts to whack

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