Message 20/35
Date: 30-Jan-01 @ 12:41 AM -
RE: Seeking TRANCE
Alright Phunkytek
A limiter will not help you really. The sort of sound your after is only really available with very expensive equipment.
Sash!`s music is produced in a studio armed with lots of analogue and digital synths loads of valve gear and a huge arsen of sounds.
So many different areas of the production process add to this level of sound quality.
The programmers who did that album have years of experience, they know how to program sounds exactly to fit those gaps in the tunes.
The first thing you need to learn is how to program an analogue synth. Every single parameter on a synth should be understood by the programmer, nothing should be ignored and then your creativity is only restricted my your imagination.
With regards to mixing you can, mix to a reasonable quality on a decent 8 bus desk (Mackie, Spirit, Studiomaster etc), but your sound will always lack the warmth of a bigger desk with a better eq. This isn`t always a bad thing, many trance producers (John Digweed, Ferry Corsten, Steve Helstrip etc) use a desk like the above. But their sound is always alot thinner than a Sash!`s mix, listen, use your ears.
Valve equipment is the key to Sash!`s sound, every sound in his mixes has been processed heavily, but don`t think that you need that level of power to write a good tune.
A skilled engineer with a reasonable setup can still produce a convincing mix, just like all of the above, minus the warmth tho...