I still have not gotten around to posting the specifics on my last project and I am sorry about the delay. I took screen shots of all the parts of the project, then noticed when i got home to write up about it that I had taken screenshots of the new project, not the completed one...
Well, with the chord progressions project, I am definately taking a trance direction with this one. Ive been listening to alot of Armin van Buuren, ATB, and Dash Berlin among others lately. Mr. Rabuse mentioned chord leading to make smooth progressions, but I have disregarded that for the moment, the feel im hearing is more "boom, boom, boom". Id like to incorporate another progression that is more smooth later on. So far I have some synths, the main one is like the definition of trance, a ton of detune and a long release. I also have alot of automations on the sustain of the synth, the cutoff, and the resonance. I have a bass that is sidechained to the kick, and it is WAY to powerful at the moment, but Ill fix that later. I need to come up with an "acid" style synth. Luckily we have been using poizone alot lately, because that plugin is 100% aimed at acid synths. I also need to work on using cymbals more. I dont typically use them, but they are common in trance. Without them it would be like playing heavy metal without high gain amps, its do-able, but weird.
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You are spot on about the use of cymbals. Good idea too about using screen shots at home.
ReplyDeleteThe chord leading is actually voice leading and it refers to the notes of a chord transitioning smoothly to the next chord with a minimum of leaps between notes. The exception is the bass- which can jump around all it wants to.