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Trance Music Production Made Easy


Have you ever wanted to produce trance music and make full tracks or albums just like the biggest DJs? Do you listen to artists like Sasha, Digweed, or Arman Van Burren and wonder how you can make your own music that sounds just as good?

One of the great things about being an up and coming trance music producer in todays world of technology and accessibility is that it is now easier than ever to get started with making your own trance.

Not only is music production cheaper, easier to master, and much more fun than ever before… But it also sounds FAR better than it did even a few years ago. The FX, virtual instruments, beat making machines, sequencing programs, and all sorts of tools that are available make the creation of your own trance music extremely enjoyable!

So how do you get started? How Do You Make Trance Music? All you need is the right tool and the right approach and you can create some really amazing sounding trance tracks much easier than you might think. Even if you have no musical experience there is no need to feel intimidated. Making Trance, Techno, or any type of electronic music is a sinch these days!

The Only Tool You Need for Creating Trance Music

You only really need 1 tool for getting started with trance music production. You need a tool that combines both a sequencer (to combine all your instrumental sounds with your beats), and a beat genereator to create the drums and rhythms for your track.

If you go with a more advanced and expensive setup you may have to buy many different tools that serve each function, but there are also a few great tools that combine all of this functionality into 1 production program.

For trance music one of the best programs you can use is called Dubturbo. Not only does it combine a sick 16 track sequencer, but it also has a keyboard sampler for playing melodies, harmony, and FX, and also a really great beat sequencer that can lay out some crazy trance beats for you.

This software comes for both Mac and PC. So if you are interested in making trance music then don’t worry you can get great electronic music production software for both mac and pc no problem.

Be A More Creative Trance Producer

Once you have your program installed and setup and you’ve worked on a few tracks and gotten the lay of the land. You may be thinking that you’d like to take your skills to the next level and really up your trance production skills.

One of the best ways to do this is to tap into your creative mind by exposing yourself to as much music, art, and creative input as possible. Especially music!

Consume art at every chance you get, and really be present with it and soak it in. Then when it comes time for you to be creative try to draw on the inspiration and the creative juices that you have accumulated. Be inspired by great art, it’s what all the top artists of the past have done so you don’t need to feel like you’re cheating or something!

Listen to All Kinds of Music

As an extension to the idea above, you should be listening to all sorts of music not just trance. That means expand your electronic music horizons into Dubstep, Techno, Rap, Hip Hop, etc… but also listen to other genres completely like Classical, Pop, Reggae, and yes even Country!

You will surprise yourself by finding music you like in almost every genre. Be inspired by that music and let it influence your creativity when it comes time to make a track or beat in more of a trance music style.

If you do this you will have an un-stoppable creative drive!

Alex Moruz Alex is a keen music aficionado who has written and published acclaimed opinion pieces on modern music genres such as techno, hip hop, rap and new age. He is a musician by training and has co-produced several records.