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In the Ring- Trance vs Electro House

Dec 312009

This blog was written for primeloops.com – check them out for some ace samples and to see my blogs 2 months earlier!

It’s an all-out popularity contest!

Two intense, pumping genres with designed for repetition and danceability will fight it out in this blog – who will be the winner?

In the red corner; we have the old school standard Trance, bringing its euphoric melodies and immense synths since the early 1990s.

In the blue corner; we have new kid on the block Electro House, trading in euphoria for sexiness with downright slutty basslines and irresistibly catchy hooks.

Let the battle commence!
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Day 7 of the Electro House 7 Day Song Reason 4 Tutorial – Mixing & Mastering!

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Sep 202009

The day has arrived! Time flies when you’re having fun, eh? You can now listen to the final 7 day Electro House song.

I’ll also teach you how to Mix and Master an Electro House song!

Click here to go to Day 7 of the Electro House 7 Day song!

Day 6 of the Electro House 7 Day Song Reason 4 Tutorial – Arrangement!

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Sep 192009

As we’re nearly at the end of the track I figured it was time to turn our Electro House loop into an Electro House song!

I’ve also explained how to do that Daft Punk-esque filter sweep on the whole track – well cool effect!

Click here to go to Day 6 of the Electro House Tutorial!

Day 5 of the Electro House 7 Day Song Reason 4 Tutorial – Vocals from GraphicsGirl!

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Sep 182009

The wait is over! Now you can hear GraphicsGirl’s frickin’ awesome vocals on top of the sexy beat!

To check out her website where she has tutorials and resources for graphics design with photoshop and inkscape, a free vector art program, go to www.graphicsgirl.co.uk

To watch day 5 of the Electro House Tutorial, click here!

Day 4 of the Electro House 7 Day Song Reason 4 Tutorial – Sexy Lead!

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Sep 172009

Alrighty, so we have the sexy low end sorted (careful on the innuendo) – it’s time to get to grips with the top end! (steady!)

Day 4 will incorporate some filter envelope useage, scream 4, EQing and compression to make our sexy synth!

Click here to go to Day 4 of the 7 Day Song Electro House Tutorial!

Day 3 of the Electro House 7 Day Song Reason 4 Tutorial – FX and Blips!

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Sep 162009

Alrighty! It’s time to turn the bog-standard beat into something a bit more interesting with some sweet samples!

This one teaches about parameter automation, using NN-XT, A bit about making beats more disjointed and interesting and a sweet blip synth effect – including a quick ReGroove Mixer Tutorial!

Click here to go to Day 3 of the 7 Day Song Electro House tutorial!