A new trance piece from me!

[MitchT]

Spent yesterday afternoon and this morning knocking-together a new piece of trance on my MacBook Pro running Logic Pro 8. A draft mix of the track called "How Long is Forever?" can be heard here http://www.myspace.com/osmobi

The sound quality of my tracks on MySpace is, in my opinion, pretty poor. Some other artists' MySpace music sounds better so I guess I'm speccing the MP3s wrongly before I create them. If anyone knows the optimum settings for MP3s that are going onto MySpace please let me know!

[elster]

I will have a listen tomorrow.

Also have a look at putting them up on soundcloud.

[Don1]

Mate, can you send me a copy of it please? I just got goosebumps... (And would it be OK to put in a set?).

There are a few things I would do slightly differently with it, but I'm really liking it.

[catmartin]

Pads are nice in the breakdown and it does have a nice epic feel to your main melody in there.

In the outro around 6.20 there is a really fat synth bass mixed with what I think sounds like an arpeggiated pluck/rolling bass...sounds great.

Added you on Myspace

[JonRB]

I like it. Keep up the good work.

Edit: Although I think I like Lucy in the Sky more.

Edited by JonRB on Sunday 16th August 17:53

[MitchT]

Don1 said:

Mate, can you send me a copy of it please? I just got goosebumps... (And would it be OK to put in a set?).

There are a few things I would do slightly differently with it, but I'm really liking it.

Don, I'll send you a CD with it on as Audio or in your chosen file format. Just let me know what you prefer and where to send it and it's yours! And yes, please do put it in a set - I need all of the exposure I can get!!

[MitchT]

catmartin said:

Pads are nice in the breakdown and it does have a nice epic feel to your main melody in there.

In the outro around 6.20 there is a really fat synth bass mixed with what I think sounds like an arpeggiated pluck/rolling bass...sounds great.

Added you on Myspace

The fat synth bass is coming from an Arturia Jupiter 8V. The whole track was done on my MacBook Pro notebook running Logic Pro 8 and uses a combination of the software synths that are included with Logic and also The Arturia Jupiter 8V, the Novation V-Station and Korg's Digital and Analogue Legacy collections.

Just listening to your stuff now - love the vocals. Would love to get into vocal stuff myself. My all time favourite vocal trance tracks are "The Last Time" by The Thrillseekers and "Breaking Ties" by Ocean Lab.

[MitchT]

JonRB said:

I like it. Keep up the good work.

Edit: Although I think I like Lucy in the Sky more.

Edited by JonRB on Sunday 16th August 17:53

Cheers! "Lucy in the Sky" has been, to date, my favourite of all my tracks. Plenty more to come though!! Got loads of ideas, just a case of knuckling-down and getting on with it!!

[JonRB]

MitchT said:

Would love to get into vocal stuff myself. My all time favourite vocal trance tracks are "The Last Time" by The Thrillseekers and "Breaking Ties" by Ocean Lab.

I've been mildly obsessed of late by "In and Out of Love" by Armin Van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel

Specifically this extended mix - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kULjSw2t_i4

[MitchT]

JonRB said:

I've been mildly obsessed of late by "In and Out of Love" by Armin Van Buuren feat. Sharon Den Adel

Specifically this extended mix - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kULjSw2t_i4

Very nice! Could so get into actual songs and, while keeping the electronic edge, move away from stuff that's strictly "dance".

[catmartin]

MitchT said:

The fat synth bass is coming from an Arturia Jupiter 8V. The whole track was done on my MacBook Pro notebook running Logic Pro 8 and uses a combination of the software synths that are included with Logic and also The Arturia Jupiter 8V, the Novation V-Station and Korg's Digital and Analogue Legacy collections.

Just listening to your stuff now - love the vocals. Would love to get into vocal stuff myself. My all time favourite vocal trance tracks are "The Last Time" by The Thrillseekers and "Breaking Ties" by Ocean Lab.

Thanks The Last Time is definitely up there as one of my favourite vocal tracks too. I would say my top two would be Burned With Desire and Man On The Run.

But I really love what is happening in trance at the minute with more rockier elements being brought in! Made my journey from folk singer to trance warbler a lot easier too lol.

[Don1]

catmartin said:

Burned With Desire.

Oh HELL yes!

[Salgar]

Good song OP.


I've been obsessed with OceanLab vs. Gareth Emery - On A Metropolis Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmLv0m8agXc

Listen to A State Of Trance every week at work, its good work music. Hope you've all voted for your top 100 DJ (Armin)

[catmartin]

Salgar said:

Hope you've all voted for your top 100 DJ (Armin)

I went...

Armin
Markus Schulz
Roger Shah
Activa
Nic Chagall

[TankRizzo]

catmartin said:

Salgar said:

Hope you've all voted for your top 100 DJ (Armin)

I went...

Armin
Markus Schulz
Roger Shah
Activa
Nic Chagall

Excellent choice...I'm currently listening to This Moment from ASOT.

Great track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqPdc_c6lRU

[Don1]

Pah!

Simon Patterson
Armin
Sanchez
Askew
Tyas

[JonRB]

Salgar said:

Listen to A State Of Trance every week at work, its good work music. Hope you've all voted for your top 100 DJ (Armin)

Yup. I've listened to A State Of Trance a couple of times and it is very good.

[neil_bolton]

JonRB said:

Salgar said:

Listen to A State Of Trance every week at work, its good work music. Hope you've all voted for your top 100 DJ (Armin)

Yup. I've listened to A State Of Trance a couple of times and it is very good.

I regularly listen, excellent mixes

[Jag-D]

Nice

There seems to be a lot of influence from AVB and a touch of Airbase in there too

Good work and you're local

[JonRB]

Can anyone tell me when and where State of Trance is transmitted? The ones I've heard so far have been from friends and I'd like to be able to get them directly. I assume it's an internet radio streamcast or something?