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To create your own trance tracks, you will first need to choose a DAW. This stands for Digital Audio Workstation and this will be the software in which you will create your tracks. I recommend Logic Pro (only available for mac) as it is easy to get started but very professional and there are many tutorials available online
If you don’t have a Mac or don’t want to use Logic, some of the other options that are available are Ableton Live, FL Studio, Pro Tools, or Reason.
Next, let’s take a look at some of the other equipment you’ll need to produce high-quality trance before moving on to see how trance is actually produced.
A good sound card is an important element of any home studio.
Your computer’s sound card transfers sound from microphones or keyboards, so it can have a great effect on the sound quality of your recordings. Standard sound cards installed in home computers are fine for normal use, but they are often not designed to handle complex recording jobs as they can often lead to latency issues.
To avoid this, it is better to choose sound cards specially designed for recording, such as midi or audio interfaces). These have a number of advantages:
They work quickly and smoothly, they are available with a range of inputs that will allow you to connect guitars, microphones, keyboards, etc. Directly and often you can record multiple instruments at the same time.
Sound cards can be installed internally, or you can connect external cards to your computer via USB or Firewire. Before you buy, think carefully about what you want to register and what tickets you will need. A good sound card doesn’t necessarily need a ton of inputs unless you want to record many instruments at the same time, but a good variety of different types of inputs is always useful. Producing Trance won’t require as many inputs and other types of music, as you don’t need to record instruments simultaneously as you would if you were recording a live band.
Here are some examples of sound cards. I recommend the Apogee One because of its superior sound quality (priced at around £ 170) or if you’re willing to spend more money, the duo or the set. Other good sound cards include M-Audio’s Fast Track Pro and RME Fireface.
If you are serious about music, then you really need a hardware controller. There are different types of controllers, such as pads for creating drum patterns and midi keyboards. Additionally, most of these controllers contain presets that allow them to connect to your DAW right out of the box. They also come with a wide range of functions, some simply simple keys and others containing transport controls, faders, and rotary encoders. Midi keyboards can generally be purchased in 25-, 49-, or 61-key versions. I would recommend the basic M-audio Keystudio or, if you’re willing to spend more money, the M-Audio Axiom or the Novation SL MK2.
* NOTE * A Midi keyboard or hardware controller is different from a synthesizer. This means that it will only work if it is connected to a computer and does not contain any built-in sound.
Headphones and monitors:
If you are producing any type of music, you need suitable monitors to hear the sound. Cheap computer speakers aren’t good enough when it comes to listening to a mix. This is because studio monitors are designed to flatten sound and therefore offer a more accurate representation of how music actually sounds. However, computer speakers do not do this, and therefore what you are actually hearing could be distorted and false. So you have two options: buy a pair of studio headphones, or invest in a more expensive but more accurate pair of studio monitors.
Headphones are usually cheaper and can get the job done effectively, however they are not as accurate as a good pair of monitors. A pair of headphones should be lightweight and comfortable to wear for long periods of time, as well as providing excellent sound quality. Closed-back headphones help reduce the amount of noise that spreads to the outside world, making them useful for recording by reducing the chance of a microphone picking up sound from the headphones.
A good set of studio monitors can greatly improve the quality of your mixes; If you can hear an accurate representation of what you’ve recorded, you can choose the correct effects and set the levels correctly. Studio monitors come in two different varieties: active and passive. Passive monitors must be connected to an amplifier, while active monitors already have a built-in amplifier. The advantage of assets is that you don’t have to spend extra money on an amplifier, but if you have passive monitors, you can buy a new amplifier and automatically upgrade your monitors whenever you want without buying an entirely new pair. If a mix sounds good on studio monitors, due to its flat response, it is more than likely that it will transfer well to other systems.
Headphones tend to be much cheaper than monitors, only costing around £ 100, while much higher quality monitors also tend to be priced higher (up to £ 1000 for a very good pair).
The headphones that I would recommend would be any AKG or Sennheiser and the monitors that I would recommend would be the KRK RP6 G2 or the more “luxurious” Mackie HR824.
That’s the basic gear, of course, you could get a lot of other things like hardware synths, VSTs, compressors, effects, and microphones, etc.
To get started producing, there are numerous tutorials available on the web and there is a tailor-made guide to producing trance music in logic located here in the resource box.
In the guide, you will find step-by-step tutorials to get started producing trance in Logic Pro. Other places to look include YouTube tutorials, searching forums, and reading the logic manual.