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Thread: Production Trend: Hardtrance Reverberated Bass Drum

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    Default Production Trend: Hardtrance Reverberated Bass Drum

    Using reverb on the bass drum is usually a big 'no' in music production, but in the early to mid-90s, some hardtrance producers made it a trademark feature to let the early reflections from a reverberated bass drum be delayed until they hit the off-beat.

    In the years before this trend, reverb processing was limited and expensive, so triple-A studios that owned a Lexicon PCM-70 had to use it just on the tracks that really needed reverb effects, like vocals. On other tracks, cheaper and more effecient effects like stereo ping-pong delay was used. However, in the early 90s reverb saw its way into cheaper and more mainstream effects units and workstations, which allowed electronic dance music producers to get a piece of reverb kit as well.

    I'm pretty sure the first artist to use the reverberated bass drum effect in this way was either Arpeggiators or CJ Bolland. Thus, the hardtrance genre was established.
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    Some tracks that use the reverberated bassdrum so that the early reflections hit the off-beat:

    4Voice - Catching the Scent of Mystery
    4Voice - Move
    A.D.S.R. - Obsession
    Arpeggiators - Express Yourself
    Arpeggiators - Freedom of Expression
    Arpeggiators - Mindmachine
    Arpeggiators - The Force of Unity
    Arpeggiators - X-Plain the Un-X-Plained
    Andy Trex vs. Commander Tom - Pulse Fiction (Chris Liberator & Dave the Drummer Remix)
    Axel Stephenson - Varcaz in Trance
    Braincell - Computer Controlled
    Casseopaya - The Music Makers (Arpeggiators Rmx)
    CJ Bolland - Counterpoint
    CJ Bolland - Spring Yard
    Cores - Babylon
    Cores - Hypnotize
    Cores - Matabu
    Emmanuel Top - Climax
    Emmanuel Top - Tone
    Franky Jones - Overwhelming Rain
    Franky Jones - Rave Zone
    General Base - Rhythm & Drums
    General Noise - Rotterdam Subway (Central Station)
    Genlog - Nightmare
    Genlog - Revolution
    Hardsequencer - Plastic Fantastic
    Hearts Of Space - With a Medium Into Trance
    Holographic - Industrium
    Hyperspace - Mantra to the Buddha
    Jim Clarke - Gear Box
    Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth
    Jones & Stephenson - The Second Rebirth
    Marusha - Impressive Collective
    Marusha - [Raveland album]
    Marusha - The Land We Are Talking About
    Meteor Seven - Signs of Life
    Microworld - Booby Trap
    Mikerobenics - Julika
    Nervous Project - Mono 1
    Norman - Drift Away
    Norman - The Big Deal (Happy Heartcore Mix)
    Nostrum - Baby
    Nostrum - Blowback
    Nostrum - Brainchild
    Nostrum - Faith
    Nuclear Hyde - Accellerator
    Nuclear Hyde - Cosmosis
    Nuclear Hyde - The Universe
    Phrenetic System - Wayfarer (Mayday Mix)
    Raver's Nature - Hands Up Ravers
    Raver's Nature - Without System
    RMB - Experience
    RMB - Follow Me
    RMB - Matisse
    Rotortype - Be Yourself
    S.D.L. - Acid Dreams
    S.D.L. - Jumping Java
    S.D.L. - Space Age Frontier
    Sub-Stance - Look to the Future
    Sunbeam - Energy
    Superspy - The Fall (Arpeggiators Remix)
    Sven Väth - Harlequin - The Beauty and the Beast (CJ Bolland Remix)
    Trax Beyond Subconsciousness - Ice
    Velocity - Future (Arpeggiators Remix)
    Westbam - Celebration Generation (Raver's Nature Remix)

    Please post your own examples if you know of any.
    Last edited by C14ru5; 11th July 2009 at 05:21 PM. Reason: General Base - Rhythm & Drums

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