r/psytranceproduction

After decades in psy and away from DnB, I heard a DnB track yesterday and then explored current music. In that sub, I posted this question and got a lot of answers. (Link to my post for reference.)

Basically, DnB and all genres of electronic music these days, says Reddit, have been heavily influenced by technology and society's shorter attention spans. Tech-wise, streaming services don't pay more for longer tracks, and the algorithm authorizes payment to artists whenever a percentage of their song is played. Shorter songs means shorter time when listeners must play each song, so more money to artists.

Further, with DJ gear being what it is these days (I'm not a DJ nor producer), any a-hole can buy enough gear and let the software select the tracks. So, DJing now requires no skill in track selection nor mixing.

I'M WRITING HERE MERELY because I want to know the common length (or range of lengths) of psytrance tracks. By my estimation (as a dancer), they are still 7-11 minutes long. PSY TRACKS ARE NOT THREE DAMNED MINUTES like other genres, right (or wrong)?

Hey there, for anyone interested in psytrance & psychill, I greatly recommend the Discord server Psychill Space. We have area for music sharing, a dedicated area for music producers, and a channel for sharing DJ sets and related discussion. Everyone is welcome 🫶

Want to create 432Hz/528Hz tones, binaural beats, and nature-layered ASMR — not just regular instrumental music. Which software lets me work at the actual frequency level? Complete beginner. Where do I start?

I'm pretty new to producing psytrance (not new to producing in general).

Honestly coming from a more mainstream dance music background, I have to say I've been struggling to wrap my head around psytrance.

Do you start out by creating cool sequences with LFOs etc in Serum, Vital, Phase Plant etc and just slowly start building until you have a 'climax' section, and then work backwards?

Do you start out with the core riff / melody and build around that?

I have my kick, bassline and percussion pretty locked down - but it's just, where to start?

Any insights much appreciated! I'm determined to make my first psytrance track, but I want to do it right

I'm generally a bit confused about how bounces work in Ableton Live 12, specifically in the context of a psytrance bassline. If I've got a midi track with a synth and a linear phase EQ on it, will there be pre-ringing or latency included in the bounce? Is it exactly what you hear before bounce or is it the "ideal" version of it. Also, if I've already bounced a fully processed sample and lined it up perfectly on the grid so that the kick and bass are in phase, if I then use a linear phase EQ for a LPF sweep, then bounce that, will that stay perfectly in phase or will there be other problems? Not 100% sure if this is the best place to post about it, just trying to get my head around it all and Ableton's delay compensation appears to be more confusing than I thought, thanks in advance