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SYNTHiC4TE | Feb 28 2018 | 5.34 GB
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Every week, Armin van Buuren puts 41 million listeners into A State of Trance on his radio show. In his first-ever online class, the platinum-selling DJ breaks down his hits—and builds a track from scratch—to show you how he produces, performs, and promotes dance music. You’ll learn his technical process for using samples and plug-ins, mixing, recording vocals, and building a DJ set. Your crowd is waiting.

Armin van Buuren, one of the most influential figures in the global dance scene, has topped the Billboard charts, attracted tens of millions of worldwide listeners to his weekly radioshow “A State of Trance,” and landed a record-setting five No. 1 DJ awards from DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs. The Grammy-nominated artist’s work has spanned major evolutions in dance music, from spinning with vinyl in small clubs to headlining global dance festivals.

In his 20th year as an artist, van Buuren will share insights about what it takes to get established in the competitive and ever-changing business of dance music. Students will get an intimate look into the artist’s creative process as van Buuren creates a track from scratch specifically for his MasterClass. Aspiring producers will learn his pillars for becoming a world-class DJ—production, performance, and promotion. The class dives into the more technical aspects of producing, including mixing, arranging, and building dance-worthy drops.

20+ LESSONS

Join Armin in his studio to learn how he layers sounds, produces tracks, and prepares for his live sets.

CLASS WORKBOOK

A downloadable workbook accompanies the class, along with exclusive audio stems from Armin's projects.



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  Resident 4.11.2010 1 1078
+92
quote by wickedmonkeylike he's really going to show you his best tricks...NEVER.
No one will, that's part of the music game:)


If you produce for a couple of years regularily you surely should know all them 'tricks'.

Then of course it's not about tricks, it's about creativity. Anyone can do Buuren style tracks after all, the Internet is full of them.
  Member 31.07.2015 19
+2
finally thanks a lot
  Member 6.10.2017 5 83
+231
I bet half of these videos are himself talking about how amazing his music career has been.
  Member 20.07.2013 6 223
+293
Finally my request has arrived. ThanXx guyz!
  Banned 25.11.2017 163
+42
He thinks this release landed here upon his request. From time to time , some poor thing yells in caps : I requested this earlier and here it is!!!! . dude, the uploader doesnt care about you and your requests. Unless specifically labeled "This is for our dear member ////" etc
  Member 20.07.2013 6 223
+293
I never was implying that this ended up here on my request. I was expressing my excitement that it had arrived, and showing gratitude to Audio Z for making it happen. That's really too bad about you are harvesting so many insecurities from your childhood. That you have to come on the internet and act tough and like an asshole to people you think are beneath you. You will never reach success with that kind of mentality. Especially in the music industry. That I can guarantee you. Otherwise, you should just quit now. Because the music industry doesn't need people like you. People who are negative like you. It needs less haters and more artist that help others rise up. (Not bash) Those are the type of people that deserve success. Not you're kind.
  Moderator 21.01.2012 2373 16092
+159335
I never was implying that this ended up here on my request. I was expressing my excitement that it had arrived, and showing gratitude to Audio Z for making it happen.


That's exactly what I thought.

This is the best part of your answer.
The rest, By going personal you only risk to provoke a sterile discussion.

So I ask you both: please keep in topic.
  Member 22.04.2014 6
0
Thanks Horsemen!!! In a few of months a lots of clones of Armin Van Buuren will born
  Resident 21.01.2015 1 205
+63
Thanx for video i will check it out but people please don't turn this thread into rant if he use ghost producers let him use it goes on his sordid soul
  Resident 12.08.2013 156
+44
I thought it'd be the usual boring shit. I'm surprised in a good way!

Superb tutorial. Even if you don't learn anything especially new in it, it inspires you to make your own kind of music.
  Member 1.03.2018 3
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Guys, watching kid's comments as "EDM scene", trance use "ghost producers", Armin is as Guetta or Aoki, gave me diarrhea.

First of all I am not a fan of Armin music but I can tell you if we get Armin, Afrojack and Aoki in front of a DAW and force them to produce, Armin is going to be the one making a professional track out of it.

Armin, being not the most technical or talented producer in the genre, he has the average skills to connect a proper song as any other trance producer, which we cannot say for the "most popular" EDM throwing cake entertainers kids have been subverted to listen to as "electronic music".

You just cannot ghost produce a trance song for 2 reasons, it takes a lot of time to get to the point of having your own good sound so the musical signature is very personal and also it is not like you are going to steal a 1 million dollar making a trance song for some EDM clown. Trance, DNB, IDM, techno, neuro.... are music made by the people for the people, It elevates your mind and your spirit.

While EDM is made by big enterprise for the naive; it is music for consumerism, for the weak willed most of the time are kids subject to peer pressure without a glimpse of what is going on in the world. "EDM" as a stolen acronym, subvert the people to make them more stupid and confused than when they started listening to it. It aims for that, just as hip hop but with a facade of pretentious glamour. Consumerism in a nutshell.


I have known many skilled producers and I can tell of all of them, trance producers are skilled in DAW production, synthesis, musical theory, mixing, arrangement and some of them even in mastering. Paul Van Dyk is the perfect example of a super skilled producer who can master his own songs better than the big five media and his clowns.

Alex Morph, Liquid Soul, Ottaviani, Oakenfold, Astrix and a thousand ore are really talented people doing it all and showing that hardwork pays back and can pay big.

Armin has been very lucky to be helped by Corsten, Tiesto, Rank 1 , Paul Van Dyk and a lot more to get endorsement and biz tips back in the day. But he got into that position building himself a Radio show he did with a passion. Armin for me is more of a great businessman with average production skills, but to put him on the same place as Guetta and the other media monkeys is complete bollocks! .
Armin, being probably the most wealthy guy in his genre as a label owner, it is humble enough to agree Paul Van Dyk and other better producers, are more talented than him. Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, I thank him for that,

For all the weak willed kids reluctant to see light I will leave you this excerpt of a typical selfmade trance producer.

This is a normal day for a real electronic music producer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8VUd8dNO7U
  Resident 28.08.2014 433
+180
Well, I know a guy (AR, always honest) who knows Afrojack and confirmed that the guy really knows how to make music (he even ghost produces, ironically).

In this video series Armin welcomes his coproducer with a 6-bar (!!!) loop and asks him to jump in. I have yet to watch if the co-prod will use such a loop or will chop it to proper 4-bars (that loop is a main melody, not a polyrhythmic element).

Also, trance was the first electronic music genre to mass-employ ghost production so saying that is not a "ghost-produceable" genre is naive really.
  Member 12.04.2013 1 190
+54
I haven't watch this tut yet but I remember something similar to the 6-bar loop. His track This Is What It Feel Like included a non 4/4 time signature part (6/4 if I'm correct). He explained this in an interview or vid. So I guess he and his co mates do search for something unusual from time to time. Same with Heading Up High, which are 2 different mixes combined. Hardware & vintage for the Kensington parts and software / modern for the dance parts (or something like that). Chris Lord-Alge was one of the engineers.
I'm an orange critter from Arcade with a large nose (but I don't lie!).
  Resident 30.07.2017 1 108
+51
You my friend are polluting this forum with your crap! If you watch the video, you'll realise how clueless Armin really is. You seriously believe the crap about "telling stories" with their music?! It's BS.
  Moderator 21.01.2012 2373 16092
+159335
Iwantaudioz Calm down please, dont get personal.
No one is "polluting this site with BS" Each one, as you, express his opinion.
Respect is the base of conversation.
  Member 13.08.2017 105
+36
It is basic af. My heart is broken into million pieces.
  Member 23.09.2010 73
+13
The video is actually very good.

I don't understand why some people are complaining.

AVB demonstrates in the video that he is very good at what he does - both technically and from a business standpoint.

For the critics, please show us what you can do instead of your bitterness.

Hate, jealousy and anger are the biggest poisons that prevent our civilization from moving faster :(
  Member 29.09.2016 5 99
+213
Agree. Only a few videos in by quite good even for someone who's produced for years. Nothing groundbreaking but some nice tips to add to the arsenal.

There are some funny moments though similar to that Youtube video where someone overdubbed out of tune sounds over his old masterclass.
  Member 23.12.2013 193
+24
I spoke with a sound engineer who works in a studio in Paris. He told me that most of famous DJ/EDM producers don't produce music by themselves. You must think of them as a brand to sell music, which is after all business. In order to build a track, a label send a standard to several ghost producers. This standard explains which kind of music/sound the label wants. The label then select the best ghost producer track and put on it a famous DJ name, who sometimes (some will say most of the time) the only skill is to hit play on a player and collect lot of money. All is done by the business to make listeners think the music was produce by that famous fucking DJ. Skill is no more enought to succeed in music making, having the good friends or familly help a lot !
  Member 17.10.2016 33 435
+1865
Torrent Link pls
  Member 6.10.2017 5 83
+231
Just because an artist sold out and produced mainstream, which was felt like shame by the genre of trance. Does not mean he is not a good producer, while this class didn't teach me much. It was quite entertaining and gave me some advice on different aspects of being an artist and producing, that I normally didn't think of.
  Resident 26.09.2013 31 326
+889
OMG! This is my HERO
Tech House.
  Member 18.11.2012 27 169
+177
His techniques in production are basic and there is no something special (((((
  Member 2.06.2015 1
0
Can you share English subtitles ?
  Member 1.03.2018 3
0
I saw the video and it is good, Armin again is humble enough to show that he collabs with Benno which is a talented individual. Bitter kids following the pop artists Guetta and Aoki commenting here, should learn that the term ghost producing became a rule in the bogus EDM scene. Ghost producing is not the same as collab between two talented individuals, a collab means you and I take turns and ideas to shape the track, we both make it happen. While ghost producing a la EDM is, I pay you, great talented unknown european artist, to create tracks for me and you give me your rights over them for 10k to 100k bucks. In the end the guys using ghost producers have a short shelf life so they have to sell fast when they are picked by the big media cartels. Nothing to do with production or love of music.

I was impressed to see that Armin also ventures into recording live his melodies and they almost land on the right place, that is too much for an average producer. If you want to see another great producing videos, buy or download the protoculture(shadow chronicles) Video or the Brainiac masterclass (futurephonics). There you will see how more talented trance producers work and shape that complex sound. Specially Brainiac. Making trance is like building a cottage house by scratch, it is the sum of a lot of simple tasks and effort, you need a plan, love and will to make it happen. Ghost produce that EDM boys!
  Member 8.09.2014 3 119
+141
really nice :)
  guest -- 0
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it isn´t his skills that made him famous....at least that thing is for sure
  Resident 30.07.2017 1 108
+51
I watched it (not fully as I am struggling, it's uninspiring viewing), it's like seeing Armin in a car crash of his career! Lucky for him, I doubt many of his fans will watch this or even be aware of it!
All those years of "producing", and can't hit 3 notes properly, so out of tune (he claims to play the music in, not using a mouse hence my expectation), it's uncomfortable watching him, a bit like Alan Walker talking about how he created his tracks, when he really didn't, did you watch that video?
This just confirms to me that Benno is the actual driver, producer, sounds like it too.
Armin says "I create all my own patches", then commences to use the "ini" patch, put shit loads of FX, and he calls that a lead sound? LOL. Then he's like "let's create a pad sound, literally the same "ini" patch, longer release but in the end, he doesn't like the results (surprise surprise), then decides to use a patch after all! Which is it Armin, create your sounds, or use patches?! Why be ashamed to use patches, everyone does it, prob thinks he'll sound cooler if he says he creates his own sounds!
So any fool going on about his talent, maybe DJ-ing, as for producing, forget it, no talent there, but he will know what works on the dancefloor, so he does have that advantage. He admits he gets it wrong very often and drops his new tracks in the middle of the set to gauge feedback.
Steve Helstrip (Thrillseekers) is a proper producer, you can watch videos of him working on tracks, think he streamed those live.
  Resident 6.10.2012 241
+35
Finally I had some time to watch this...
Masterclass is very good, I don't know why people are complaining about anything. Good, straight to the point, honest... I mean just check other masterclasses where you get nothing for lot of money.
I like separation of studio time and talk time. His process, .... It's a normal approach of any type of music creation. Some metal producer uses same techniques, orchestral stuff - same.
Who cares if he has assistant or whatever it calls. Two heads are smarter than one. Armin is a nice guy.
After all, I believe new kids on the block will finally stop questioning about which DAW is better :)
Lets fun, lets be creative and that is only we need.
  Member 29.05.2018 1 64
+16
Armin is pure shit nowadays... I used to love his mixes from early 2000's, from him, Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Airbase, Airwave, Above & Beyond, almost 20 years ago Armin and those guys used to produce killer uplifting trance, sadly it is all dead now, now it is just this shitty EDM with the damned horns and cheese of the cheese leads, it is so cringe worthy. At least we some nice psytrance and underground techno to save the day...

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