Trance Explosion

This is the ultimate Trance songwriting package for producers of powerful hymns, uplifting tunes, and emotional anthems.

It contains over 60 free patterns and presets for the award-winning songwriting tools Sundog Song Studio and ChordPotion.

Use the included MIDI generators and chord transformation presets to create uplifting Trance chord progressions, arpeggios, bass lines, rhythmic chord patterns, and melodies within seconds.

A free series of Trance production tutorials accompanies this package on YouTube. You will learn more about the different aspects of Trance songwriting, including chord progressions, bass line patterns, arpeggios, background melodies, rhythmic pluck sections, and lead melody secrets.

Tutorial week 1 - Chord progressions: Click here for the YouTube video. Summary: Use the Minor scale to create chord progressions with a length of four to eight bars. Best root notes: D to A. Open Minor and Major chords are used to create the basic progression. Suspended chords and power chords are helpful to add some nice variations and chord links.

Tutorial week 2 - Bass lines: Click here for the YouTube video. Summary: Many Trance tracks don't just use one bass line, but at least two or three bass lines in parallel. The sub bass typically works with a very simple offbeat or gallop pattern. The middle bass is a bit more advanced and often times uses the notes of two different octaves. The high bass adds some width and additional rhythms. Use an equalizer on the mid and on the high bass to cut away the lowest frequencies. This adds space in your mix for the sub bass.

Tutorial week 3 - Rhythmic keys and plucks: Click here for the YouTube video. Summary: In many Trance productions, chords are played in a rhythmic way. The main rules: 1) work with short notes 2) use a repeating pattern of 8 or 16 steps 3) combine predictable note distances with some suprise notes.

Tutorial week 4 - Arpeggios and background melodies: Click here for the YouTube video. Summary: Arpeggios are an important element in many productions. But it's quite time consuming to create them from hand. See how you can test different arp styles quickly. You can use the same technique to create background melodies. Simply use longer melodic patterns with fewer notes then. The video also explains how you can create randomized melodies automatically.

Tutorial week 5 - Lead melodies: Click here for the YouTube video. Summary: One popular recipe for Trance lead melodies works with these three rules: 1) Use two or three octaves simultaneously. 2) Use short notes. 3) Work with repeating melodic patterns. You can mostly work on the chord notes, but from time to time it's a good idea to add some scale notes as well (especially before chord changes).

ChordPotion info: Use the 'Copy package to clipboard' button to import the presets directly to ChordPotion. Click on the button, then open ChordPotion and use 'Clipboard button -> Paste from clipboard'. Alternatively, you can download the package file and import it with the 'Load' button inside ChordPotion.

Sundog info: Use the 'Copy package to clipboard' button to import the presets directly to Sundog. Click on the button, then open Sundog and use 'Clipboard -> Paste from clipboard'. Alternatively, you can download the package file and import it via 'File -> Import FYS package...'.

The following presets are included in the package:

• progression 01.cp1s   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog chord progression)
  

  Chord progression with minor and major chords.

• progression 02.cp1s   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog chord progression)
  

  Uplifting progression.

• progression 02b.cp1s   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog chord progression)
  

  Uplifting progression with connecting chords.

• progression 03.cp1s   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog chord progression)
  

  Progression with minor, major, and sus chords.

• progression 03b.cp1s   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog chord progression)
  

  Progression with open minor, major, and sus chords.

• progression 04.cp1s   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog chord progression)
  

  Progression with minor, major, sus, and additional chords.

• progression 05.cp1s   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog chord progression)
  

  8 bar chord progression.

• arplike 01.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Arp on the beat.

• arplike 02.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Arp on beat and focus on second offbeat.

• arplike 03.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Arp with focus on offbeat.

• bass 01.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  The standard bassline.

• bass 02.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Classic bassline with octave changes.

• bass 03.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Bassline variation.

• bass 04.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Bassline variation.

• bass 05.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Bassline with high octave on offbeat.

• bass 06.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Bassline variation with octave changes.

• bass double speed 01.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Use this bassline with double tempo.

• chords rhythm 01.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Chords rhythm with short notes.

• chords rhythm 02.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Chords rhythm with few triggers.

• chords rhythm 03.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Chords rhythm with steady beginning.

• chords rhythm 04.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Chords rhythm with steady beginning variation.

• chords rhythm 05.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Chords rhythm with short notes.

• chords rhythm 06.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Chords rhythm with many triggers.

• chords rhythm 07.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Chords rhythm with long notes.

• chords rhythm 08.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Chords rhythm with very few triggers.

• lead melo top 01.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Lead melody for the higher octaves 01.

• lead melo top 02.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Lead melody for the higher octaves 02.

• lead melo top 03.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Lead melody for the higher octaves 03.

• lead melo top 04.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Lead melody for the higher octaves 04.

• background melo 01.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Background melody 01.

• background melo 02.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Background melody 02.

• offbeat melo 01.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Little offbeat melody.

• offbeat melo 02.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Little offbeat melody.

• offbeat melo 03.ptn   
  Copy to clipboard   (Sundog pattern)
  

  Little offbeat melody.

• arplike 01.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Arp on the beat.

• arplike 02.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Arp on beat and focus on second offbeat.

• arplike 03.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Arp with focus on offbeat.

• bass 01.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  The standard bassline.

• bass 02.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Classic bassline with octave changes.

• bass 03.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Bassline variation.

• bass 04.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Bassline variation.

• bass 05.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Bassline with high octave on offbeat.

• bass 06.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Bassline variation with octave changes.

• bass double speed 01.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Bassline with higher resolution.

• chords rhythm 01.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Chords rhythm with short notes.

• chords rhythm 02.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Chords rhythm with few triggers.

• chords rhythm 03.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Chords rhythm with steady beginning.

• chords rhythm 04.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Chords rhythm with steady beginning variation.

• chords rhythm 05.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Chords rhythm with short notes.

• chords rhythm 06.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Chords rhythm with many triggers.

• chords rhythm 07.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Chords rhythm with long notes.

• chords rhythm 08.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Chords rhythm with very few triggers.

• lead melo three octaves 01.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Lead melody on three octaves 01.

• lead melo three octaves 02.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Lead melody on three octaves 02.

• lead melo three octaves 03.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Lead melody on three octaves 03.

• lead melo three octaves 04.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Lead melody on three octaves 04.

• lead melo top 01.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Lead melody for the higher octaves 01.

• lead melo top 02.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Lead melody for the higher octaves 02.

• lead melo top 03.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Lead melody for the higher octaves 03.

• lead melo top 04.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Lead melody for the higher octaves 04.

• background melo 01.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Background melody 01.

• background melo 02.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Background melody 02.

• offbeat melo 01.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Little offbeat melody.

• offbeat melo 02.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Little offbeat melody.

• offbeat melo 03.pge   
  Copy to clipboard   (ChordPotion preset)
  

  Little offbeat melody.