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Creating a techno atmosphere
Ambience, space and atmosphere are all pivotal to making your techno track translate and resonate with people. Here’s a method of concocting some serious vibes…
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> Step by step 3. Develop an atmosphere
1 Take an element from your track in order to create an ambience in the main key of your track. A few elements that could work are a vocal, synth part or percussion loop. If you are using a vocal sample, cut the audio down to your favourite section and copy/paste this section so it repeats in a consistent pattern for an eight-bar loop. If you are using MIDI, repeat the MIDI note several times.