Summary

In this chapter, we used ambience, pads, and panning techniques, which usually don't get the attention they deserve when people start out. Using these elements wisely can put a banging dance track a cut above a stale, static mix. Some people, who make dance music and electronic music in general, go for all of the punch, but don't put it in a space that allows the mix to have more to it than just the ability to give you a bloody nose.

LMMS has some very interesting ways of routing effects to give the kind of space a track needs, but it's the sheer number of effects and the awesome development community that really make some fun effects. Reverb and delay are some of the most popular effects a music producer in any genre will use. Paying attention to your spaces and ambience will give your music a landscape, offer depth, and create something that sounds not only loud and energetic, but profound. Just be careful. Sometimes, people get a bit new age with the verb. I&apos...