Production Trend: Hardtrance Reverberated Bass Drum

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Using reverb on the bass drum is usually a big 'no' in music production, but in the early to mid-90s, some hardtrance producers made it a trademark feature to let the early reflections from a reverberated bass drum be delayed until they hit the off-beat.

In the years before this trend, reverb processing was limited and expensive, so triple-A studios that owned a Lexicon PCM-70 had to use it just on the tracks that really needed reverb effects, like vocals. On other tracks, cheaper and more effecient effects like stereo ping-pong delay was used. However, in the early 90s reverb saw its way into cheaper and more mainstream effects units and workstations, which allowed electronic dance music producers to get a piece of reverb kit as well.

I'm pretty sure the first artist to use the reverberated bass drum effect in this way was either Arpeggiators or CJ Bolland. Thus, the hardtrance genre was established.

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Some tracks that use the reverberated bassdrum so that the early reflections hit the off-beat:

4Voice - Catching the Scent of Mystery
4Voice - Move
A.D.S.R. - Obsession
Arpeggiators - Express Yourself
Arpeggiators - Freedom of Expression
Arpeggiators - Mindmachine
Arpeggiators - The Force of Unity
Arpeggiators - X-Plain the Un-X-Plained
Andy Trex vs. Commander Tom - Pulse Fiction (Chris Liberator & Dave the Drummer Remix)
Axel Stephenson - Varcaz in Trance
Braincell - Computer Controlled
Casseopaya - The Music Makers (Arpeggiators Rmx)
CJ Bolland - Counterpoint
CJ Bolland - Spring Yard
Cores - Babylon
Cores - Hypnotize
Cores - Matabu
Emmanuel Top - Climax
Emmanuel Top - Tone
Franky Jones - Overwhelming Rain
Franky Jones - Rave Zone
General Base - Rhythm & Drums
General Noise - Rotterdam Subway (Central Station)
Genlog - Nightmare
Genlog - Revolution
Hardsequencer - Plastic Fantastic
Hearts Of Space - With a Medium Into Trance
Holographic - Industrium
Hyperspace - Mantra to the Buddha
Jim Clarke - Gear Box
Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth
Jones & Stephenson - The Second Rebirth
Marusha - Impressive Collective
Marusha - [Raveland album]
Marusha - The Land We Are Talking About
Meteor Seven - Signs of Life
Microworld - Booby Trap
Mikerobenics - Julika
Nervous Project - Mono 1
Norman - Drift Away
Norman - The Big Deal (Happy Heartcore Mix)
Nostrum - Baby
Nostrum - Blowback
Nostrum - Brainchild
Nostrum - Faith
Nuclear Hyde - Accellerator
Nuclear Hyde - Cosmosis
Nuclear Hyde - The Universe
Phrenetic System - Wayfarer (Mayday Mix)
Raver's Nature - Hands Up Ravers
Raver's Nature - Without System
RMB - Experience
RMB - Follow Me
RMB - Matisse
Rotortype - Be Yourself
S.D.L. - Acid Dreams
S.D.L. - Jumping Java
S.D.L. - Space Age Frontier
Sub-Stance - Look to the Future
Sunbeam - Energy
Superspy - The Fall (Arpeggiators Remix)
Sven Väth - Harlequin - The Beauty and the Beast (CJ Bolland Remix)
Trax Beyond Subconsciousness - Ice
Velocity - Future (Arpeggiators Remix)
Westbam - Celebration Generation (Raver's Nature Remix)

Please post your own examples if you know of any.