I am a complete tard when it comes to producing or making beats. Can someone tell me what equipment I need to sample and cut records up. I like 80's music a lot, and I want to do what Harry Fraud does and chop up 80's pop songs.
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well first off 80's music sucks lol....but it depends on budget if you are absolutely broke like i was you can use a pirated version of fl studio like me...or you could get a hardware software hybrid like MPC renaissance or native instruments maschine(what i use now) wouldnt suggest actual hardware samplers tho they are outdated ppl say they sounjd better or whatever but to plugins are really fukking good at getting whatever sound you desire...and you will need to get samples which there are blogs full of old soul/pop/rock music or whatever genre you like....im anti old school hardware but there is something about buying actual vinyl records and taking them home and seeing what you can come up with. that requires a record player which can be bought for cheap online...but most of all you will need time time to learn your hardware or software time to suck at making beats until you get better which takes time..i started making beats in 2007 i wouldn't say i got good until 2013..you might pick up on it faster than i did tho?.....longstory short you need to getsamples arrange samples with drums bass essentially to make beats simple concept...hard af to get good at...if you have any more questions ask
ibrokemyneck
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You need software or hardware to allow you to sequence sounds. You can start off with free Audacity by just googling it. It's very simple to use but also has effects and functionality. If you just wanna ros over beats it's a good start. It's not as easy as FL but it's also just very straight forward so maybe a good start while you look for your next step. Also good to just add effects to sounds and understand what they do... What is the difference between a reverb or a delay... Or a flanger vs a phaser? You can learn that from audacity
DJ Mart-Kos
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you need to hook up a turntable to your soundcard and than sample your soundcard in FL Studio's Edison.
now i am pro hardware because the reality is if you are looking for this to be a cheap hobby (something you aren't going to invest time or money into) you aren't going to learn the basics and really the full usage of the capability. To me if you download a free copy of FL studio or Reason it's going to sit on your harddrive or you will get overwhelmed (bad) the good is you can install it and get to clicking away and have a beat within minutes. However to push yourself to really break into your creative mold and expand your capabilities is going to take time and dedication (watching hours if not days of youtube tutorials but the fun part is you can try while you watch).
I say if it is something you are interested in, cop some gear, whether it be a 100-200 drum machine from guitar center or ebay a maschine or mpc, check local pawn shops and never pay full price because chances are it has been sitting on the shelf (mpc's- roland mv 8000/8800's) then download the manual and read through them so you can know what the features are and what toggling certain stuff does to sounds and explore--do that with the hardware then you can merge over to computing easier than shyt.
You dont want to get overwhelmed. Think of it this way, you can youtube cats in south america and india who are street drumming on buckets and soup cans that are killing it-- while they dont have a full drum kit, they got their kick, their snare their hats...sure they aren't using real drums but you'd have to be very ostentatious to say that they aren't talented.
It also depends on what you do in your life, i.e my boy used to work at a call center then he'd make music on reason and FL studios...in total he'd spend 8-12 hours a day on a computer working and making beats, pointing clicking and typing. If you have hardware you can get out of that zone or element. I have so many sounds now, plus a keyboard I don't even need to touch a computer until Im ready to record and mix down, or if I want a sample i'll hook that up to my mpc or if im not using vinyl. Also branching out and kicking it with other people who make beats, it's not really a fun session if you are all cooped in front of a computer pointing and clicking, dragging..etc even if you are making heat and if you do go to a music store like guitar center your skills on FL studios and Reason and what not aren't going to translate to the gear, however if you use one piece of hardware, the basics, the foundation will be within you if you learn it and you can use FL, Reason, Audacity, maschine and anything else that comes along, hardware or software you will really find that you have a huge chunk off of the learning curve.