How long did it take you to start making beats you like?

[DJ Mart-Kos]

what are some good youtube channels to subscribe to for tutorials?

NFXbeats (aka Warbeats)
SampleSimple

 

[wilburn burchette]

been making beats off and on for the better part of 10 years, started to take it seriously closer to 6 years ago once i got my record collection up...

to this day i still don't make exactly what i want to hear, i go back to all my beats and try to improve and practice with them

i have my finished beats that i like on my phone, nothing leaves the house til i can let it rock on repeat and feel happy with every element

might sit on a beat for a couple years and keep digging til i find the last element i think it needs

 

[Stonewall Jackson]

About three years I learnt to play on a Casio it was a pos like 5 sounds or something u could only record moved on to a triton that's when the magic started to happen I spen whole days locked in the room I say two years into that is when I started to notice the quality change went out and brought a fantom man the drums on that was next level car broke down had to sell them both. Let me say going from a workstation to fl is a major change I miss my 88 keys and I despise having to deal with coy charging and what not and finding sounds is a pain All in all I will admit I can see the flexibility that midi programs offer and how ppl fall in love with it but I'm stacking my money for this motif

 

[TEKBEATZ]

Im still learning and its been 8 years

 

[Ghpstface]

ive always liked my own stuff ... a better question would be 'when did you start making beats that other ppl like?'

prolly like 2 years ago

 

[Drip Bayless]

Is it way harder to make shyt without a midi keyboard?
Cause all I got for the next couple weeks is the mouse and the laptop

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

I use mouse & laptop only.
I have 2 Turntables + Mixer but i haven't sampled a vinyl in about 5 years. (strictly mp3's)

If you can't play the keys a keyboard is not really gonna help a lot i think.
My experience is that you do need a lot of patience in the Piano Roll.
I gets the job done with the Piano Roll though.

 

[Drip Bayless]

I use mouse & laptop only.
I have 2 Turntables + Mixer but i haven't sampled a vinyl in about 5 years. (strictly mp3's)

If you can't play the keys a keyboard is not really gonna help a lot i think.
My experience is that you do need a lot of patience in the Piano Roll.
I gets the job done with the Piano Roll though.

I can't play the keys but Im gonna be taking piano lessons soon. You do your drums in piano roll?

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

I can't play the keys but Im gonna be taking piano lessons soon. You do your drums in piano roll?

Yep, i throw all my drums in the FPC and sequence them in the Piano Roll.
Than i got different Mixerchannels for my Kick, Snare, Hi-Hat, Percussion etc. where i route the drumsounds through from the FPC.

I wanted to get the MPC Renaissance but i had people telling me FL Studio was easier for sampling.

 

[Ghpstface]

Is it way harder to make shyt without a midi keyboard?
Cause all I got for the next couple weeks is the mouse and the laptop

i used to map the fpc pads to the typing keyboard ... worked in a pinch

 

[ryshy]

I'm tryna find resources to learn from while I have the block. Sometimes I just make a ton of projects hoping one clicks

 

[DrHackenbush]

Gotta put in those hours dude, striving for perfection on some Rae & Ghost shyt..I been making beats years, I love it but it can be a heartbreaker sometimes

 

[BigL187]

what are some good youtube channels to subscribe to for tutorials?

Check out busyworksbeats

 

[Hyperion]

I started making beats November 24th, 2011. When did I start making beats that I like? Last week.

 

[PlainSight]

I started to really get into my own work when I just left school and hit college. I got a firmer understanding of how to mix my beats, chop samples and make my own synths. Being a pianist already didn't hurt either.

I'm making beats again and just now started to like my own work again. It takes time when we find our musical identity.