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

[Michallionaire Ent]

Years of practice and improvement, playing around with sounds.

 

[ZEB WALTON]

it took me like 3-4 years to master fruity loops i think. started in 05, didnt start making beats I was feeling everytime until like 09-10. Now i can just make decent beats every time out but when I listen back to my older work, I notice I put a lot more effort into those ones than i do now. im too lazy to look for samples since i started my engineering job so its a catch 22

 

[Flav]

I try bruh but I start everything I make feeling like

then I come back to that shyt like 2 days later and I'm on some

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

LOL, that gif of that producer is really funny though

 

[Deafheaven]

Some people pick it up faster than others but for me a little less than a year. If you wanna get better you just gotta practice, like any other thing you do. Try remaking some of your favorite beats so you can understand the process a little better, read up on music theory and mixing whenever you can, and learn some sound design. Some of the easiest sounds to make are sub basses, 808s, leads, etc. then graduate to pads and plucks/synths eventually.

Just don't force yourself to make beats when you don't want to or else you'll burn yourself out. Whenever you have beat block or don't feel like making anything just read up on whatever I mentioned above.

2 years deep and I still don't make 808s sound like I want them to

 

[Matt504]

I've been using FL since version 3, when I first started all my beats had a techno feel, until I got comfortable with the piano roll, after that, sky was the limit

 

[KingTut]

2 years deep and I still don't make 808s sound like I want them to

Compression is your best friend. That and a distorton plugin like Camel Crusher.

 

[Myrical Lyfe]

Been doing this for 2 years with a 7 month break in between. Still nowhere near happy.

 

[street heat]

probably about a year, but as you progress you realize how much the stuff you used to make sucks. i probably started messing with FL back in 2003, but anything i made before 2006 is pretty much complete garbage, even though in 2004 i thought i was bringing heat

 

[Myrical Lyfe]

I do this daily. Wake up the next day to play that heat and I'm just like

 

[Be@t Bangerz Fan]

I've been at it since Dec. of 2005. During that time, I learned about scales, chords, chord inversions, composing beats, arranging beats, sampling, etc... Hell, I even taught myself how to play the piano, but a lot of people think I took lessons. That's how good I've gotten. So yeah, I've been paying my dues for almost 10 years. I'm still in the trenches, though, 'cause I fukked around and had 3 kids, so music had to take a back seat for a while, since my kids and my family became my 1st priority.

 

[Be@t Bangerz Fan]

it took me like 3-4 years to master fruity loops i think. started in 05, didnt start making beats I was feeling everytime until like 09-10. Now i can just make decent beats every time out but when I listen back to my older work, I notice I put a lot more effort into those ones than i do now. im too lazy to look for samples since i started my engineering job so its a catch 22

My story is similar to yours, except my learning curve didn't take as long. However, I had several mentors, so that very well may've sped up the process.

 

[Chubbs]

Im on struggle mode right now famo. For the next 3 or so months its gonna have to be either a decent midi keyboard or some nice headphones and speakers. Ima probably go with the midi for now

I have a MIDI keyboard, but I prefer clicking in the notes. I know a bit of music theory, but I suck at playing the piano . I'd get monitors first if I were you. Can't be mixing on laptop speakers

I'd recommend KRK Rokit monitors. Great quality for a low price. (search eBay)

And check out my tutorials on YouTube:

Spoiler

I started fooling around with FL Studio and Reason back in like 2010, but I started taking it serious 3 years ago. I just started practicing sampling not too long ago. I was never big on sampling, but now I love it.
Just practice, practice, practice. I watch A LOT of tutorials on YouTube. Mixing and beat making.

 

[Drip Bayless]

I have a MIDI keyboard, but I prefer clicking in the notes. I know a bit of music theory, but I suck at playing the piano . I'd get monitors first if I were you. Can't be mixing on laptop speakers

I'd recommend KRK Rokit monitors. Great quality for a low price. (search eBay)

And check out my tutorials on YouTube:

Spoiler

I started fooling around with FL Studio and Reason back in like 2010, but I started taking it serious 3 years ago. I just started practicing sampling not too long ago. I was never big on sampling, but now I love it.
Just practice, practice, practice. I watch A LOT of tutorials on YouTube. Mixing and beat making.

Can you mix wit good headphones tho
Or you need speakers, cause I've been taking piano lessons and shyt so I think it might be easier for me to play and shyt just because i can see what I'm doing on the keyboard

 

[drhook94]

I think some 100$ sennheisers will get you a better mix than cheap monitors in an untreated room, but I don't have or know anyone with monitors.

To answer the OP I started messing around with FL studio in 2012 and started making beats I like around a month ago. But I took lots of breaks due to personal hangups and other obligations.