Official beatmakers/producers tips and tricks open question thread

[kdthelegend]

I think the most important thing for producers to do is learn how to hear good music. Once you learn the difference between bad sound quality and good sound quality you are on your way. Making dope beats is all about how you make your sounds sound in the audio soundfield. Once you understand how to manipulate and control the soundfield you are on your way.

Another thing is use the best sounds. I listen to some producers beats and they sound cheap. Your pianos, trumpets, strings, and guitars most sound like real instruments. I noticed that I get more feeling out of my beats when my instruments sound authentic and not like a casio keyboard. More to come Ive been producing for about 12 years now so I have more information to share.

 

[BlackDroog]

I think the most important thing for producers to do is learn how to hear good music. Once you learn the difference between bad sound quality and good sound quality you are on your way. Making dope beats is all about how you make your sounds sound in the audio soundfield. Once you understand how to manipulate and control the soundfield you are on your way.

Another thing is use the best sounds. I listen to some producers beats and they sound cheap. Your pianos, trumpets, strings, and guitars most sound like real instruments. I noticed that I get more feeling out of my beats when my instruments sound authentic and not like a casio keyboard. More to come Ive been producing for about 12 years now so I have more information to share.

Great info...and since you are new, check out the beat battles and give us some feedback if you get a chance.

 

[Ghpstface]

why are you worried about speed?

you might lose the vibe if your workflow is too complicated

 

[head shots101]

I was always an analog beat maker, got back in the game and tried FLStudio and Reason. It's not even about speed to be honest, i'm never gonna rush my work. It's been 2 years on and off going from mouse, keys, MPD. window switching using recycle to chop up a sample. Bought a second monitor helped but than I started re-wiring more. I dunno man maybe its the transition from Analog to Digital. My old workflow was an MPC, Motif, and a turntable and i use to love the simplicity of that. Use to be able to just wake up hop on the mpc for 10 min load a sample, play with drums go to work and come back the night and finish it up.Now, sometimes i find myself half way through a beat i'm making and lose the idea and don't feel the vibe anymore and scrap the whole thing . I hope i'm making sense man, any suggestions?

shyt felt like a damn chore making beats on reason 5

 

[PUT IN WORK]

shyt felt like a damn chore making beats on reason 5

I feel you man. I thought you used maschine thou?

 

[T-K-G]

Gonna hang up my Reason 5 this summer. After a couple years of using I realized that my work flow is too slow. Looking for new software's to try, any suggestions?

man the first time i d/l reason i took one look at that shyt and was

deleted that shyt after a month



now i fukk with Ableton heavy if you like smooth workflow you'll like ableton it's so easy to make changes and switch projects

 

[head shots101]

I feel you man. I thought you used maschine thou?

yea I do but when I first started making beats I was using reason 5...I still have it on my comp but I dont use that shyt...its a dope ass program tho

 

[Insensitive]

Do any of you have a way to get around
FL Studio's recording limits ?
I've thinking of recording and importing
the .wav file but when I import the .wav it just
treats it like a sample to play to back.

If anyone has any suggestions drop em !

 

[Rich Spirit]

Hey y'all. I'm interested in beat making, nothing serious....just for fun and having another hobby. I have a Mac Computer btw, so are there any good free software out there for Macs?

 

[PUT IN WORK]

Hey y'all. I'm interested in beat making, nothing serious....just for fun and having another hobby. I have a Mac Computer btw, so are there any good free software out there for Macs?

Not a mac user but a software that comes off the top of my head that's easy and get a grasp and concept of arrangement and beatmaking is Garageband. Logic seems to be very popular with Mac users. I belive Logic has a free trial on the web somewhere. Hopefully a mac user can chime in on this.

 

[ThaRealness]

I browse thru this a lot too:
Drum Break Songs Sampled | WhoSampled

drum breaks using samples

 

[PUT IN WORK]

drum breaks using samples

 

[ThaRealness]

Top 25 Classic Drum Breaks (for Hip-Hop heads!) - YouTube

That MJ break is dope.. Ive used it a few times, you just have to add a solid kick and you've got a grimy ass loop

Kind of sounds like some cuban linx shyt

 

[Deafheaven]

how would I go about making shyt that sounds like this?

 

[DevanteCash]

So I have NO IDEA what these sounds categorized under.
It's like a wavy piano or something. Listen to this song and it's like the first sound year hear and it plays throughout the entire song.
Anybody know what sound this is?
https://soundcloud.com/freeshkidd/the-night-morning-after