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Refrence
Sometimes we're hungry for ideas. You kno... those days that you can't make a beat for shit, and then you're in the car later, hearin some mainstream shit, feelin a nice vibe off it, like "Why couldn't I do somethin like that today?" Sometimes when there's no melodies bouncin' around your... -
Not using quanitze in your beats.
I quantize only when necessary. Although most of my drum line gets quantized, unless it doesn't sound right. When I play on top of it, I like it to be loose. I suggest to have at least ONE thing quantized, to keep it somewhat tight. Anything else you layer on top that is not quantized will... -
so what's a good college 2 go 2 that teaches music production
institute of audio research (IAR) in NYC isn't all that. It's a 6-month-accelerated course, affordable, but I haven't heard much about it. I agree, Hi-Lo. I went to school for audio production so that I could learn both sides of the glass in the studio, and do everything myself. It does... -
so what's a good college 2 go 2 that teaches music production
Ok, I know many people who went to full sail and got full shafted. They act as if the money you spend there is gonna pay off in the end. Well, not if you intend on making a career in the music field. As far as learning, you'll get a lot though at Full Sail. Sae Institute on 34th Street... -
What Motivates You
I feel you. I was living in a small city that gave me amazing credit for our work, and bought hundreds of CDs from our group. But I needed to put things in perspective, so I left to find if others could appreciate my shit as well. I was happy to find a universal appreciation, including from... -
Whats ya fav part when makin ya beats
Excuse the late-night, high, birthday post, but: I've been doing this for years. And I remember the core of what it felt like even back then to make beats. Chills up my spine when I hit that chord that freezes snares in their tracks. Channeling every ounce of my energy into the timeline, and... -
Mistake Beats
ExACTly. Think. Work. React. Fire. Create. Work. Play. Play. Play. Hard. Create. Philosophy. Words. Beats. We live by. P.S. Sorry. I'm. High. Right. Now. -
Mixing
When mixing just a beat, I would usually just use the rough mix. When there's vocals on it later on, I'll mix it differently, and EQ the melody so the vocals don't clash, etc. But sometimes when a beat lingers around for a while, or if I'm showing it off, my ears get so familiar with how it... -
The ART of EQ
AWESOME POST!!!! I know a lotta cats are gonna get some good stuff outta this. I've heard most of this, but this is the most detailed I've ever seen in terms of breaking down frequencies and what they actually do. Quite informative. Here are some extra things that I've experienced with EQ... -
Mistake Beats
Yea I think the mistakes can sometimes be our best asset while beatmaking. I once had my SP-12 (not 1200; the original with the commodore 5 1/2" external drive!) hooked up via MIDI through my ASR-10 keyboard so I could use the pads on the SP-12 for the sounds on the ASR. So I had the ASR... -
monitoring......
What that would do is make you need to have your computer in record ready to listen through it. Another way (besides getting a better mixer) is to use your headphone send. Get a 1/4" to 1/8" stereo cable (or use some adapters) and send your cues out to your computer through the headphone... -
Mixing
The best way to do it, if you just want to catalog your beats for sale is to create a basic template for your mixes, keeping everything in the same order: Kick, Snare, Hats, etc. Then, just import, drop a couple faders and make as good of a mix as you can, but give yourself a time limit... -
Removing vocals/ Removing background from a sample
That's exactly what I was going to say, or something like it. Removing vocals in this way is just letting the center phase out, and it's sometimes called "A minus B", and you can do it with speakers as well, by reversing the phase. If there are any backup vocals panned Left and Right, then... -
Whats ya fav part when makin ya beats
My favorite part of makin beats is breaking up the weed.* Just kidding. Here's my top 3 favorite parts: 3) When I'm sculpting the beat around the rhythm of the verse and it just compliments it so much, even with just a hi-hat line. 2) When I'm working with a melody before I have... -
BPM of Acapellas
If you want to do it in your head, some engineers use 10 seconds as a reference, but to get a GENERAL bpm, (usually to match delay times) you count the number of beats in 10 seconds, and then multiply that by 6 to get your bpm. If it doesn't match an exact number, then whatever Big L used was... -
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Re-wiring setup
One way to do it just using your VM3100: Send your output (or monitor out) to your amps. Send Aux 1/2 to your soundcard. On the VM3100, Aux 1/2 might be your headphone out, but I'm not sure. But now you can have your computer come back into the mixer and only the selected channels that have...