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Techniques you noticed in songs...
Anyone have any good sites that I can go to learn about these cord progressions and aprregios all you guys are talking about. -
drum kit advice from bangingbeats
I got ugly stepchild and 1 to flow on disks. They are all drum sounds and they are ok. Nothing really to special. They are only like 10 bucks each but you only get about 20 sounds. Everyone on here tells me to sample my own drums and it does sound better when you do. I would recomend... -
chopping samples..mpc vs. software?
Ok soundforge reason and recycle used together is definately good for sample editing. Thats what I use, and basically you use the same idea that flipdasoulfisha outlined. You take a sample from whatever source and record it into soundforge. From there I take a loop or whatever samples I want... -
Getting da beat started
drum machines on fruity loops or reason or recording it straight from keyboard. nompc -
Drum Sounds
I say make your own sounds and use samples as well the more variations and musical styles I can incorporate the better. I use some drums from sample cd's I use some from my favorite rock records or reggae or hip hop. I make others myself. It all just depends on my mood, and the song. If you... -
Getting da beat started
When you guys make your drum loops how many bars are u making them. Also when u guys make your drum loops do u guys make individual loops for everything i.e. snare, hi hat and then layer them on top of each other; or do u guys start with a hit and then try to build off of it. When u guys start... -
reusing samples
Ive kept all my samples you never know when you might use it again. Some days they sound better than others -
Drum Sounds
To all the up and coming producers out there looking for dope drum sounds go with banging beats. I have been producing for about six months now and these drums sounds are far sicker than any other sounds I was able to get off of other sample cd's and the sounds stored into reason are weak as... -
Mpc?
Whats up guys I have been making all of my tracks on reason just by using a midi keyboard and sampling some stuff off of my turntable. I am thinking about getting an MPC. What do u guys think should I fork out the cash for it. Will it improve on my production? For all of you MPC users out... -
How many songs have u produced??
I have only been making beats seriously for about 6 months. I have ablout 6 tracks, and about 2 or 3 that are really dope. The others need some finishing touches but as I progress my beats are going to be coming even sicker and more frequently. -
mathematics
Yo guys if you are into east coast beats go out and get that new mathematics cd. The beats are top notch, and rymes are top notch as well. Alot of dope appearances from the wu. One of the best new cd's Ive bought in a while. Highly recomended. -
gettin faster
When I first started out and I was clueless it would take me forever to come up with something. Now I can bang out a dope beat in no time. Of coarse it takes a little bit of time to lay it all down in a full track, but I can make a beat faster now than before. -
Sampling Classical
Whats up guys I love to sample old classical especially piano and strings I was wondering if anyone has any good artists to buy when buying old classical records. I know I can go to the store and buy a ton of random classical albums, but I'm wondering if you guys have alot of luck finding cool... -
Recording records using sound forge?
Can anyone help me out? I just got a turntable and a mixer to start sampling off of records, but I can't seem to get it to record while in sound forge. Does anyone know how to do this??? -
Creating Samples To Use In Reason
Yeah man from what I hear the matrix is sick for effects too. The way I understand it is you connect a seperate matrix for effects only and hook up the cable on note cv on the back of the matrix, and the other end goes to whichever effect you want on the back of the instrument. Then from there... -
Creating Samples To Use In Reason
Hey thanx man, I went out and got recycle. WOW what a difference it makes loop editing so much easier, and it is actually a whole lot funner to use than sound forge in my opinion. I highly recomend recycel for anyone using software to edit and create sample loops. -
Creating Samples To Use In Reason
I have reason, and I am using sound forge to create and edit samples. How do I know where to cut the sample so that it is on beat and flows with the song. For example I found a piano sample that I liked but I cant figure out how long the sample is supposed to be so that it lasts exactly 4bars... -
Finding samples?
Does anybody here know any good sources to find samples of good piano riffs, or and other types of classical samples. Im having a hard time finding good stuff that sounds cool. Let me know where u guys find most of your stuff. Peace -
Hook up turntable to PC?
If I have a PC and a turntable what else do I need to do to hook it up to my computer so I can copy records on to my computer? -
Sample Lengths?
How long should samples traditionaly be? Where should you cut your samples? Do you cut them by bar lenght, time or what? Mine never seem to flow correctly or be on beat. Give me you guys suggestions.