Anyone on here make hip hop beats?
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panojibber.
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Skip all the shitty youtube tutorials, read the manual first and foremost. Pay like $5 to have it printed at Staples, its worth every penny.
Your ears are your most important tool, use them and listen to what they tell you. If it sounds good, it IS good.
Join the DAWS cult for production related discussion:
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Your ears are your most important tool, use them and listen to what they tell you. If it sounds good, it IS good.
Join the DAWS cult for production related discussion:
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/cult/forum/cat_id/6339/
VT_scratch
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you might be able to find it online and print it
panojibber.
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Algebra
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ok so the guy that runs the DAWS cult hasn't allowed me to join yet.
i made a percussion part to my first real attempt at a hip hop beat using some soundfonts i downloaded but i am stuck on how to put a good instrument part over it, i used to play the drums so the percussion is easy but i am stuck on this part. my tempo is at 90 if that helps i dont know, any tips on the actual instrumental part would be GREAT
i made a percussion part to my first real attempt at a hip hop beat using some soundfonts i downloaded but i am stuck on how to put a good instrument part over it, i used to play the drums so the percussion is easy but i am stuck on this part. my tempo is at 90 if that helps i dont know, any tips on the actual instrumental part would be GREAT
panojibber.
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Writing instrumental parts is a bitch but so rewarding when it goes well. A lot of the time I'll write a bunch of variations to a part in MIDI and then pick out what I like out of those parts. Think of it this way; if you're a photographer, maybe 1/10 photos you take is really good. Well if you're a musician, then 1/10 parts you write are really good.
Usually I start out with a chord progression or rhythm part, then I write the other parts off of that. If you're a drummer then you know that in a 4/4 time signature you'll have a strong beat on the 1st and 3rd beat of the bar - well instrumental parts work like that too. You want to line up the most important parts of an instrumental part so that they hit with the drums, for example you should put a chord change on the 1st and 3rd beats as opposed to the second and 4th beats, because it musically makes more sense and is more pleasing to the ears. And blues scales. Blues scales are almost always good.
Hope that helps!
Usually I start out with a chord progression or rhythm part, then I write the other parts off of that. If you're a drummer then you know that in a 4/4 time signature you'll have a strong beat on the 1st and 3rd beat of the bar - well instrumental parts work like that too. You want to line up the most important parts of an instrumental part so that they hit with the drums, for example you should put a chord change on the 1st and 3rd beats as opposed to the second and 4th beats, because it musically makes more sense and is more pleasing to the ears. And blues scales. Blues scales are almost always good.
Hope that helps!
panojibber.
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Also its Alex_G that runs the cult, you could probably just shoot him a PM and he'd be happy to let you join.