Beat Making Software

By Jack George

It has never been easier to buy hip hop beats online. You can easily access all of the resources you need to create your own hip hop beats by visiting sonicproducer.com. Before we talk about how you go about making these beats, we should answer one question that a few of you out there may have - namely, what do we mean when we say beats? In this context, we're talking about not just the beats themselves but every element of the song other than the vocals.

Of course the basis of your song will be looped drum sounds or other sounds which are percussive in nature. There is also the bass line, any sampled voices or other sounds you want to use as well as a whole array of instrumentation you may want to add to your track to create the perfect instrumental track. Like most people, you probably will begin by working with the drums. You could use a drum loop as it is already or you can use techniques like time expansion or compression to make it perfect for your needs as well as using audio processing methods of various types to get just the right sound for your track.

Compression of time will help you to obtain your preferred loops when hip hop beat making. Stretching also helps. Therefore, you can either stretch or compress to achieve the needed loop. In case it all sounds Greek, a newbie can achieve the same by working with the ones that come with sequencers.

You can use these samples as they are or by editing or processing them to change them to your liking. The next element in the song is usually the bass line. You may want to use MIDI sequencers to work with your bass lines, since this makes it easier to transpose these tracks if needed.

If you are new to beat making, you can buy hip hop beats which use the pre-made bass lines which are usually included with sequencers. If you don't yet feel ready to start making your own bass lines, you can simply use the ones provided for the time being. Once you have gotten the bass line to your liking you can work on arranging the other instruments in a process sometimes called orchestration. This is a part of the process where you can let your own muse dictate the sounds you work with. As you put together your track, you should keep the structure of the song in mind in terms of bars.

Generally speaking, a hip hop song will feature eight bars of introduction leading to a verse of either 8 or 16 bars in length. The chorus will typically follow the first or second verse and be 8 bars long. After a few verses, there is generally a bridge which may be anywhere from 2 to 16 bars in length leading back into the chorus/verse structure. The formula is basically the same as other types of pop music.

Once your track has gone on for the desired number of verses and choruses, it will then usually fade out, though it is perfectly fine to have your track stop abruptly. - 30404

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