| Hip Hop is an immovable force in today's world. With all | | | | 5. You also will want to start collecting a large number |
| of the advances in the methods of production over | | | | of different sounds together, kind of getting your paints |
| the past decade, learning how to get started making | | | | together for a painting. |
| beats can seem like a huge lead into the the deep end | | | | 6. You will need to determine for yourself if you want |
| if you do not know what you are doing. | | | | to use natural acoustic sounding instruments, digital |
| After reading this, you will be on a fresh start to | | | | sounding ones, or a combination. |
| making your own beats, instead of just sampling | | | | 7. A good way to get started is to start collecting |
| everybody else's music. | | | | some audio sample clips from your media files on the |
| 9 easy facts to start | | | | computer. Make sure that you are not just getting |
| 1. You will have to decide what kind of gear you will | | | | ones that have been done to death already. |
| use to make your beats with. | | | | 8. Look for sounds that you can revamp and give new |
| 2. You can either go with a classic hardware drum | | | | life to. Another big element to hip hop music is the bass |
| machine/sequencer/sampler unit like a Akai MPC 2000, | | | | line. You should start with a decent quality sine wave, |
| or decide to go the software route with programs like | | | | and tune it to the kick drum before you do anything |
| FL studio, or Ableton Live. | | | | else. |
| 3. When you start to build your sound arsenal up, you | | | | 9. Before you start approaching your hip hop beats |
| will have to make sure that you include samples or | | | | with to much technical flare, remember that good hip |
| software emulations of the Roland TR-808. | | | | hop does not have to be the most technically |
| 4. The TR-808 has been used on just about every hip | | | | up-to-date to be relevant to people. |
| hop album, and is responsible for the booming kick | | | | Just start by knocking out beats first, then go back |
| drums that you hear going down the street. | | | | and refine your mix. |