Thursday 13 January 2011

Beat Software To Make Beats

By Bill Castle


If you're one of the plenty music lovers that really want to make your own rap beats -- there's never been a better time to jump in and give it a try. Gone are the days once you had to spend many thousand dollars to get any type of decent beat software. Today it's all a lot more affordable.

There are two reasons for this. Firstly, the arrival of make beats online software means that the software creators may get rid of the costs related with making and delivering a physical product. Secondly, there's a lot more competition out there now, every music software company wants to be able to say that the latest hotshot music producer uses their software.

However, there are four things you need to look for if you're a new or up and coming music producer once it comes to selecting beat software.

1: Ease of Use

The last thing you must have once you are just starting out is to have your creativity hampered, or stopped in its tracks because you can't get the damn software to do what you want it to. A fantastic piece of beat making program ought to quickly become second nature to make use of. Don't feel that you have to opt for a cut-down or feature limited tool just because you are a beginner either. Ease of use and a rich feature set CAN go hand in hand.

2: Affordability

We've touched on this already; beat software doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg. If the core packages does a fantastic job and lets you create beats with a good level of complexity, you can always expand your sound later by adding new samples.

3: Quality Samples And Sounds

I definitely cannot emphasize enough the importance of high quality instrument and effect samples to your music. Even if you intend on deconstructing the sounds to make original ones of your own, or plan on adding scratch or static to the beat -- having clean, crisp, top quality samples to start with is vital. Make sure that you use a good pair of closed-back headphones to listen to your beat as you build up the layers of sound, it is the most efficient way to truly hear how the various elements of your beat are interacting and overlaying one another.

4: Pleasing And Usable Results

This is what it all comes down to, doesn't it? It doesn't matter how easy your beat software is to use, how cheap it was or how good the samples are if you can't get a finished beat out of it that just makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up!

The only thing left to do then is output your track to an MP3 file, play it to everyone you know and wait to be discovered as the next hot music producer.




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