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    Sampling Q.

    Lil' Jon, Scott Storch, Cool & Dre, Eminem, D4L, and whoever produces Young Joc's beats would all say "no." You don't "suck" or "not suck" based on whether or not you use samples. You don't "suck" or "not suck" based on whether or not you compose. It's what you DO with either method that...
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    Sampling Q.

    A lot of people have answered your first question pretty well...basically, sample anything you want. As for your second question...honestly, don't spend time trying to figure out how to work your samples based off of what other people do...come up with your own style and your own method of...
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    question about lease and full rights to beats?

    Props on the link.
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    How long have yall been producing ?

    Been producing for about a year...I'd say there've been about 3 of those "major changes" you're talking about. Honestly, every track I work on teaches me something new...my first few months or so I consider to be hugely experimental. Things have really started to click in the last two months...
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    Piano chords made easy...

    Props for the post.
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    The industry overcompressing??

    Props on posting up these articles. They were incredibly enlightening and provide compelling reasons to be careful when using other tracks as benchmarks for your "loudness." Anyone here have any recommendations on programs to use to create test tones?
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    Hip Hop Beat Construction Made Easy

    Interesting set of tips and tricks, I found a lot of these on IllMuzik but it'll be helpful for people if it's all in one spot like that Props Wings, Tweak does it again.
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    Can u play a real instrument?

    Nope, but I'm aching to learn the guitar and drums and plan to after I get my own place.
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    Durty Souf Productions

    Kno of the CunninLynguists is an awesome Southern producer. Check out their latest album, "A Piece of Strange," I think you'll like it.
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    How Do You Deal with School and BeatMaking?

    Time management, my friend. Time management.
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    Layering Kicks

    1. On a computer, layer the drums on separate tracks in a sequencer or multitrack, before bouncing the result to a single track, .wav file...you can create a .wav of a single drum hit and use your controller to start banging out sequences, or, you can create a .wav of a full drum sequence and...
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    Layering Kicks

    That basically sums up what I was about to write, props 5th Basically what I try to do with layering: 1. Layer based on characteristic, as described above 2. Play around with the volume of each layer, maybe mess with pan a tiny bit if I want to create a fuller effect. Even if two drums...
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    what type of files do i need for acid

    I've never encountered any problems with VSTs, but most of mine are small in size and CPU demand, so I don't experience any problems with computer stability aside from USB-related latency. Once I get bigger stuff installed, I'll have a better answer for you. But for now, I'll say that ACID...
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    Melody v.s. Beat

    There's no right answer, but for me, it's melody first. My reasoning's this: the drums keep people moving, but the melody keeps people FEELING...no matter how simple it is. And that's what's most important to me, helps me create the element I try and strive for in most of my beats. This...
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    FL and Acid together?

    I used to do drums in FL and chop samples in ACID, then import drums into ACID. Meh. I do everything in ACID now.
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    Copyright question

    in terms of USING copywrited material, i don't think there's a difference whether it's used in a mixtape or LP. there are other, more serious issues at play when you are making money off of the copyrighted sample, but, use without profit is still technically illegal. in terms of those samples...
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    Key Frequencies

    awesome fam, good lookin out
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    what type of files do i need for acid

    Precisely, you load samples up into the VST sampler and record as MIDI. So, you use the VST as you would normally. Battery, or Kontakt, for example There are good free sampler VSTs out there too I use LoopAZoid--it's the program they based Battery on I also have a keyboard-based one I...
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    Help me out with the setup im plannin to purchase soon

    You'll have to take a look at your interface's i/o specs to see the type and number of i/os available. Then compare that to the outputs your hardware will use: MPD16 - USB or MIDI Turntable - RCA or 1/8" stereo (if you buy an additional adapter for $2) Casio Keyboard - probably MIDI etc Your...
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    How do you choose your Drums?

    I pick 1 or 2 I like based on the sample's sound and feel Then I layer on top of that based on what I feel is missing from those base drum sounds Usually the process of actually deciding involves me going through my drumset and playing around til I find something that works, but as my library...

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