x\SoopaD/x
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Just wondering. I have this dope sample and I wanna tone down some shit in it. I'm still a rookie to this and would like to see some vids on producers/beat makers using this.
Any videos on EQing? or on making an entire beat from scratch (using a sample)?
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5th Sequence
Hip Hop Head, Certified
videos may help you a bit, but your going to learn the most significant things by reading and researching. Reading online, actually buying books and reading manuals will be all you ever need. When you have more complex questions besides the obvious ones that could easily be answered, thats when asking in the forums is a huge benifit.
As far as EQing goes, there are tons and tons of articles on it. It takes time to learn it an apply it. Heres a good starting point someone posted earlier (forget who, sorry!) and I bookmarked for my own use.
http://www.theprojectstudiohandbook.com/articles6.htm
If you want first hand experience in sample flipping, i'd suggest the weekly sample flip here at illmuzik. One sample is posted, everyone does their version. You get to see all of the different ways a sample could be flipped. You also try it yourself and get honest feedback to help you elevate and learn things along the way. You gotta go through the trial and error, thats the only way anything will stick in the mind is by experience.
As far as EQing goes, there are tons and tons of articles on it. It takes time to learn it an apply it. Heres a good starting point someone posted earlier (forget who, sorry!) and I bookmarked for my own use.
http://www.theprojectstudiohandbook.com/articles6.htm
If you want first hand experience in sample flipping, i'd suggest the weekly sample flip here at illmuzik. One sample is posted, everyone does their version. You get to see all of the different ways a sample could be flipped. You also try it yourself and get honest feedback to help you elevate and learn things along the way. You gotta go through the trial and error, thats the only way anything will stick in the mind is by experience.
x\SoopaD/x
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Props on the articles. I gotta look for osme books. Know any good one's?
Emeezy
Etrack Productions
your best bet is to go to a barnes and noble or a book store like it and go to the music section...you pretty much cant go wrong with any of those books....hit guitar center, and amazon.com for production books, wheather its hardware or software...you will find what you need...and of course, the questions you just cant get answered without your own research...ask ill....
5th Sequence
Hip Hop Head, Certified
"The Mixing Engineers Handbook" by Bobby Owsinksi. This was the book I personally found the most helpful. has a great section on EQ as well as all of the other aspects of engineering. This has really helped me in getting clearer mixes, great read.
x\SoopaD/x
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I'm not looking into engineering really. Just making a beat.
5th Sequence
Hip Hop Head, Certified
i'm not tryna be an engineer either but the books are about mixing. Mixing is the "other half" of the beat. I'm not sure where your at with your level of beat making, but they will be worth checking out once your beats get better. You'll come to a point where your beats sound tight but they dont sound "right" lol. Then you'll want to make the mix perfect which includes learning how to properly EQ, compress, pan, layer and other things.
You dont have to get into it now from my word for it, but you'll come around to it on your own when you want your mixes to sound amazing on ALL stereo systems.
I'm not sure about other books or videos soley about making beats. I think there are a few that exist but i dont know em off the top.
You dont have to get into it now from my word for it, but you'll come around to it on your own when you want your mixes to sound amazing on ALL stereo systems.
I'm not sure about other books or videos soley about making beats. I think there are a few that exist but i dont know em off the top.
x\SoopaD/x
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5th Sequence said:
All I know about the mixing is where you assign an instrument to one area of the mixer. I use FL, so the FL Mixer is what I use. Yea?
5th Sequence
Hip Hop Head, Certified
I use the same FL mixer you do. It's how you use it though. Believe me there is a whole otherworld thats even more complicated than just "making the beat". The other half is "making the beat sound good" like i said before.
So you assign your channels in FL... now what? Well, if you have your drums tracked out, you may want to phatten them up by adding a compressor plug in to each individual channel. Adding it alone wont do shit though, you have to know what you are trying to get. Research compression.
http://www.tweakheadz.com/compressors.htm
After you've messed with that, maybe you have a string sample that sounds good but there is another instrument... say the piano... that seems to be muffling each other. First you could try panning these so they dont fight as much, then look into EQing. Just me saying "try panning or try EQing" holds no weight by itself. its up to you to research into that and learn the technics so they work for you in all of your mixes.
http://tweakheadz.com/EQ_and_the_Limits_of_Audio.html
http://tweakheadz.com/pan_control.htm
I always just experimented with panning, EQ, compression and layering. Somethings you get the hang of, somethings take much longer. It'll be easier if you buy a book that has a pro that does this for his career telling YOU how to compress, EQ and pan your tracks than figuring out all the wrong ways to do it yourself.
http://tweakheadz.com/perfect_mix.html
I dont know how long you've been doing this, but believe me all of your roads will eventually lead to mixing. If you are completely new to beat making in general, focus on your production first. It's no use trying to learn how a compressor can fatten up a track or proper panning if you dont have a coherent beat to practice on.
Hope this helps man,
Peace
So you assign your channels in FL... now what? Well, if you have your drums tracked out, you may want to phatten them up by adding a compressor plug in to each individual channel. Adding it alone wont do shit though, you have to know what you are trying to get. Research compression.
http://www.tweakheadz.com/compressors.htm
After you've messed with that, maybe you have a string sample that sounds good but there is another instrument... say the piano... that seems to be muffling each other. First you could try panning these so they dont fight as much, then look into EQing. Just me saying "try panning or try EQing" holds no weight by itself. its up to you to research into that and learn the technics so they work for you in all of your mixes.
http://tweakheadz.com/EQ_and_the_Limits_of_Audio.html
http://tweakheadz.com/pan_control.htm
I always just experimented with panning, EQ, compression and layering. Somethings you get the hang of, somethings take much longer. It'll be easier if you buy a book that has a pro that does this for his career telling YOU how to compress, EQ and pan your tracks than figuring out all the wrong ways to do it yourself.
http://tweakheadz.com/perfect_mix.html
I dont know how long you've been doing this, but believe me all of your roads will eventually lead to mixing. If you are completely new to beat making in general, focus on your production first. It's no use trying to learn how a compressor can fatten up a track or proper panning if you dont have a coherent beat to practice on.
Hope this helps man,
Peace
x\SoopaD/x
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5th Sequence said:
No doubt. I know about that hsit but haven't experimented with it yet. See, I haven't really started with making beats because I wanna cop me a MIDI controller. I don't wanna lay shit down by using a mouse. Now that I'm on my way to being employed, I could focus on making beats.
