How did you learn to make beats?

[Bloodybastid]

I learned it by myself just by training my ear.

 

[KurtisRich]

you got that right

 

[pancakebunnny]

ALOT of staying home on weekend nights, practicing this shit. My first beats sounded like that one Roy Lee played for 9th Wondra in that Lil' Brother skit "With this here TRI-tonnn..."

 

[Greg Savage]

Sat down with an mpc, Racks, workstation read the manual hooked em all up and just started remaking what i heard on the Radio

 

[Style]

experimented.

 

[terence06700]

i learn by my self with fruity loops

 

[RigorMortis]

hanging out with formant and learning myself.

 

[Sacred One]

using Hip Hop Ejay...lol

 

[Chrono]

before i started making beats i had no idea how people did it. i knew it wasn't instruments like a band... i dl'ed fl studio months before and put it on a cdr then once when i was broke and in an apartment and lost internet i was going through my old cdrs. i found it and was jamming out. i ended up 'borroring' an erricsson cellphone (with internet package) and it took 3-4 days of downloading 10 megs over that shitty connection before i had it. i actually paid for it cause the demo was nice. that was feb 2003

 

[JPeg]

trial and error, wasting money on software, hardware, and sample cd's, and wack records.

but the biggest learning came from reading about others peoples methods via various interviews found on the net with established producers.

 

[classic]

Same way i learned how to play to play football & basketball, pratice......(and talent)

 

[StressWon]

using Hip Hop Ejay...lol

word up,,,,me too!

 

[Formant024]

I got a 386 way back, then some time later an 8-bit passport soundcard. I already had a psr keyboard and discovered what the din sockets were for. Without a manual it took me a year to configure the psr keyboard and understand how midi works via trax sequencer proggy i got with the soundcard. Shortly after that I got into multitrackers (FT2) and aquired a Juno106 to get started with basic synthesis and soon after that I got an 808 and learned about x0x sequencing.

 

[CampO]

Popz bought me Acid 2.0 or 1.0 and a few Sample Cd's

 

[Ash Holmz]

alot of trial and error(nothings changed)

 

[andreas]

I startet up in 97 - 98 in Goldwave

But what got me going was a "gift" of ear.. To be able to have it quite simple from the start.. I was a fast learner, fast to get harmonies and melodies together.

percerverance is also a key factor.. And hard work

 

[Opera Populare]

i dont think you can learn how to make music I think it's juss in you and once you learn how to use wateva it is u make your music with then ya set and on track

 

[2_nice]

got an mpc and a mate showed me some things....

 

[Big Tone]

about 2 years ago kenwop put me on to fruity and i just keep tryin learn more every day

 

[DJ Xsinna]

Same way i learned how to play to play football & basketball, pratice......(and talent)

Same here, but I started off playing drums in church. So I gained an understanding of beats, timing, syncopation, etc. Later I moved on to drum machines. I locked myself in my room, and made beats and mixes all day long and in some cases, all night long and on a everyday basis..(except when I started working). The key, I listened to A LOT OF RECORDS! Stuff that I liked then experimented. The rest (as they say) is history.