MPC Boom Bap Beat

[BiggChev]

Hey All,

Been a while...

...I've been working on a funk/house record (that should hopefully be done by year's end). Took a break from all the "4 on-the-floor" and got back to my hip-hop roots.

Having lots of fun writing entire on the MPC 1000. I started with a simple Horns and Rhodes loop I made in Logic. Chopped and arranged in the MPC. Bass and Guitar were also sampled into the MPC and sequenced from there.

Tracked back out to Logic for mix and some final arranging/chopping.

 

[InsideOutBeats]

Nice drum work and change ups. Dope beat, would personally like to hear the drums hit a little harder as my preference.

 

[BiggChev]

Thanks InsideOutBeats,

I don't have proper speakers, so everything is mixed in headphones. Definitely agree with you on the drums. I tend to second guess how hard they hit and dial back. Sometimes I think the snare, especially, slaps too hard - so I soften then up and bring them down in the mix. Will try to A/B before posting and sleep on different drums mixes moving forward.

Cheers,

 

[DJ Excellence]

Dope track, really feeling the groovy bassline; but I agree with @2GooD Productions: drums are a bit too low in the mix.

 

[BiggChev]

@DJ Excellence thanks for the feedback!

Appreciate it.

 

[Dusty B]

Cool beat, can sense some of the dance influence too. I can picture pop/hip-hop type artists over this.

 

[JustIn Flow]

Very good foundation. Some Samples or instruments in this mix, however, still sound a bit too much "out of the box". Give it more character!
But overall good job!

 

[BiggChev]

Very good foundation. Some Samples or instruments in this mix, however, still sound a bit too much "out of the box". Give it more character!
But overall good job!

Thanks @JustIn Flow

By out of the box do you mean it sounds a bit too "stock"?

There are actually no samples on this beat. I essentially write basic chord progressions and instrumentation in Logic, then sample and chop in the MPC 1000

 

[OGBama]

@BiggChev props for the no samples route. I dig Funk/House.

 

[BiggChev]

@BiggChev props for the no samples route. I dig Funk/House.

Thanks @OGBama

Not opposed to samples, but I enjoy writing music and then "flipping" my own stuff. I also went through a phase where I almost exclusively sampled.