Make hip-hop beats yourself

What you need:

• PC or Mac
• Audio software
• analog or electronic instruments
• mixer
• Keyboard

Programming or recording your own hip-hop beats - some tips

• If you want to make hip-hop beats yourself, you will find numerous hip-hop websites and communities on the Internet that offer forums for beat makers and musicians. There you can benefit from tips from others, take part in competitions and exchange ideas about making beats. Active forums also provide information on technical equipment and good software.
• In the electronics area, you will find a wide variety of software that you can use to create electronic sounds and music tracks. Which one you use ultimately depends on your interests and not least on your wallet. You will find many freeware or inexpensive programs with which you can already achieve interesting results, as well as powerful program packages with expensive additional modules.
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• There are also numerous possibilities for sound generation in the hardware area. In addition to drum computers, keyboards and synthesizers as well as samplers are of particular interest.
• You need a mixer to mix analog and standalone instruments and also to record turntables or analog instruments and vocals.
• If you are musically ambitious and talented, you can also play audio tracks live, this has in addition to the (with the appropriate Equipment) good sound quality of the recorded audio material has the advantage that the recorded sounds often appear more organic than programmed sounds.


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How to make a beat yourself

1. In the software you are using, set the desired speed of your hip-hop beat, which is measured in beats per minute (BPM). You can also change these during your work process, but caution is advised here as such changes may affect analog samples used in the same beat.
2. Which instrument you start creating your beat with is up to your personal preferences. Most start with the rhythm, but you can also start with a distinctive sample.
3. Once you are happy with the basic rhythms, start thinking about the structure of the beat. You should include appropriate sections for choruses, verses, bridges, and intros and outros.
4. Add more soundtracks for instruments, sounds and samples as well as instruments and make them your own sounds using electronic instruments.

Since you usually want to combine your beats with rap later, you have to make sure that the individual instruments leave enough space for the rap or vocal parts. Rap and vocals should be optimally embedded in the beat and reinforce the groove of the hip-hop piece. Here you also have to pay attention to the frequency ranges of the audio tracks used so that there are no disturbances such as so-called clipping.