by hgjy46 on Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:08 am
Don't limit yourself: know the four elements of hip hop. Breakdancing, rapping, graffiti and turntablism.
Learning to beatbox will help to compose beats anywhere.
Make sure you volume each instrument correctly. Louder is not necessarily better.
If you like old school hip-hop make your snare a few notes lower or use vintage sounds such as 808 kits.
Watch tutorial videos on YouTube.
EQ will make or break an only OK track.
Don't be a hater. As a producer, beef will not earn you any respect.
Study successful producers. It sounds corny, but sit down with your top 25 or 50 instrumental tracks, and take notes as to why they are so appealing.
Try everything. Nothing is "wrong". If people like it, or even if only you like it, its "right".
Recommended software: FL Studio, Cool Edit Pro, Logic, Reason, Ableton Live, Audacity.
Recommended hardware: MPC series, Korg synthesizers, MIDI keyboards, Technics turntables, professional production headphones and studio monitors
hope this helped (dont think it will be a great help)
roland R-05 is a good audio recorder and cost about 130-190 british pounds
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