Behind the Beat: Hip Hop Home Studios is a book by Raph (Rafael Rashid) where the home studios of twenty eight notable Hip-Hop producers are photographed (such as DJ Premier, J Dilla, Madlib, and DJ Shadow), along with brief descriptions of the producers and their studios. It was published in 2005 by Gingko Press.
After releasing 8 beat tapes on Spotify (as of Dec. 2018), I want to share my valuable insight to my workflow of putting together a professional beat tape. (My beat tape series is called: Over the years, I have talked about why releasing a beat tape brings way bigger benefits than releasing single beats. The knowledge you will learn in this course will help you to stand out and stay professional, all while not getting burned out, and still having the burning passion to create your music. A beat tape will take your productions to the next level because it forces you to complete a big project. Just think about the amount of practice you’d obtain through the process! If your beat tapes contain 10 beats per release you’ll not only learn the mixing and mastering for each track, but also learn how to blend each song into each other as your listener goes from track to track on your beat tape.
Gain new skills and start improving your recordings and mixes today! Watch as Dunga shows the process of exporting a beat that’s been produced on NI Maschine into Pro Tools while also sharing some of his production and mixing techniques. He shows how to export the stems files into Pro Tools for further mixing and mastering, or even to send off to an artist, as well as techniques such as track duplication and eq shaping to put extra emphasis on certain elements of his beat. This beat production show is an all-in-one episode that you don’t want to miss!
Using a variety of tools, Dunga shows how he produces a beat using Maschine. Watch all the process and learn some techniques that will help you create your own fantastic beats.
Punch wird musikalisch gemeinhin mit mehr Druck, Präsenz oder Durchsetzungskraft assoziiert. In modernen Musikproduktionen hat „Punch“ aber noch viele andere Gesichter und lässt sich mit unzähligen Werkzeugen auf verschiedene Arten umsetzen. Dabei sind der Kreativität der Producer keine Grenzen gesetzt und so lässt sich das „Prinzip Punch“ bis auf subtile Eingriffe auf Spur-Ebene zurückverfolgen. Wie das genau geht, was es bringt und welche Tools man dazu braucht, erklärt Beat im großen Spezial.
„Machen ist wie wollen, nur krasser“, so lautet derzeit eines der beliebtesten Memes in zahlreichen sozialen Netzwerken. Und tatsächlich geht es in diesem Beat-Spezial um den Dreiklang aus anfangen, dranbleiben und fertig machen der eigenen kreativen Ideen. Denn auf dem Weg vom Kopf zum Song gilt es primär, innere Feinde zu bekämpfen. Wie das gelingt, erklärt unser Motivations-Guide, nach dessen Lektüre es keine Ausreden mehr gibt.
Having a complete mastery over the basics is insanely crucial when it comes to making trap beats. That’s because the fundamental elements to producing trap beats are the hard knocking Drums and catchy Melodies. But most amateur trap producers tend to focus on these elements separately instead of blending these elements cohesively like in a RL Grime or Boombox Cartel track. That’s exactly why we created the “Lookouts” Project File. With this Trap project file, you’ll be able to see exactly how professional producers get their mixdown to be extremely clean and crisp, and exactly which effects are being applied to each audio track. Not only that, but by reverse engineering the innovative presets used in the project, you’ll be able to learn advanced sound design techniques that can take years to learn. Every time you open up the project, you’ll learn a new technique that you can instantly apply to your own tracks! Don’t wait another minute to become the Trap producer you’ve always wanted to be. Download the “Lookouts” Project File now.
