An Honest Review on Sonic Producer Software - Music Beats Making Software

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Is it true that anybody can create music beats without any professional experience?

An Honest Review on Sonic Producer Software - Music Beats Making Software

Well, it sounds more hype than true but the latest Sonic Producer has proved the fact that it's not a mere talk and become a buzz in the music industry. This software is jammed packed with thousand of sounds that helps you to produce beats with ease. The only limitation is your imagination.

I like the sounds that it produces as it's doesn't sound factory made but rather professional sound beats that are comparable to those produced by expensive music production softwares. Imagine being able to produce such high quality music beats with software that cost only .95.

Sonic Producer is in fact a breakthrough invention to the music production community be it for the experienced or newbie. One of the great features of this software is its prebuilt tunes that help you to skip boring music sessions. And you can make any music beats types that you want from jazz to rap. You can even create your own music note easily with this software.

The software also comes with an MP3 export capability that you can use to convert all music beats made to MP3 format. Its detailed video tutorial covers not only about the software but also various instruments that you can use to produce even more high quality beats. Rest assured that the software is compatible with all operating system. So, you don't have to worry if you're using MAC or PC.

Generally speaking, Sonic Producer is an incredible music sequencer that helps you to produce beats with your computer. It is made so user friendly that it doesn't matter of age or experience level to still be able to make hip hop beats in matter of a few minutes.

I must confess that Sonic Producer is by far, the best music production software on the market in terms of value, usability and quality that helps you to create own beats. And please don't forget that all beats that you made with Sonic Producer are Royalty Free. In other words, if you wish to sell the beats that you have made; no worry about that. It's another opportunity in addition to building your own music library. This is an awesome product and get my 5 stars rating.

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Hip Hop Beats - Leasing and Selling

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You should always consider your future objectives,and goals as a producer before deciding to sell or lease your beats. You may produce tracks that you feel are "throw-away" beats and are probably more willing to sell these tracks to new artists. Naturally, you probably want to hold on to those beats that you feel are "hot" for an established artist or a more talented new artist.

Hip Hop Beats - Leasing and Selling

However, that "throw-away" beat may just fall into the right hands and become a hit, while your "hot" tracks might not make the album cut because the label decides to add some veteran producers to the roster to "beef-up" the album. For that reason, the decision of whether to sell or lease your beats requires you to consider several important issues - no matter how hot the beat is.

In general, when selling a beat to an artist or record label, a producer may seek to take advantage of the following income sources:

(1) Producer fees - compensation for the value of your physical work and time spent creating the beat

(2) Master purchase or "buy-out" (for ownership of your portion of the master recording containing your beat) - compensation for the right to control the use of fine master

(3) Producer royalties (paid in advance and on the back-end) - compensation for your services rendered in performing and or creating the beat, in an amount determined by the number of copies of the beat (or records that contain songs that contain the beat) that the record label sells; and

(4) Publishing - compensation for the use of your copyrighted material, including

(a) the reproduction of your beat on individual records (mechanical royalties) and (b) the public performance of your beat (i.e., air play performance royalties).

Although we will discuss these income sources in further details, at this point it is only necessary to understand them_ as -either up-front payments or back-end payments.

UP-FRONT PAYMENTS

The producer fee, amounts paid for the ownership or use of the masters, and advances against royalties are monies that a producer receives before the record label begins manufacturing and selling records/units. We call these amounts up-front payments.

SACK-END PAYMENTS

The balance of producer royalties (minus advances) and amounts representing publishing royalties are residual payments, which are made to the producer over time, following the manufacture, distribution and sale of units by a record label, on a per-unit and/or per-performance basis. In that regard, we consider royalty payments to be "back-end" compensation to the producer for his or her services in producing the beat.

With that said, when merely leasing a beat "on spec" - allowing the beat to be used by an artist without a guarantee that the beat will actually be used on an album manufactured, distributed and sold by a record company, a producer typically receives an upfront payment in the form of a production fee and/or an advance against producer royalties, but the producer still owns" or retains his rights in the beat (the master).

In leasing a beat "on spec," the artist initially pays the producer only a fraction of the production fee or advance, and the balance of the agreed fee and/or advance is paid once the artist is signed to a record deal. In other words, when leasing or selling a beat on spec, a producer is paid a portion of his up-front money in exchange for the artists Limited use of the beat.

THE "QUASI-SALE"

When agreeing what we call at-"quasi-sale" of the beat, the producer is paid his or her entire production fee* and/or other up-front-monies. The producer also sells his interest in the ' master recording of the song containing the beat to the artist or record label, and his up-front payment should include compensation for that sale. In exchange for these up-front monies, the producer will relinquish his or her right to collect back-end producer royalties, so the amount paid should reflect compensation for relinquishment of those rights as well. However, the producer will retain his or her publishing rights.

THE OUTRIGHT SALE

When a producer sells a beat "outright," the producer receives a purchase price consisting of the producer fee, the value of the masters, the current value of the producer's back-end producer royalties (including possible advances on that amount), and an additional amount for his publishing rights in the underlying composition - i.e., the producer sells his rights in the masters and the underlying compositions. While this purchase formula may look impressive, in actuality, beats are often sold outright for as little as 0.

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Make Hip Hop Beats in 5 Steps

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Anyone who has access to a computer with speakers can make hip hop beats. Most people who are just starting to get into it do not know where to begin. These 5 steps will help to get you setup and you will be able to make hip hop beats in no time.

Make Hip Hop Beats in 5 Steps

1. Access to a computer with USB or Firewire ports.

Every computer these days comes with USB or Firewire ports. These are necessary to make hip hop beats because they will enable you to connect your MIDI controller (piano/keyboard) to your computer.

2. Buy a MIDI keyboard or controller

Purchase a MIDI controller or full MIDI keyboard online or from a local music store. These days, you can get a full-featured keyboard for as little as 0-0 which will do all that you need it to do to make hip hop beats.

3. Buy music production software.

Purchase music productions software such as Fruity Loops, Reason, Cubase, Logic, etc. This software will enable you to:

- Load sounds which can be played through your MIDI controller or keyboard

- Record these sounds into the program so they can be edited and arranged

- Program sounds into sequencers with the click of a mouse

- Import downloaded sound expansions to keep your hip hop beats up to date

4. Installation and Setup

Now that you have what you need to get started making hip hop beats, it is time to set it up.

First, install your production software onto your computer. This should be a relatively straightforward process, with full walk through instructions provided by the software.

Next, install your MIDI controller drivers. Again, there should be an installation CD which comes with your keyboard that will easily install your keyboard software.

Once both are installed, open your music production software program. Look for the program's Options, Preferences, or Setup section, and locate the MIDI Controller or Keyboard Setup. Locate your installed keyboard and select it for use with the program.

Your software and keyboard should now work with one another.

5. Load sounds. play sounds, record sounds.

Now that everything is set up, you can begin to make hip hop beats on your computer. Depending on your software, there are different ways to load sounds into it. Please check your manual to determine this, as every program is different.

Once loaded, you will be able to play the selected sounds with your MIDI controller.

When you click the "Record" button, everything that you play on your keyboard will be recorded as MIDI data into the software program. You can then edit it, change it, move it, arrange it, etc.

Once you become good at the recording process, you can begin to make hip hop beats and full songs right in your software program! Add drums, piano, guitar, or anything else you wish. A lot of these kinds of sounds can be loaded into your keyboard from your software program.

I hope this article has helped you to begin your journey to make hip hop beats!

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Music History - Hip Hop, Rap, R&B

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In the early 1970s, the cultural movement of hip hop music was born. Hip hop's fast paced music style is made of two parts; the rhythmic delivery of rap and the use ofinstrumentation by a DJ. Hip hop music also brought with it a fashion of its own, the fashion helped to represent this newly created music.

Music History - Hip Hop, Rap, R&B

Hip hop music has its roots from West African music and African-American music. The first rap song to be put onto a vinyl record was, "Rapper's Delight", a song by the Sugarhill Gang back in the 1970s. This is when block parties started becoming the norm in New York City, which gave hip hop and rap the chance to explode in popularity. Hip hop's instrumentation came from funk, R&B, and disco, when combined together make this dynamic type of music. When the DJs at these block parties learned what the people liked, they began mixing these vinyl records and created music that played continuously with amazing transitions between
songs. Hip hop was actually created by a DJ named Kool Herc, a Jamaican that had moved to the United States with a style that consisted of mixing music by using two copies of the same record. Many of the poor Jamaican's in the town could not afford vinyl records, so huge stereo systems were set up so that many could here the rhythmic beats. These stereo systems were the kick-off for the beginning of the
evolution of block parties. So with the musical talent of these amazing DJs, with the use of vinyl record mixing, the culture of hip hop and rap music was born.

History of R & B

R&B, which stands for Rhythm and Blues, was the greatest influence on music around the world for most of the 20th century's second-half. Rhythm and Blues is a term with a broad sense, but typically recognizing black-pop music. This type of music was introduced to the world by artists' combining the music styles of jazz and blues. R&B is actually what was later developed into what we know as rock and roll. In the 1970s, the term R&B was being used to describe soul and funk music styles, which today we know it describes Rhythm and Blues. Along with being influenced by jazz and blues, R&B also had influences from gospel and disco music. Disco's downturn in the 1980s opened the door for R&B to truly take-off in popularity.

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How to Make Professional Rap Beats in FL Studio in 4 Steps

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There are many factors that need to be taken into account if you wish to be successful at creating professional, industry standard beats in FL Studio. In this article I will touch on the key factors that you will need to master and this is what separates the pros from the amateurs when producing hot rap beats.

How to Make Professional Rap Beats in FL Studio in 4 Steps

Where to Start

Some people have a preference in what instrument they first want to layout when producing beats in FL Studio. Some prefer the melody, some prefer the bass line and some prefer the drums. No answer to this is wrong or right, and it is mostly a matter of opinion, but for starters I will recommend laying out a good drum pattern first.

Before we get started, set your BPM (beats per minute) to something between 85 and 95.

Creating the Drum Pattern

First, search through your sounds for a nice, hard-hitting kick sample. In the example that we're going to create, you'll want to try to find a kick sound that hits hard but does not contain a lot of low-end sub bass (this will make it easier to mix with the bass later). Once you have found a good drum kick sound, fill in the steps on the step sequencer of where you would like the kick to be heard. Now, right-click on the sound in the step sequencer and select "Send to piano roll." This will put your drum kick pattern in the piano roll where you will want to adjust your velocity. Velocity is what gives the sound a human feel and not so robotic. Technically, velocity is to adjust how hard something is hit, or how hard a string is plucked, a piano key is pressed, etc. Play with this a little bit until your drum kick pattern starts to sound more human and natural.

Next, find a hi-hat sound that you like and again, click the steps where you want the hi-hat to be. Generally, every other note on the step sequencer is a good place to start. Now, do the same thing that you did with the kick sound and send the channel to the piano roll and adjust the velocity. This is even more important on the hi-hat than it is with the kick.

Now for the snare drum(s). I usually like to layer a few together to get the sound just right. I usually like a tight and hard-hitting sound, so I might mix a clap sound with a rim shot and then take 2 different traditional snare hits and turn the level down a little bit on those and then pan one to the right and one to the left at about 35%. For starters, you'll want to put your snare drum on every 4th step in the step sequencer.

Now, you can add more personal touch if you want using the same techniques already mentioned. Feel free to throw in a cowbell, tambourine, cymbal, etc.

Creating the Bass Line

In most hip hop, a low bass sound is used so really all it provides is power and thump and possibly a catchy tune that helps to "glue" the drum sounds together with the rest of the instruments. Choose a low bass sound that will give a good rumble when being bumped, and if there is too much high-end frequency to the sound then you can always cut it out with proper EQ or low-pass filter. I usually like to have the bass frequency set at 50 to 75hz and have the kick set at about 85 to 90 hz. You can also do this in reverse (have the kick lower frequency than the bass). The most important thing is that they don't both occupy the SAME frequency space. This is where most amateur beat makers struggle. It can take a lot of practice to mix the drum kick and the bass line together so that they don't sound weird or cause distortion when they're on top of each other. This will probably be the last thing that you master when learning to make beats because it can take precise EQ and compression to make it sound crisp and professional.

When writing the bass melody, start out simple. Choose a note scale that you want to use and stay within that scale. If you don't know music theory, start out by researching scales and pick one at random. Next, put a blank sound (use a sampler channel, or just turn the volume all the way down on the sound) in your step sequencer in fruity loops. Right click it and open the piano roll. Fill in all the notes in that scale, in every octave, and drag the edge of them so that they show up for the whole duration of the full pattern. Now, open the piano roll for your bass and click the little piano icon in the top left corner of the window. Select view > Ghost Channels. Now every note in the scale will be highlighted gray and you know to stay in these notes while writing your melody. This is a tip you really don't want to ignore because it can help you a lot!

Writing the Main Melody

First, choose your instrument. Let's pick something simple like a piano. Write a melody that goes along with the bass line. Sometimes you can copy your same bass line but then add more notes in between (remember I said to keep your bass line simple). If you have researched some music theory, you should use some chords here and there and use some type of chord progression. Remember to stay in the scale and always view Ghost Channels to make sure you're in the scale in you're unsure. If you want to stay simple you can just have the piano playing for the melody, but feel free to select a couple other complimentary instruments and add some accents here and there. Sometimes I like to use something like a violin just to emphasize certain notes or phrases in the melody.

Writing the Hook

The hook is where you can really go wild because it is the most climactic part of the song. You still want to stay in the correct scale of course, but you can add lots of strings and other instruments. You should either elaborate on the normal verse melody and make it more complex or you should write a totally new melody in the same scale. Remember to try to picture it with vocals on top of it and try to add things that will compliment a finished product / song.

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How to Make Hip Hop Beats - 10 Easy Steps

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When you're just starting out how to make beats it can be fun and frustrating at the same time. Trust me I was there. But it really is easier then you think. If you're making a beat here are 10 tips that will get yo stated.

How to Make Hip Hop Beats - 10 Easy Steps

1. Pick a style- Know the style of beat you want to make before you start making it. Like rnb,rap,pop, etc. There have been plenty of beats that I made and could not figure out what style it was.

2. Pick A Major Artist- Think of a known artist that you would want to make the beat for. Like if you chose a style a rap, think now what rap artist do you want to make the beat for. Try to imagine that artist on your beat. This will make your hip hop beat-making experience a whole lot easier.

3. Listen To Their Song- Take a listen to the rap artist you are making the beat for songs. See the style. Get a feel for the kind of hip hop beats the artist raps over.

4. Formatting The Song- Very important. formatting is, the intro, verse, chorus, verse, bridge, etc. That's all it is but basically you just change the order around however you feel like it. Turn on the radio and see how your favorite artist formats there song. When instruments come in, when they drop out. The most basic form to start with is, 2 or 4 bar intro, 16 bar verse, 8 bar chorus, 16 bar verse, 8bar chorus, 16 bar verse, 8 bars chorus. This is the most basic beat-making song format. This is very common in rap. If you want an even simpler way, you can create an 8 bar loop and keep it the same throughout the whole song. I have seen this done a lot.

5. Laying down the beat- I have learned that for starters, it's easier to start with the drums. Kick, Snare, Hi hat, are always a good start. Record a pattern for four bars with those first. Then layer that with maybe some toms, cow-bell, symbols, etc. Whatever you want to use. THE DRUMS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT IN MAKING HIP HOP BEATS! Your drums must hit and hit HARD. The best way to get your drums hitting hard is by not using "pitty pat" free kits you downloaded from the internet for free. If your drums are weak, then your beat is going to be weak.

6. Laying Down A Melody- This is where most hip hop beat-makers have the most trouble. Because most eat makers can't play the keys. For starters, you might want to learn basic keyboard skills. The major thing you need to learn are, major and minor scales. After you learn that, try and do different combinations and patterns with the drum beat you have made. Use an instrument like, a lead guitar, horns, clav, something that will stand out. Your melody can be however you want it, but for starters, you could do a 4 bar melody, or an 8 bar melody.

7. Layering The Beat- What is done a lot in beat making is layering. If you have your whole beat finished. You can go and make it sound bigger by layering. All you do is fill in some gaps, do the same pattern you did with one instrument with another instrument. Do this throughout your beat. This will make you beat sound a lot fatter.

8. Pan- Panning is basically having an instrument all the way to the right, all the way to the left, and anywhere in between. You pan for all kinds of different reasons. It gives each track its own little space in the stereo field. There are no rules for panning, put you have to do it. So just try it out and see what you like best.

9. The Mixdown- Very important! Very Important! Very Important! If you have a poor mix on your beat, then you have pretty much wasted your time. When mixing a beat, start with each track individually. Solo each track and make sure it sounds good by itself. EQ it if you have to, but if each track sounds good by itself, the whole beat will sound that much better. DO NOT DISTORT! If your master levels are in the red before you bounce to disc or .mp3, your distorting. Don't worry about if its not loud enough. You never ever ever want to distort. If you are distorting, check any instrument that has boom or low end, Like a kick, bass, sub, etc. these tend to distort more often.

10. The Bounce- Now that you made you're beat, Its the hottest hip hop beat ever, you want to put it on cd or upload it to the internet. When you're exporting a beat for cd, Use .wav file. 44.1 16bit. If you want to upload to the internet use, 320kbps (the highest .mp3 quality) or 128kbps. Most websites wont accept 320kbps because the file size is too big. So go with 128kbps.

These are all just guidelines to help you get started. There are millions of ways to make a beat, But this is just to help you get your feet wet if you don't know where to start.

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World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information

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If you are a serious hip hop music fan and need to find a place where you can catch up on all the latest hip hop action, then you want to check World Star Hip Hop. This website is designed with hip hop fans in mind and provides them music videos and entertainment that is geared toward the 'urban community'. With news, videos, music and more, this is comprehensive website for all of your hip hop needs.

World Star Hip Hop - The Best Place to Get Hip Hop Information

Videos seem to be a big attraction for people and World Star Hip Hop has plenty of them. They have a searchable database collection that you connect to when you join the site and as a member you will be able to learn about the videos and watch related video content as well. Just imagine how nice it would be to watch all of Jay-Z's videos in one place without having to troll the Internet. You can search the database by video or artist and then watch the result. You can also chat with other users in the attached chat box and make new friends while you enjoy the latest in hip hop.

Currently World Star Hip Hop has over 508,000 fans with 78% of them being in the United States. It is considered a top 5,000 websites and while it is geared towards the urban community as a whole, its main demographic base is African American teen and young adult oriented, leaning slightly towards the ladies. People who enjoy Black Entertainment Television (BET) and shop at stores like Finish Line are most likely to be found frequenting a website such as this, based on the market research done prior to launching the website to the world.

Music videos aren't the only thing showing up on World Star Hip Hop. All types of special interest videos are being mixed into the sites database. There are videos surrounding the current Presidential campaign - not surprising since Democratic candidate Barack Obama is African American - as well as entertainment and general interest videos. The database currently has over 40 pages of videos to look through, and that is before you even join the website to investigate the rest of the content available to members.

The site should definitely not be viewed by children under the age of 18 as there is some very adult content available on it just in the public areas. For example, if you click on the 'WSHH Honey's' link at the top of the home page, you are taken to a web page that displays ladies in all states of undress including their videos showing why they should be considered a 'WSHH Honey'. There are even instructions on the World Star Hip Hop site on how to submit your own video.

What is interesting to note is that while World Star Hip Hop is a membership site, it doesn't seem to be any links on how to join. When you run your mouse over the website and text that talks about membership, it does not give you an option to click and join.

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