Your process of making BEATS?

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BOOBOO619

BOOBOO619

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Sup guys, what's the process you guys like to go through for making new original beats?



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I personally usually like to start off by making a drum loop first, then from there my first real part of the beat is normally the bassline. Usually either or, drumloop or bassline first. I like to make the bassline first because it gets a nice rhythm going. I also like to layer completely different sounds like piano,strings, lead synth sounds... over the bassline with the same exact melody/arpeggio lines as the bassline, but at a higher octave or 2 to help fatten up the main rhythm of the bassline or overall just give the beat more rhythm. Then from there, I will start adding on new sounds and melodies to go along.

So that's usually the way I prefer to make new beats. Sometimes I might start off with the main melody that I hear in my head, then add a drumloop and bassline to go along. But usually, I do better if I start off with a bassline first because I get more creative afterwords. Normally, I do more basslines in my head, than I do anything else. I'm still learning though.
 
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GHP

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depends on the beat and what I'm trying to do. Whatever I get the most inspiration from is what i star with first whether it be a tight bassline, drums, lead or a tight sample i found. I'm a dabbler though, it takes me a long time to put a track together cuz 1 i don't have alot of time to do it and 2 I'm somewhat of a perfectionist. Sometimes i put together shit in an hour other times it takes weeks for me to get it just right.
 
BOOBOO619

BOOBOO619

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Cool guys. I guess it all really just depends. Basslines just seem to come to me first though. Or atleast I have an easier time making beats and filling up tracks because I like to feed other sounds like leads, piano and strings off the same or similiar melody of the bassline, but at higher octaves usually and create new rhythms and appreggios and what not. But I have made lots of beats when I start off with the main melody first or a sample. It does depend I guess. Either way, I always like to go back and forth through all my sounds and make adjustments to my likings.
 
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I always start wit the snare/clap. I try to go with the main melody from there then complete the drums with kick and hat selections. By the time I get to the third instrument in the beat I go from my mpc 300 and dump into protools. From there I an see the track ad start accenting the track how I see it in song form. I'm like throw a guitar right hear. put a brass part there. Sumthin like that. lol
 
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It all depends on if I already have something in my head at the time, or if I'm just messing around. Usually, I start with a simple drum beat. This way I'll know if I'm gonna create a fast, slow or medium paced beat. Then I'll move onto either the bassline or an instrument, if I find one that I like. I like to go back to the drum beat and fuck with it after I get an idea of what the whole beat is going to sound like, after I've got my bassline and instruments situated. Maybe add some effects to it too.
 
BOOBOO619

BOOBOO619

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Malkorasoul said:
i always make the melodys first, then build around them with the drums. But for a track that needs emphasis on percussion and rythm, ill usually make the drums first and compliment it with a low key melody.
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cool beats doggie. I like monday, friday & sunday the best. Cool westcoast sounding beats, especially monday.
 
MALKI

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Ra$an said:
its all in the brain..i get most of my great musical ideas in church...
when i make beats sometimes the beat symbolizes colors to me, i do not know why...
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me 2 i always think of colors when i hear certain beats i do not know why. anyway i ususally start wit a melody. then drums then bassline.
 
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I work diff.........it always drums first....then bass line........I then do the chorus sound, after that I dumb it down for the melody played throughout the song....then the bassline......strange but it werks......
 
EDJ

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DAMN HOT LIPS,
I THOUgHT I WAS THE ONLY MUTHA-FUKA THAT DID THAT. I ALWAYS DROP THE SNARES FIRST FOR SYNCOMPATION PURPOSES AND gO BAK AND EDIT THEM. BUT I DO DIFFERENT DRUMS AND SECTION THEM OFF FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SONg. SO ONE PATTERN COULD REALLY HAVE LIKE 5 OR SIX DIFFERENT DRUM PARTS. BUT AFTER THE SNARE I USUALLY DO KIKS AND THEN ALL THE OTHA BELLS AND WHISTLES. FROM THERE, I TRY TO INFUSE WHATEVA BASSLINE TO THE DIFFERENT DRUM PARTS. THEN IT'S ON TO MAKIN' NEW SOUNDS OR HOWEVA THE INSTRUMENT MAKES THE TRAK FEEL. I THEN CHAIN THE PATTERNS AND CONVERT THEM TO SONg MODE(LINEAR MODE). FROM THERE I CHOP UP THE PARTS AND EDIT THE NOTES, AND PLAY WITH THE INTRO, OUTRO'S AND FILLS. AFTER THAT POINT, IT'S ON TO DROPPIN' IT AND COMPRESSIN' IT TO CUBEVASE. BUT I'M REALLY DIgKIN' DROPPIN' THEM TRAK FOR TRAK SEPERATED, SO I CAN HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THE MUSIC WHEN MIXXIN' IT WITH THE VOCALS(THANKS TO HERESY FOR OPENIN' MY EYES). SO I'LL DROP A FLAT VERSION, A COMPRESSED STEREO VERSION AND THEN A SEPERATED VERSION AND COMPARE THEM.
 
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