Producing Beats - Making Beats and Music Production

Free Sample Pack from Loopmasters - 500MB DJ MixTools Stems

Edward — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:30:35 +0000

Over at the online sample shop called Loopmasters, they are giving away for a limited time a free 500MB sample pack. The samples contained within this pack from their new series of professional samples called DJ MixTools. These are the full individual stems of pre-made tracks that can be added to your DJ mixes to add something extra to your sets. They DJ MixTools series are also royalty free, so you can use them within your own tracks and more. Check out the video below to learn a bit more and hear some of the beats...

Download your free 500MB of samples now from Loopmasters (You'll need a Loopmasters account to get at them.)

10 Sites You Should Be Uploading Your Music To

Edward — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:43:52 +0000

We could probably list about 100 places in a list of places to upload your music to, but unless you have a dedicated promotional team working for you then you're not going to have much time available to keep 100 different sites updated with your latest news and latest tracks. So what 10 places are nearly essential in having a web presence for your music. From our experience we have gained the most listeners from this list of 10 sites and therefore we believe they are a must for uploading your tracks. They are in no particular order.

Create Your Own iPhone App for Your Music (with MobBase)

Edward — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:05:45 +0000

Musicians have to keep up with the latest trends of getting their music to the ears of listeners and a huge trend to come out in the last few years has been the iPhone and iPod Touch Apps in the app store on iTunes and this is only going to get bigger due to the iPad which can also use these apps.

I have previously looked into how to make one of these apps myself, you have to register with Apple as a Developer, own a Mac and know a thing or two about programming. This is a lot to do if you're just trying to make a simple app for your own music.

It doesn't get any better by hiring a freelancer as it can cost 3 to 4 figure $ amount and that comes with certain risks too as you don't know what the final app will be like. So unfortunately for the not so nerdy and/or broke musician it seems a little hard to get one of these apps made up.

Test Your Hearing On Your iPhone or iPod Touch and Apply It To Your Music

Edward — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:09:37 +0000

As a musician you will probably want to keep your hearing in tip top condition, but sometimes all that clubbing, going to concerts and general listening to loud music can take it's toll on your ears and as a musician your ears have probably taken some damage.

Today I found a nice little application in the iTunes app store which allows you to test your hearing straight from an iPhone or iPod touch and it seems to work pretty well. Currently the app is available for free (it was paid for very recently) and is called uHear. I thought I would post about this because as a music producer, I think the results can be applied when creating mix downs and it is nice to know how well your ears are functioning anyway.

The app is split up into 3 sections as listed below.

Hosting and Running a Remix Contest on SoundCloud

Edward — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:06:43 +0000

This post was originally posted on our other site, Remix Comps but seemed like a good post to place on Producing Beats too.

SoundCloud has only been around for a short time (Since 2007) but has become one of the best known ways of distributing both a stream-able and downloadable version of your tracks. Thanks to a few of SoundCloud's features it makes the site a good choice for those of you who want to run your own remix contest.

We are regularly seeing remix contest organizers using SoundCloud services as the foundation of running their remix contest. This post is to give people an idea of what SoundCloud can offer to help run a remix contest and to also a review of SoundCloud's services when using it to run a remix contest.

List of Popular Music Making Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) Software

Edward — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:49:08 +0000

This list is an additional extra to go along with our post called 'Choosing DAW Software That is Right for You' which is good to read if you are going to be choosing one of these pieces of software. All of these DAWs are a good choice which can be used to create an entire song. This list should help people who are choosing their first piece of DAW software and give a good idea on the vast array of DAW products that are on offer.

As I stated in that previous post, I use the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) term loosely to mean any piece of software which could be used to edit and record a track from start to finish so there might be software on here which whether it is a DAW or not is up for discussion, but all software listed below has and can be been used to produce professional sounding tracks.

Choosing DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) Software That is Right for You.

Edward — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:11:16 +0000

DAW stands for Digital Audio Workstation. This name has become popular for describing software which allows you to sequence audio/audio data. DAWs covers multiple types of software which allow the user to edit and sequence audio. Wikipedia describes a DAW as 'an electronic system designed to record, edit and play back digital audio'.

DAW is one of these terms which is debatable as to whether a piece of software is a DAW or not. For example Propellerhead Reason can edit and playback audio but cannot record live audio in (although it can record MIDI-In data for a MIDI controller). Is this still a DAW? some would say yes others wouldn't. In this guide and when I say DAW, what I mean is the main piece of software you use to make and sequence your music.

100 Great Web Sites for Musicians

Edward — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:55:21 +0000

Listed below are 100 sites that I think are great and should be known about so have shared them with you. I've collected them within my bookmarks or just known of them. They are all a great visit for musicians and I'm pretty sure you'll end up bookmarking a few of them and that there are a few you don't know about. I've split them up into categories and written a small sentence about each one.

Free Audio Samples - 15 Sites to Find Free Loops and Samples

Edward — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:40:06 +0000

Looking for some free audio samples to boost your sample collection? Then try these 15 sites listed below all of which have free audio samples available for download. When you are using samples from these sources, make sure that you always read the details of the licenses and give credit if needed where it is due.

Emulating the Noise of a Vinyl Record in Your Music

Edward — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:27:42 +0000

Recently I've been working on some tracks to be released later this year which have a Old Skool vibe to them, one of the things I wanted to do with one of the tracks was to make it sound like it is being played on traditional vinyl by having a record needle put down at the start and then bring in the crackles, hum and sound just like a record. One way to do this is to actually put it on vinyl and then rerecord it, but that's just too hard, costs money and has uncontrollable results. Thankfully it wasn't too hard to do and we show you below how I managed to do this.

Here's a quick example of the intro of the track to give you an idea of what you could create using this technique.