| Creating quality Hip Hop Beats used to take countless | | | | your kit with, or a realistic drum kit for making East |
| hours and thousands of dollars invested into studio | | | | Coast sounding beats. Start putting in some notes into |
| gear and engineering, but that has all changed with | | | | the on-board sequencer, and see if you like the kit |
| Sonic Producer. | | | | sounds that you have chosen. |
| There is no need to spend you whole life's savings on | | | | A good place to start for the kick drum is to put a |
| a room full of studio gear, only to find that you have | | | | note entry on the first, seventh, and eleventh notes in |
| jumped into making Hip Hop Beats over your head. | | | | the sequencer area. Then, try putting a snare drum |
| With the simple-to-use graphic interface and the | | | | sound on the next channel. |
| powerful on-board sound engine, you can be well on | | | | There, you can start off by putting notes on the fifth |
| your way to pumping out 'booty-shakin' beats in only a | | | | and the thirteenth note spaces in the sequencer. |
| few minutes. | | | | Continue to do this until you have a decent sounding kit |
| The way that Sonic Producer has been designed | | | | that will leave room for other sounds to be layered on |
| allows you to concentrate on the most important part | | | | top of the hip hop instrumental beats. |
| of the process...the music. | | | | Next, you will want to start adding some instrument |
| All you have to do is grasp a simple understanding of | | | | sounds. To do this, you just click on the tab above |
| how Sonic Producer has been set up to give you the | | | | each mixer fader in the mixer section at the bottom. |
| optimal beat programming experience. | | | | You can choose from a whole list of instrument |
| 1. First, you will want to click on one of the eight drum | | | | sounds like basses, leads, pads, fx, and vocal samples. |
| pad emulators, and choose from a list of sampled | | | | You can also make use of the on-screen virtual |
| sounds to start building up a unique kit for your track. | | | | keyboard to enter your melodies or bass lines. |
| 2. There you can find a whole assortment of drum | | | | When you have created Hip Hop Beats that you are |
| sounds that range from classic drum machines like the | | | | happy with, click on the save button. |
| Roland TR-808, to realistic acoustic drums. | | | | This will save your beat into a MP3. This is the |
| 3. The good thing about Sonic Producer is that you | | | | absolute simplest way to create hip hop instrumental |
| have a very large sound palette to choose from. | | | | beats on-the-fly for use at MC battles and for DJ |
| Whether you are looking for synthetic sounds to fill | | | | competitions. |