| When learning to make hip hop music one of the key | | | | with this board. The large color LCD screen and 16 |
| things to consider when getting started is what to use | | | | drum pads makes these boards really stand out. Not |
| when creating your own rap beat. There are | | | | to mention that it come with expansion cards, which |
| thousands of different kinds of hardware and | | | | makes it well worth the investment. |
| software out there to choose from. I will give you a | | | | MPC Sampler: every hip hop producer has probably |
| look at some of the most popular equipment used by | | | | used this piece of equipment. It has been out for over |
| the most popular and talented beat makers. | | | | 15 yrs and has become the staple for producers |
| The most popular piece of equipment | | | | today. |
| Yamaha Motif ES8 Workstation: in my opinion this is | | | | Most popular software |
| Yamaha best workstation so far. A lot of producers | | | | Friuty loops: this is great software for the beginners in |
| like to use this board because of its wide range of | | | | the producing game. You can also hear many of the |
| music sounds. In today's rap music Motif sounds are | | | | sounds from this software in many records today. Not |
| being used more often. | | | | to mention it's fairly inexpensive, plus you can use it on |
| Korg Triton Extreme Workstation: many people will | | | | virtually any computer. |
| point in the Triton workstation direction when trying to | | | | Sonic pro: this is just like fruity loops except for its way |
| make hip hop music. This is one of the originators | | | | cheaper. It's also great for beginners but advance level |
| when it comes to producing hip hop beats. As soon as | | | | producers work with this product also. Sonic pro is an |
| every producer though they used all of the Triton | | | | all in one studio. You can also hear its sounds in popular |
| sounds, Korg came out with Triton extreme. This new | | | | rap sounds out today. This is premier software to |
| bard was refreshing to music producers. | | | | make hip hop music. |
| Roland Fantom X6: Roland stepped up their game | | | | |