| Making good quality sounding beats can be very | | | | regulate your beat or manifest the rhythm of your |
| difficult for beginners, but it is not impossible. If you are | | | | beat. |
| one of the gifted ones and you have a good ear for | | | | Next you need to make your beat stand out by adding |
| music, than making rap beats will be very easy for | | | | different mid-notes, like snare drums and kicks. This |
| you. When choosing a beat maker for yourself | | | | can give your beat a complex rhythm. This I think is |
| choose one that has the standard 16-track sequencer. | | | | what separates the men from the boys, where in true |
| The sequencer good volume control and numerous | | | | creativity plays a major role. |
| effects such as reverb, echo and filter envelopes. | | | | Now you should be moving into the final stages of |
| Some producers prefer to use a MPC and keyboard | | | | your beat, so make sure you are satisfied with what |
| while others prefer to use nothing but software. Then | | | | you have because changing it now can cause |
| there are those who use both methods, either way | | | | problems later on down the road. Now it's time to add |
| you should strive to master whichever tools you | | | | your melody to the song. Right here is where you |
| choose. | | | | should let the first eight bars be nothing but beat, this |
| Before you began creating your beat, you should first | | | | will set your rhythm. However the next eight bars is |
| figure out what type of beat you want to make. There | | | | where you should put your instrumental hook, this will |
| is no set way to do this, for each and every person is | | | | set you melody. You should then extend the |
| different. Sometimes you want to make a beat | | | | instrumental melody for all sixteen bars and loop it for |
| according to the mood your in, or sometimes you can | | | | the rest of the song. |
| get inspiration from listening to your favorite rap artist. | | | | Now you need to add your lyrics at this point. You |
| Either way there is no standard way to start making a | | | | would do best to record your lyrics while you are |
| beat. Decide weather you want to make a beat with | | | | listening to your beat. This way you make sure it |
| a gangsta feel to it, or a dirty south style beat, or it | | | | matches the melody and rhythm of the beat. Make |
| may be that your in the mood to make a good old | | | | sure to keep them on different tracks so that they can |
| fashion east coast style hip hop beat. Once you figure | | | | be easily adjusted if need be. |
| out the direction you want to go in then start the beat | | | | You are now ready to perform the final mix down. If |
| making process. | | | | you want to use some audio effects, like echos and |
| When starting the process you should lay down your | | | | reverbs now is the time to do it. This will set the mood |
| high tones for starters. You have the choice of using | | | | of the song. Start adjusting your equalizer settings, |
| bells, chimes and cymbals or anything else you prefer. | | | | speaker balance and volume. |
| What this will do is set the basic tempo and the BPM | | | | This is just the basics of creating a rap beat. However |
| or beats-per-minute that you will build your song | | | | to really learn and master the craft of music |
| around. | | | | production, it would be wise to learn music theory, learn |
| The next thing you should do is add the bass line | | | | to play instruments and practice everyday and then |
| which is also called low tones. This way you can | | | | some. |