| This article will tell you a bit more about the software | | | | can keep your beats sounding in time. |
| packages that are out there and how they work. You | | | | There are 4 beats to a bar and it is fairly hard to |
| see no matter how advanced the rap beat maker | | | | illustrate in the written form, but if you count 1,2,3,4 with |
| they all work the same way. | | | | a second gap in-between you will get a rough idea. |
| Well at least the majority of them do! | | | | So then you lay your drum beat down and make a |
| Basically when you open the software you get a | | | | rhythm. |
| canvas that you can use to make your rap beats and | | | | What you will do then is lay a snare down or a hi-hat |
| you will normally start by selecting a sound library that | | | | and off-set it to the drum beat. So you get something |
| you want to use. The more the better with this option | | | | like boom, boom, boom, crash. |
| as the more libraries and sounds you have the more | | | | Once you get used to it a little more you can start |
| creative you can be with your music and you run less | | | | being more creative and laying down more sounds. |
| risk of all your tunes sounding the same. | | | | Rap music is an awesome place to start with a beat |
| Once you have picked a good sound pack to get | | | | maker because wait till you start getting into quantizing |
| started you will normally lay down the drum track. | | | | and drum and bass music! Phew! |
| Most of these programs have about 4 - 10 different | | | | I hope this has helped you see how a good rap beat |
| lines or tracks so you can put different sounds in. | | | | maker works and how you can get started making |
| You should also have a metronome and get used to | | | | your own tunes with ease! |
| using one with the software package because this | | | | |