| There is more than one hip hop beat machine out | | | | *The Bad: |
| there to choose from. In fact, you can easily waste a | | | | 1. The music producer Pro has a limited amount of |
| lot of time and money trying to find the right one. I | | | | sounds to choose from. You can easily find yourself |
| personally know what it feels like to purchase a hip | | | | getting bored with this program in a matter of a few |
| hop beat machine and later on come to the conclusion | | | | months. |
| that I wasted my money. Not a good feeling, but the | | | | "Sony Acid Pro" |
| learning experience was priceless. | | | | The Sony Acid Pro is one of the newer programs on |
| If your serious about making a career out of producing | | | | the market. |
| beats then your going to find yourself investing a lot of | | | | *The Good: |
| time and money also. However, learning from another | | | | 1. A very basic and straightforward software. |
| producer's mistakes and avoid making the same | | | | 2. Sony Acid Pro's simplicity make it a good program |
| mistakes in your career is the quickest way to cut the | | | | for someone wanting to learn and begin making beats |
| learning process in half. | | | | quickly. Within a few hours you can start making some |
| I have been producing beats for a while now. From | | | | basic beats. |
| r&b, Pop, Hip Hop, and a few others. Since I | | | | *The Bad: |
| started I have bought and tried more than one hip hop | | | | 1. Not a lot of advance features with the Sony Pro and |
| beat machine. I tried quiet a few actually until I found | | | | the quality of the beats are mediocre. |
| one that I was satisfied with. | | | | "Fruity Loops 5" |
| I am going to do for you what I wish someone would | | | | Certainly one of the most popular programs out there. |
| have done for me when I first started, and that's "point | | | | *The Good: |
| you in the right direction". | | | | 1. You can make a lot of complex beats. |
| I am going to list some of the hip hop beat machines | | | | 2. Great for making drum loops. |
| I've tried and also list their good and bad qualities. | | | | 3. Songs can be exported as a WAV or MIDI file. |
| "Music Producer Pro" | | | | *The Bad: |
| This software has been around for a while. | | | | 1. Fruity Loops 5 is a complex software and will take |
| *The Good: | | | | you at least a year to understand how to use most of |
| 1. You can make your song as you go by "dragging | | | | it's features, especially if your new to producing beats. |
| and dropping" instruments and sounds into the song | | | | 2. You have to pay extra to unlock all of it's features. |
| creator window. | | | | I hope this article has assisted you and has helped you |
| 2. Music Producer Pro comes equipped with an | | | | narrow down your search for the best hip hop beat |
| "instrument editor" and "effects machine". | | | | machine. |