The IC Beatmaking/Producing Thread

I feel more creative with beats from scratch, I be wanting to sample but I'll stress about how to make it different

Go figure wrote: »

Beta wrote: »

Plus tell me about the pros and cons of desktop vs laptop because my brother said he can make me a desktop for $500 i just would need a monitor

Desktops are generally more powerful than laptops unless u get something high end on the Apple price range

Maybe others can add to this but RAM is very important. The more RAM the better your cpu can handle multiple things at once. I have a lap top with 4GB RAM and it cant do much past browsing/streaming/basic ? . I highly doubt it could run a program like FL Studio or Ableton efficiently especially when u start using plug ins...will lead to too much lag.

As long as u get something with 8GB+ RAM you'll be alright. U can even just google 'music production lap top' for suggestions n what to look for

Desktop pros - u can always update hardware to keep up with technology
Laptop pros - u can take it anywhere with u easily

How you work is more important than what you're working with. If you're smart about it, you can make beats on an old ass P3 with 512MB of RAM.

Give you an example:



^^ This is my DAW.

Back in 2006, this would have been state-of-the-art. But it ain't 2006, it's 2016 and even a current ? -tier Celeron can run circles around this thing.

But...

With it I can create anything I want because I know how to work smarter. I came up during the age of hardware synths and I approach softsynths in exactly the same way. For example: I don't use multiple instances of Kontakt for samples. I use a single instance set up as a multi-timbral instrument; exactly how I would with an old Emu e64, ESI32, Akai S3000/S2000, or Yamaha A3000. I'd also make use of Kontakt as an instrument itself with various instrument patches and whatnot so from a single VST I can have samples AND instrument sounds flying off of it, making better use of what I have. Same for Korg M1 and any other multi-timbral VST I have in my collection. Working like this allows me to keep using hardware long after everyone else would have abandoned it.

Go figure wrote: »

konceptjones wrote: »

Go figure wrote: »

Beta wrote: »

Plus tell me about the pros and cons of desktop vs laptop because my brother said he can make me a desktop for $500 i just would need a monitor

Desktops are generally more powerful than laptops unless u get something high end on the Apple price range

Maybe others can add to this but RAM is very important. The more RAM the better your cpu can handle multiple things at once. I have a lap top with 4GB RAM and it cant do much past browsing/streaming/basic ? . I highly doubt it could run a program like FL Studio or Ableton efficiently especially when u start using plug ins...will lead to too much lag.

As long as u get something with 8GB+ RAM you'll be alright. U can even just google 'music production lap top' for suggestions n what to look for

Desktop pros - u can always update hardware to keep up with technology
Laptop pros - u can take it anywhere with u easily

How you work is more important than what you're working with. If you're smart about it, you can make beats on an old ass P3 with 512MB of RAM.

Give you an example:



^^ This is my DAW.

Back in 2006, this would have been state-of-the-art. But it ain't 2006, it's 2016 and even a current ? -tier Celeron can run circles around this thing.

But...

With it I can create anything I want because I know how to work smarter. I came up during the age of hardware synths and I approach softsynths in exactly the same way. For example: I don't use multiple instances of Kontakt for samples. I use a single instance set up as a multi-timbral instrument; exactly how I would with an old Emu e64, ESI32, Akai S3000/S2000, or Yamaha A3000. I'd also make use of Kontakt as an instrument itself with various instrument patches and whatnot so from a single VST I can have samples AND instrument sounds flying off of it, making better use of what I have. Same for Korg M1 and any other multi-timbral VST I have in my collection. Working like this allows me to keep using hardware long after everyone else would have abandoned it.

did u learn all that on your own or did u have someone to guide u...as far as your set up? i thought about going more hardware based and cut out a computer screen but dont really know how. i think personally the creative process flows better that way. instead i have a lap top, a maschine and gonna get my ass out to buy a midi keyboard whenever i have the time. this works pretty well for me, better than when i was just using fruity loops n was clicking the mouse all day...but people come up with great ? off that alone.

n do u have any music put up on the net u can share?

I've been doing this for over 25 years and largely self-taught. The only thing I really got help with was engineering and it was from a well known engineer around Detroit and even then he started out by telling me "You have a damned good ear for this...". I started with my Atari ST and an Alesis HR16B making Techno and House while ? with hip hop in my boy's "studio" on his ASR-10 rack, MPC60II, and Yamaha W7 recording into an ADAT. I've owned quite a bit of equipment over the years but a lot of my production work was geared towards Detroit Techno, Electro, and Deep House and it was reflected in my choices in equipment. Hip Hop was a lesser part of my music, but it was there and when I did it I didn't ? with it.

As for music I've done, pretty much all of it is in my soundclick site and I'm in the process of moving it to soundcloud, but this is a joint I produced a few years ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=choV_yfq0Ro

one of my latest, feel like i need a foreign ? singin trippy ? on the hook

http://www.audiomack.com/song/quiet-boy-millz/trippy-ambiance

been foolin with murda beats dark stripped down sound lately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcjUOd5b9Xo