Hey guys, just a quick question..


Is there anyone out there with experince with music making on the computer? If so, what would be the best program to make some realistic sounding bass beats, along with a few snares? I'm not looking for anything in the techno-type, just interesnted in making some good sounding hip-hop beats.

you could try fruity loops or reason, or if you want to use sampled loops try out sony acid pro 5

Fruity Loops and ACID do the same thing: they take *.wav files of individual instruments and you map them out on a time scale to make beats. Very fun and very easy to pick up. The major drawback, though, is finding good samples to work with. I've been using ACID for about five years now, and although my collections of sounds is growing, my lack of suitable drum sounds (to me anyway) is the major factor keeping me back from making more beats. It's sometimes tiring to search the internet for royalty-free samples, and it's tedious ripping them from a keyboard. However, after finals this week it's gonna be on during winter break. PM me or email me...I'll give you a link where you can check out some of the beats that I've made with ACID as well as song songs that some of my friends have produced. That way you can get an idea as to what's possible.

All Hip-Hop by the way

Can you import a voice sound file with a beat?

That's easier to do in Acid than in FruityLoops.

I'm going to agree with the others here and say that the drum sounds in most samples available are subpar, even on Sony's own discs. You can do pretty much anything you want to do in Reason, which sounds better to my ears, so I'd spring for that.

Reason is your best bet in my opinion, but its definitely not easy for a newcomer to music producing

Whereas ACID and FruityLoops let you sample already produced beats, you produce the beats completely in Reason, yuo make your own melodies, bass lines and drum patterns and you can sequence them all into a finished song.

Only minor setback is you can't import mp3's or wav's onto the sequencer like you can in ACID, so you can't put vocals into the sequencer. But there is a workaround for this, a module called ReWire which is built into the Reason installation allows you to join the Reason application to any sequencing program (such as ACID) and they auto-sync the timeline and when to play and stuff, and so you can have your vocals input in ACID, and your production work in Reason, and hear how they sound together. Pretty good.

Reason is a good option, but Cubase SX3 is where it's at.

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If you want to do stuff on the fly, also try out Ableton Live

http://www.ableton.com/index.php?main=live

lol @ you lot.

To get you started, download this > http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/down...ep2.asp?DID=491

And these > http://download.acidplanet.com/8packs/cany...member8pack.zip

Mess about, chop them up etc, just learn.

As for reason/flstudio, either they're assuming you have a few hundred dollars/pounds to burn or you're prepared to use pirated software. These things are free.

Have fun.

I used to use thos programs and are great!! anf if you want to mix music use pcdj FX

Def. give Fruity Loops a try. It's easy and you can get good sounding music with that. For example, take 9th Wonder. If you don't know how he is, he is, imo the best producer (hip hop) right now and he uses Fruity Loops to create his beats. I think he is actually the most sought after producer besides Kanye West.

fruityloops and acid are not the same kind of program. you can make your own beats in FL if you want, just like reason. while it is true they both use sample, FL uses samples of instruments like a kick drum , or a bass, to write your own parts with, while acid samples premade time stretchable loops. if you want to really make your own music, get fruityloops or reason. if you want to pile premade loops on top of eachother, have a great time with acid.

you must have the creative processes of a sloth then mate. Only imbeciles like yourself can find such limitations in a program like acid. i'd love to hear your music. You obviously don't have a creative bone in your body (or you simply have never used acid.)

Edit : clicked your link........U2 fan. Nuff said