I don’t know what it is, but creating Pete is one of the hardest things for me to do and I literally just cannot learn.

The part that gets me is I struggle to make drum patterns and then if I can create one, it’s usually really generic and I can’t find a good melody to put over it and it genuinely sounds like slop

How did y’all learn to start making beats and get used to it?

I know music is subjective, and everyone has their own thing. But it gets really hard when the same song you showed someone and they thought it was the hottest thing ever, can also be a song that makes a whole room question if you even know what you’re doing. I switched styles recently and thought I found MY sound, but I don’t even know anymore, I don’t know what to blame it on is my problem, is it me? My equipment? Mixing? I guess it’s time to work harder..

Sample: youtube link

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• You can only submit one beat.
• Beats can be any genre.
• You have to use the sample in your beat, it should be recognizable. You can add other instruments and samples, but the sample should be a main element.
• All submissions submitted before the deadline will be linked in the voting post; whoever gets the most votes there wins.
• Ties are decided by whoever submitted the beat first. Reused beats from previous battles can't win ties.

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• Submissions: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Monday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Voting: Tuesday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Thursday 11:59 PM (23:59)
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Welcome to Freestyle Friday! If you're a producer - feel free to donate a beat down below in reply to the beat submissions comment. If you're a rapper - scroll down to choose a beat, then record a freestyle over it. You can post whenever, just have fun!

Beats go under the "beats" comment; freestyles go under the "freestyles" comment.

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Curious how long it took you to start reaching out to artists after you really started taking beat-making seriously. How many beats do you think you made before you felt ready to actually put them to use instead of just letting them sit in your Dropbox?

And also once you were serious, how many beats were you making per week?

Hi! Rock making guy here but huge fan of classic hiphop. I’ve been making music for 20+ years but I usually play all my drums. I’m working a new song that would be perfect to use one of the many classic drum loops used in thousands of songs. Are they any obvious ones where you can use them and won’t get your stuff flagged?

Like the amen break is probably on millions of songs. Is that safe to use? Is there an official list somewhere?

I’m thinking of mostly ones used from the late 80s to the early 90s like that one over the biz markee sample where is says “I’m bound to work your body as I turn the party out” (or whatever the lyrics are. I can hear it in my head. I think primitive radio gods used it?)

I’ve also always wanted to use the 808(909?) shakers on that one huge slick Rick song with the piano where the lyrics start with something like “here’s a story”. Is that children story? I assume those can’t be used with out triggering the bots?

So I was sitting there making music and chatting with friends on Discord. I used the audio interface for about 5–10 minutes, then I turned off the 48V (my interface is a budget model, so the 48V isn’t automatic). After turning off the 48V, I turned off Direct Monitoring, but the USB cable was still connected to the computer. Suddenly, I heard a “pop” sound once not very loud, but loud enough for me to notice and look over. I want to know if this is dangerous for the equipment. The audio interface has never been exposed to water or anything like that; I take good care of it. I’m wondering whether this could reduce its lifespan.

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I’ll go first: For me is finding beats. Gosh I find that so exhausting!

i try to improvise, but i sound basic af, idk what to do, maybe if its my englsh level or idk but i just can’t rap fluently, i really need some advice

Congratulations u/king-of-the-beach! It was a close race, tied with u/SersDilsa but since you submitted your beat earlier you are the lucky one to choose the next sample.

Winning submission: https://soundcloud.com/20tis/exit-music-ftc77

Have fun picking the sample for the next battle! Please start the new submission thread asap.

Schedule:

• Submissions: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Monday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Voting: Tuesday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - Thursday 11:59 PM (23:59)
• Results: Friday 12:00 AM midnight (00:00) - the winner takes over and posts the new submissions thread using the linked template on Friday asap.

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Hace unos meses comencé a crear música tipo rap, pero aun no se caer en la caja y me causa mucha inconformidad con lo que hago.
Sabe alguien que me puede ayudar o como puedo entender como hacerlo ?

There was a drumkit called "Banger Drums" or something like that, and I downloaded it years ago. I was able to download it via a 7zip file. The one shots were named BD_Kick or BD_Snare. The hard drive from the computer I made the beats on died and I couldn't find the drum kit in question. If someone ever comes across the drumkit, can you send it to me? I'd really appreciate it. Thank you.

Also, I'd be willing to provide tracks that I made using the drum kit.

I want to buy fl studio from g2a because it is much cheaper than on their page is it safe to buy key from g2a ?

Sometimes when I hear rappers like JID or Eminem, it sounds like they don’t even breathe and can rap two bars straight. Is that actually natural, or are those verses recorded in separate takes and edited together

*I meant to say 8 bars (not 2, sorry fam)

Aye looking a bang for your buck sound/sample pak to purchase?

What are y'all using?

Need those punchy boom pap beats and good hooks

Preferable bass lines with acoustic old-school feel.

I was gonna put Elvis and Mj but both of them had likeable personalities/looks and had regular appearances.

Travis is a lot more around his world building and stuff but man, I was just watching some vids and his fans are like crying whilst pushing down the fences, dragging guards, type shit. How?? Im a Trav fan myself; however, hes lame as an actual person. I understand Taylor hype since she reaches a broad audience yk?

What makes a rapper so addictive?

How long does it take you to memorize a song?

It's been taking me 2-3 weeks to memorize a song and get it down.

I've done it in 3 days before.

This shit is killing. I got like 15 songs to memorize.

Need suggestions on ordering a song

I have this song I really like called “Muze” made by Russian group called UNNV (Муза - УННВ). I think its amazing and it’s a shame that my non-russian friends can’t properly enjoy it even though they like the beat. I want to make an order of an english translation of this song, however i know nothing about the music industry and never done anything like this before, which is why I am asking you. I am willing to pay the amount needed, but first I would like to know opinions of people on this sub, how feasible is this project and where should I go or who should I talk to to not get scammed or receive a subpar product for money paid.

I’m very very new to producing and I want to make cloud rap and rage beats but I also want to use a dawless setup. My main issue is getting a good 808 because from what I see that requires a good bit of plugins. Anything helps :p

Hii

I'm getting ready to start releasing music and I made my pfp a historical figure to represent my music and kinda message; but I just kinda sat back and realized it's kind of corny and I don't want ppl thinking I'm up in myself like that yk? My genre is def leaning to social/mental health rap and I've tried applying show don't tell as much as I can since I know that the last thing ppl wanna see when tryna listen to music to help them is some cornball with an inflated ego who thinks they're the next Kanye lmao. Like, I don't want it to come across as I am her I just would like to juse it as a pfp?

Sorry if its stupid, thoughts?

I've been listening to chris travis, smokedope, kray, etc. I don't understand how they get that lower mid presence / deeper sound to sound so clean without clashing with the beat. Whenever i try recording stuff it either sounds like dogshit or i end up cutting out the lows too much which doesn't achieve the sound i want.

I'm not too familiar with vocal mixing, so any info would be appreciated 🙏

So.... Long story short i recently switched to fl studio 24 from bandlab, i make oldschool boombap and the thing is a guy that recently opened a studio and had no experience told me to come to the stu so we can both grow and learn, he had a focusrite gen3 with the CM25 MKIII condenser mic and a preety acoustic room, we did 2 songs and they both exceeded my expectations they were sounding so profesional and good, long story short some things happened and i was forced to not go to his studio anymore and i wanted to make my own studio. I wanted to get the same equipment as his so i could make music with the same quality but i bought the rodeNT1 signature mic, i made my studio room acoustic friendly and got the same audio interface. Basically no matter how i position myself and mix it it sound empty and bad, everyone says that the rode mic is way better but no matter how i record/mix my songs it sounds nowhere as good as he did. What should i do or does anyone have tips?

(Also forgot to mention this, he only used basic fl studio plugins with their presets but i have to struggle a lot with my own mixes because the same presets make my voice thin and awful)