Make Your Own Beats
Thanks to the rise of computer-based studio technology, it’s not only possible for you to make your own beats but
studio quality ones without the hassle and expense that comes with studio gear.
To know how to make your own beats basically means to know how to mix and master a drum pattern, bassline, orchestrations and sound FX. Any respectable entry-level beat maker will give you the keyboard sampler, drum machine, multi-track/multi-bar sequencer and sizable library of professionally recorded WAV samples you need to to make beats that go boom light dynamite billboard tracks. DUBturbo is one beat maker that fits this mold.
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Your drum beat dictates how bumpin’ your beat is going to be and holds together all the other complementary elements. The tempo of your drum groove will depend on the genre it’s for. While hip hop beats tend to have a tempo of around 130 Beats Per Minute (BPM), house beats are usually up as high as 150 BPM.
A strong driving bassline is integral to the vibe and emotional impact of the beat of most styles of urban music. You’ll want a beat maker that let’s you easily draw in, edit and playback your riff. The better affordable all-in-one beat makers will let you record it (and other elements of your mix) with hotkeys on your computer keyboard, almost as if you have a MIDI keyboard.
When you make your own beats that fall under the dance and hip hop genres, by giving them a catchy orchestration or two you’ll give them the capability of bouncing around in the heads of all those that here them for days. This can be made in your beat makers keyboard sampler with violin strings, sax notes or just about any non-percussive sample.
Sparingly peppering in sound FX when you make your own beats can really boost their authenticity and originality. Voxes, scratches, beatboxes, old school narrative tracks, swiny leads and punches are all examples of the types of samples you get with a new school beat maker like DUBturbo, which also gives you the opportunity to import your own.
While you make your own beats, you’ll want to grow the bar count of each track you create in your beat maker’s sequencer so you can give your beat an intro, chorus, verse and other sections. When you increase the length of your drum beat it’s a good idea to add in change-ups, and build-ups and drops to keep it from sounding monotonous.
The last thing you’ll want to do before you master your beat (don’t settle for anything less than a broadcast quality 44.1 stereo 16 bit WAV master by the way), is tweak and polish it by mixing the volumes of the tracks and adding effects like EQ, delay and reverb to each track. This allows you to emphasize or deemphasize certain aspects of your beat, so it hits ears in the punchiest way possible.
While it may seem like it takes a lot of technical know-how to make your own beats, with the newbie-friendly beat makers like DUBturbo (which offer video training for beginner to advanced users), there is no real risk of making a dead beat if you build and sequence the patterns we’ve discussed. In fact, a lot of times what will seem like your worst mistake will result in your best beat yet!