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Creating Your Own Customized Drum Signature, Part 1
Matching Up Certain Sounds and Keeping Them Together
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
There is perhaps no better…
The BeatTips Community: Merging Your Sampling Skills with Live Instrumentation
Making Sample-Based and Live Instrumentation Arrangements
By DJ PAS, CASTRO BEATS, KREGAN, and AMIR SAID…
BeatTips Advice Column: Should I Switch Back to the MPC from the Maschine?
Feel, Nuance, Needs, and Approach Holds they Answer
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Each day, I get emails from…
BeatTips Presents The Imperial Beat Picks
3 Tracks that Beatmakers Should Listen To and Analyze
By DAVE WALKER (IMPERIAL)
It’s been said before…
BeatTips Sample Flip Award: Eric “Vietnam” Sadler: Leaders of the New School – “Sobb Story”
Poly-Sample Sound Collage Laced with Agreeable Rhythms
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
James Brown’s album Black…
Use Your Drum Sounds to Improve Your Compositional Workflow
Knowing Your Drum Sounds Makes for a More Efficient Compositional Workflow
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)…
Are You Using Compression as a Friend or a Foe?
Understanding How to Effectively Use Compression
By CUS and AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Mixing hip hop/rap music…
BeatTips Tutorial: DSS Beatmaking Exercise
A Sequencing and Structure Exercise that Increases Your Understanding of Arrangement
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)…
Reactions to the “Otis” Beat Demonstrate Hyper Scrutiny
The Night “Otis” Leaked, Twitter Hashtag Replies Revealed Something Alarming About the Nature of Today's…
Think Outside the Box for Custom Snare Sounds
Presets Get the Job Done, But Customized Sounds Help You Create Your Own Style and Sound
By AMIR SAID…