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BeatTips.com Beat Battle, December 2012 Winner Announced
2 Legit Gets Past Radio Maschine to Win the Final Contest of 2012
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
The winner: GeeWiz…
Two Mixing Techniques to Help You with Your Overall Drum Sound
Using Side-Chain Compression and Parallel Processing to Get the Drums in Your Beats Just Right
By DAVE…
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)…