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Beatmaking
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…
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 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…
BeatTips MusicStudy: Bobby Boyd Congress – “Dig Deep In Your Soul”
Early Funk From Obscure, Little-Known Band
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
One of the things that…
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)…
BeatTips MusicStudy: Johnny Pate’s “Bucktown” and the Drum Lessons of Soul, Funk,…
To Understand Key Elements of the Drums in Soul, Funk, and Disco, It's Important to Be Familiar with…
BeatTips MusicStudy: DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles are “Inspired” to Be Dope
As DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles Prepare to Release their Heavily Anticipated Album Kolexxxion, Here's a…