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Do You Like to Pre-Treat Your Sounds or Make Major Tweaks to Them in Real Time?
Prep-Cooked Sounds or Made-to-Order?
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Each week, I like to audition sounds that I…
BeatTips Tutorials: Working from 3-Bar Loop Arrangement Schemes
My Method for Building 3-Bar Loops
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
Although 2- and 4-Bar loops are among the most…
The Bad Odds and Low Probability of Beat Placement Success
Entry-Margin Service Providers, Email Beat Submissions, Foggy Dreams, and the Up and Mostly Downside of…
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…
What’s Your Meaning of “Dope”?
Why the Best Meaning of Dope Defers to Hip Hop's Graffiti Heyday
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
In graffiti, you…
DJ’ing to Build Your Beatmaking Skills, Should You Start with Vinyl or Digital?
If the Roots of Hip Hop/Rap Music Is Your Aim, You're Better Off Starting with Vinyl
BY AMIR SAID…
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)…
BeatTips.com Beat Battle, March 2012 Winner Announced
GeeWiz Edges out d.C. and Castro to Win the Third Contest of the Year
By AMIR SAID (SA'ID)
The winner:…