Hello there readers of the producer’s den. Sorry for the lack of updates as of late, but i’ve been very busy with things that don’t involve this site, haha. Within the next month, there should hopefully be some reviewing, tutorial-writing, news posting, and all that good stuff again.
Also, if anybody has any videos or tutorials that they would like to contribute to the website (with full credit, of course) then go to the contact page and send me an e-mail. Anything that will help the beat-making community is welcome, no matter the style of hip hop or tools that you use. Thanks.
Two new tutorials are up, both of which you should (hopefully) enjoy. Check them out. Making Bass with a Low-Pass Filter is a tutorial on how to get some nice basss out of the samples you’re already working with, and Making Grimy Drums is a list of a few ways to make your drums a little more grimy.
Well, browsing through Youtube I found a nice video describing sample inversion and showing you how to do it using Adobe Audition. This is a good technique for stripping vocals and making acapellas. So, if you’re interested in this sort of thing, then hop on over to it and check the video out.
How to Strip Vocals & Make Acapellas
I just wrote up a quick little tutorial on how to make a snare roll in FL Studio. This will be the same concept for any sequencer with a piano roll so you can adapt it to Reason, Ableton, etc.
Check it out. How to Make Snare Rolls in FL Studio.
Many people ask how do I find the tempo of a song? Why is this answer so sought-after? Well, the main reason is - remixing. If you have a beat you want to put an acapella on, you’ll want to know the tempo (BPM) of the original song so you can match the beat to it. It’s also useful to know the original tempo of a sample so that you don’t stray too far from it when time stretching. There are many, many methods of finding the BPM of a song. I’ve listed five popular ones.
Read the article here.
Yeah, you’re not going crazy (well, I can’t tell you that, but not about this at least) - The Producer’s Den has changed its look. Not to worry, everything is still here. Search on the right if you can’t find anything, browse around, enjoy yourself.