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    Denaun Porter Interview

    really good interview from remix mag with denaun porter, couple of good tips in here. TURBULENT WATERS Apr 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Tamara Warren The loop echoes through the house, wafting from the furnished basement studio to the first-floor foyer. It's a dirty beat, foreboding and...
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    Ghost Kicks

    makes sense but yeah an 808 has a big release...i guess duplicating your main kick and throwing a pretty heavy lowpass on their could do the job also. thanks man.
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    Ghost Kicks

    I'm trying to step my drum game up now that I'm moving over to an mpc and I know that a lot of pro producers use ghost kicks to get a little more bounce out of their drum patterns. For people here who use them, how do you do it? How quiet should they be compared to the normal kicks? Do you...
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    Compressing the Drum Bus

    i'm wondering who here compresses their main drum bus after they've mixed and compressed all the individual auxes or busses of drum sounds...i've heard this can really help to 'glue' the different pieces of a drumkit together and help its overall clarity and punch. specifically i'm wondering...
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    ?

    improvisation comes with time but yes there are piano books that can help you with it... http://www.quaverbox.com/ Carl humphries piano handbook is excellent also google piano improvisation.. i'm not trying to give you a hard time man but you need to LISTEN to what people tell you on...
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    ?

    i'd try getting a piano book and learning some actual songs as well as books on improvisation...you gotta learn how to put all that to work.
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    to my songwriters...

    ash i agree with a lot of what you said man, i think people misinterpreted my post so lemme rephrase this...i'd like to get better at songwriting and i'd just like some general pointers. i never thought or would expect some magical formula from a book, by any means. i think what says the...
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    to my songwriters...

    thanks man, good looking out
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    to my songwriters...

    nah i agree ash sorry i should have been more clear...i more meant this for r&b stuff. lol i would never read a book about writing a rap hook
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    to my songwriters...

    to those of you who don't just make beats but write hooks and songs to them or with other artists, how did you get started doing this? obviously experimenting and observing what others do but...any books or anything you found useful for developing those skills?
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    how do u name your tracks?

    no need to name your samples differently and all this stuff, i think you're makin it too complicated man... look the easiest way is have a folder called "beats" or whatever you like. in it, have a project folder for every beat, containing all samples used, sequencer files, mp3s of thebeat...
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    how do u name your tracks?

    use itunes. you can put all kinds of stuff in the comments section, which is searchable, but it won't make your track names all messy like that. you can also sort by date added, and then search for a tag like west coast, and you can assign ratings from 1 to 5 stars, so if a guy comes and says...
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    making remixes (using accapellas)

    i'm not sure if they're in logic express since i haven't used it, but off the top of my head you can find those commands in the arrange window--> options menu-->tempo--> "adjust tempo to region length and locators" and click globally when the dialog window pops up (that is the first technique)...
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    making remixes (using accapellas)

    www.bpmdatabase.com really, if you're doing a mainstream acapella, you should never waste your time manually finding the tempo, just search the artist, song title, and "bpm" on google or use the above website. i'd say you'll find 90% of what you're looking for using that. also if you use...
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    The Newest Member of the MPC-users Nation...

    congrats nova. i just got my 4k a month or so ago and can't even imagine how i did this without an mp before. enjoy it.
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    buying samples

    all i can say is its hard to find good samples man. i've seen everything, from "motif" and "triton" refills and kontakt/exs libraries to all kinds of drum stuff and dusty fingers style break collections. some of it is ok and most isn't. i'm not necessarily speaking on what you have, because I...
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    buying samples

    i mean if you're planning on hustling samples just beware there's a lot of people out there doing that already, just look on ebay or around the web. don't really know what to say besides that without some specifics man..
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    Ideas on Back up

    this is a really important question. backing up is essential. personally i have a large external hd (firewire- don't get usb2 for this) for samples, logic's sample files and instruments, drums, and for saving all of my logic projects and mixes to. i then back up my entire exhd and internal hd...
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    FUTURE OF PRODUCTION? Open Labs...

    swivel thats dope man. i know you can't be giving away big secrets or anything but whats polow's creative process like? i've read a bunch of interviews with people who've worked with him who say he's got a very original process, but they never say anything more about it. i really respect his...
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    Korg Padkontrol, MPD 24 or MPC500

    well to be honest i haven't tried the 500 or 1k, only the 2 and 4k, but in my experience, any mpc pad is better than a pad kontrol. is there a guitar center near you where you can try them out? i'd really recommend feeling these pads for yourself before buying, especially the pad kontrol...i...
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