Samples

Time to put in work. Hope everyone had a great week. Today we are going to talk about samples that are used in hip-hop. This is for beginner producers that are making beats in the hip-hop world. Samples are the most important part of a beat. Now when I say samples I mean sounds and drums that you use to create the beat. There are so many programs that you can use to create beats that have stock sounds in the banks of each program. There are alternatives to just using stock sounds. You can also buy expansion packs that have more sounds added to a specific program. Now I know a lot of producers are using the Native Instruments Maschine to make their beats. What people have done is buy Komplete and then you have an entire library of sounds. With Komplete you have over 110 Gigabytes of sounds and drums that are nice sounding. I would suggest producers to find a bundle deal with Native Instruments Maschine and Komplete combo and buy it. It’s definitely pricey but you won’t go wrong with the awesome sounds. Enough about that what I really want to talk about is drum samples. This is the bread and butter of any hip-hop beat. Drum samples are great to use but you have to get really good quality drum samples. Komplete however is ok but I have a better solution. When engineers get the beat of a track they more than likely switch out the samples with better one that the industry uses. Two of the best samples are Modern Beats and Sounds in HD. These packs come in .wav format so it’s easy for any program to use. These have the best drum samples for hip-hop and rap style beats. So stop having your beats come up short with dead drum sounds and check these kits out. I am definitely still figuring out the best solutions for myself. I will post the sites where you can find these and check them out. You can also demo a few of the samples so you know what you are buying. Good Luck and keep making heat. Sites: Modern Beats http://www.modernbeats.com/ Sounds in HD http://www.soundsinhd.com/