The Beat Maker Software

You have your new Zune and you’re looking to put as much music, video, movies etc. on it as you can. One of the options is the free music download sites.

Before you use one of these sites it’s worth comparing it with the more legitimate sites to make sure you make the right decision. There are lots of free music download software programs out there and more and more becoming available every day.

Now, are these sites really free?

Typically, the free download sites have pop-ups, adware, spyware etc. They quite often have a “Pro” version that don’t have the ads but these can actually be more expensive than some pay sites. So they do come with a price – either you end up paying more, or you have the annoying ads, and potentially, viruses on your computer. In some extreme cases, it could mean legal problems too!

Almost all pay sites come with no pop-ups, technical support, privacy protection and a money-back guarantee or free trial offer. This means that even if you don’t like the service there is little financial risk as you will get your money back.

Some people think that they will try the free sites first and then move to the pay sites if they need to. That is all well and good, but the membership sites only charge $30-$50 for lifetime membership. That’s so inexpensive, is it really worth the risk?

The best thing to do is to research all the options and then choose the service with the least risk and best value for money. In most cases that will be the membership sites or the pay per download sites.

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Many people ask me how they can make hip hop beats free. This perplexes me, as it is my experience that most “free” versions of beat making software are severely lacking. For example, I was shocked when I got the free version of FL Studio. I had spent an hour making a beat I thought was really cool, only to be completely rejected when I tried to save it. “Saving is not available in the free version of this software”. That taught me a valuable lesson… that you get what you pay for … to a certain extent.

It used to be that the only way to make beats was to go to the studio and drop a few thousand dollars. After that the best way was to buy $800 desktop beat making software. With these programs, you definitely get what you pay for… which is way too much stuff. When you spend hundreds of dollars on software, you are paying for a ton of technical fluff that 90% of users will never use. The absolute best value I have found has been not with making beats free, but with membership to an online beat making website.

Online beat makers are different from desktop beat makers in a number of ways. The first and most obvious is the cost.. like I said some of these programs can run you $500-$800. Online beat makers however, take all the best and most commonly used features of desktop software, cut out all the crap no one will ever use or figure out how to use, and lower the price to start making beats significantly. For example, membership to the #1 rated online beat maker Sonic Producer is less than $30.

To someone who wants to start making beats, $30 is hardly a setback compared to the hundreds or thousands of dollars to be burned in other avenues. Membership to an online beat maker like Sonic Producer not only lets you make your own beats online; the membership fee makes you part of a community. You get access to thousands of preset sounds, beats, and loops. This is one of the biggest challenges to new producers, finding loops and samples to use in their tracks. Not only that, but membership includes access to thousands of videos to teach you how to use the software and how to make beats. The best part is that if you decide making beats isn’t for you, you can simply get the membership fee refunded in full. Not a bad deal compared to that $1000 the studio will never give back.

As you can see, spending an extremely small amount will give you infinitely more than a free beat maker. It comes down to competition. There are millions of ‘free’ websites online, and they can only offer so much value for free. This is why when you get a membership to an online beat maker, they shower you with features and benefits, for that small amount of business. To get a taste of the incredible world of online beat makers, check out Beat Makers Online.

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I sometimes don’t like to admit it, but I am nostalgic. I like 80s music, old type computer games (Street Fighter, Defender..come on!) and classic techno making machines.

Why?

I think they forged through and made todays music what it is. Machines like the TB303, TR909, JD800 and the famous Moog- what an effect they have made on dance and techno music! The rise in popularity of techno, i.e, with the makers and in the audience, was down to the cool sounds and the general compatability (sound wise) between the machines were the key.

In some cases limited numbers were made and the increase in popularity only meant two things. 1) An increase in the same old songs, rehashed versions that sounded similar in everyway, and 2) The price went into overdrive. Machines like the TB303 were selling for silly money. This trend is still being seen today. You can buy one of these machines for between $600-$1000.

And why?

The old favourite answers are “because you can see the lights moving”, “Its just great twisting those dials”- and so on. This is where to me nostalgia stops, especially when you want to make techno. Sure they were great sounding machines, sure if you didn’t have their sounds in your music you were classed as old fashoined…but for $1000!

This isn’t ravings from a person who never had one at all. I have a Roland MC202. I love the little box of tricks. The little rubber keyboard is novel and the sliders are cool. However, once all the fiddling is out of the way. Once you have gone oooOOhhh…there isn’t really anything left. Thats the problem for me.

Once the coolness has worn off, you have to go through extra work to hook it up into your set-up. Do you sample the loops off the machine? Do you buy a synch box? Do you MIDIfy it (costing extra cash)? I don’t mean to be all doom and gloom, and if you do have one, keep it- they are cool to work with. But if you don’t…well, look at the other options.

There are two great alternatives out there in Internet land that can help us out.

1) Sample sites. Nowadays they house great sample loops, and single hit sounds from the various machines. Housed in sample packs, you will notice that the sounds sound similar to each other because the sampler has twisted the dial a little and then sampled the sound. Now you have loads of sounds altered slightly. These are pretty cool. The only problem is that you get the samplers idea of a good sample. Also you don’t get all the dials being twisted together- too restricted. However as a free source of nostalgic sounds they can’t be beat.

So we have identified one sound source (for free), however we have also noticed some problems- a lack of freedom, and because we are a creative bunch, we have to find another way.

2) VSTs. Wow, what a revolution to the music world. A fantastic resource that should help musicians who are looking to make music with little, or no cash. VSTs are either effects (like distortion) or they are some sort of music sounding device (like synths (called softsynths), drum machines etc). Some are stand alone programs, or some need a host program. The most well known softsynth has got to be Rebirth, the TB303 and TR909 emulator. It is really cool, emulating the machines really well, however, the best thing about this softsynth is that it is free. Now there are plenty of VSTs out there that are free, offering great synth sounds or great effects.

The possibility of sound creation using VSTs has now become infinite. The actual sound of the sounds has become endless, so now there should be unique sounding musics out there. Are there any disadvantages? Well not really. Some sound the same, and some of the pay for ones are expensive, they are cool, but too expensive.

So what you can do, is add VSTs together, add an effect plug-in over a synth VST. The cool thing is. Nostalgic sounds can be processed through these plug-ins to bring them more up-to-date, and to add a flavour of your desire.

So, going back to our original question do we need a $1000 techno machine. Well as every diplomat states, yes and no. If I had a TR909 I would keep it, sample it, and then add VST effects to give the sounds more spice, because they are good, no doubt, but music moves on and you have to follow. If I didn’t have a TR909 I wouldn’t be upset, I would search out the samples from the various sample sites, add again the VST effects and get the sound that I want…for free.

If you have a low budget (or no budget), there are now no obsicles to stop you recreating those sounds that make your music sound like it was made with a $1000+ set-up.

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AOL Radio offers 350+ Music station, Talk, News and Sports. AOL Radio music includes Classical, Comedy, Country, Hip-hop/Rap, Jazz, Kids, Pop, Rock, World /international music and so on. Have you ever came across some appealing music here? Do you want to record streaming music from AOL radio station? Due to the stream audio, we can not save the radio music to our PC directly.

Wondershare Streaming Audio Recorder is brand new application to record AOL radio music. Record AOL radio music in real time and save as MP3, WMA, WAV, AC3, M4A, AAC, OGG, APE, which are compatible with your iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV, Zune, Pocket PC, etc. Record AOL radio music and enjoy AOL radio music offline.

How to record music from AOL radio station ?It is very easy. Step by step instructon on how to record AOL radio music .

1. Free download and install Wondershare Streaming Audio recorder. It has 15 days full function trail for all user.

2. Launch Streaming Audio recorder. And click “Settings” button to set output music format.Before recording music from AOL radio, you can change the output music format as MP3, WMA, WAV, AC3, M4A, AAC, OGG, APE etc. The default format is MP3.

3.Open Online Radio – Free Internet Radio Stations – AOL Music and select a radio channel which you will record.

And then Click “Record” button and start to record AOL radio music.AOL radio is powered by CBS Radio. It provides many popular, Classical, Comedy music here.4.Click “Track info” button to add ID3 tags to your recorded songs.

Add ID3 tags, you can edit ID3 tags as title, artist, album, genre, etc. to make your own music library as you like. Edit Audio effect, you can customize the output audio effect by adjusting the sample rate, bit rate, and sound channel.

5.Click”Browse” button to check the recorded AOL radio music.

6.Record AOL radio muisc and enjoy anywhere and anytime.

Download the streaming music recorder: http://www.download-streaming-video.com/streaming-audio-recoder/#137

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Every musician on one occasion or another has opened up their web browser and used their favorite search engine to search for free products. If you are into making rap or hip hop beats, then you have probably searched for free rap beat making software. Is it worth your time searching? Here are a few tips as to why it may or may not be worth your time searching.

You will get millions of results if you use any major search engine on the net to search for free music programs. Some of the programs that come up will truly be free downloads and others software that you need to pay for.

Let’s first tackle the actual free programs:

Great for someone just starting out and wanting to learn how to make beats. It gives them the opportunity to not have to spend any money, but they can try out many different programs to see if it is something they will enjoy doing. If you’re looking for rich features, then this is probably not the best route for you to take. Most free software is very basic and hard to use (not in all cases). Most free rap beat making software will have no end user support. If you serious about making music you will at some point to some technical support. Where is a good place to download? I would recommend starting out at a website such as Sourceforge.net.

Now let’s take on paid software for making beats:

There are too many programs available to musicians today to even try to start listing them. Before opening your wallet to buy anything, you should first see what your needs are. Do you need software that has a sequencer, real-time effects or tone adjustments? You should definitely think about your budget as well. Don’t buy a product that is going to break the bank! Something else you need to think of, is do you need this program to integrate with another piece of recording software you are using? Also, what instruments will you need to be able to hook up to it? Most programs you pay for have a demo you can check out first. Most paid products will also provide free technical support. This is great if you’re in the middle of a recording session and you get a weird error. You don’t need to waste valuable time troubleshooting yourself, just pick up the phone and call tech support.

Be sure to take these tips into consideration when either looking to get some free rap beat making software or actually making the decision to buy.

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** for some reason my webcam recorded with a problem between 1:30-1:40 i did not do that .. ** all the tempo-bullshit thats going on thats from the crappy webcam.. =\ Played around with that website and i actually did some preatty good songs … check them out btw the first songs ends at around 1:43

The availability of free music production software has impacted music production both positively and negatively. It has impacted positively on the side of the artists and more negatively on the professional music producers. It has also affected the designers of the software both negatively and positively.

There are many modern music production software versions that can be downloaded for free online. Not all are effective in music production, while some free software produce very high quality output which is better than those produced using purchased software.

Most of the free software have numerous virtual instruments, many unbeatable tools and mostly have a flexible arrangements and perfect sound design. The wide range of the production software availed online enables one to have a wide range of options to choose from. One can even choose to try producing the music using different versions and only choose the one which produces quality music.

Most of the free programs are easy to use, especially for beginners. They provide audio lessons and are mostly updated with the latest beats and other modern features. This makes one to be able to produce music with modern beats even without prior knowledge. It also enables beginners to start their career at a high note hence in the long run making them be able to compete well with those already established it the career. Most beginners have limited budgets and would opt for cheaper poor quality production software if the free production software were not available. Hence, availing the software for free has helped many artists be able to work on their dream and make it come true.

Free music production software cuts down production costs, since one does not incur any expenses in obtaining the software. This has a positive effect on the music production since it enables one to produce the music and sell at a affair price. It also cuts the expenses one would have incurred to be instructed on how to produce music. The availability of audio lessons has enabled many people learn more on music production.

However, availing the software for free has had many setbacks to software designers. Most music producers are opting for the free production software so as to cut down production costs the burden of which can cripple many an artist’s dream. This has reduced the market for the software to most designers. Most designers have opted to avail some of their software for free so as to market the rest. It has also created an avenue for stiff competition among the designers.

It has also affected persons who had taken music production as their profession. Most artists used to hire music producers who already had their own production software. This was not a cheap affair to engage in. However, with the availability of free music production software online, most artists are considering downloading it and using the audio lessons to learn how to run the software.

Hence, free music production software has impacted the music production industry both positively and negatively.

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Brief demo showing a fascinating, free music-making program called Sawcutter 1 www.cuttermusic.com The sound/image synchronisation isn’t meant to be perfect – I just wanted to show the structure of the four tracks. I’ve used the shareware version of this program for years and find it perfect (and unique) for experimental music-making. I will post a few notes into the Artoonix forum. There is another demo here: www.youtube.com And there is also a much longer movie showing the shareware version …

Whoever told you that it’s impossible to make your own music beats is lying to you. Well, with the new music production software, it’s easy whether you are a newbie or a veteran beat maker to produce your own unique music beats. You can literally make unlimited beats with studio quality just like the pros do – really!

Making your own music beats has taken the internet by storm. And we can see how these created an opportunity to some great talents that might have otherwise never been heard of.

The first thing to do before you start making your own beats is to listen to some professional beats. I’m not asking you to copy from them but to get an insight on how they put together the beats in such an indulgence atmosphere.

Some people would just purchase beats online and strip part of the beats into their own beat instruments. If you are doing this, be caution that you are buying royalty free beats or you’ll get into copyright legal problems.

Making your own beats is real fun and can be profitable too by selling them online. Now the main difference that make you successful at making your own beats is the software that you chose to use. There are tons of them out there, from cheap to expensive and you’ll need to find one that matches your style of music that you choose to work with and the sound quality that you are looking for.

Sonic producer is one of best music production software that I have in my arsenal which is comparatively cheap and easy to use. CLICK HERE to watch some sample beats this software made and you’ll be surprised on the sound quality it produces.

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