I'm not sure if this approach will work for you, and I'm still new to this mindset. I'm trying to get better at it, and it's still developing. I'll try my best to explain. As a mixing engineer, I thought I knew hip hop well enough to mix it, so I started taking on hip hop music mixing jobs this year. I find out the biggest difference between each song is the percussion parts. I've categorized them into two types: "There's percussion but no purpose" "That just hits the spot" So, I started to analyze how they make the percussion hit the spot. In my process, I add percussion after the kick, snare, and hi-hat are done. Earlier this year, I would add random stuff to the beat and then ask myself, "What's the purpose of this?" For example, if I add a crash, I would answer, "It brings tension and refreshes the brain." If it's a rim one-shot, I would say, "Oh, it brings more swing to the beat." If it's a big reverb clap, I would say, "It gives some space to the beat and makes it breathe more." After that, I keep asking myself, "Does this beat really need this, or do you just want to add stuff?" I basically have a crazy conversation with myself every day. I try to find some ideas and, at the same time, try to deny every idea that I have. Examples: 1.In this video, the shaker in the bridge at 5:07. Now I think it has no purpose-just a sound, but not bringing anything good to the beat. The sound at 3:22. It sounds cool and I think it gives the beat a little more space and a wet feel because everything else is dry. 2.So now, after doing this for a few months, I've tagged a lot of sounds in my brain. If I need a certain feel, I'll search my brain for the sound that fits best. If you or anybody wants to try it, remember not to frame yourself too much. Just use what works for you. Try to create your own mindset and don't deny yourself too much. It's not healthy, and thank you for asking this, you made me write it down, so it makes things clearer in my mind I hope it helps😆😆😆
Hip Hop needs happy beats too! Great vibe and really appreciated reading your perspective on your own process in the reply in the pinned comment. Salute!
@@Nitrate1984 I challenged myself starting in March to make 1 per day. Coming from FL Studio to standalone MPC that daily commitment really helped me learn the MPC much better.
My setup is kind of complicated because I route everything into Pro Tools. I’m not sure how you route your MPC and SP404, but here’s a simple setup that works for me 1 Connect the MPC’s main output to the SP404A’s input. 2 Then, connect the SP404A’s output to your monitor or audio interface. 3 Don’t forget to press the "Ext Source" button on your SP404A. this video are very clean at explain this: czcams.com/video/0A5df3F95Ww/video.html I hope it helps 😆
Still not getting any Sounds! Every thing is connected properly! I don't have a SD Card in there! Do that makes a difference! Or do I have to Make changes in the MPC
I solo every track and record it, this process makes me happy. But as far as I know, there are three ways you can do it faster 1 Use the save function in the menu, and then export the multitrack to your SD card. 2 If you use a newer model MPC, you can use a USB multichannel mixer or interface to do a faster trackout. 3 Use the MPC software as a plugin in your DAW and set up all the outputs for each individual track. I hope it helps 😆
Question for you. When do you add Fx and one-shots to your beats to enhance them?
I'm not sure if this approach will work for you, and I'm still new to this mindset. I'm trying to get better at it, and it's still developing. I'll try my best to explain.
As a mixing engineer, I thought I knew hip hop well enough to mix it, so I started taking on hip hop music mixing jobs this year. I find out the biggest difference between each song is the percussion parts. I've categorized them into two types:
"There's percussion but no purpose"
"That just hits the spot"
So, I started to analyze how they make the percussion hit the spot. In my process, I add percussion after the kick, snare, and hi-hat are done. Earlier this year, I would add random stuff to the beat and then ask myself, "What's the purpose of this?" For example, if I add a crash, I would answer, "It brings tension and refreshes the brain." If it's a rim one-shot, I would say, "Oh, it brings more swing to the beat." If it's a big reverb clap, I would say, "It gives some space to the beat and makes it breathe more."
After that, I keep asking myself, "Does this beat really need this, or do you just want to add stuff?" I basically have a crazy conversation with myself every day. I try to find some ideas and, at the same time, try to deny every idea that I have.
Examples:
1.In this video, the shaker in the bridge at 5:07. Now I think it has no purpose-just a sound, but not bringing anything good to the beat.
The sound at 3:22. It sounds cool and I think it gives the beat a little more space and a wet feel because everything else is dry.
2.So now, after doing this for a few months, I've tagged a lot of sounds in my brain. If I need a certain feel, I'll search my brain for the sound that fits best.
If you or anybody wants to try it, remember not to frame yourself too much. Just use what works for you. Try to create your own mindset and don't deny yourself too much. It's not healthy, and thank you for asking this, you made me write it down, so it makes things clearer in my mind
I hope it helps😆😆😆
Nice beat bruh, sounds like a naughty by nature beat
Nice beat my friend 🔥
I like it! Very nice. I just subscribed.
Hip Hop needs happy beats too! Great vibe and really appreciated reading your perspective on your own process in the reply in the pinned comment. Salute!
That's a good uptempo happy beat! I make 20 -30 beats per month.
Omg that's a lot🤯
@@Nitrate1984 I challenged myself starting in March to make 1 per day. Coming from FL Studio to standalone MPC that daily commitment really helped me learn the MPC much better.
How do you connect the SP 404 to the MPC ? Because I have the SP 404 A the older Model tried over over . Still not getting any Sounds or affects
My setup is kind of complicated because I route everything into Pro Tools. I’m not sure how you route your MPC and SP404, but here’s a simple setup that works for me
1 Connect the MPC’s main output to the SP404A’s input.
2 Then, connect the SP404A’s output to your monitor or audio interface.
3 Don’t forget to press the "Ext Source" button on your SP404A.
this video are very clean at explain this: czcams.com/video/0A5df3F95Ww/video.html
I hope it helps 😆
Still not getting any Sounds! Every thing is connected properly! I don't have a SD Card in there! Do that makes a difference! Or do I have to
Make changes in the MPC
How do you export from MPC to DAW ?
I solo every track and record it, this process makes me happy. But as far as I know, there are three ways you can do it faster
1 Use the save function in the menu, and then export the multitrack to your SD card.
2 If you use a newer model MPC, you can use a USB multichannel mixer or interface to do a faster trackout.
3 Use the MPC software as a plugin in your DAW and set up all the outputs for each individual track.
I hope it helps 😆
@@Nitrate1984 ty boss ;)