I’ve finally finished my first beat making video… It’s been a long time coming. I’m gonna run through the creation of the beat for “Bright Lights, Big City”, a Jim Jones track I did a few years back. Check it out and leave some feedback! Stay tuned for part II of this video and more great beat making vids from The Be A Better Producer Blog!
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Cool vid, me too I like having the sample ready in Cool Edit, instead of actually doing the chopping with Recycle or wtv.
Also, I know you didn’t pay attention to detail cuz it’s just a beat making video, but do you always make sure you cut at zero crossing? I didn’t know about that zero crossing shit until I saw a Logic tutorial. It really make your editing sound so much smoother.
Cool edit does it naturally when you cut and paste, I think you need to adjust the settings though…
Dope Video! can’t wait for part 2!
Versatile
Yo JB,
That was tight work! I always chop the sample into hits and replay…ie. Premo and some others….but not as good at it, lol…..but I like how your tracks sound so “seemlessly” put together…will def check out Part 2.
Dope vid Jim,
Definitely a good look……..looking forward to part 2.
That’s some dope shit real dope
Don’t forget Biz Markie was the first to use that loop back in the day.
jim you fuckin genius
Suge!
wow I didnt know you did that! great tutorial
Im am loving your blog.. I will do a long post on it very soon… we appreciate all your advise.. I use it!
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Thanks. Stay tuned, I have some good stuff planned….
I use Soundforge to chop samples.What other programs do you recommend for the aforementioned purpose?
Besides I can’t seem to get cool edit pro(Is it the same as Adobe Audio audition?) to work on my system!!!
Any sound editing program is fine for chopping samples. I only use cool edit pro because I never switched up for some reason. I don’t recommend using cool edit pro, even though I use it haha.