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FatLoud Hip Hop construction king vol. 2

djproducersamples — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:43:12 +0000

http://www.djproducersamples.com proudly presents

FatLoud Hip Hop construction king vol 2

more info here

http://www.djproducersamples.com/hip-hop-construction-king-2-p-21.html

ABOUT LIBRARY

Hip Hop Construction 2 is a sequel of FatLoud’s bestseller “Hip Hop Construction King”. Containing 10 hip hop/urban construction kits built from over 220 loops plus 90 one-shot drum hits. Includes 1,20 GB of multiformat material.

All loops & samples in this library are licensed to you as Royalty-Free so you can use them into your commercial compositions with no extra costs.

AVAILABLE FORMATS

“Hip Hop Construction 2″ contain multi-format material (WAV, REX, Acid, AIFF, Apple Loops, Reason 4.0 ReFill) ready to use in your favourite sampler or sequencer, hardware or sofware like: Logic, GarageBand, Soundtrack, Digital Performer, Sony Acid, Ableton Live, Adobe Auditon, Cakewalk Sonar, Pro Tools, Stylus RMX, Emagic EXS24 and many more.

DETAILS

AIFF / Apple Loops version includes:

- 10 construction kits
- 222 loops in AIFF / Apple Loops format
- 90 drum-hits in AIFF / Apple Loops format
- 311MB of 24bit / 44,1kHz material
- Total 312 files

WAV / Acidized™ WAV version includes:

- 10 construction kits
- 222 loops in WAV / Acidized™ WAV format
- 90 drum-hits in WAV format
- 317MB of 24bit / 44,1kHz material
- Total 312 files

REX / ReCycle version includes:

- 10 construction kits
- 222 loops in REX / ReCycle format
- 90 drum-hits in WAV format
- 206MB of 24bit / 44,1kHz material
- Total 312 files

Reason Refill 4.0 version includes:

- 10 construction kits
- 222 loops in REX / ReCycle format
- 222 loops in WAV format
- 90 drum-hits in WAV format
- 495MB (after ReFill compression) of 24bit / 44,1kHz material
- Total 534 files

Hardstyle Pro Samples Nu Style Invasion Vol. 2 system reload

djproducersamples — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:20:40 +0000

http://www.djproducersamples.com is proud to present a brandew 2009 hardsamples.com release

Hardstyle Pro Samples Nu Style Invasion 2 System Reload

Pro Series: Urban Synths - Free demo loops available for download -;)

djproducersamples — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:17:35 +0000

http://www.djproducersamples.com present another great FatLoud productions release

Pro Series: Urban Synths

Download your free demo loops here at

http://www.djproducersamples.com/pro-series-urban-synths-p-34.html

‘Urban Synths’ is a collection of 105 synth loops plus 13 one-shot chords/hits, custom programmed and played on instruments like Access Virus, Novation X-Station, Korg M3, and more!

‘Urban Synths’ is the second title in FatLoud’s PRO Series which is designed for producers who need loops and samples, rather than construction kits.

Urban Synths Contents:

Urban Synths contain over 750MB of multi-format material (WAV, REX, Acid, AIFF, Apple Loops, Reason 4.0 ReFill) ready to use in your favourite sampler or sequencer, hardware or sofware like: Logic, GarageBand, Soundtrack, Digital Performer, Sony Acid, Ableton Live, Adobe Auditon, Cakewalk Sonar, Pro Tools, Stylus RMX, Emagic EXS24 and many more.

Royalty-Free:

All loops & samples in this library are licensed to you ‘Royalty-Free’ so you can use them into your commercial compositions with no extra costs.

About the FatLoud PRO Series:

Each sample pack in the FatLoud PRO SERIES will contain specific types of material, ie.: only drums, strings, bass, synths and others, 100-150 multi-format loops and Reason ReFill versions plus hits, stabs, sound effects and more.

AIFF / Apple Loops version includes:

- 105 loops in AIFF / Apple Loops format
- 13 one-shot hits / chords in AIFF / Apple Loops format
- 182MB of 24bit / 44,1kHz material
- Total 118 files

WAV / Acidized™ WAV version includes:

- 105 loops in WAV / Acidized™ format
- 13 one-shot hits / chords in WAV / Acidized™ format
- 182MB of 24bit / 44,1kHz material
- Total 118 files

REX / ReCycle version includes:

- 105 loops in REX / ReCycle format
- 13 one-shot hits / chords in WAV format
- 129MB of 24bit / 44,1kHz material
- Total 118 files

Reason Refill 4.0 version includes:

- 105 loops in REX / Dr.Rex format
- 105 loops in WAV format
- 13 one-shot hits / chords in WAV format
- 307MB (before ReFill compression) of 24bit / 44,1kHz material
- Total 223 files
- Compatible with Propellerheads Reason 4.0 or higher

About the MP3 Demo:

PLEASE NOTE: Drums / drum loops are NOT INCLUDED in this pack and they are used in the MP3 Demo for demo purposes only!

What Software Is Better? Reason Or Pro Tools?

Jay — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:22:50 +0000

Website – www.musicproducerpro.net

Music Production Software is the first thing a new producer is looking for, it allows the producer to create music. The question i hear the most is what Music Production Software is the best? Fruity Loops (FL Studio), Reason, Logic Pro or Protools.

Reason

Reason is properly my favourite because every single sample included in the software is perfect. Reason is normally used by producers that already have an idea of how to make music and advanced producers. The sound quality you can get out of reason is top notch and ready for radio play, it is recommended however you have to stay within reason. You cannot add VST’s and Plugins, however you can add samples to NNXT and Redrum. Below is a website where you can find tutorials on how to use Reason.

Pro Tools

Pro Tools is like Logic Pro. Industry standard. Pro Tools is normally used by producers that use instruments and hardware that require live recording to get sounds into the song. Pro Tools allows you to also like Logic do everything within one program, supports almost everything you throw at it. It is the worlds best but it also comes at a price and if you can afford it check it out, however don’t buy it for the name and expect to make hits. Below is a website where you can find tutorials on how to use Pro Tools.

I hope this helps you when picking your music production software.

I Want To Start Making Music And Making Money

Jay — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:56:24 +0000

Website: www.musicproducerpro.net

Everyday i hear new young and coming people wanting to start producing music and making alots of money, like the superstars of today are doing. But do YOU really have the talent to? Do you know what an audio interface is? Do you know what the best software is? Do you know how long it takes to really produce a song and have a finish product ready to be sold either to an artist or to the public? If you the answer is no to at least 1 of these questions, you do not have the main ingredients to a great producer.

There are many different ways to produce music from using real instrumental such as drum and guitars etc to using all software like Fruity Loops, Reason, Logic Pro etc. All of these different ways of making music are important to learn so you then know what you are going to do, you may start using software and have a talent for recording live but do not know how to and vice versa – so find out how you make music through different formats.

The money part of music is the part everyone wants to get to and the main thing to remember is you need to have a finished product. Of course some songs take off even if it’s a demo version but you would always want to have a finished song mixed down nice and mastered if possible.. these are things that are 100% necessary for your reputation. If people hear poor quality sound engineering people will not take your music seriously – these things are very important to learn!

For more information visit – www.musicproducerpro.net

Is Logic Pro 8 better than Fruity Loops?

Jay — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:46:40 +0000

Website – www.musicproducerpro.net

When it comes to picking music production software it’s very important that you find a piece of software that you find comfortable. The most popular music production softwares out on the market right now are Logic Pro 8 and Fruity Loops so i would recommend looking into one of those as the results they give are of industry standard with some of the top producers in the world using them.

Logic Pro i would generally say is more for the advance user who already knows how to use a sequencer to produce music – because realistically when you have learnt how you make music you can jump from program to program and make song. Logic pro is excellent for the producer who wants to produce a full song and master it and even add vocals to your song very easily instead of jumping to another program to record vocals – it’s truely amazing when it comes to the sound quality.

Fruity Loops i would generally say it’s a program for you to begin on however some producers never grow out of it because it’s also very powerful in what it does, you can record into it however i must admit it’s not the best and you cannot do as must as you can do in logic pro 8. But in terms of producing a beat or making music it’s extremely user friendly and something i believe is great for a beginner producer.

For more information on the software please visit – www.musicproducerpro.net

I Want To Learn About Producing Music

Jay — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:42:35 +0000

Website – www.musicproducerpro.net

Every day I hear somebody tell me they want to start a career in the music industry, they want produce musiclike what comes on ‘MTV’. They ask me questions about how the sounds are made, do you think they are using real instruments and loads more. They are really interested and all I can do is tell them the real deal.

If you want to become the next big producer like who you listen to, you need to get your music productionknowledge up. You need to find someone who knows everything about what you want to do and beyond, someone who knows where your coming from. They could be someone your age or older, they are going to be a mentor to you, almost like a manager how allows you to go on making music the way you want to and allows you to make your own mistakes. You need someone who can show you what music production software you need such as Logic Pro, Fruity Loops, Audacity and more. The hardware is just as important too to get real sounds, MPC’s, Mixers, Microphones, Amps & Audio interfaces are all very important things when you are producing music.

Are you sure you want to become a music producerbecause these things are available for you and if you are willing to work hard you have a good chance in succeeding in the music industry. But first you need to get your knowledge up and start studying today from home in your free time. There is a website that teaches you everything about music production and has everything you need to know and more. Everything about the music studio, it will teach you about mastering, dynamics, mixing and compressing all of your own songs. Finishing and mastering other peoples songs and you could make it big doing that. (Sound Engineers get paid!)

But as I have already said, get your knowledge up as much as you can. There are so many people everyday saying ‘they want to produce music’ and never do!

Good luck and get your knowledge up.

For more information - http://www.musicproducerpro.net

.Oficina de Produção com Nave.

Luciana Playmobile — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:51:37 +0000

Ok, eu sei que é um pouco tarde pra falar sobre isso, mas a pedidos venho aqui. Na mesma semana em que rolou uma matéria no NOIZ (pra quem não leu, é só clicar aqui) Nave a.k.a Zica da Base esteve em São Paulo, mais precisamente no dia 24/10, onde ministrou um workshop de Produção no CEU Jabaquara. Eu trabalhei nesse workshop, fotografando junto com a Janaina Castelo, apesar de que na hora da palestra eu fiquei bem sentada prestando atenção! ahuheiueaahuia… Então, muitas pessoas realmente interessadas estiveram presentes. Afinal, Nave é nada mais, nada menos que um dos melhores produtores da atualidade.
Eu penso que um grande diferencial em suas batidas são os samples sempre recortados com perfeição e o fato dele usar Fruity Loops e conseguir um resultado/ sonoridade impecável, tanto que muitas pessoas ficam supresas ao saber que ele usa o software.

Munido do FL, alguns drum kits que até então eu nem conhecia (como Battlecat, Dj Muggs, The Roots e Quest Love), um teclado usado como controlador MIDI, e alguns discos, Nave compareceu e fez acontecer. Claro que o tempo era curto e ele teria que resumir bem o conteúdo. Legal é que ele deu dicas muito preciosas (pelo menos pra mim). Falou sobre os plugins Waves e Vst’s. Sobre compressores, e tentou explicar de uma forma simples, que ajudou até os mais leigos a entender, sem muita enrolação. Ensinou como fazer uma master básica que claro, vai exigir o empenho e boa vontade de quem quer evoluir. Mas o começo, a ‘largada’ foi explicada ali, no auditório onde o silêncio, olhos e ouvidos ficaram bem atentos a palestra. Particularmente, uma das coisas que mais gostei foi o modo como ele explicou. Não ficou apenas falando ‘Aí aqui nesse canal do sample você usa isso, no bumbo usa aquilo e nas caixas aquilo-outro.” Não. Nada dessa coisa mecânica. Ele explicou pra QUE você deve e não deve usar tal plugin. A diferença que vai fazer ou não. E sem complicar, ainda deixou bem claro que podemos conseguir muitos deles apenas procurando no Google (tem muita gente que fica regulando, e falam como se fosse quase impossível conseguir).

A equipe do Noiz providenciou tudo para que o workshop acontecesse sem problemas. Mas…o bendito Windows Vista do notebook foi meio que um ‘vilão’ e não foi possível instalar alguns plugins que teriam suas funções explicadas ali…mas tudo bem. Nos bastidores, antes do evento acontecer, o criador da batida de ‘Desabafo’, rolou alguns samples INCRÍVEIS (sério, de arrepiar) que ele já usou e que poderemos conhecer em seus futuros trabalhos que já estão por vir. Ansiedade master pra ouvir, néam? Claro, e com razão. Em meio a tantos beats, pudemos ouvir o sample da ‘E.M.I.C.I.D.A.’ que pra mim é o som mais foda da mixtape. Interessante também foi saber que na maioria dos beats, Nave ‘esconde’ o baixo do sample com filtros. Ele prefere tocar a bass line no próprio controlador MIDI, assim ficam mais ‘elegantes’ e vivas.
Mas aí que tá…e pra conseguir tocar o baixo (assim como outros timbres) sem desafinar, acertando a nota, deixar tudo bonitinho e agradável aos ouvidos? Só fuçando e treinando muito. Ou estudando, claro. Ele citou que aprendeu a tocar fuçando…depois comprou um teclado, e fez aulas de piano, mas já tinha uma noção de notas, etc etc. É, as aulas de piano com certeza o fizeram aperfeiçoar a técnica ainda mais! E claro que isso também foi recomendando no workshop! Afinal, pra quem quer produzir nada melhor que mergulhar de cabeça na música…

Bom gente, o workshop foi demais, mesmo! Quem não foi, perdeu hehe…
Além disso, é bom saber que você não precisa ter um equipamento fantáaaastico e caríssimo pra fazer muito barulho, pra fazer acontecer. Nave disse que sempre quis ter uma Mpc, mas nem todo mundo tem grana sobrando pra investir em tudo que tem vontade. E aí que tá, dá orgulho ver que uma pessoa consegue evoluir muito e arregaçar (desculpe, não pensei em outra palavra aheuiheauihau) usando seu FL, seu Logic, seu Acid e os carai a quatro. Fora a humildade do cara. Sem deslumbramentos, sem esnobar ninguém (nego faz isso sendo pouca bosta), foi ali compartilhar seus conhecimentos com pessoas que já entendem bastante, pessoas que querem começar agora e outros só curiosos de plantão…

Na moral mesmo? Até voltei a fazer beats depois do workshop. Tá lá no myspace: ‘Elevator’, e ‘Roads.’
Me arrisquei mais, usei mais plugins, delays, brinquei na bateria com viradas, usei mais de um sample na mesma batida, recortei um pianinho de um outro som e usei no beat, misturei uma pá de coisas pela primeira vez…caixas adiantadas, tudo pra tentar deixar um pouco mais swingado aaehauiheauihe…Ah! e não usei o Swing do FL. Nananina. Fiz tudo pelo Shift mesmo. Se não tentar, não aprende, certo? Dicas breves, porém certeiras de Nave. Mas ainda falta tanta coisa, meu Deus…é difícil tocar sem ter muita noção, sério! Parece que nunca acerto as notas, grrr! Mas acho que já há uma diferença bem nítida, tanto nos recortes quanto na sonoridade final em si. Não tenho bons monitores, então fiquei meio assim com receio de que ‘estourasse’ (calma, não me refiro a explosão, ok? dãaa) quando fosse mexer na master…então o jeito é usar os fones e ir regulando aos poucos e torcendo pra ficar bom…aheauiehia (ALACKA!)
Enfim, já escrevi demais. Fiquem agora com alguns momentos marcantes do evento! (isso foi total Nelson Rubens):
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Olha, foi muito bom trabalhar com vocês! Muito respeito.
Digo e repito: Meu trampo é diversão também, tá ligado?’ ráaaa
Ah, e claro, não deixem de assistir ao video com a entrevista que já tá no ar no NOIZ, mas eu lesada que sou demorei horrores pra postar por aqui…vale a pena, hein!

P.S:

Ah, tinha que ter uma, néam? Drica Zica do Design, Nave Zica da Base e eu, nos bastidores.

E eu tô UÓ, total cara de acabada nessa foto, mas tudo bem! aheauiheiauehuiaha…Até logo menos, com mais uma aventura perambulante de Luciana Playmobile.
See you next time!

P.S2: Aguardem que já tem novas parcerias à caminho.
Playmo’ strikes again! E os faladô? PASSA MAL! ráa

Free home recording softwere!

parkour136 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:34:17 +0000

There are several home recording softweres avaiblible for absoulty nothing at all! And in this post i will be giving you my advice on which one i think you should buy!

First up is Acid express! This is amazing… Seriously! It does all you need it to it can take video, record live music through a microphone and you can instert music into it to! There are barelly any problems with this unless you want to create your own music without playing such as in fruity loops but i don’t think this needs it! Another bonus is that you can upload your recordings to the acid express website where people can download your links etc!

Next up is fruity loops! You do have to pay for fruity loops but there are many videos on youtube etc… showing you how to get it for free! It takes a bit of getting used to but once you do its great! You can play around with synths, make your own beats and just general messing around! But the only thing letting this down so far is that i havent been able to record from my mic which is a let down! You can but it will take a bit of fiddling around with the midis!

Overall if i was going to be reccomending you then i would definatly go for acid express but i would also say get fruity loops ! This is because they both do tottally different things amazingly well!

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Fruity Loops Experiments - di Simone L.

thebexperiment — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:39:11 +0000

Un paio di settimane fa, grazie all’instabilita’ della corrente elettrica qua in Sri Lanka, un hard-disk mi ha salutato per sempre. Purtroppo ho perso tutto quello che avevo.

Tantissimo materiale, Siti in costruzione, E-books,ecc.

Mentre rovistavo tra i vari cd di backup che ho fatto in passato, cercando di trovare una minima parte di materiale, ho trovato dei vecchi brani, fatti da me con Fruity Loops.

Fortunatamente, ne ho trovati altri in .mp3, grazie ad un’amica che tiene sempre tutto quello che le mando.

Fruity Loops e’ un programma molto semplice che da la possibilita’ di poter creare brani musicali completi. E’ veramente completo come programma, si puo’ scegliere tra tanti sintetizzatori, plugins, effetti. Si possono aggiungere pure suoni registrati, quindi anche la voce.

E’ possibile scaricare il demo attraverso il sito ufficiale. La versione demo comprende tutte le funzioni di base offerte e non ha limiti di tempo o di uso. L’unica cosa che differenzia e’ che non si possono salvare i brani ma solamente esportarli in Mp3. In questa maniera non si perde il brano creato, ma non si potra’ modificarlo successivamente.

Per poter scaricare la versione demo, cliccate qui :

Download Fruity Loops (demo)

Alcuni dei brani creati da me, di generi vari tanto per farvi un idea, di quello che si puo’ fare. A richiesta posso mandarvi i file .flp (gli originali da poter modificare con Fruity Loops)

Ps: Considerate che alcuni di questi sono veramente vecchi, avranno oltre 2 anni di vita e sicuramente non sono delle opere perfette, pero’ penso che rendano l’idea della potenzialita’ di questo programma.

Buon divertimento, alla prossima

Don’t Ever Give Up

T&T

Sri -1-

Anger and Calm

HOOD ZONE: Universal Artists International's Coup D' Etat

universalartists — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:13:34 +0000

Hood Zone: King of the Jungle

In a move which many in Birmingham, let alone the entire music industry, call the coup d’etat of this century, Universal Artists, International’s Joe Stern-McGovern and Shaka of Shaka Productions have somehow managed to ensnare the elusive big cat, the man eater of idle prey, the king of the jungle, Hood Zone of the industry’s rap and R&B notorious Hood Zone Productions fame.

A young man by any account of relativity, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions was born into this world a prodigy of unique distinction. The heir to a long blue bloodline of the musically inclined, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Production’s recently departed father was a renowned keyboard player whose claim to fame includes a stint as a player for the legendary, Temptations.

According to industry phenom himself, Joe Stern-McGovern, who is reportedly juggling a current 3 way circus in the form of a rumored buy out by EMI, Sony/BMG, or the large conglomerate of Time-Warner, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions is the key element on the chessboard introduced at precisely the right time.

Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions: The Signing

Embroiled between giants in a bold contest for the sale of the century, Joe Stern-McGovern has played his hand, pulling an ace from his sleeve in the calculated and brilliant signing of the elusive, Hood Zone of Birmingham, Alabama. With a single checkmate move, Joe Stern-McGovern has moved from stalemate to certain victory in this battle of modern day industry trench warfare.

It is reported that unbelievably, the largest signing of this decade to date went down in the center of Birmingham, where Shaka of Shaka Productions fame, Joe Stern-McGovern, and the modern day savior of the urban game, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions, met at a fast food joint of all places, where they dined on apple turnovers and sweet tea with ink pen at the ready.

Hood Zone: Nothing Less than Success

Down to earth, the trio was above the usual pomp and cirmcumstance that would usually accompany such a monumental occasion. Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions, the common man’s white knight, and black knight to the naysayer, was dressed in simple black and adorned with what was reported as black headdress. Although each of the three held enough power to level destinies, dynasties, and the idle idol, their junta was casual, civil, and yet the singular signing of the century.

What does the future hold for Hood Zone one asks? Why not simply ask the destiny of surefire success, as by its very definition, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions implies glory and untold fortune by name and reputation alone. Is Hood Zone the crown jewel and king to pawn’s move in today’s game? The question is rhetorical and needn’t be given a second thought. His mastery of whichever genre Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions chooses to perform, as well as his adept managerial skills and concern for his fellow man, have earned Hood Zone a ranking at the top of what many consider an extremely cutthroat business at the very least.

Hood Zone: Can't Touch This

Money, money, money…does anyone have a spare wheel barrel for rent? As the single by FAM Boy$ and blood brothers, Dem Hard Headz of BFG fame, as well as Christian of Christian Levi fame’s smash single, Dis How Money Sounds implies, it’s a player’s world, and Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions refuses to rest on his certified laurels as monster publisher of ASCAP, continuing to cash in on every opportunity the market presents the contemporary Stephen Hawking with.

If you’ve ever wondered what the future looks like as it stands before you, if you’ve ever asked yourself what is the source of genius, if you’ve ever pondered the notion of the artistic sublime, look no further than Hood Zone of Hood Zone productions.

Hood Zone: An Unstoppable Force

Kudos must be given to Joe Stern-McGovern and Shaka Productions of Universal Artists, International, especially in these times of economic hardship, as the trio which now includes the genius of Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions promises hope on the horizon of the lost, weary, and yearning music lover and general consumer.

What is the solution? Where did genius begin? Who will save the game? Who rules supreme and uncontested? Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions. Bow down mortal fools to his capitalistic genius, his artistically shrewd intellect, and yet open and humble nature. Lesser gods of the distant heavens, humble yourselves as Joe Stern-McGovern and Shaka of Shaka Productions bring a king before your eyes.

Hood Zone and Shaka: It's a Done Deal

Hood Zone of Hood Zone, there can only be one!

Track Of The Weekend: The Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt

Soul of Sydney — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:05:21 +0000

The Egyptian Lover – Egypt, Egypt

Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt Cover

Label: Freak Beat Records

Style: Hip Hop Electro

Released: 1984

Played at: Arabian Prince @ Oxford Arts Factory, Sat 26th Oct 2009

Egyptian Lover Interview January 2006 (Courtesy of West Coast Pioneers.com)

Is it right that you started your carrer as a DJ back in the days?
To be exact I started as a dancer back in the days watching the DJ´s doin their shows. They did some mixing and repeat phrases on the wheels. I thought it would be cooler to do the mixing ever bar. So at home I started to recorded short sound phrases stop the deck and record this phrase again. That was the beginning. A club manager heard my stuff and said “Hey man this is cool can you do it live?” I asked “How? Should I bring my tapes?” – “No you must do it on the turntables”. I could not imagine how this will work, but I give it a try and the crowd stopped dancing and watched me doing my show. Then they went crazy, cause they never heard and saw anything like this before. I called it “Live Editing”. In this time we had no crossfader, sometimes the mixer had only knobs!”

When did you bought your first music equipment?
Africa Islam told me that in order to make beats you need a 808 drum machine. I had 200 $ and my mum gave me the rest to buy my first 808.

Arabian Prince mentioned in the Red Bull Interview that his 808 is special cause it has a short delay that makes his sound so unique.
Every 808 sounds different but they have to sound precise. So Arabian maybe have one that I´ve sorted out.” -Smile-

What was your part in the “Breakin and Entering” Soundtrack and why is it instrumental?
These are my first songs I did with my 808. I produced it in 1982 and the beats were already finished when the documentary was done. For the “Breakin and Entering” project we went in the Studio and finished it with melodies and scratching from me and Glove. The record is instrumental so Ice T can rap on it in the “Breakin and Entering” documentary. It was pressed in the minimum possible amount from 25 copys to spin it in the movie.

Can you tell us some bout your early productions on the Freak Beat Label with Uncle Jamms Army?
Uncle Jamms Army where a lot of up to 50 people & Roger Clayton a.k.a. Mr. Prinze started and managed Uncle Jamm. Clayton was a big fan of Funkadelic, that´s why he named the Crew -Uncle Jamms Army-. I was a one of many DJ´s and Roger organized parties in the LA area. One big party with Uncle Jamm happened in San Francisco with 10 000 people. That was amazing. The name “Freak Beat Records” was inspired from the song Nairobi / Funky Soul Makossa Free Beats Version.

You mentioned a DJ called Bobcat. Do you know the Bobcat Song released on AMP Records?
I remember this very good. I laughed so hard when Bobcat played this song the first time. He said Egypt your records went gold what do you think bout this one. I said my go gold but your´s will reach rust. He sold one record. His mother bought it. -Smile-

What was your part in Dial A Freak?
I produced the beats and melodies for Dial A Freak. Then I went on a tour and Roger Clayton (Mr. Prinze) finished the song with vocals and effects. When I came back the song was already a big seller.

How did you became a member of Uncle Jamms Army?
I was one of many DJ´s at the start. As Roger heard the sound I was spinnin, he had fear the party people leave because Roger could not imagine that anybody will dance on this uptempo beats. So to force me to leave he interrupted my set and advised me to play a real slow record with a load of female singing. “Oh my god this shit song has only a 1 minute part with good beats, what should I do. I took the second copy, pitched both records up to max and looped this terrible wax to death. People did the dance called “The Freak” and went crazy, Roger too. From that night there were no doubts anymore.”

Can you tell us some storys bout the Uncle Jamms Partys back then?
In 1984 as the partys began to went real big we decided to book also Live Acts. So it came the Summer Jam in the Sports arena with Run DMC as opening act. Run DMC liked my sound and said it would be great to work with me on a electronic uptempo song. But their album where already finished at that point and then they went successful with Hip Hop so it never happened. Later Run DMC ask me “Why do you have so much money ?” I said “First I do not have to split my money like you in three parts. When I earn a million bucks it´s all mine.”

Who was the man behind Computer Power? A lot of people say that it´s only a alias character for Egypt.
Jamie Jupitor (Bo) did most of the production. Then he went to the army and I finished it with effects. Computer Power was based on a virus that infect the computer and the hustling should reflect the ill computer. To this time this was more science fiction.

Where does the name Jamie Jupitor came from?
Jamie Jupitor is based on my second Name James and Jupiter from the roland machine the O in Jupitor reflects the nickname Bo. There are also five unreleased songs from Jamie Jupitor one of them called “Electric Encounter”.

Most of your songs are very uptempo. What´s the reason for this?
Back in the days we have this famous dance called “The Freak”. People dancing close to close very sexy. So as faster the beats the more freaky the dance became. And also I do not like to fuck slow, do you?. There is also a cool story I remember: ”One day there was a 1000 $ Dancing Contest which girl can do the freak best. Two nice lady´s ended in a battle. The one show a little part of her titties – All went crazy. The other girl also want to win. Tear apart her pantys and have a little fun with a bottle she grabbed. Guess who wins.”

What was the funniest thing that happened to you back then as a DJ?
One day I was spinning at a party and a local reporter said “Hey man you are better than the Egyptian Lover, what´s your name. I said “My name is DJ Spermcell. “ The next day there was a article bout the party and the topic was “DJ Spermcell better then the Egyptian Lover”. Imagine: I was never in the newspaper before this day. And my friend had to laugh so hard to see my picture with this header.

How long does it take to finish Egypt Egypt?
Egypt Egypt was done in 30 Minutes.

Can you describe your work in the studio?
In the production for ”Alezby Inn“ the whole recording team was 1 day away and Egypt was alone in the studio. The team came back to start the work for Side B. Egypt said “Hey I use the time and made a song all alone “Sexy Style” was born. By the way this is one of my favourites.

How did you get new ideas when you stuck in your production?
I play the beats that are already finished and listen to the reflections from the sounds on the wall, two glasses standing together vibrate or a room divider covered with thin canvas that swing with the beat, out of all these things you can hear a melody that I use for my music. Every room has a different sound character. Be quiet and listen even here in the hotel lobby with all the people talking you can hear a melody.

Are there any idols that influced your music?
Definitely Prince. I always like his music and style back in the days. My heavy breathing in my music and the lyrics bout women is based on his music. Also my outfit back then, for example the Sailor Cappy I wear in the “Breakin and Entering” movie were leaned on Prince. Later I had the luck to meet Prince and he told me that he truly likes my music – I was surprised and honored.

Many Artists take new equipment to produce their songs. What you think bout this?
My new album was done with Fruity Loops. It´s easy to use and I finish a beat in 30 seconds. Jamie quoted at this time and said “Come on you need at least 3 Minutes”. Give me a laptop right now and I show you how to make a beat in 30 seconds. But I must admit playin my new productions loud in the clubs I recognize that something is missing. With old analog sounds like Yes, Yes, Yes you fill the whole room with your music. The digital sound is clear and straight, but an 808 Beat take you in the arms, it is everywhere. The next production should be done with analog instruments again.

What do you think bout Kraftwerk?
I discovered the Kraftwerk stuff cause they where on the same label as Prince. (Warner Bros). At that time a young girl called Deborah Thomson ask me if I can record her the Computer World album on tape. After I recorded it I gave the album back but hold the tape for my own. Later I married her. By the way I was talking to a studio assistant who was workin for Kraftwerk at Warner Bros. as they did their “Electric Café” Album. It was produced in LA. and he said the telephone sounds & breathing for Telephone Call (1985) where copied from Dial a Freak (1983), which was on heavy rotation at every Radio Station.

Are their any music videos from your songs?
In 1984 MTV asked me to do a Video for Dial A Freak, they would also pay the production costs. I denied because as a DJ I thought, everybody would record the VHS and nobody buy my records anymore. That´s how I thought those days. But there is a video for Freak-a-holic.

Many of the artists from back in the days like Ice T or Dre went to make Gangster Rap. You stayed to make Electro. What´s the reason for this?
Little Richard said –Every song you do is like a tattoo on your body- And I don´t want a Hip Hop tatoo.

Do you have children to pass on your knowledge?
I have no own kids. But my stepdaughter is doing some music and I help her with my knowledge. She is already pretty good.

How to make your own music: a few links

Kevin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:09:33 +0000

We stay in the music genre today with a couple of other music-related links. Everyone has tried to make music at some point in their lives. Some people found out how and succeeded, others found it all too confusing and gave it up.

If you’re one of those who gave up, I have a great link for you: iNudge. iNudge is a website where you can create small sound samples. Just select one out of eight different sound patterns and sort them to make a track you like. For each pattern, you can adjust volume and panning. You can even set a tempo you like.

If you would like to make your own music but haven’t started out yet, I can recommend you a great application: Fruity Loops. Fruity Loops, developed by Image-Line, is an application that kind of works the same way like the iNudge application works. The only difference is that you have access to a HUGE collection of various instruments in Fruity Loops.

It can be kind of overwhelming at first, so be sure to read a couple of tutorials on the web before giving up. I really like Fruity Loops and have made a couple of tracks already. If you’re interested in tutorials, feel free to comment on this article and I might write a few tutorials on this blog to get you all started!

Links:
iNudge
Fruity Loops homepage

Beats

jordanmcallaway — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:13:37 +0000

Making beats cannot be forced…

It helps to have a percussion background, a macintosh, and…free time…However, it’s very possible to make very funky beats without any of those three things…

Here’s how:

You can start with a simple drum machine (highly recommended)… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_machine

or, you can use the software equivalent…(here is a pretty good write up)… http://free-loops.com/drum-machine-software.php

Now…That being said…I’ve found using a MacBookPro for the Garage Band application extremely productive…

I like using the “musical typing” function.

The loop button (two arrows chasing each other) allows you to make concept beats and continue piling bars to test different tracks and compare them.

Das neue FL Studio 9 ist da

audiopalace — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:14:21 +0000

FL Studio geht in die neunte Runde

Fruity Loops geht in die neunte Runde! Der inzwischen in FL Studio umbenannte Sequenzer wartet wieder ein mal mit jeder Menge Neuerungen auf! Sage und schreibe 370 neue Funktionen, Änderungen und Bugfixes wurden hinzuprogrammiert. Geliefert wird FL Studio mit 30 Software Instrumenten und mehr als 40 Effekten zur Klangverbesserung. Neu ist nun auch, dass ab der Producer Edition bis zu 99 Audio Kanäle gleichzeitig recordet werden können. Auch der Mixer protzt nun mit 104 Kanälen anstatt bisher 64 und wurde in sich noch einmal komplett überarbeitet und optimiert.

Die XXL-Box gibt es in Zukunft nicht mehr. Diese wurde durch die Signature Edition ersetzt und beinhaltet alle Synths in der Vollversion von Image Line. Die Preisstruktur ist hingegen gleich geblieben, so dass sich folgende Preisstruktur ergibt:

Image Line FL Studio 9 Fruity Edition

Virtuelles Musikstudio für alle DJs und Elektronik Musiker Der perfekte Einstieg in die Computer Musikproduktion.

85,00 EUR

Image Line FL Studio 9 Fruity Edition EDU-Version

- Version für Schüler/Studenten & Schulen – — Nachweis erforderlich –

49,00 EUR

Image Line FL Studio 9 Producer Edition

Virtuelles Musikaufnahmestudio für alle DJs, Musiker und Studio Produzenten

179,00 EUR

Image Line FL Studio 9 Producer Edition EDU-Version

- Version für Schüler/Studenten & Schulen – — Nachweis erforderlich –

99,00 EUR

Image Line FL Studio 9 Signature Bundle Edition

Virtuelles Musikaufnahmestudio für alle DJs, Musiker und Studio Produzenten Komplettpaket mit allen Synthesizern und Instrumenten

279,00 EUR

Image Line FL Studio 9 Signature Bundle Edition EDU-Version

- Version für Schüler/Studenten & Schulen – — Nachweis erforderlich –

149,00 EUR

Fruity Loops – Die nächste Generation!

deejayladen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:33:21 +0000

Fruity Loops heißt jetzt IMAGE-LINE FL Studio und ist in spätestens zwei Wochen im Deejayladen erhältlich. Auf den Markt werden sechs verschiedene Versionen geworfen, die sich an unterschiedlichen Ansprüchen der Nutzer orientieren.

Die Einsteigerversion IMAGE-LINE FL Studio – Fruity Edition 9 präsentiert sich als virtuelles Musikstudio für alle DJs und Elektronik Musiker. Es handelt sich um eine kreative Musiksoftware für Windows und enthält alles, was zur Komposition von fertigen Musikstücken am Computer notwendig ist. Fruity Edition 9 bietet allen FruityLoops Fans der ersten Stunde immer noch den wohl mit Abstand ausgefeiltesten MIDI Track-Sequenzer. Synthesizer, Effekte, Musikinstrumente und andere Klangerzeuger sind im Programm bereits enthalten.

Erweiterte Features bietet das virtuelles Musikaufnahmestudiodie IMAGE-LINE FL Studio – Producer Edition 9. Das FL SynthMaker wird hier mitgeliefert.

Die ultimative Komplettversion ist das FL Studio – Signature Bundle 9. Neben unzähligen, mitgelieferten Plugins liegt hier noch massig Wav-Material bei, das keinen Klangwunsch offen lässt. Neben dem FL SynthMaker findet man Directwave, Videoplayer, Sytrus, Hardcore, Soundfontplayer und Maximus von FL Studio integriert.

Im Lieferumfang sämtlicher Produkte ist eine FL Studio Gutschein Karte mit 49 $ Guthaben (Virtual Cash Card) z.B. zum Erwerb lebenslanger kostenfreier Updates, enthalten. Alle Versionen sind unter Vorlage des Schüler- oder Studentenausweises selbstverständlich als EDU-Versionen noch preisgünstiger erhältlich.

Informationen erhalten Sie bei uns auf der Seite. Auch Vorbestellung des neuen Fruity Loops sind möglich im Deejayladen.

Fruity Loops - Die nächste Generation!

musikhauskorn — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:27:20 +0000

Fruity Loops heißt jetzt IMAGE-LINE FL Studio und ist in spätestens zwei Wochen im Musikhaus Korn erhältlich. Auf den Markt werden sechs verschiedene Versionen geworfen, die sich an unterschiedlichen Ansprüchen der Nutzer orientieren.

Erweiterte Features bietet das virtuelles Musikaufnahmestudiodie IMAGE-LINE FL Studio – Producer Edition 9. Das FL SynthMaker wird hier mitgeliefert.

Informationen erhalten Sie bei uns auf der Seite. Auch Vorbestellung des neuen Fruity Loops sind möglich im Musikhaus Korn.

My Favourite Software Application

gandivanaismith — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:39:55 +0000

My favourite Software application is FL Studio 8. It is a Digital Audio Workstation, I like it because it has powerful sequencing applications. I use the VST plugins and I’m learning to use my Midi controller to play the instruments.

Here is their homepage.

: FL Studio 8

Thinking Of You

dodgethisuk — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:06:49 +0000

I was recently sorting through my old CDs and came across one which had a few “beats” I

Lowfat milk please?

yukihoang — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:07:26 +0000

Growing up I was forced to eat cereal every morning for breakfast. I was also told to finish a gallon of non-fat milk a week by myself. I now fart more than a senile old man.

Anyways, I found this shirt on www.highsnobiety.com by Japanese fashion label, Swagger. The all-over print days are over AND the companies that adopted that idea. LOL. But, I would wear this particular print simply for the fact that I love Fruity Loops. Plain and simple.

P.S. Low-fat milk for me now. Non-fat is really disgusting. I can’t believe I drank non-fat milk for 18 years.

The Basics Of Making A 90's Era Hip Hop Beat In FL Studio : Drums

HipHopSpirit — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:33:51 +0000

This is going to be the first of a few articles on making a 90’s style beat in FL studio or in general. Everything I mention is simply my way of making beats, I learnt mostly through actively listening to hip hop tracks trying to understand how they were made, as well as trial and error. I’m going to try and explain a few things that I have learnt, which I think would be useful for beginners.

Below is a video I made explaining some important points.

The main points I make in the video are:

1. Tempo: Usually ranging from 85 – 100 bpm.

2. Choice of drums. Make sure you have quality drum sounds. I was using the 9th wonder kit, however any suitable kit will do.

3. Swing slider (FL Studio). This simplifies what producers do manually on the MPC. It adds swing to your drums, giving your kicks the “boom bap” feel. This is one of the key elements of a hip hop beat.

4.Off beat hi-hats. This is also another key element found in hip hop beats. The off beat hi-hats give the drums a loose feel, which in turn stop your drum patterns sounding like they were made in FL studio. If you notice, when producers make beats on the MPC, they are naturally off beat with the hi-hats, they usually choose not to quantize these as it sounds more natural this way. Live drummers are not always on time. A simple method is to use the quantization presets in FL studio to achieve an off beat feel. Intentionally making your drums off beat can be referred to as “humanizing” your drums. In the video, I also edited the velocity of the hi-hats, this also helps in humanizing your drums.

5. Compression and Mixing. This is important as it stops your beat sounding dry and lifeless. Compression can be used to make your drums louder, and with proper mixing your drums will sound crisp. It takes time to learn what sounds good and what doesn’t, but presets for plug ins can be a major help.

Additional Points

You can further humanize your drums by adding additional layers which are slightly off beat to the underlying pattern.
Usually you will change your drums around once you begin to put the rest of the beat together.
Nothing mentioned is concrete, being creative and diverging is the key. However this is just a basic outline of the subject.

Heres one I made earlier.

I done a remix of the track Ignorant Shit by Jay-Z. This is below.

And the drum pattern from this can be seen in action in this video:

I will post The Basics Of Making A 90’s Era Hip Hop Beat In FL Studio : Sampling soon.

Feel free to comment, get involved, ask any questions you may have below and I’ll try to help.

July/August beat tape...wSquared

wsquar3d — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:50:56 +0000

Aiyo aiyo aiyo yo you!
I just got FL Studio back (after my approximately 8 month hiatus). I’ve been super inspired and made a bunch of music in the past few weeks. Here’s a beat tape of a selected 14 tracks for ya’lls.
Beat Tape July/August 2009
Features my segue into techno/dance music and my second edition of a remix of Jackz’ “Iller”. Pretty much all these are rough and only 16-24 bars at most but can dEfINITELY be expanded on.

Also…I went to Lollapalooza in Chi city this past Friday and will be posting a review-ish recap with some pictures soon.

Peace, and music love!

Make Your Own Rap Beat in Over A Minute!

bracamontes — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:26:59 +0000

I doubt you’ll find a quickest, fastest & simplest way to make rap beats, dance beats etc. Especially for that cheap. More videos 7 info

...in which she has time to kill. And germs.

skelseh — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:39:03 +0000

Hello!

I’ve been off work this week with the lurgie. Thankfully it’s not The Swine Flu. At least I don’t have a fever or achy bits, so I’m assuming it’s just a crappy cold. In July. Never was there a better measure of how the summer is going thus far.

Not that I’m complaining. As I understand it, August is going to be a scorcher, and everyone always forgets about the warm days of September. I am fully confident that the next two months are going to provide us miserable Brits with ample Summerage. And then in October I jet off to Tenerife just in time to avoid the return of the drizzle. Fo shizzle.

In my absence from work I have been sampling the delights of the Television. It’s amazing the nonsense you can find yourself glued to if you aren’t careful. Just yesterday morning I found myself suddenly very interested in two women, their insanely large and perfect gardens, and whether or not they get into something called the big yellow book which, it seems, is a real privilege to get into, even if it does mean that 400-odd strangers will turn up at your garden gate on sunny days and want a wander around your flawless lawn (haha – floorless). So stop that topless sunbathing immediately. Or charge more entry fee.

It’s all a far cry from the daytime TV I used to stare at as a student. I was most disappointed to find that Diagnosis Murder was on none of the channels – not one of the 100-whatever digital channels you’re forced (yes, forced) to flick through any time you’re interested in seeing if there’s anything worth watching on.

Anyway, I’d like to share with you something I’ve been slowly putting together this week between sneezes. I got back onto Fruity Loops and threw something together so that I could try making a track, rather than just a loop. It’s not at all finished – I want to learn more about effects and maybe tweek the instruments and add some beef and a few pretty sounds in the background – but here’s version 1.1:

untitled0709v1.1.mp3

It’s no masterpiece and I don’t pretend it is. I just wanted to share it with the world, amateur as it may be: my little first ever track. It might be interesting to see how it changes the more I work on it too, though I’m giving up for a few days as I have the melody stuck in my head. Ironic really, since when I caught myself singing it in my car it took all my effort to remember it for when I got home. Now I can’t forget the clucking thing.

I’m currently listening to a track that is over 40 minutes long. It’s by The Glitch Mob and it’s called Crush Mode. It’s not really my thing exactly, but I’m enjoying parts of it for sure. I’ve got a real hard on for instrumental electronic music lately, and while this is a little more urban than I normally like, I’m enjoying the gritty distorted sounds and have caught myself jigging in my chair once or twice – which is normally a good sign.

All this said, I’m only 26 minutes into it. It might all go tits up any minute.

I’ve accidentally embarked upon a bit of a music exploration thing this week actually, and it’s all Top Gear’s fault. Instead of playing Enya and Yackety Sacks like they were supposed to, they’ve gone and got the whole of The Internet in a bit of a tizz. Amongst the usual awesome mix of classical, retro, ambient and songs straight off my itunes, the Top Gear Music Geniuses this week included a really bassy sample which I immediately wanted to know from where it came.

It happened during a spot about the new Nissan 370Z, and it would appear that I wasn’t the only person sitting bolt upright going “what’s that sound?!”. At Final Gear Forums, they have a whole sub-forum dedicated to identifying the music clips used on the popular car show – I went there for the first time three weeks ago, to make sure they had correctly identified Parks on Fire. This clip not only has them all stumped, but has also prompted a whole number of new sign-ups from people who are desperate to find out what the track is.

You can listen to said clip on this page here. It’s the one between 05:37 and 06:14.

No One On The Internet Knows! But, lucky for all of us interested in finding new music, everyone on the Internet knows something similar. It is for this reason that I am listening to things like The Glitch Mob, edIT, Noisia, Tobinish etc. in the hope that they might be my cup of tea. Might.

Though I do tend to get rather put off when they start rapping and mis-pronouncing words. I think I might be a snob.

Today’s Horoscope: You can get away with sharing things now that on another day would be better kept private. Just be careful that you don’t go overboard and betray someone’s trust by saying too much. Relevance: Not sure yet, but it’s going to be fun finding out. Gossip gossip gossip gossip…