Monday, December 7, 2009

Beat Maker Music Production - Choosing the Right Software

By Abdal Girmani

Beat maker software and good music beats are tough to come by. When I was first starting, I tried to find pre-recorded, royalty-free mixes to use as background in my videos. If you're like me, you've hunted everywhere for free beats to lay behind your music tracks. What you usually get is something that never fits like you would like it to and it sounds like thousands of others. What I wanted was something else, something I could make original. I did not know a thing about manufacturing tracks on my own, after all, my field is video. I tried all types of software and sites online and found some good stuff out there, but I could never find package that did it all for me.

There are a lot of sites and software out there and they all have their good points and bad points. I've discovered that when hunting for any sort of software, not just for my music producer needs , it's best to create an inventory of the things I wanted it to fulfill. I made a decision the perfect beat maker software or web site had to meet the following standards :

1. Firstly, it needed to be user friendly. I had no real experience with sequencers or complex mixers.

2. There needed to be a huge library of prerecorded sounds and instruments.

3. Possible combinations of sounds and timing needed to be unlimited.

4. Tutorials had to be easily followed.

5. Output quality needed to be exceptional.

6. It needed to be able to output files in mp3 format.

7. If I needed help, there needed to be good support.

8. It needed to be INEXPENSIVE!

Your list may differ, somewhat, from mine, but I was trying to find the perfect package. I presumed initially that I was expecting too much, however luckily , after lots of searching, I found one to fit everything on my list.

there are lots of different places to look, both off and online.

1. Bricks and mortar stores, i.e. : normal outlets like music and software stores.

2. On-line stores that sell software, i.e. : Amazon, Overstock, Fry's, etc . ( try a search for music producer or beat creator software )

3. Forums are a great spot to see what others are using.



4. Website-based software and groups. These are great, because they generally offer better support and have a group of members 7that may help one another.

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