Thursday, December 3, 2009

Beat Maker Music Production - selecting the best Software

By Abdal Girmani

Beat maker software and good music beats are tough to come by. When I was first starting out, I attempted to find pre-recorded, royalty-free mixes to use as background in my videos. If you are like me, you have hunted everywhere for free beats to lay behind your music tracks. What you usually get is something that never fits like you want it to and it sounds like many others. What I wanted was something different, something I could make original. I did not know a thing about producing tracks on my own, after all, my field is video. I tried all types of software and sites on the web 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 all of them have their benefits and disadvantages. I've discovered that when trying to find any sort of software, not only for my music producer needs , it's best to make a list 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 criteria :

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

2. There had to be a massive library of prerecorded sounds and instruments.

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

4. Manuals needed to be easily followed.

5. Output quality needed to be exceptional.

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

7. If I needed aid, there had to be good support.

8. It had to be INEXPENSIVE!

Your list may differ, somewhat, from mine, but I was looking for the perfect package. I thought initially that I was expecting too much, luckily , after plenty of looking, I found one to fit everything on my list.

There are many different places to look, both off and online.

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

2. Online stores that sell software, i.e. : Amazon, Overstock, Fry's, etc . ( do 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 usually offer better support and have a group of members 7that may help one another.

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