Making drum beats?

Jacob15728 · Post by **Jacob15728** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:29 pm

So I've been making my beats a pretty basic way. Just loading the samples into the FL Studio sampler and using them in the step sequencer. Is there a better or more professional way? I hear you can get drum machine VST's. Should I get one and if so, which one would you guys recommend?

HEATA · Post by **HEATA** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:40 pm

theres already like 10 or more topics on this. Look it up!

GothamHero · Post by **GothamHero** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:59 pm

Listen to more hip hop.

Jacob15728 · Post by **Jacob15728** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:27 am

That doesn't help me know which drum machine VST to get. I looked in the production bible and there was nothing on the subject.

skimpi · Post by **skimpi** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:34 am

mate you dont need a drum machine vst, just put samples on the arrange, doesnt fl come with a drum machine vst anyway? what does benga use in his masterclass? in my opinion though they just arent needed, the only time i use a sampler is i i wanna play a beat in, or i wanna mess around with pitched percs, for everythin else i just place it on the arrange.

GothamHero · Post by **GothamHero** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:38 am

skimpi wrote:mate you dont need a drum machine vst, just put samples on the arrange, doesnt fl come with a drum machine vst anyway? what does benga use in his masterclass? in my opinion though they just arent needed, the only time i use a sampler is i i wanna play a beat in, or i wanna mess around with pitched percs, for everythin else i just place it on the arrange.

Is Benga's masterclass still floating around the net? I haven't found it yet and all of the videos on YouTube and Vimeo are removed :c

skimpi · Post by **skimpi** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:40 am

GothamHero wrote:
skimpi wrote:mate you dont need a drum machine vst, just put samples on the arrange, doesnt fl come with a drum machine vst anyway? what does benga use in his masterclass? in my opinion though they just arent needed, the only time i use a sampler is i i wanna play a beat in, or i wanna mess around with pitched percs, for everythin else i just place it on the arrange.
Is Benga's masterclass still floating around the net? I haven't found it yet and all of the videos on YouTube and Vimeo are removed :c

maybe not haha think i tried to find it after someone said they couldnt, and i couldnt haha

Dystinkt · Post by **Dystinkt** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:42 am

iv got the benga masterclass video off of a thread on here somewhere, if you guys cant find it then pm me and ill mediafire it to you, he just uses the step sequencer btw

Jacob15728 · Post by **Jacob15728** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:45 am

OK, but I can't do triplets with the step sequencer.

GothamHero · Post by **GothamHero** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:49 am

Jacob15728 wrote:OK, but I can't do triplets with the step sequencer.

I've never used FL (that I can remember, haha), but I'm sure you can in the piano roll, not sequencer.

Cheeky, that would be quality mate. PM'ing you now.

Dystinkt · Post by **Dystinkt** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:59 am

GothamHero wrote:
Jacob15728 wrote:OK, but I can't do triplets with the step sequencer.
I've never used FL (that I can remember, haha), but I'm sure you can in the piano roll, not sequencer.

Yeah just program your hats in the piano roll, another benefit of doing that is you can have your hat rhythms play at different notes for added variation, and no problem mate its as good as ruskos masterclass imo,has skream ever done one?

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:35 am

Jacob15728 wrote:OK, but I can't do triplets with the step sequencer.

You can;

(BTW - that took me a 2sec Google search)

BevOh · Post by **BevOh** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:20 pm

PM me that benga masterclass please!

faust.dtc · Post by **faust.dtc** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:41 am

wub wrote:(BTW - that took me a 2sec Google search)

GothamHero · Post by **GothamHero** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:48 am

Does he even use FL anymore?

Cheers for the link.

Teknicyde · Post by **Teknicyde** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:46 am

Jacob15728 wrote:OK, but I can't do triplets with the step sequencer.

Two ways, on the step sequencer using the shift, will be rougher/more human

In the piano roll, lay 3 notes on the 4's, select them all, hold shift and scale them to triplets... much more machine-y

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