Beat makers unite !
 

PLease state what equipment you use : hardware and software

music genres you create for

influences that made you get into this.

do drums count? lol

yah, one of my hobbies is to play keys but not really into just making beats. i have an alesis sr18 i use for looping drums.

i used to make beats with my friends brother. he used to produce for local rappers. i would just mess around or sometimes help with drum stuff for him.

considering a lot of beats are now sampled loops, that's cool you can play drums and make your own samples. :tup:

thank you :tiphat:

that said, i use logic (the basic one) for beats sometimes. otherwise ARX01 and logic to make some original loops.

yah, it's different when a real drummer makes beats vs some keyboard player thinking he can make beats off a drum machine. the groove and soul.

i am scared to actually get on a beat machine like a MPC one. i may not stop playing with it for days lol i've used a cheap one before and i came up with ridiculous stuff lol

if i was to get new equipment, i would probably just do NI and a faster MBP. should be plenty.

:rofl2: yah, MPC is good stuff. i like those hybrid partial software/hardware setups. once i get something cool, just sample it.

you guys check out that new nord beat machine thingie? pretty cool. too bad i dont now how to play drums.

i would just get a higher end MPC and just play all day and strive to do anything as crazy as araab muzik. not even a big rap fan but the skills that guy has is insane.

yah, akai makes great stuff.

btw, have you check out the Maschine? it's very cool.

Native Instruments - Software And Hardware For Music Production And Djing

I use the Maschine Mk2, and also ableton live + launchpad mini , and acid pro for when I'm doing a quick mashup or remix