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Good Morning All! I always miss you all when I am unable to post. As usual if I am not here, I am busy with sessions and music business. This week and last have been very full which is a good thing.

photo of basic midi connection by Canmore Media

Today all the hardware is on. Honestly I am still trying to get my hardware midi situation to run properly. Right now there are a few delay issues when recording midi using the Mpc.

I figured I’d try a different approach and record midi data into Reaper using the Mpc as the controller.

I know how to use vst instruments which is pretty easy to do in Reaper. Now I need to get my hardware synths to do the same.
I’ll watch this video in a few minutes, on my quest to quickly get the hardware midi going smoothly! Enjoy…

Getting Started With Midi and Reaper

I also found a cool link with pictures for those who need to set up hardware midi connections:
musikality.net

We will get back to regular post starting Wednesday of next week. I’ll stop in periodically to answer comments and post more music finds..

Happy Beat Making To All
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Good Morning All! Hope your week is going smooth and the beats are flowing! I’m working on some big tracks today. Last night I made some starters with Reason 4.0. I am finally getting used to the new sequencer screen after doing the tutorials here.

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I’ve noticed a lot of Industry producers are using software more and more. Reason is definitely one of my top choices. The more I learn it, the more I love it.

Let’s take a look at World Famous Dj MixMaster Mike. He discusses Reason in an interview 1st, then we get to see him using Reason 4.0 for a track..
Mix Master Mike – Production with Reason

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WOW what a tough weekend…the site was down and I still had several events to attend. I tried to update to wordpress 2.8 and everything went whacky lol.. Thanks goodness for back ups!

I forgot to add last weeks post while backing up. We won’t have those but MsTrisMusic is in stride again yaaay!

I’ve been css styling since Friday. I can finally take a break. I’ll probably make a couple beats and watch the game. Right now I am enjoying some videos. You know me…love sharing the good ones!
Rap City Relapse Special

The Relapse Special With Eminem On RapCity

I had no idea you could do this
Reason Tutorial – Seperating your drum sounds for mixing in NNXT

This is a great video showing Mike Chav’s favorite Eq! There are a few more videos to check out on his site as well. He’s a producer
and engineer. Sharing gems and has mixed an recorded for many in the industry

www.mikechav.com
The Massenburg MDW 3.0 EQ

MDW 3.0 EQ www.mikechav.com from Mike Chav on Vimeo.

I have tried this technique from Mike Chav and it really WORKS lovely!

How to Mix. Mixing with Mike Chav – Lesson 1 : Kick Drum from Mike Chav on Vimeo.

Very nice huh?..

Thanks again for your patience all! You are so wonderful! We should be back to full post and tutorials by Wednesday..much catching up to do..

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Happy Happy “SupeR CHarGed” Friday to all! Time for a brief update;

I am so excited today. I have a meeting later on with www.streetlegalent.com
We’ll be getting to work on a few projects. I’ll be doing some web consulting for all, so I get more practice in css styling etc.

I have started on a new drumkit to release this summer. To all my subscribers I will make a special offer, and of course give a few away for free.

Interviews will arrive very soon, and all my music projects are rolling smooth. One of the biggest additions you will see in July is MORE BEAT updates finally ..

I will get to all comments this weekend. Also I’ve added mstrismusic@gmail.com for beat reviews. Keep in mind I’m getting used to using 2 email accnts.for the site. DROP a comment here 1st if you want to email tracks . I will try to listen and hit you back as soon as I can…

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I really miss classic hiphop moments like this. You know I am a fan of crunk/ dirty south, but my heart sings for the more lyrical boom bap style…

Check out Eminem,Chunkyfire Freestyle w/Alchemist playin beats (on Tim Westwood show)

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Whats up with the pc and the Reason Tutorials?.. lol remember last time something happened to my pc also..

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We stopped yesterday at
Step 6:Add melody

Keeping along with the steps taken in this tutorial I will work on my melody next. ** Chord progressions are free for everyone to use BUT MELODIES ARE NOT** Don’t copy anyones melodies without permission or you risk copyright infringement…

I add the melody using “NNXT-Syn Strings”. After I do an 8 bar melody, I change it for variation 9-16, then a dramatic change for hook 16-24.
I still need to adjust some notes, and mix.. at this point an artist could actually rap to this…

Added melody

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and we’ll continue with…
Step 7:Add a Bassline:
Sometimes I will use the chords first note in the lowest octave for the bassline. For example: If I play chords Am G F Em I will add A,G, F, E in the lowest octave on my keyboard simultaneously with the chords.

Today I will play an additional bass line starting at bar 9-16 for the melody. For the hook bassline I copied the ‘hook chord progression” and erased the chords, leaving just the lower octave notes as I mentioned above.
*sorry the volume is low…had tech problems at this time**
Added bass line

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Here is a picture with suggested places to add changes:

Step 8: Add another melody or harmonic expression

Now I can add more creative ideas to the track. I like this part a lot. I usually improvise and play what I feel here. I also call this part” putting the stink on it” …be creative but try not to over do it..today I will use ” Malstrom-Little Johnny Lead”

Step 9:Begin to mix and add sound effects
Now that I have my composition almost complete I begin to do a quick mix.

I export each instrument into Reaper. I changed them to mono, added reverb on the strings, flanger on the synth, and eq + compression on the kicks.

After I got a decent mix,I added some cool sound effects to add more excitement to the overall movement.

Keep in mind there is plenty room for more in this composition. I could re arrange the melodies in the verses. I could make each verse have a different drum pattern. I could make variations in each hook… there are many possibilities for you when its time for arrangement.

I arrive at a decent composition with these elements:
1. Double time hihats
2. Drum pattern
3. Chord progressions for verses
4. Chord Progressions for hook
5. Variation on my drum patterns
6. Add a Melody
7. Add a Bassline
8. Add harmony line or another melody
9. Mix, Arrange, and add sound effects.

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I’m good to go! I will probably be getting a new hard drive soon, so I haven’t done a repair on the windows sndvol32. Thanks Rooky for your advise! I did a little research and repairing windows looked like the best way to fix my problem.

I have a lot of files to back up etc. before doing any windows adjustments. Yesterday I fiddled around to find other solutions until then.

After hours of tech maintenance I remembered my edirol mixer can serve as a soundcard…. YAY to that!

Seems my sound problem may lead me to better sound quality over all. This will take some getting used to. I will have to make adjustments to my monitors and daw settings so I can find the “sweet spot” in my mixes. I also have to configure all my software to work with the mixer.

So far so good and I can wrap up the last tutorial this morn…
I could have finished the tutorial in 2 parts but I ran into that problem. The next part is short, only two final steps….be back in about an hr with those..

Here’s a video of the mixer I am using now… wish me luck, I am excited to get to really working with it..
EDIROL Digital Audio Mixers In Depth

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Hey All hope you are ” Super Charged” today **that’s my new theme..Super Charged!**
I am having some technical difficulties with my windows “systemsnd32″..for some reason I cant adjust the volume for my system, so the volume may be very low on tutorial files if anyone knows how to fix this please drop me a comment below Thanks…

…..Lets get right back to work..

Yesterday we stopped with a 8 bar loop of a simple dirty south pattern and short chord progression. We are using an Em chord prog:
Em l F l G l Am
EGB FAC GBD ACE:

I forgot to mention that the chords are played using the “THOR-point of no return[run] patch” I turned off the run/sequence in the editor, and used my midi keyboard to play the notes…

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We have a very basic foundation for our composed beat. For the tutorial snippet above, I used G and F chords just to give an example.

Today I will expand the progression using all 4 chords posted. I deleted the example progression, and left my drum pattern as is for now.

This leaves me with an open 8 bar drum loop to play a more advanced chord progression. *note: I normally play 4-8 at the start of the song. Sometimes I start with drums other times I start with chords. The choice is up to you, there are no set rules.*

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Lets review:
73bpm and Time signature 4/4
Step 1: Add 2 bars of hihats: open piano roll and add hats using 1/32 time signature.

Step 2: Add 2 bars of drums (kicks snares)
or
Step 2: Add 2 bars of chords
For Step 2 we play along to the metronome/click track instead of our 1/32 hihats
Copy and paste the 2 bars, 3 times to give me 8 bars

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I decided to go with Step1: hihats, Step 2 drum pattern, < copy and paste>
Step 3:Add chords…

My Chord Progression for Verse 1, 1st 8 bars: I just played the progression to get my ideas down. I haven’t fixed any off notes yet… Can you guess which chord I started with?

Add starting chord progression

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Step 4 is another with many options.
a.I could continue to build my verses and hook using chord progressions

b.I could start building up my drum pattern for verse one

c.I could start adding my melody

d.I could start adding a bassline…

Todays Step 4:a. continue building song with chord progression
I copy my drum pattern to extend to 16 bars, leaving room for chord progression with variation.

I added a second chord progression using the same chords with slight variation. I now have a 16 bar pattern with progressions that can be used for all my verses If I choose:

Verse1 Chords

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I copy my drum pattern again leaving room for my hook chord progression. I know have 16 bar verse and 8 bar hook. I add new progression with variations for hook. Here is where you can be a little more creative with the chords. You can change the starting chord or make drastic changes to how you play the chords.
Here is what I came up with:

Verse and Hook Chords

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Step 5
More choices:
a. add a melody
b. add a bassline
c. begin adding changes to drum patterns

I’m choosing
Step 5: C. begin adding changes to drum patterns.

There are no set rules to why I chose to start changing drums now. I do find that making adjustments here helps guide my melody.

I want my drums to have breaks and changes at the ends of each section of 8 bars. I will also add some percussion to liven up my drum pattern. Within each 8 bar section I’ll make variations of the kick and snare. I may also add claps starting at bar 9-24. Be creative here, especially with hook drum pattern..drums help drive dirty south beats almost as much as the melody…

Although this is not mixed, nor quantized, I have a very good foundation of my composed dirty south beat. ( I turned down the chords so you can hear the drum change ideas..sorry if the volume is low due to tech problems)

Drum change ideas

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Step 6:Add melody

Keeping along with the steps taken in this tutorial I will work on my melody next. ** Chord progressions are free for everyone to use BUT MELODIES ARE NOT** Don’t copy anyones melodies without permission or you risk copyright infringement…

I add the melody using “NNXT-Syn Strings”. After I do an 8 bar melody, I change it for variation 9-16, then a dramatic change for hook 16-24.
I still need to adjust some notes, and mix.. at this point an artist could actually rap to this…

Added melody

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Well on the sad note..I’m going to stop here today to finish fixing the pc….
I can barely take the sound quality.. Im hoping my soundcard isn’t going up

On the good note..I hope you like the tutorial so far. I am having a good time making this one…send positive thoughts about the soundcard problem !

Happy Beat Makin To All
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