Wednesday, 6 August 2014

Advice On How To Buy Hip Hop Beats Online

By Roscoe Jameson


A good beat is the key to a good mixtape. However knowing where to find the best ones is not always easy. You want to be sure you are getting the best possible quality by knowing how to buy Hip Hop beats online. With a smart approach you will get what you need.



The amount of bits will affect the quality. Naturally this will affect the price. For a decent quality sound it is worth going for a 16 bit WAV. The best possible quality is to go for a 24 bit tracked out version of an instrumental. This will give you the best possible sound but will cost more.

For most people they will download the 16 bit WAV version of a beat. This tends to be a decent quality. Anyone listening to it who is not a professional is likely to think that it is a very good sounding track and for the most part will often be enough to get the sound that you want from it.

A lot of websites will allow you to sample the track first before you pay the producer for the full download. This is worth doing to decide whether it is right for your work. This is often a matter of taste and personal preference. The kind of sound one person likes is often completely different to another. Therefore it is worth listening to a range in order to consider what works best for you.

The downside of this is that those beats are likely to come up on other tracks. Therefore it can mean you have to work harder to make your track stand out from the others out there. It may be better to find a producer that will produce work that is exclusive for you that will not appear anywhere else.

With an exclusive contract you own the beats. The producer relinquishes all rights to use it anywhere else. This means that you can use it regardless of whether you are doing the track free of charge for a community project or you are producing as something that you want to sell. This is ideal if you want a track that will stand out and not sound too similar to other work that is already out there and especially if you like the work of the producer and want to work with them again in future.

As the name suggests with a non exclusive contract you do not own the sole rights to the beat. This means in effect that anyone could potentially use it. Therefore a track by a major artist could use the same beats, in effect making it a lot harder to promote your track. On the other hand, non exclusive tracks are a lot less expensive so it is a difficult balance.

In short when you are purchasing exclusive hip hop beats for your mixtape, you need to decide what you want and what is best suited for your sound and your individual circumstances. What should happen is you pay for your beat and you should receive a track to download soon afterwards. Remember there should be a period where you can cancel the payment if you do not receive it. Look online for producers and for feedback from artists that have used their work in the past to find the ideal beats to suit your sound.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment