In this article we are going to look at what you need to make classy sounding rap beats. Now of course there are different options and you can go as far as a recording studio if you really want to get a tune out there that sounds like one of the chart hits.
Although this for most people is a step to far so this article will focus more on the software packages that allow you to make rap beats. Now a lot of people make the mistake of finding some good rap beat maker software and then think it will be simple to just start churning out the beats. This is not normally the case.
To make a good rap beat you NEED to know a little about musical theory. This is basically the rules of music and any music whether you are looking at dance, rap or classical uses the same rules and once you grasp them such as quantizing, timing and rhythm you can start making some awesome sounding beats.
My advice to start you off is to focus on house music, get a good beat maker and look up how to make a simple house tune. This as you can imagine is fairly simple and there are normally just 4 beats to a bar, add a snare or hi-hat offsetting the beats and you will have a very basic but quite a funky house tune.
Then moving forward you can of course start messing around with the basic beats, start adding delays and pauses and you will have a more complex set up. The best thing to remember when you are getting started making rap beats is that you cannot make mistakes with music and as you learn and get more creative your tunes will sound better.
I hope this article has told you a few things that you can use to start making rap beats and good luck!
