Programs for creating a beat for rap. Required parameters for rap recording

This question worries many amateurs. of this style music. If you have ears, brains, voice and eyes, then you can become a full-fledged rapper.

To train fast reading, you should read tongue twisters. This trains the ability to pronounce quickly and clearly. Difficult words... For example, read quickly the phrase: "Lilac tooth picker" or "Sasha knocked a bump with a hat." What phrases! Sometimes there are even words so dark. For example: Under-qualified. How do you like the word? Like? In short, read tongue twisters and such tricks will not become an obstacle for you.

Here are some common tongue twisters:

From the trampling of hooves, dust flies across the field

Bori has a screw. Viti has a bandage.

Bagel, donut, loaf and loaf
The baker baked the dough early.

I met a hedgehog in the thicket,
- How's the weather, hedgehog?
- Fresh.
And went home trembling
Shrinking, shrinking, two hedgehogs.

Their pesticides will not overpesticide ours.

Coconut cookers cook coconut juice in a quick-cooker.

They took off Nadezhda's colored clothes,
Without clothes, Nadezhda does not beckon as before.

The Staffordshire Terrier is eager, and the Black-haired Giant Schnauzer is frisky.

Is this colonialism? - No, this is not colonialism, but neo-colonialism!

Beavers wander into bora cheeses. Beavers are brave, but kind to beavers.

In the seven sleigh, seven Semyonov with a mustache sat in the sleigh themselves.

Even your neck, even your ears, you stained with black mascara.
Get under the shower soon. Shower the mascara off your ears.
Wash mascara from your neck under the shower. Dry yourself off after a shower.
The neck is drier, the ears are drier, and don't get your ears dirty anymore.

The woodpecker chipped, chipped, chipped, but neither chipped nor chipped.

Rhymes. Rhyme styles

You can rhyme different ways.

The easiest way is called contiguous.

In this way, a clear sequence of rhymes is visible. The rhyme “opens”, then “closes”, then “opens” again, and so on.

For instance:

Boys and girls - check out the topic (opened)

I sum up the results of the year in a thick problem (closed)

Grandma, heifers, schmal, study (open)

Can be brought to the grave (closed)

Life is like a doormat (open)

All live only dust erasing (closed)

Texts of this type are characterized by a fast reading rate and high dynamics.

The second way is called "cross rhyme"

In this way, the rhymes go through one. That is, two rhymes are immediately introduced and alternated one by one. This method is not easy and requires some brains to write such a text. But then the listener can see the technicality of the MC. These rhymes sound graceful.

For instance:

I am MC Ant - (open 1)

That's my name! (open 2)

Pour me some vodka (close 1)

Then everything will be good! (Close 2)

You can call me "dude", (open 1)

You can call it a kid (open 2)

I just don't care how (close 1)

Just not to yell! (closed 2)

All other rhyming methods are called “woven rhyme.” These definitions include a variety of complex rhymes in which not 2 rhymes, but 3 or more are used. ...

Finally, I want to tell you about one tricky rhyming technique called ASSONANCE.

Assonance is not exact rhyme based on repetition of vowel sounds, mainly percussion sounds. It can be used when you cannot come up with a rhyme for some important word that cannot be replaced by another word.

For instance:

You read rap workshop articles

At this time, in the closet, the jacket is eating moths.

Workshop and Mole. Is there a rhyme? There is not! And when reading it, it will not be noticeable!

How to write text?

How to write text?

This question is often asked by aspiring rappers.

The chorus plays a very important role in the writing of the lyrics. If there is a knocking chorus, then the text of the verses will no longer play a big role. But this rule cannot be applied to lyric themes... The chorus should be simple and original. Then it is well remembered by the listener and after a couple of listens it will be systematically scrolling in the brain.

Style selection

Choosing your own style should be taken seriously. Then, when you have fans, it will not be realistic to change it. Of course, it is best to do not what is popular, but what you like to listen to.

The style is determined by:
Text
Chitke
Voice
Music

If you like to listen to, for example, POP-Rap, then this does not mean that you cannot become a star of gangsta-rap. It's one thing to listen, another thing to do.

Don't mix gangsta rap with lyric rap !!! It will turn out to be something like:
"The last time you are with me, the last time I am yours, the last time there are tears from my eyes! I put you in the toilet."

There is also such a thing as transitional age. This is about 14-16 years old. Until this time, the boy's voice is stupidly childish. Therefore, it is unnecessary to decide on the style before the transitional age.

Rap plagiarism

I already wrote that every rapper has his own style. It's easier to muddle the style with a rewrite. V Lately many rap stars of the CIS "convert" foreign hits into Russian ones =))
For example:

KAPA - Method Man

Nogano aka Basta - "Polubax"

And everyone knows them! Many - do not hide, others mask the styles of different rappers mix, a little of their own and ready new style! In short, the one who wants to remake the styles of niggas, he needs to listen to a dozen Nigerian hit albums and you can blame such that Tupac will smile in his coffin =)

How to write text?

At the beginning of a rap career, it is quite difficult to double all the chips by yourself, and even boring. If you decide to stir up rap, then gather a team of 2-3 people and create a group.

When creating a group, great attention should be paid to the name of the group, since then you cannot change it. The name is like a brand on the ass! When you come up with it - go to Google and search: is there no such group with the same name? I once heard a pop-up rap chick in a Kent's car and asked who was reading. He poked the paddle holder at me. After reading it, I went nuts - the group, the name of which was my group. It's a shame…. It's a shame….

The same applies to your nicknames. They should be unique and simple. Like Vladi, Jeep, Noganno, Syava, MC Molodoy, Serpent, Abdurakhman, etc.

In a group, all participants must have equal rights. But if the text of the song was written by someone alone, then he can force the participants to re-read their verses as he likes. Ideally, everyone should write their own text. Then it will be easier for him to lament it.

How to come up with your own reading style?

Reading into the microphone, MC is a little shy of his head and reads in a lowered tone. As a result, the reading is not expressive and naturally does not please oneself. When you read, you hear yourself one at a time, but when you listen to a recording, it’s not at all like that. It's all about the volume of the voice, not the microphone.

Having read more than a dozen texts in this way, your voice will begin by itself, naturally, to form its own style. Do not try to invent your own style readings! It will manifest itself over time!

If you have any questions, write on the MS beginners forum.

And finally, I will write you my little warm-up text, which I read on the way home and in general when I want to stretch my ligaments and lungs (read in one breath).

The baren is not at the bar, the baren is already at the bazaar!

Breshing rams, recklessly takes brama,

A couple of bananas a kilogram!

Mediocre badyazhit, paw like women,

No delirium, no pain, no marriage,

Throws cancer, throws a shameless balboy at a woman!

And a woman is like a woman, she would have wine and chocolate!

No chocolate! Called Baren a bastard!

I wish you learn, and it is possible for you and the future hip-hop star to accomplish the feat,

Thanks to Breakwater, for what I can carry before you to just help you.

Hello reader of the blog site. In this article, we will continue the training course on Fl Studio and today we will look at how it works. making a rep minus... The rap industry has its own styles and directions. There are Gangsta rap, Hardcore rap, West coast rap, Old school and many others. But in this tutorial, we'll take a look at instrumental hip-hop. It is also popularly called lyrical rap.

So, there are 2 ways to create Rep minus:

• The first way is to write all the instruments, chords, beat yourself.
• The second method involves the use of ready-made instrumental parts, i.e. samples, loops. This method began to be used initially in the rap style. Samples were taken from songs of other performers, cutting out fragments of instruments and competently composing them together, prescribing the beat for him. We will also consider this method, but only in the next lessons.

And in this article we will analyze the first method since I prefer it. And because I recommend learning how to write chords yourself, as this will greatly help in the future, when you need to write an arrangement or a second melody for the chorus to the sample, as well as to make the rap minus varied.

Let's take a look at what we need to do to create Rap Minus:

1. Compose a quality drama game.
2. Write a catchy melody.
3. Write an interesting and correct bass line.

In this project I will use standard samples, instruments and additional vsti plugin Edirol.HQ.Orchestral. It is also in the archive with the project. You will need to install it. Read how to do it here -> if you don’t know.

So, let's take everything in order, but before that, let's expose the track. Let's put 80 bpm. Click on right click mouse over tempo and select 80 bpm.

Let's compose a high-quality Drum game.

To do this, we will need to correctly match to the bat Kick, Hat,Clap or Snare... It is necessary to determine the harmonious component by ear when selecting. And, that is, so that together they complement each other perfectly.

Look at the picture below. Notice how alternating Kick, Clap or Snare. Clap or Snare should start with red squares. Well, Kick can be arranged so that there is a rhythm. You can repeat or sketch your beat. In my case, I used 2 Kick and 2 Snare to make the instrument sound better.

Now we need to stretch the pattern by 2 measures, change the number in the orange window to 8. Left-click and drag up.

So that we don't get tired of listening to the minus, we need to do a few drama parts. In this project I made 4 games, where mainly 2 games and 2 transition games are played. Look in the project.

The main drum part is playing in the red box. The other 2 parties are for transitions.

Let's write a catchy melody.

To write a melody for lyric rap minus, you need to choose an instrument. In my case, I'll choose the Fl Keys piano.

You can customize it as you need. I have already explained all the settings in this article -. But I don't think you need to do this first.

He already has ready-made templates... You can choose which one you need.

Let's select the next pattern and go to piano roll. Here we will prescribe a catchy melody for lyric rap minus. Here, knowing the chords would not hurt us, but first, just repeat after me.

Let's write a melody for 8 bars. You can do more to diversify the melody, but first we'll do it for 8 bars.

After you have registered the melody, go to the next pattern and write the bass.

Write an interesting and correct Bass line.

Here we need to register the bass line as interesting and correct as possible. Everything is done by ear and therefore there are no recommendations.

For the bass we will use the standard 3x Osc plugin. We load it. You can see how to set it up here.

We'll also write it for 8 bars. And move on to the next point.

Unforgettable to move on to the next pattern.

Make a cool arrangement or second melody.

We will linger at this point. Here we need to make a cool arrangement or second melody for the chorus.

But before that, we will make a Pad for the volumetric minus. We do this so that the minus does not sound dull. I used 2 plugins one standard Fruity Soundfont Player and external Orchestral.

On a note. The volume of the Pads channel needs to be turned down. The volume should not stand out, but just play against the background of the melody. We tune by ear.

Pad at Fruity Soundfont Player

Pad from Orchestral. The instrument I chose was the violin.

For the arrangement, I used another tool called Autogun. There are a lot of presets in it and I just chose by ear more or less suitable and wrote just such a melody.

For the chorus, I used the same plugin, but a different preset. The melody was used from the main melody.

Dynamically put everything in the playlist correctly.

Here, open all your imagination and expose everything as you yourself think, but stick to the stereotyped. I also wrote about this in the article -

Rap as a genre does not imply a "blank verse" in its text, the lines must obey a certain internal structure and a certain rhyme. If you approach from the "literary" side of the issue, then rap, according to its scheme of adding rhymed lines, is considered an accent verse. It is worth looking in literary theory for what it is, especially if you are an aspiring rapper. Among other things, you need to be able to compose such texts so that they fit the given musical style. The content of the tracks must be complete and appropriate to the style of the genre. This is the minimum for learning how to write rap. Of course, inspiration is also needed.

In order for inspiration to visit you, you need to tune in to a suitable "wave" - ​​lyrical or harder. You also need to make sure that no one will distract you and no one will interfere. Of course, before you start writing rap, you need to decide what, what will be the topic of your text. Your idea should be filled with meaning, which should be visible in all lines of the text. The semantic load of the future song should be decorated with rhymes. First, you can make a series of sketches of non-rhymed lines, and then change them for a poetic version.

Making rap rhymes

In how to write rap correctly, the main role is assigned, nevertheless, to rhymes. It is advisable to create text with an equal number of syllables in each of the lines. You also need to adhere to the rules:

• If there are 8 syllables in the first line, then in following lines also lines should be the same. It should be remembered that the number of vowels is equal to the number of syllables.
• After that, you need to proceed directly to rhyming. To do this, you need to know the main types and schemes of rhymes, and use those that you like the most. And the best thing is to practice and create texts with different rhymes. For this, of course, it is worth finding out how. To write rap - the text is best using one rhyme.
• The most popular rhyme scheme is contiguous. V in this case the first line will rhyme with the second line, the second line with the third, etc. Graphically, the diagram is depicted as "AABB".
• The second type of rhyme is cross. In this case, the first line rhymes with the third, and the second with the fourth. Schematically, this is "ABAB", i.e. lines that rhyme with each other intersect.
• Another type of rhyme is circular. In this case, the first line will rhyme with the fourth line, and the second line will rhyme with the third. Those. the rhyming lines seem to form a kind of ring. Schematically, this is "ABBA".
• The last type of rhyme is woven. It is considered the most complex and therefore very diverse. Here you can allow many variants of rhymes, for example, the first line can rhyme with the fourth, the second line with the sixth, the third line with the fifth, etc.
• You also need to know existing species rhymes. They are accurate - then all the sounds that stand after the stress match. And they are also inaccurate - then such a coincidence does not occur.

Building rap lyrics

You also need to know how to write a rap of the text, namely to follow the topic. You need to keep track of the content, because the meaning of the lyrics should be understood by the audience first of all. It is also worth following a number of tips:

In order to get interesting text, you should avoid obvious rhymes. It is advisable to select complex and unusual rhymes, although you will spend a lot of energy on it. But the end result will reward you in full.

• Also, do not forget about additional expressive means. Use comparisons, metaphors - this will only make your text better and brighter. A text that contains comparisons and figurative meaning will be interesting to listen to. You can also use comparisons without fear. This will especially help in how to write touching rap, lyrics.
• But at the same time, you need to include specifics in your text. If a specific event or person is mentioned, then it is better to name them specifically. Such inserts will only bring your text closer to reality, and it will become closer to the audience.
• Be sure to follow the rhythm. It should be beaten in parallel with your hand, like a tap dance. You need to remember that between the stressed syllables of each line, you need to do the same number of unstressed syllables. In this case, the text will sound rhythmically and evenly.
• There are no hard and fast rules for the chorus as it is more music dependent. It may even be one word, or there may not be a chorus at all. But in many cases the chorus is four or eight lines long.

Now you know everything about how to write poetry correctly for rap. This will allow you to delve into this art and, possibly, become famous one day. It all depends not only on talent, but also on desire, so it is worth striving for heights. We wish you good luck and creative success!

Of course, every creative person can create their masterpieces in completely different ways. However, if you are struggling to write music, it may be helpful to start off with some basic points. To write a rap song, follow our instructions.

Steps

Part 1

1. Brainstorm. Listening to the rhythm over and over again, allow yourself to improvise out loud to open all the creative floodgates. Don't touch pen and paper for a while, just improvise. When you feel ready, make a list of phrases, rhymes, and any potential pieces of text that come to your mind. Let inspiration flow into your songwriting process.

   • Allow ideas to form and accumulate. Take a notebook with you everywhere, in case you have an insight in transport, at work or while shopping - you can catch the moment and fix your find.

2. Write a hook. If you were working on a term paper, you would start with the basics. But this is a rap song, so start with the hook (better known as the chorus). The hook not only has to reflect the theme of the song, but more importantly, be unique and catchy. A good hook becomes the basis for other elements of the song — rhythm or lyrics — so don't stop at things that don't give you a continuation of the idea.

   • If you find it difficult to compose something right off the bat, paraphrase your favorite line from another song. The main thing is not to copy anything directly, otherwise you may have legal difficulties.

3. Warnings

   • Do not allow yourself to criticize other rappers, at least until you have mastered freestyle, developed a unique style, and are known as the author of the best lyrics.

Rap is now becoming one of the most popular genres alongside pop and rock music. More and more young performers appear, and with them beat makers, who create beats. This process is carried out through special programs... In this article, we will look at a few prominent representatives similar software.

Cubase provides everything necessary tools for creating, mixing and recording music. Of the main, I would like to note the presence of an equalizer, a multitrack editor, support for VST plug-ins and effects. In addition, the user can load a video into the program to replace the sound in it.

This program is perfect for users who want to create music from scratch, edit a track, add effects or make a remix. Beats are also created using Cubase. The demo version is distributed free of charge and is available for download on the official website. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with it before buying the full version.

FL Studio

FL Studio is considered to be one of the best DAWs for creating music of different genres. A huge set of tools and functions allows you to implement even the craziest ideas in any direction. The program offers users a multitrack editor, mixer, equalizer, allows you to engage in sampling, mastering and mixing. Supports third party VST plugins, samples and loops.

The finished file is saved in one of the available formats: MP3, WAV, OGG and FLAC. To continue working with the project in the future, save a copy of it in standard format FLP. Thanks to limitless possibilities FL Studio is suitable for both professionals and amateurs, not only in the creation of beats.

Ableton live

This representative is suitable not only for creating music, Ableton Live is actively used by famous DJs during live performances. Therefore, it should be noted that the program supports two modes of operation. Beat makers will need to use the mode "Arrangement", to create cons.

In Ableton Live you can mix, master, process compositions various effects and do whatever other sound workstations allow. The program has user-friendly interface, each element is located in its place. However, there is no Russian language and this may become a problem among some users.

Reason

Reason is a professional software allowing you to create, edit and process compositions. Immediately I would like to note the bright interface in which it is very comfortable to work. There is a built-in explorer that will be useful for quick search certain function... Besides standard set Reason's capabilities allows you to connect to MIDI devices and supports MIDI files.

The very process of creating a bit is practically no different from what would be carried out in other similar software. The track is assembled from pieces in a multitrack editor. Nice addition can be considered the presence of built-in libraries different sounds, presets and loops. Reason is paid for, and trial version available for download on the official website of the developer.

Mixcraft

If you've never worked with digital soundstations before, we recommend starting with Mixcraft. This program is equipped with everything you need to create music, has a simple and intuitive interface, and a beginner will need a minimum amount of time to get used to it.

As for the functionality, Mixcraft has collected all the basic tools and functions that are present in other similar programs. Of the unique, I would like to note the possibility of working with sheet music. It was implemented on basic level however for some users this will be enough.

Reaper

Another representative on our list is the Reaper, a well-known digital sound work station... It supports multitrack editor, virtual musical instruments and MIDI devices. Audio recording from a microphone, import and export of audio files is available.

We recommend paying attention to the built-in virtual machine, it provides the set additional opportunities... At JavaScript help launch is in progress source code plugin. Users can edit this code by changing some of the plugin's functionality or completely redesigning it.

Cakewalk sonar

Sonar - professional program to work with music. It supports use in a multitrack editor, has a built-in set of instruments, loops and samples. Users can connect additional MIDI devices or plug-ins with a little pre-configuration.

Audio recording from a microphone is available, and is also present "Audio Snap" added in one of recent updates. This function allows you to sync tracks, adjust their tempo, align and convert. Cakewalk Sonar is distributed for a fee, but the trial version is available for free to everyone.

Sony Acid Pro

Our list includes a professional Sony program Acid Pro, the principle of which was originally based on creating music using loops (loops). With each update, bugs were fixed and new functionality was added. Now users have become more positive about Acid Pro, and many have started working in it all the time.

This representative is endowed with the same functions, has similar tools, like most similar programs. There is a multitrack editor, implemented full-fledged work with MIDI devices, VST plugins are supported. But that's not all, users can expand the program's capabilities with third-party add-ons thanks to the ReWire protocol.

PreSonus Studio One

Studio One has managed to get an impressive number of fans in its short time of existence, who have switched from other digital sound workstations to this one. Interested this program many with convenient implementation of functions, an individual approach to the selection of built-in tools and an original interface.

Through the use "Multi Instrument" there is a fusion of several sounds, due to which something new and unusual appears. Using PreSonus Studio One becomes even more comfortable due to the arrangement track - this allows you to split the track into several parts and work with each separately.

The list turned out to be quite long, but not complete. There are many more similar programs on the Internet that are suitable for writing bits, but we tried to choose the best representatives that provide unique functionality, simple and easy to use.