Producing Old School Hip Hop Sounds
Of course, to produce that old school hip hop sound, you will be needing some gear. Quality wouldn’t come cheap, top of the line equipment could be quite expensive. To begin, you will need a studio standard sampler. Gear that will allow you to record snatches of rhythms and beats in a quality fashion without distortion. Then you’ll need a sequencer to fine tune the beats on to rhythm.
To advance your adaptaion of old school hip hop music you will need a mixer, one that is top of the line. Samples, sequences, this thing will allow you to synthesize everything together into a good stereo sound. One last thing you’ll need is a multi-track recording equipment to smoothly blend everything up.
If you are low on funds, but still have the itch to recreate old school hip hop music, turn to your home computer. There are softwares in the market that could stand on par with studio quality equipment when it comes to producing quality sound. Burn your creations onto CDs and listen to it in a good stereo system and check to see if you’ve got everything down perfectly.
Patience, good listening skills and some creativity will help you on your way to recreating old school hip hop music. Let yourself be carried away in the flowing beats, and let your soul be filled with poetry before creating your own version, and you just might find yourself paying homage to the music your own special way.
