subject: How To Make A Rap Song For Broadcast [print this page] How To Make A Rap Song For Broadcast How To Make A Rap Song For Broadcast
If you are a rap enthusiast and would like to get into production, you don't have to buy a digital audio workstation or rent costly studio time in order to make a rap song. Beat making software of high quality make the task of rap music production fast, easy and fun.
The biggest problem faced by starting rappers is not knowing exactly which beat maker software to go for as a result of the enormous amount of software variety offered through the Internet. It is easy to make a wrong buying decision without guidance.
At this point it is important to decide whether rapping is a career or a hobby.
If you don't plan on becoming a professional rapper, pick one of the many free beat making programs that are offered on the Web. Although most will allow you to make a rap song of good quality, it will not be good enough for broadcast purposes.
If you plan on becoming a professional rapper, on the other hand, invest in a high quality beat maker software. These come with thousands of sound effects and a keyboard set that will allow chords, horns, and melodies for utilization. If you make a rap song, it will be in WAV file format which is the quality that goes on CDs, and the studio standard.
Cube Base and Fruity Loops are often falsely recommended to beginners. These tools, although very good, are highly technical and have a steep learning curve. A beginning rapper is bound to spend a great deal of time focusing on the features of the software instead of producing music.
Dub Turbo is an alternative that comes with a low-cost price tag often making music techies suspicious of its ability to deliver what is stated on its website and press releases. It includes several training videos that are step by step tutorials helping the beginner familiarize himself with the ins and outs of the program. There is also a PDF guide that will help him make a rap song in about an hour. The program outputs music files of broadcast quality.
