How long have you been making beats?

V-F! · **Joined:** Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:37 am **Posts:** 1109

9 years whoa shit! Didn't start making decent stuff till a couple years ago..

IIIII · **Posted:** Thu May 26, 2011 6:50 pm

wow i'm a newbie, i got my 404 in 07. only did vocals in a band with my friends before that. wish i knew about samplers when i was younger, def would have saved up for one in high school instead of buying mt dew all the time

elhuana · **Posted:** Thu May 26, 2011 7:11 pm

I started out when I bought my sp404 and joined this forums - since 2008

and I second what IIIII said - I wish I knew about samplers much earlier...

fauna · **Posted:** Thu May 26, 2011 11:38 pm

i've been singing and playing guitar & drums in bands / making indie rock for....jeez. about 20 years in all honesty. only been making beats for about 4 years tho. almost all self-taught. that's why i'm still terrible after all this time :lol:

i gotta say, sp-forum has totally helped me making beats & playing around w/ the artform. support, encouragement, legit tips, ridiculous lols and inspiration.

Teewok · **Posted:** Thu May 26, 2011 11:39 pm

Made my first beat in 2001 (on computer using mp3 audio mix) , I named it "Dynamic" lol. Took some open drums off this AZ song and threw on this dope piano loop mp3 I had on my computer. I was blown away when I found out that I could do that and I haven't stopped since

Picked up an SP-606 in 2009 and re-learned how to make beats using an actual sampler with pads and effects -> with the help of the sp-forums

adrianT · **Joined:** Sat May 21, 2011 3:38 am **Posts:** 29

Teewok wrote:

Made my first beat in 2001 (on computer using mp3 audio mix) , I named it "Dynamic" lol. Took some open drums off this AZ song and threw on this dope piano loop mp3 I had on my computer. I was blown away when I found out that I could do that and I haven't stopped since

Picked up an SP-606 in 2009 and re-learned how to make beats using an actual sampler with pads and effects -> with the help of the sp-forums

Good stuff man. Checked your soundcloud. All nice. I'm going through the re-learning thing myself lol.

miekeye · **Joined:** Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:18 pm **Posts:** 31

Just a couple days now

Ill Green · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2011 4:51 pm

elhuana wrote:

I started out when I bought my sp404 and joined this forums - since 2008

and I second what IIIII said - I wish I knew about samplers much earlier...

I had a different scenario, I only knew them as beat machines, so when I went to the shop and asked for one, the dude showed me a mixer with sound effects. I knew that wasn't it so he showed me more mixers and drum machines, and I was like "nah, I want that device where I can take a record and take clips off of it to make music with it" Dude eyes lit up and he said "Oh, I see, you wanna make beats! What you want is a sampler." He showed me 3 types but they all were in the thousands$$. I left feeling down because I thought they would at least be a hundred bucks, but nope.

When Roland dropped the MS-1, that was the answer to my prayer. I think that was the first budget sampler that had all the pro features.

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