July 29, 2013

How To Buy Beats And Instrumentals: Bass

By Delroy Wilkins


Hip hop is one of the music genres popular across different cultures and ages. Hip hop has been around for decades and during this time, has experienced several changes. Despite these changes, old school hip hop and modern hip hop share one thing in common, high energy. Simply put, hip hop ranks among high energy music genres.

During its evolution, one major change in hip hop is the way it's created. Technological changes, especially the use of computers connected to music production equipment, has enabled creation of beats that would not have been created in the past. Computers have enabled the creation of unique supporting sounds and effects through a couple of mouse clicks. Professional producers are now able to use both instruments and equipment to easily create unique beats people love to listen to. Technology might have accelerated the changes in hip hop music creation. However, one thing has not changed is the use of bass. Bass forms an important component of the hip hop beat. If you intend to create hip hop beats that every hip hop lover will appreciate, you must learn at least the basics of using bass when producing beats.

The bass is responsible for the structure of the song. It gives the music the harmonic balance that it needs to make sense. Without the bass, the music is not as easy to listen to. If there is nothing providing that type of harmonic structure, the listener will try to add it on their own. That will not make for a popular beat.

There are two main ways of adding bass to your beats. First is the rhythmic bass. This method can be used to incorporate the bass element throughout the track. The second is the sustained beat. This is usually incorporated in parts of the beat to keep it going.

While we spoke of 2 techniques of adding bass to your beats, each category has different sub categories which can effectively be used to convert the way the bass sounds within the beat. Such sub categories include layering, changing of the note, and stretching. These are all ways that can be used to change different tones of bass within the track.

When adding bass to your beat, move one step at a time. That is, start with the original bass sound and then transform it step by step. By doing this, you will be able to identify the specific bass sound you want to use on your track without much difficulty.




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