BY RCA MILES HIGH

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Sound Tips
-Tips on improving your Sound

©2008 RCA Miles High

1. Clean your samples before loading/chopping them in FL Studio. Programs like Cool Edit Pro/Audition have hiss reduction and click/pop eliminators to eliminate distortion and anomalies. You can also pre-amp your sample with equalizer boosts or compressors.

2. Use filtering to bring out the specific frequencies you want to be louder. For example, if your sample has low bass then amplify the lower frequencies using the mixer’s 7 Band Equalizer.

3. Sample and clean new drum sounds from old records. Using new drums that you can’t get with sample packs online will refresh your style of producing.

4. Listen closely and watch your peak meter monitor for distortion caused by clipping. The perfect beat can go wrong instantaneously as soon as you start peaking.

5. Amplify any sounds that are too low, or add mixer effects to thicken the texture of the sound. Adding a Bass Boost to a kick drum, or a Chorus effect to your sample has some interesting outcomes.

6. Add some drops to your beat where the drums double up or go silent at the end of a bar. Silence your sample on the 2nd or 4th beat of a bar, or chop it differently on the last bar before your chorus/hook.

7. Experiment, take your time, and review many times before branding it officially done. Create a rough-draft mixdown of your beat, and take it with you the next day to play in your mp3 player. You might catch something you missed that needs to be fixed.