Future Beat: Complete Construction Kit for Trap, Hip-hop and R&B
Sample Magic’s Future Beat is an inspiring and versatile Pack that producers of trap, footwork, hip-hop and contemporary R&B will fall in love with.
Take a deep dive into beats and rhymes with this collection of posts featuring hip hop producers from around the world. Learn new techniques, grab some free downloads, and find out what inspires these diverse beatmakers.
Creativity in the Engineer's Chair with Young Guru
Jay Z’s engineer Young Guru discusses his creative approach to making records, sculpting sound, and how he draws on life experience for his work in the studio
Leonard Charles: Reverse Engineered Donuts
Leonard Charles recreated J Dilla’s Donuts album using only live instruments and analog hardware. Read the interview and download the free Instrument Racks.
Input/Output: Kirk Knight
Brooklyn-based producer and MC Kirk Knight discusses Ableton Live in the studio, on stage and in the making of his album Late Knight Special
Recreate Roots Manuva’s ‘Witness’ in Live with Point Blank’s Ski Oakenfull
Recreate Roots Manuva’s ‘Witness’ in Ableton Live with Point Blank’s Ski Oakenfull
Decap: Feeling Push
Hip-hop producer Decap premieres a virtuosic video in which he performs his track “Feeling” in one take on Push in 64 pad mode.
Input/Output: Decap and Brady Watt on Push & working with Ski Beatz
Hip-hop artists Decap & Brady Watt talk working with Ski Beatz, Push and more.