Things You'll Need:
- A passion for Hip Hop music.
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Step 1
Clean up the sounds. First and foremost, unless you have clean sounds your mix may be a little erratic. You will most likely get strange pops and clicks in random places such as the beginning and end of the region you chopped. This can be solved with a fade in or a fade out. If you really want to get detailed you can zoom in on the waveform using a free program called Audacity and delete the click out of the sample.
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Step 2
Get the timing right. The timing on your sample could affect the pitch. If you stretch the sound to fit a certain BPM you will get a distorted sound from your original sample. This can be corrected by changing the pitch back to what it was before by raising or lowering your pitch level, or by using a program that automatically stretches the sample without causing a change in pitch.
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Step 3
Have a clear intention for the sample. If you want to use the sample as a hit type of instrument, you may not need to pay attention to how the sample spans across the keyboard or whatever controller you are using to play it. If you are looking to make a sound out of it that sustains the tone for as long as you press the key, changes with pitch, and is based off the keyboard scale, you will need to set a mark in and mark out point, or loop points. Then you need to specify a keyboard range. Then you need to specify a pitch, or what note your sample will start on.
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Step 4
Get your samples cleared. Not properly clearing your samples could potentially hurt your future earnings as a Hip Hop music producer. At the end of the day a Hip Hop producer is more likely to earn residual income from a beat that is originally composed as opposed to one that uses samples. To clear samples it is a good idea to contact a company that obtains clearance for you if you cannot look up the publisher or do not have the means to on your own.
