BEAT Magazine September 2022

Beat 09/22: 111 Producer Tips for better and more finished tracks

How much content does a track need? Am I investing too little time? Am I too cerebral in my approach? Why can‘t my sound keep up with Spotify and Beatport? These are questions that everyone has asked themselves at some point. But now there are answers! In this special, we‘ll give you concrete advice on what to consider when arranging, how to improve the quality of your tracks, and how to produce release-ready material. Extra-large collection of tips included!

Win prizes worth over 10.000 € with our Song Contest!

Get to the point in 15 seconds! The rules are very simple and with a bit of luck you’ll be one of the 20 winners. Prizes include: ASM Hydrasynth Desktop, various Arturia software boxes, Audient EVO 16 audio interface, Apogee Duet 3, Focal Alpha 80 Evo monitors, an Akai MPC Live 2, Novation Circuit Tracks and many more. We’re keeping our fingers crossed for you!

For Free: Epic Grooves for Scores, Trap and Symphonic EDM

A large selection of expressive percussion instruments await you in this month‘s Software Highlight. With 23 playable instruments and 25 loop instruments, Orchestral Percussion for IK Multimedia‘s SampleTank 4 CS sample player has everything you need to add symphonic intensity to your track. The included 102 MIDI patterns, complete with crescendos and rolls, help spice up your epic rhythms.

89 Stabs & Basses for Trap like 2 Chainz & Night Lovell

Tuned cars, naughty basses and the middle finger at the ready… we totally admit: For this sound bank, we were inspired by the YouTube channel of the Gangster Gang crew. Their sound is simply the best that Trap and Grime have to offer in 2022. And 4.5 million followers can’t lie. Let more than 2 GB basses, synths, brass stabs and acoustic instruments guide you to new, atmospheric tracks.

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