Best magazine for beat makers?

Its Almost like the Source vs Eminem issue.

please give doom his mask back

Remedial wrote:

ieism wrote:

wanbizzle wrote: I wanna know what eq settings just blaze uses to get that low-end thump, anyone feel me?

that's easy: he boosts 28.7 dB between 41 and 49 Hz.

He didn't need a magazine to figure that out either, so why should you? Use your ears, not your eyes.

Damn, how'd you figure this one out? Frequency analyzer? Also, isn't 28 db kind of extreme?

I was joking. what the fu*k do i care what eq setting he uses on his tracks.

FutureMusic Magazine - music equipment is the tool of producers. This magazine has done an execellent job over the years of reviewing it all and it comes with a free sample CD every month. Sometimes they send you production tutorials in video format. Over a course of 3 years, i've accumulated TONS of sounds from just this one subscription.

Scratch is nice to read when you're taking a dump and wanna stare at some cool studio setups. You're not going to learn much from it IMHO, and gear reviews in it are a joke - they say nothing you couldn't read at the manufacturer's website. Future Music has some alright tutorials, but it really is a beginner's mag. This is good if you're a beginner, but on the other hand it sort of tells you how to work which can really be limiting... Sound on Sound is much more serious, but it's geeky and it focuses on recording bands rather than beatmaking. And Scratch and FM are especially guilty of encouraging gear lust, even if they say otherwise.

Seriously, don't expect too much from a mag; it's only entertainment. If you want the latest (gear) news, you get it from the net. If you want to learn how to make beats, you lock yourself in the studio and make beats. I might pick up a magazine every once in a while to read at the beach or something, but mostly I browse through them at the newsstand, notice there's nothing new or they only review software, and I put 'em back.

That said, I used to get SoS every month for years, and FM before that. I did learn a lot from doing that, but it's not like there's one tutorial that explains it all. After a while there just isn't anything new in the mags. How many compression tutorials can you read? Compression/EQ/reverb/mixing/sampling tutorials are all over the 'net anyway. Print some of the tutorials from the SoS site and get a condensed version of the 10% truly useful stuff that's in the mag every month.

And 'free' sample CD's suck a$$ IMHO. If the CD is free, how come the magazine is $16 and half of it is advertisments? Spend that money on vinyl. If you want to read something, pick up a copy of WaxPoetics or something like that.

... just my ¢2 on magazines...

lo-fi wrote:Scratch is nice to read when you're taking a dump and wanna stare at some cool studio setups. You're not going to learn much from it IMHO, and gear reviews in it are a joke - they say nothing you couldn't read at the manufacturer's website.

That said, I used to get SoS every month for years, and FM before that. I did learn a lot from doing that, but it's not like there's one tutorial that explains it all. After a while there just isn't anything new in the mags. How many compression tutorials can you read? Compression/EQ/reverb/mixing/sampling tutorials are all over the 'net anyway. Print some of the tutorials from the SoS site and get a condensed version of the 10% truly useful stuff that's in the mag every month.
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my vote goes to Scratch. We hear their music but now we can hear what they have to say. And technique is something acquired with time and practice. I like hearing their individual stories and views on things(even though some may sound ignorant).

me too. i love reading Scratch. It won't teach me shitt, but then again, i don't really rely on a magazine to teach me stuff. I just like to read how Timbaland got started for instance. Who's workin with who. What kind of equipment Da Rockwilder uses.

i really like remix, computer music, eq, mix mag, tape op, sound on sound, scratch, urb, and the prosound, musicians friend and gcenter catalogs.

Looks like a lot of people here are feeling Scratch Magazine. I've been diggin it since it started. It's about time that someone came up with a magazine, dedicated to the lives of hip-hop's producers. I know plenty of MC's that don't even know who Pete Rock is... but they know the words to "T.R.O.Y." Cats that are young and eager to rip mics, who care nothing about what equipment we use... they just want a dope beat. If you asked them to name a producer, they'd say "Dr. Dre" and that's it. I think Scratch can put these kinds of people, somewhere on our side of the fence. The magazine may not teach US anything but, there are tons of people who could learn a lot from it.

did anyone mention Keyboard magazine, has alot of general production articles, tutorials, gear reviews etc., it covers a broad spectrum, and has helpful articles, on anything from how to eq to playing keys.

boaty wrote:did anyone mention Keyboard magazine, has alot of general production articles, tutorials, gear reviews etc., it covers a broad spectrum, and has helpful articles, on anything from how to eq to playing keys.

yah i picked a copy up not too long ago, the one with the purple cover..thats another cool magazine


sound on sound is another one, i think el mentioned that one

to be honest using your gear, listening to your tunes and perhaps speaking to some of the cats here is gonna teach you a whole lot more than any mag....

greg

^^

So true. I think the one thing people always forget about is just listening to music. The most educational and important parts of my setup have always been my records

not really into beats but ik like TAPE OP & WAXPOETICS

scratch to for easy reading. SOS I hate 60% adds. futuremusic is more devoted to computermusic.