Hip-hop beat-makers are usually unseen. Not all sample-based producers are as reclusive as the torch-bearing loop artist Madlib, but even the most prominent among them are part of the backdrop. After ...

Let’s be honest, in 2024 the easiest and most flexible approach to beat-making is in-the-box. DAW tools such as Logic’s Drum Machine Designer, Ableton’s Drum Racks or the similar beat making tools in ...

It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but the D1 offers a lot of functionality and versatility for a not unaffordable price. Fixed track parameters hinders flexibility slightly. A few functional annoyances.

Music producers who make beats used to struggle to make a living. Now online stores and non-exclusive licenses are allowing them to flourish. Wasim Khamlichi was always a computer geek. When he got ...