RSS
It’s time to clear the air over our Platinum Hitz and Stabz kit. Without a doubt this is one of my most favorite P5audio products to produce Hip Hop beats with. Whenever I’m lost for ideas or my beat just needs some added flavor, I can always count on these sounds to get me out of a rut. In fact, no matter what software I’m producing beats in, whether it be Reason, Cubase, Fruity Loops, Sony Acid Pro or whatever, my session template always contains the amazing Hitz and Stabz kit (just in case)!
Ironically, the Platinum Hitz and Stabz kit happens to be one of our most misunderstood products. Producers are divided, some love it, and some just don’t really like it. Now, I’m convinced that for those who are in the “just don’t like it” column, they really do not quite understand how to use these sounds. This is understandable, because it takes time for a producer to develop their ear in order to recognize the full potential of a sample sound set. So what I’ve done is create a video production tutorial showing you how to milk some nasty beats out of these Stabz.
Before I get to the tutorial, let me make sure you all are familiar with the Platinum Hitz and Stabz kit. This product contains 240 orchestral hits, orchestral cuts, song stabs and more. Divided into 24 kits and mapped over the keyboard for quick use, these sounds have been formatted for Reason NN-XT, Apple Logic Exs-24, Native Instruments Kontakt and Battery, and Steinberg’s HALion. All the sounds are in 16 bit .WAV, and work with most music software including FL Studio, Pro Tools, Cubase, Reason and many others. More information on the Hitz and Stabz can be found HERE.
Now for the tutorial…
This video shows you how to create a pattern with these Hitz and Stabz, and then how to build a beat around the pattern. I’m using Reason 4.0 exclusively, and along with the Platinum Hitz and Stabz, I’m using some of my favorite P5audio products (all listed below). Enjoy…
Video Tutorial on how to make a Hip Hop Beat with the Platinum Hitz and Stabz Kit:
Additional P5audio products used to make this beat:
{ 12 comments… read them below or add one }
p5 do you make aiff files for garageband and logic?
Patrick,
Our loops and sample sounds are all in WAV format. Garageband and logic both accept WAV files, just like AIFFs. All you have to do is drag our WAV files into your session as you would AIFFs. Hope this answers your question!
GREAT Ish Keep it up
More tutorials like this PLeaseeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
Make this a regular feature on the site – Would be great to consturct a entire bang’in track from start to finish each week.
GR8 Work!!!
muito bom
Fenix & Moe,
Definitely! You’re going to be seeing a lot more of these coming from us. Stay tuned.
VERY VERY GOOD JOB GUYS !
THANX FOR VIDEO TUTORIAL IDEA.
BIG UP FROM FRANCE
Thanks DFACE1! Thanks for checking it out!
Hey excellent job, I love your products and think there the best to date!! but, i got one question and 1 small problem…How does a person who might not know the keys you played in your loops or, is not that musically inclined, figure out what the keys you pressed/played are? for example, you wanna play a bassline to match your loops perfectly. or you want another instrument to hit the same keys as the loop?
Fletch-O,
Thanks for the love, and very good question. What I would recommend for anyone who wants to produce music, or any kind, is to take some piano lessons. This will tremendously improve your skills in so many ways. Not only will you be able to recognize keys and match bass-lines by pitch, but your rhythmical sense would grately improve; and you will be exposed to new chords and new music styles. Trust me, after just a few lessons you will see a dramatic difference. Hope this helps. In the meantime, post any file names you need to find pitches for, and we’ll find the key signature for you.
Hey excellent job, I love your products and think there the best to date!! but, i got one question and 1 small problem…How does a person who might not know the keys you played in your loops or, is not that musically inclined, figure out what the keys you pressed/played are? for example, you wanna play a bassline to match your loops perfectly. or you want another instrument to hit the same keys as the loop?
THATS EASY JUST COP THE
Celemony Melodyne
P5AUDIO DOES SELL EM JUST CLCIK ON THERE SOFTWEAR SECTION ALL U GOTTA DO IS UPLOAD THE LOOPS IN FL STUDIO WHAT EVER U USE I ALLWAYS USE FL STUDIO BUT REWIRE IT THROW REASON SO I CAN USE THE REASON SOUNDS AND ALL MY REFILLS THROW FL SO THATS COOL BUT YEH GET THE LOOP OPEN UP
Celemony Melodyne RECORD THE LITTLE LOOP AND BANG U KNOW THE KEYS TO THE LOOP.
Cool video.