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“My Kronos is my signature and go-to keyboard. When I first started making beats I had the Korg Trinity and an MPC, and I then had the Triton, and the Trident, and then the M3, and now there’s the Kronos.
He still uses a keyboard and FL Studio, or Fruity Loops, the program he made his first beat on. His mom gifted him an MPC when he was a teenager, says Metro, though he rarely uses it.
Metro Boomin’ uses: FL Studio as his main DAW. A Razor laptop (if you go to their YouTube channel, you’ll see) Nexus VST (my channel here demonstrates a few of the EXACT presets Metro uses in his beats (www.youtube.com/jcbiffro)
West uses four primary pieces for sampling, sequencing and recording duties: An Ensoniq ASR-10 keyboard, an Akai MPC 2000 MIDI Production Center, a Roland VS-1880 24-bit Digital Studio Workstation and a Gemini PT-1000 II turntable. One of West’s trademarks, besides classic ’70s soul loops, is ample use of speed.
Artist Biography by Liam Martin Dotson (aka Zaytoven ) played a central role in popularizing the wave of trap music — particularly in his home city — that began in the mid-2000s.
Southside uses the digital audio workstation, FL Studio along with custom installed VST plugins to compose his beats.
FL Studio comes in several editions with different levels of functionality. The free trial version includes all of the program’s features, all plugins, and allows users to render project audio to WAV, MIDI, MP3, and OGG.
FL Studio Pricing
Name | Price |
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Full song creation & extra plugins | $299 |
Full song creation & mic recording | $199 |
Basic melody & loops creation | $99 |
Complete access all unlocked | $737 |
20 Famous Music Producers Who Use FL Studio Hit-Boy. Produced for Kid Cudi, Jay Z, Lil Wayne, Eminem, 50 Cent, Mary J Blige, Chris Brown, Jennifer Lopez, Snoop Dogg, Justin Bieber, and more. Metro Boomin. He has produced for 21 Savage, Travis Scott, Big Sean, Future, and more. Mike Will Made It. DJ Mustard. Cardiak. WondaGurl. Jahlil Beats.
As of this year, Metro Boomin net worth is estimated to be around $8 million. The young and already successful music producer and songwriter have great wealth for only 25 years of age.
The best music producers don’t use loops period. Amateur producers use only loops and play nothing. The top Hip-hop beat-makers might cut up and manipulate loops but rarely don’t use them in their original form. The Amateur hip-hop beat-makers use loops and sample whole records.
What music production software (DAW) do you use? Ableton Live. FL Studio. Logic Pro. Pro Tools. Reason. Garageband. Acid. Cubase.
Popular and successful musicians that proudly use Avid’s Pro Tools include Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Alicia Keys.
Roland Juno-106. The main synth in the verses was recorded from co-producer Mike Dean’s Roland Juno-106, a cool 80’s synth famous for its classic, chorused sound. The patch is simple to program and can be recreated in TAL U-NO-LX, a software emulation of the Juno series.
Dre extensively used the versatile Triton on most of his productions from 2001 onwards, including Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP, The Marshall Mathers LP, and 50 Cent’s debut Get Rich or Die Tryin’.