Audio Recording Tips

Wanna produce hip hop tracks? I am not a hip hop producer but I can teach you the basics on how to create hip hop beats using hot stepper and Adobe Audition. First, download Hot Stepper here.

Second, launch the program and it should look like below:

Third, experiment with your favorite drum loops right directly in the hot stepper; you can use the mouse to create your own nice musical arrangements.

In my own example:

Fourth, do not forget to save your file. Click File – Save as –, then type the file name; in my example I name it as mylooops.hpa. The file extension should be there: *.hpa

Fifth, is to export EACH track to WAV. For example if I will export “Bass Fat” track, I will remove all of the tracks first (by right clicking on red buttons on the hot stepper sequencer) EXCEPT Bass fat, DO NOT SAVE THE FILE AFTER THIS or else your original arrangement will be overwritten. See screenshot (exporting Bass Fat):

To export, click File – Write pattern wav – {name of your wav file}

To export another track (example Banana Bass), go to File – Open, and in the warning: “Do you want to save before continuing?” select NO. Then find your original mix/arrangement that you have saved, and then open it again. Remove all red buttons except for Banana bass:

Do the same procedure above for exporting to wav file for the rest of the tracks.
Until all tracks are exported as wav. Open Adobe Audition (you can use any); then load up the tracks EACH in the multi-track session (one track for each wav file). See screenshot:

http://www.audiorecording.me/wordpress/postimages/hotstepper5.jpg

You can then use your mixing software clip duplication feature to make several copies of your original loop.

http://www.audiorecording.me/wordpress/postimages/hotstepper6.jpg

Listen to this sample demo produced using the steps above: