what time do you make your beats? 1/16 -1/16T

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Just curious what time people are using to make thier beats. I have been using 1/16th for the longest time but I have been experimenting with 1/16T and 1/32nd. Is there some standard that is generally used for rap? What are u using?
 
There isn’t a set standard “time signature” that producers use for all their music, however, the most commonly used is the 4/4 signature. This correlates to the time of the notes that the sequencer allows per bar.
If you use a 4/4 signature and a 1/16 note series (16th note resolution), than you will have sixteen notes for every bar for which you can input notes.
Now when you use a 4/4 signature and a 1/32 note series (32cd note resolution) you allow for 32 input notes for one bar. This is very helpful if you want to get those really fast rolls on your notes.
This will differ if you use a different “time” signature.” For instance if you use a 3/4 Time signature and a 1/16 note series you will only have 12 notes per measure. Using a 3/4 signature will give you a lot of “swing” in your music. Helpful if you like that “funk” feeling.
Using the 1/16T (16th note triplets) in a 4/4 signature gives you the “swing” feel just like if you used a 3/4 signature.

The diagram below may help you a bit.

*each “=” is one note
The “+” are the first note of each measure.

+ = = = + = = = + = = = + = = = 4/4 1/16
+=======+=======+=======+======= 4/4 1/32

+ = = + = = + = = + = = 4/4 1/16T

Both of the “first” sequences mean the same thing.
Both these sequences will sound the exact same but you can see how the 1/32 allows for more notes. (Increased resolution). You can also see how the 4/4 1/16T is the same as the 3/4 1/16 below.


+ = = + = = + = = + = = 3/4 1/16
+====+=====+=====+===== 3/4 1/32

Both of these sequences mean the same thing. Just using the 32cd notes gives you a higher resolution.


I’m sorry if I made it sound difficult. The bottom line is you use whichever is most suitable to get the feeling that you want. I personally use the 1/32 for my 4/4 tracks to increase the resolution. The higher the resolution the more options you have. I think it generally sounds more professional.
Peace,
Cary
 
caryangell said:
There isn’t a set standard “time signature” that producers use for all their music, however, the most commonly used is the 4/4 signature. This correlates to the time of the notes that the sequencer allows per bar.
If you use a 4/4 signature and a 1/16 note series (16th note resolution), than you will have sixteen notes for every bar for which you can input notes.
Now when you use a 4/4 signature and a 1/32 note series (32cd note resolution) you allow for 32 input notes for one bar. This is very helpful if you want to get those really fast rolls on your notes.
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There is no standarts about it but IMHO 1/16T uses pretty seldom in rap. I'm completely agree with this part of ur message, Caryangell.
Tho i think u're abit wrong with 4/4 1/16T bcoz the diagram u've written is 4/4 1/8T. Actually 1/16T gotta be like this:

+=====+=====+=====+===== 4/4 1/16T

so u have 24 input notes for every bar.

What about 3/4 time signatures, it looks like that:

+ = = = + = = = + = = = 3/4 1/16
+=======+=======+======= 3/4 1/32
+=====+=====+===== 3/4 1/16T

U can see that 3/4 has only three measures per bar (4/4 has four), all the rest are the same...
Peace.
 
yeah i just made a beat in 6/8 time, so anythingg is possible man

i don tknow how well an mc would rhyme to it though
 
Hmm 6/8 is not that hard for rhyming tho. Alotta r'n'b tracks made in this signature. So i think lots of mc's could easily rhyme to it :P
 
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