This document provides instructions for creating an R&B beat using a digital audio workstation (DAW) and midi controller. It recommends purchasing a DAW like ProTools or Logic, obtaining a midi controller keyboard, and an audio interface to connect them. It also suggests using sampler instrument plug-ins to assign drum samples to keys, finding good snare and kick samples, and experimenting with rhythmic patterns until finding the right beat and tempo. Finally, it notes the DAW should be used to record the created song onto midi tracks using quantization.

3. Purchase a digital
audio workstation
(DAW) for your
computer. DAWs are
computer programs
that allow you to
record/edit audio and
midi tracks. Some of
the more well-known
DAWs include
ProTools, Logic,
Cubase, Digital
Performer and Sonar.

4. Obtain a midi
controller. Midi
controllers are
keyboards that
transmit midi
tracks, also known
as musical
information, to
your DAW. These
tracks may include
notes, note
lengths, velocities
(how hard a key is
hit) and expression
controls.

5. Purchase an audio
interface. Audio
interfaces allow you
to hear the midi tracks
while you are
recording them to
your DAW. Some
DAWs, such as
ProTools, require you
buy an audio interface
to use their program.

6. se sampler instrument
plug-ins from your
DAW that allow you to
assign drum samples
to different keys on
your midi controller.
The most popular
instrument plug-ins
used for R & B beats
are Native Instrument's
battery and EXS
24, which is found in
the Logic DAW.

7. Find snare drum and kick
drum samples that
sound good together.
Music samples can be
ownloaded or purchased
from various
websites, such as
Freesound.org.
Experiment
with different rhythmic
patterns until you find
the right beat and
tempo for your song.

8. Record the song you
created on the midi
controller into the
DAW. Every DAW has a
quantization feature
that will adjust your
beat by placing into a
grid that is based on
the measurement and
tempo you want for
your R & B song.

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