5 Common Mistakes That Kill Your Beats

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @NavieD
    @NavieD  2 года назад +50

    What's the biggest bonehead beat mistake you made when you first started?

    • @beatsbytragic
      @beatsbytragic 2 года назад +20

      Put an eq on my master track boosting the entire low-end as much as possible. Idk what I was thinking every time I open those old projects my ears hurt

    • @jjbing3
      @jjbing3 2 года назад +2

      Not putting the loop in time😑

    • @byoutifulmonster
      @byoutifulmonster 2 года назад +19

      Turning knobs in plugins I knew nothing about till it sounded "good enough" lol

    • @xMaSSxHyST3RiA
      @xMaSSxHyST3RiA 2 года назад +14

      I went my whole first year without watching any Navie D tutorials. That was stupid

    • @otsotorronen8830
      @otsotorronen8830 2 года назад +5

      Couldn't find packs or plugins for first two weeks lmao

  • @netgeek2392
    @netgeek2392 2 года назад +58

    Didn't know Benzima switched careers and started teaching beat making. Love your videos bro!

    • @yna418
      @yna418 2 года назад +3

      since he was injured for france and had free time he started uploading more on youtube💀

    • @TheGrainhas
      @TheGrainhas Год назад

      Man where did you come up with Benzema? What strikes you as similar?

    • @moleedaboi
      @moleedaboi 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@TheGrainhas is this sarcasm?

    • @drrodopszin
      @drrodopszin 5 месяцев назад

      I had to google the dude I'm so detached from the plebs

  • @shaunwordplay3111
    @shaunwordplay3111 2 года назад +47

    The 3rd beat is my problem. Have to always remind myself to keep things simple and I usually don't use many elements when I revisit the beat later.

    • @keejay12
      @keejay12 2 года назад +3

      Facts. Overthinking is a mf

    • @JimboCruntz
      @JimboCruntz Год назад +6

      Best advice for anyone (especially with these shit “sauce 🤫” videos flying about) is if you are going to add something, think why first.
      If you don’t have a reason to add it, don’t.

    • @Mastermind-cd2xi
      @Mastermind-cd2xi 11 месяцев назад +3

      @@JimboCruntz Exactly what i needed to hear brother, all these youtubers going around making complicated trap beats that made me forget other genres exist hahaha. Thank you

  • @lucasgarcia8986
    @lucasgarcia8986 Год назад +11

    I think beat 4 is the hardest concept to get for beginners. I found myself struggling with this as a new producer. I would sum this problem up as a lack of understanding structure.
    When I say it is a hard concept to get....
    Structure is important but learning how to break rules and break structure can be very innovative. Although, I found you have to understand structure first in order to so properly.
    I really discovered that some of my first productions after listening again. I realized I accidentally broke rules and structure in cool ways which, lead to cool ideas but the execution of these ideas was lacking.

  • @CoolKidJ
    @CoolKidJ 2 года назад +18

    I appreciate the do's and don't man, very insightful and practical production tips 👌...

  • @drrodopszin
    @drrodopszin 5 месяцев назад +2

    The second example had an additional problem: the sample is from a non-Western source and its tuning was off to the tuning of the original bass. In these cases Melodyne can help putting chains and hooks onto the flesh of the sample and fit it to the tempered scale against its will. Another route possible is to tune the bass out of the tempered scale to match the one in sample, but I rarely see it happening.

  • @mattdavignon7712
    @mattdavignon7712 Год назад +5

    I've been enjoying your insights these videos, but I think #4 (Corrupt Footage) is going for a syncopated feel. At least the 20 or so seconds I was able to hear. I was digging it.

    • @elijahmcelroy
      @elijahmcelroy 9 месяцев назад

      I was thinking, “maybe he’s not going for hip hop/trap. Maybe a hybrid genre more akin to dnb/trap/edm

  • @NotBK666
    @NotBK666 2 года назад +4

    That halftime layer was a good one

  • @Sheesherscreepers
    @Sheesherscreepers Год назад +40

    I actually think 7:07 made it worse tbh..

    • @SkinnyFG
      @SkinnyFG Год назад +1

      Same

    • @WhisperLeo
      @WhisperLeo Год назад +1

      Yup off key drums he added sound awful and that bass line is terrible

    • @flowbeatzzz
      @flowbeatzzz 10 месяцев назад +2

      yeah that was crazy ☠☠

  • @slackstarfish8133
    @slackstarfish8133 2 года назад +257

    I gotta be honest, with some of these, the problem is these people just don’t understand music or how to make things sound in-tune or rhythmically accurate😂

    • @timo_ott
      @timo_ott 2 года назад +72

      I disagree bro, i used to make beats like that when i started, it takes time to figure out everything, from sound selection, concept to making the beat sound in tune

    • @buffalocares_
      @buffalocares_ 2 года назад +19

      @@timo_ott Sometimes you'll even feel like you've hit your head when you learn something new.

    • @timo_ott
      @timo_ott 2 года назад +4

      @@buffalocares_ exactly 😂

    • @Hogboy345
      @Hogboy345 Год назад +14

      This dude can't even tell when somethings in key half the time, that bassline at 7:05 lol.

    • @d2k.xo5996
      @d2k.xo5996 Год назад +4

      @@timo_ott you just said the same thing he said. In the beginning you don't know what your doin but you get better

  • @Cj-Wu
    @Cj-Wu 11 месяцев назад

    Your Joey Badass track is literally the only reason i started to fw you and you aint ever disappointed since !

  • @ussrfeniks
    @ussrfeniks Год назад +2

    And yes, your channel is the best on youtube as you reveal a lot about beatmaking. Thank you!

  • @JD-bx7ob
    @JD-bx7ob Год назад +14

    That SAB beat was actually pretty fucking dope (not that I disliked your version by any means, Navie!), I would actually use that!🔥🔥🔥 If somebody's got SAB's info send it to me

    • @Top10soon
      @Top10soon 8 месяцев назад +3

      I liked it b4 he messed with it tbh 😂

  • @k.o.d.b.productions4966
    @k.o.d.b.productions4966 2 года назад +2

    Let's Go!! Another banger tip from the goat himself!!

  • @SpaceboyBilliards
    @SpaceboyBilliards 2 года назад +2

    Beat fix at 10:15 is 🔥

  • @aeonATL
    @aeonATL Год назад

    I salute you, Navie. Great content

  • @aproducernamed2
    @aproducernamed2 2 года назад

    This was dope. Keep up the good work

  • @johnherbert9171
    @johnherbert9171 Год назад +1

    The 3rd beat sounds so good with the "aaah" sound

  • @sleepyface3512
    @sleepyface3512 2 года назад +7

    Been watching for a year you’ve taught me so much, mark my words by this time next year I’ll be on that fucking betterbeatmaker course

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +2

      By then you'll be working with all the big artists

  • @CHROMEKILLAZ
    @CHROMEKILLAZ 8 месяцев назад

    I’m watching the first tip as I’m typing this and I can already tell this is a godly video. Ty bro

  • @PatrickObiang
    @PatrickObiang 2 года назад +2

    BRAVO, Navie!

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +1

      Thank you Bazard!

  • @Jessie_Jungle
    @Jessie_Jungle 2 года назад +7

    Very useful, buddy, thumbs up

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад

      Thank you Jessie!

  • @hxtxmane666
    @hxtxmane666 2 года назад +2

    At the First Beat maybe He let space for a vocal? You say, He has a lot of high freq but the low mids not there.. So a Rapper with a deeper voice (low mid area) workin better than a Rapper with a high freq voice on this beat

    • @SpaceboyBilliards
      @SpaceboyBilliards 2 года назад +1

      Yeah that was pretty obvious. Was a very professional and clean record

  • @bukamiacab
    @bukamiacab Год назад

    Love your tutorials, big love

  • @ΔημητρήςΚαστανάς-ξ5τ

    these videos are crazy helpful

  • @ussrfeniks
    @ussrfeniks Год назад +2

    Hi Navi D I don't speak English and sometimes it's hard for me to understand what you're talking about. I watch your videos in this way: I turn on the captions for the video and use the translator and then I understand you. I want to buy a course, but I don't know if it will be on RUclips and if there are subtitles so I can use a translator?

  • @jrobbin24
    @jrobbin24 2 месяца назад

    I watch a lot of your videos but I'll admit sometimes I get distracted and miss a few but I always try to catch back up. Was wondering if you ever made a beat video that really addresses the fact that hip hop beats are supposed to compliment the rapper performing on the beat rather than compete with them. One of my biggest problems with hip hop and music in general is it has become so sanitized and robotic you literally have to be on drugs to enjoy it and I miss the Hands-On personal feel that soul samples and jazz samples provided hip hop in the 90s. This idea that the '90s is over and you can't recreate it is largely true but musically there is no reason we can't revisit the reasons these things from our childhood means so much to us as adults and cause us to have a love and appreciation for them.

  • @okokayy
    @okokayy 2 года назад +6

    real inquiry navie, is it super wrong to use the bass frequencies from samples if the low end sounds super cool? idk if im explaining this right, but there are times when i sample songs and i dont cut out the low end too heavy, some times i use the samples low end as an anchor for my beat.

    • @moresnqp
      @moresnqp Год назад +6

      its good as long as you're careful with your bass!
      if u add another bass sound, you can layer it playing the exact notes of the sample (or less notes).
      problem is it might become muddy, so you need to be careful with your bass sound, and your mixing
      a trick if you want some low end unless your bass is playing, is to use an autofilter, or sidechain multiband, to make the samples low end duck down when the bass plays
      hope this helps lol, sry for the paragraphs

    • @okokayy
      @okokayy Год назад +2

      @@moresnqp nah i appreciate this! all makes sense, really appreciate the help forreal!

    • @consxiousthadon
      @consxiousthadon Год назад +1

      A technique i use when sampling I will cut all Of the high end boost low and and filter for a nice smooth ass bass

  • @onblast.podcast6892
    @onblast.podcast6892 2 года назад +2

    i jus learned fl slicer i have sample i played with some off drums because i want a real human feel i got something i no it sounds like crap im havin hard Time with baseline

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад

      Are your drums super off grid?

  • @Efeamuge
    @Efeamuge 2 месяца назад

    2:22 what's that in the piano roll?

  • @jesusbeltran8420
    @jesusbeltran8420 6 месяцев назад

    I started making beats a year ago and I'm now very good at it. If you have the ear for what sounds good it will come naturally without having to watch all these videos. You will realize you have been using some of these techniques from these videos without even knowing it just by using your ears.

  • @SnowyAggro
    @SnowyAggro Год назад +1

    4 th beat is a cymatics sample if anyone was curious

  • @okokayy
    @okokayy 2 года назад +1

    i see dat flying lotus LA in the background 💯

  • @Prod.Pumpkin
    @Prod.Pumpkin 2 года назад +1

    Like the new intro 👌🏼

  • @Cartman-Official
    @Cartman-Official 2 года назад +101

    DO make good beats
    DON'T make bad beats

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +52

      This video could have been a lot shorter

    • @Cartman-Official
      @Cartman-Official 2 года назад

      @@NavieD Then there would be less screen time for the sex icon Navie

    • @watchthedopethrone
      @watchthedopethrone 2 года назад +11

      It takes a hundred bad beats to make 1 good beat

    • @kjellbeats
      @kjellbeats 2 года назад +1

      @@watchthedopethrone nah

    • @DE3P_Beats
      @DE3P_Beats Год назад +2

      @@watchthedopethrone more like 10:1 or 5:1

  • @TheGrainhas
    @TheGrainhas Год назад +3

    Lets be honest, the problem with number 4 (and 3) is not mistaking "technique A with technique B", that comes pretty naturally. You don´t need to learn the "patterns" just need to have ears. Everything is messed up out of sync. Nice sample though.

  • @lyo2398
    @lyo2398 2 года назад +2

    Helped a lot! thanks

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад

      Thank you for watching!

  • @mikebrigs1218
    @mikebrigs1218 2 года назад +2

    GREAT VIDEO. THANKS FOR THE INFO.

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад

      Thank you Brigssssssssss

  • @TeamProU
    @TeamProU Год назад

    i dont have the "stretch mode" in fl studio 21, how do i figure that out?

  • @camrnlve
    @camrnlve Год назад +9

    First beat “lacking” low/mid range isn’t bad because that’s where a lot of your vocal will be.
    But I did love the hit sound you put in there!

    • @Hogboy345
      @Hogboy345 Год назад +3

      Nope, vocals should sit in the highs/high mids mostly.

    • @camrnlve
      @camrnlve Год назад +1

      @@Hogboy345 depends on the voice

    • @reliction
      @reliction Год назад +4

      @@camrnlve even the deepest of voices are EQ'd in a way that makes the low-mid end quieter

    • @SkinnyFG
      @SkinnyFG Год назад

      @@relictionyeah maybe at 120hz and below

  • @KeepCold4
    @KeepCold4 Год назад

    Yoooo 7:00 min homboy made some zcarface style beat.

  • @jvylo6114
    @jvylo6114 2 года назад +5

    As I listen to this beats and some others, I realise that I'm actually a bit good

  • @ljdclassicz916
    @ljdclassicz916 2 года назад +2

    Is better beat maker a monthly subscription or yearly. Or is it a one time purchase?

    • @prod.secondcircus
      @prod.secondcircus 2 года назад +3

      one time. highly recommend

    • @prod.secondcircus
      @prod.secondcircus 2 года назад +1

      or you could do a monthly payment plan instead of a lump sum payout

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +3

      One time purchase, or split into 3 payments. Then you have lifetime access :)

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +1

      @Second Circus thank you for the kind word my man!

  • @TimeGodMedia
    @TimeGodMedia 2 года назад +24

    bruh no disrespect but that third one sounded better before

  • @JStack
    @JStack 5 месяцев назад

    0:49 eating a turkey leg while watching a joust type beat

  • @TUKTONE1
    @TUKTONE1 Год назад

    What EQ are you using

  • @BillHwang-b9e
    @BillHwang-b9e Год назад

    that sab beat was ok I couldn't tell what was wrong until you fixed it

  • @michaelm108
    @michaelm108 2 года назад +1

    super useful!

  • @S.beats123
    @S.beats123 2 года назад

    How can I apply my beats to your video. I realy wanna hear what u have to say.

  • @universalthinker1551
    @universalthinker1551 Год назад +4

    Over Technical Thinking in this Era actually makes most beats sound the same or wack.

    • @AlladinSawa
      @AlladinSawa Год назад +4

      Honestly I was just thinking how beat 3 was pretty dope until he added his own shit, then it just made it sound like a youtube royalty free exerpt...
      Giving these pigeon held standards are only gunna keep people from being creative because oh! Not everybody else is doing that. I love Navie D. for the basic advice he can give beginners, but not so much when it comes to making them sound "better". If you find your beat seem kinda different but not unlistenable it might be kinda repulsive and confusing but that just means something that no else has put out has just been birthed.

  • @MichealTires
    @MichealTires 2 месяца назад

    No disrespect to bro on beat 4 but what the- man I laughed 😂but that’s all progress for producers I know he got better for sure 💯

  • @greedtv6500
    @greedtv6500 Год назад +1

    Why is bro loking like Karim benzema 😂😂😂😂

  • @slushyized
    @slushyized Год назад

    On the first beat he shouldnt have used sytrus

  • @nkululeko-jy4jb
    @nkululeko-jy4jb 5 месяцев назад

    thanks bro my music sounds better thank you from south africa

  • @Andrew-kc6om
    @Andrew-kc6om 2 года назад +2

    Nice 👌

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад

      Nicuuuueeeeeewwww

  • @BeyondHorizonBeats
    @BeyondHorizonBeats Год назад

    I loved all your videos but 7:10 showing what base makes it better i mean DUDE .... Arghhww :D

  • @47leivee
    @47leivee 2 года назад

    The first one was dope not gonna lie

  • @Boohooooo
    @Boohooooo 2 года назад

    Number was good! But they added too much to it. Also, I may would have taken it up an octave.

  • @jimjones1505
    @jimjones1505 Год назад

    Your base is hard. Buy the time I set up gms it hard to write a base line

  • @HOLLASOUNDS
    @HOLLASOUNDS 2 года назад +4

    Sounds like theses producers or beat makers are doing way to much and not making sounds complement the main idea, some of these beats are all over the place and sound like total newbies who are on there 5th beat made ever.

  • @WhisperLeo
    @WhisperLeo Год назад +3

    To me the drums are way too busy

    • @jrobbin24
      @jrobbin24 2 месяца назад

      That's the thing boom bap is the way to go. You can spice it up but all these crazy beats that sound like a person farting while eating crackers ain't really doing it for me. I get that the boom bad sound can get a little bit old as far as listening to music but how about try listening to something besides rap? I love hip hop and there is so much of it from the Golden era that I still haven't heard at all but even more importantly so there is a lot of music from the 60s 70s 80s that have nothing to do with hip hop that helps influence it that are definitely worth getting into.

  • @quesabe204
    @quesabe204 Год назад +4

    You made the 2nd beat worse

  • @GoutamSingh
    @GoutamSingh 2 года назад +4

    🤗

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +2

      🤗🤗🤗

  • @deluxevlad
    @deluxevlad Год назад +1

    Damn it’s Benzema?

  • @mixedbysurresh2
    @mixedbysurresh2 2 года назад +2

    I wish your course was based on Ableton 😭

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +1

      I have tons of course members who use Ableton dawgy. They say it's still super helpful

    • @mixedbysurresh2
      @mixedbysurresh2 2 года назад

      @@NavieD aiigh ima sign up soon, do I need to know music theory?

    • @realdiole
      @realdiole 2 года назад

      As long as you know your DAW well there is visually nothing you won't able to replicate. I took a course where the intructor was using Ableton right when I started making music, I had zero problems following along because I took a Udemy course on producing with FL Studio before.

    • @airportsecurityaustria182
      @airportsecurityaustria182 2 года назад +2

      @@realdiole it's not the brush, it's the artist.

  • @bruceleeds7988
    @bruceleeds7988 Год назад

    I disagree with what you did to the second beat.

  • @maskislove
    @maskislove 4 месяца назад

    Biggest mistake is selling a good rapper they will definitely kill that

    • @adamrozek5782
      @adamrozek5782 3 месяца назад

      Biggest mistake is not knowing basics of music theory, then not using layers, if a sample lacks something Imo

  • @TheTonyTitan
    @TheTonyTitan 2 года назад +4

    Ableton's Sampler and Simpler make it hella easy

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +2

      I must say, FL's samplers do stink

    • @braugustus
      @braugustus 2 года назад

      @TitanTony407 you know this 😎

  • @bustanuts7359
    @bustanuts7359 8 месяцев назад

    Aint no way all this sauce is for free!

  • @Dacoljr
    @Dacoljr Год назад

    Okay, thank you for this fantastic information
    You sound a little concerning though lol

  • @FaukeSteffan
    @FaukeSteffan 4 месяца назад

    Navie should deffentely weare a buzzcut

  • @BillHwang-b9e
    @BillHwang-b9e Год назад

    my beats sound just like corrupt footage

  • @BISHIP79
    @BISHIP79 2 года назад +1

    Don't make your drums as stiff as he does, they are way to mechanical on the grid. FL studio in 2003. Bounce, swing, humanize

    • @airportsecurityaustria182
      @airportsecurityaustria182 2 года назад +1

      I think he was just quickly showing us an example of drums that would fit the beat better.

  • @user-gq9fq4vd5i
    @user-gq9fq4vd5i 2 года назад +2

    🌱☀️🕊️♥️☘️

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +2

      I agree

  • @bbyponk
    @bbyponk 2 года назад

    number 1 using a kick

  • @Name-wr9gg
    @Name-wr9gg 2 года назад

    Navie D is ùy GTN

  • @xintuesgaming9231
    @xintuesgaming9231 2 года назад

    Benzema ...😂🤔

  • @checkdatout1234
    @checkdatout1234 Год назад +2

    SAB ur beat was fiyya dont listen to this guy

  • @mayoh0074
    @mayoh0074 2 года назад

    Karim Benzema

  • @plexxarbiitch
    @plexxarbiitch Год назад

    That beat at 10 min in is bloody terrible

  • @FRANKVAPORUPINTHIS
    @FRANKVAPORUPINTHIS 2 года назад

    I miss the times where Navie wasn't correcting weak beats from his beatmaker course 😔

  • @SaintTutter
    @SaintTutter 2 года назад +5

    Every single track had either A. something WAY off time, or B. something way off key. There's no fixin stupid...

    • @NavieD
      @NavieD  2 года назад +4

      C'mon now, don't be mean

    • @airportsecurityaustria182
      @airportsecurityaustria182 2 года назад +1

      I'm actually surprised how the guy who did beat 4 fucked up the bass so bad lol

  • @PjBeatzrd
    @PjBeatzrd Год назад +1

    these beats are bad

  • @Petergrifinreal
    @Petergrifinreal 16 дней назад

    Most generic beats
    Oat

  • @Tatkovi-px7mx
    @Tatkovi-px7mx Год назад

    But dude you are showing only in ableton or fl studio not everyone uses those ...

  • @samso4056
    @samso4056 Год назад

    Karim Benzema