Jon Makes Beats

I love Final Fantasy. You can find Chocobos in the weirdest places, including samples from decades prior to the series' inception. Put Drake on it and Bob's your uncle. Bob is my uncle, though. 0:00 I'm Now on Patreon! Link in Description 0:35 Slicing The Sample on The Octatrack 1:27 Sequencing The Sample On The Octatrack 2:03 Finding Some Drums For The Beat 2:55 Put The Sample and Drums Together 3:30 Playing Some Synths on The Waldorf Iridium 5:12 Enjoying The Beat 5:37 Let's Put Drake On This Chocobo

Most people see the Octatrack as an impenetrable sampler outside of those making various kinds of electronic music. It's great at that but I'm here to show it's a great sampler regardless of your aim. To demonstrate this, let's put a new spin on an old J Cole song. 0:00 I'm Now on Patreon! Link in Description 0:15 Slicing the Sample, All This Stuff Is Good 0:57 Starting to Sequence on the Octatrack 1:51 Activating the Ping-Pong Loop 2:14 Toying With Tempo + FX 2:59 OK! Let's Get Some Drums In Here... 3:55 Beefing Up The Beat 4:12 One-Shot Surfing 4:35 Messing With LFOs 5:02 Sequencing the Rest 5:29 Cleaning Up That Vocal Slice 5:55 Introducing a Tight Rimshot Accompaniment 6:09 Getting Jazzy on The Waldorf Iridium 6:47 Time to Enjoy This Beat... 6:57 J Cole Joins!

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we're spending some time making a beat for an Action Bronson and Roc Marciano acapella. 0:00 Intro 0:20 I Don't Know Painters 1:29 Playing With the Chops 2:02 Time to Sequence 2:54 Shoutout Gorillaz 4:00 What Do We Have So Far? 4:14 Reverb on Drum Loops? 4:36 Let's Find More Patterns To Make It Feel Alive 5:20 Pianos and Such 6:16 Bronson Feature 7:04 Marciano Feature 8:17 Munch

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking it's time to embrace the process, slow it down a bit and just have fun on the way to the finish line. 0:00 Intro 0:30 Advice for Aspiring Creatives 1:22 Chopping the Sample on the Octatrack 1:44 Explaining the 16 Triggers on the Octatrrack 2:24 Explaining the Concept of Ping Pong Looping 3:46 Finding Drums to Put Under The Sample 5:31 A Legendary Drum n Bass Break 6:13 Playing Piano and Bass Over The Beat Into The Octatrack 6:56 A Finished Beat 7:32 Vibing to Lil Uzi Vert And Baby Keem

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we're making a song in 3/4 and ruminating on whether or not it's necessary to know how to play piano to make good beats. 0:00 Intro 0:34 Slicing The Sample on The Octatrack 0:54 How To Play Keys If You Can't Play Keys 2:04 Is Coffee Apart of The Process 2:26 Use Filters to Control Sample Hiss 2:56 Adding Some Drums to the Sample Chop 3:47 Getting The Drums and Sample to Play Nice With Each Other 4:25 Finding What Else I Can Use In The Sample 4:41 Playing Keys Without Knowing How To Play Keys 5:04 Playing One Note And It Works 5:58 Geeking Out Over My Own Music Like a Dork 6:23 Now We're Going Into Space 6:51 Vibing Out For a Quick Second 8:36 Subscribe to the Patreon For Unreleased Music and Deleted Scenes

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we're taking you through a start to finish process of making a beat entirely without a computer. Just a synth and a sampler. Let's get to it! 0:00 The Sample 1:26 The Drums 3:02 The Instruments 4:48 The Beat

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we're taking you through a start to finish process of making a beat in 3/4 time signature. Let's go. 0:00 The Sample 0:47 The Drums 1:29 The Instruments 2:38 The Beat 3:14 DAW on PS2?

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we're taking you through a start to finish process of making a beat with (almost) no distractions. Let's Go

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we try to learn the SP-404 MK2 in one sitting. Let's Go.

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we make a beat.

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we go into the wild.

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we are SP-404 Mk2 Man.

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we use the top secret and readily available new tech called Human Intelligence to make a beat.

Today on The Joy of Beatmaking we find Purpose in Beatmaking.

Here's a walkthrough of Jon Makes Beats 2.0