Radio stations and record company professionals looking for artists to showcase rely on seasoned experience to acquire quality music. They get hundreds of submissions at any given time and only have a few seconds to listen to songs and decide if they want to hear more. If production or studio quality are not up to par and the track has not been mastered professionals can tell. Maximize your chance as a contender by investing in the proper steps to insure music quality. Give yourself the best chance at success with industry pros and your fans by mastering your album or mix-tape projects.
Big Noise Radio uses over 20 years experience to select only the best artists for our worldwide radio broadcast. Our selections are based on music quality, organic timing, lyrics, delivery and voice tone. These are artists that place on BNR Top 20 worldwide. The quality of their music for the most part comes from experienced producers and engineers using the right equipment and techniques.
Mastering gives your music the proper equalization and loudness that industry professionals are looking for. We’ve mastered many of the tracks you hear on Big Noise Radio and would like to offer everybody an opportunity to hear the quality of our services at Studio 914. You can download your free ZIP file "Noiseman Master Demo" available at BNR Downloads to listen to some WAV file examples of our work.
"Noiseman Master Demo" free ZIP file at BNR Downloads:
Free Demo:Our mastering services are superior to industry facilities that charge $400.00 plus per hour. We provide professional mastering that is top quality and much more affordable for all levels of the music industry. We would like the opportunity to master one track of your selection for FREE, to test the quality of our service. With our proprietary process we can have your track mastered and delivered back to you for review. To get started all we need is a .wav file from you via email or file share. For best results make sure files have NOT been processed with Waves L2 Ultramaximizer or digital limiters. One free mastering demo per customer.
If you’re satisfied with what we’ve done we have exclusive packages to choose from for your future projects. Contact Studio 914 today and bring that polish to your project for industry success!
Exclusive 8 Track Project Rate: $250 ($31.25 per track)
Exclusive 18 Track Project Rate: $500 ($27.78 per track)
STUDIO:NINE-ONE-FOUR (S:914) is bringing heat to the Tri-City area via our premier production facility. We strive to provide a whole new level of engineering and production services using a hybrid of vintage and modern gear. The focus at S:914 is classic Hip-Hop music, as well we support all genres including Rap, Soul, R&B, Up-Tempo, Rock, Alternative and Inspirational.
S:914 has an arsenal of vintage samplers and drum machines...from the MPC 2000 / 3000, STUDIO 440, through the EMU E1, E2, E3 series, AKAI S1100 and ASQ10 sequencer. A collection of vintage tube microphones and preamps, ribbon microphones, and both Vintech and custom Mullard gear. We maintain a full selection of synthesizers and are constantly adding to an extraordinary range of sound modules, both actual and virtual. The pros know that professional engineering is more than sweet outboard gear and a collection of software, success is more than just tools and technology. We have a worldwide production team lead by Noiseman giving S:914 20 years experience to the hip-hop game both DJing and Producing…and thats our front line, real world experience, together with the unparalleled pride we take in our product, that makes S:914 the obvious choice when you are serious about your project. We deliver top quality results. Over 250 tracks produced, original production and re-mixes.
Mastering is very important if you want your project to gain the attention it deserves. We supply top shelf mastering services at excellent rates. Contact us for a free 20 minute consultation. We use a proprietary high resolution equalization technique to bring the sonic image of your music right where it needs to be, cohesively whether it's one song or a whole album. After that we add harmonics and introduce multi-band dynamics with finalization this gives your music that big sound: in the car, at the club, on the radio, on mp3 players and on down the line… Clients are consistently blown away by the superior sound quality delivered by our process. We are proving to be the best in the business both in quality and pricing. Recent Projects Include: "Blow the Doors" by Masta Steele, "Hood Anthems" by Sean Paul of the Young Bloodz, "Numworld" by Numskull of the Loonies, T Pain, J-Bo from the ALT, Prince Bugsy and Da Fam Gang from New Orleans. NO I.D. of UGMX, "Welcome 2 Tha JOE" by JusDre International, "Face Value" by Locsta Villian featuring Big Rich, J the Butcher and Thizz Entertainment, "5 Fifty 9 On The Grind" by El Cali from Fresno, "The Come Up" by The Regiment from Detroit. "DC, Against All Odds" featuring Dru Down, Celly Cel, San Quinn, Assassin, AP.9, Mob Figaz, Lee Majors and Too Short. "Back 2 Da Drawing Board" by No Mercy Records, "I Love The Bay" by North Bound Heights, "Icon of Da Hood" & “Skillz 2 Pay Da Bills” by Tebo and "Fresh out the Box" by VERA Clique to name a few. Contact us today and bring the level of polish to your project that facilitates that big industry success.
Look here the panicle of good hip-hop music starts with the track behind the song. S:914 is all about the best in track quality. At the core of the production team is founder and president of the hottest new production operation in the golden state, Noiseman MD. Working with 20 years experience in the business Noiseman has built a squad of producers that are bar none, some of the best producers on the planet. No doubt please feel free to check out our top friends at myspace.com/studio914 to review some of the great talent available through the Big Noise network of production specialists. Tracks are available with exclusive rights, leased rights and open rights. Track pricing is based on several criteria so please call for a detailed conversation about your project and pricing. Production Projects Include: B Flatt, Tyranny, Scott Free, Arfo Rican, Don Cisco, Masta Steele, Bugs I Luch, Swift, Primal Beats, Noiseman Beats & Grooves. Remix Projects Include: EPMD, Mobb Deep, Red Man, Pete Rock, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Rakim, B Flatt, Fabulous, Craig Mac, Tyranny. Production and Re-mixing $50.00 per hour.
Here at S:914 we are dedicated to crafting classic hip-hop music. Custom harmonic treatment of the facility recording booth and control room. A collection of vintage tube microphones and ribbon microphones, hand build custom Mullard gear. Class A Focusrite channels, Neve and Heleos equalizers, Vintech channels, Universal Audio limiting amplifiers and custom tube preamplifiers are all part of the program at STUDIO 914. Quality A/D / D/A converters are a must as well as classic transformers. 20 years in the business has taught us a few things about sound quality for mixing and recording.
This is the S:914 listening station, right here you can check out some tracks that are bar none, some of the best tracks you will hear. Take your time and review the quality and timing of the material available through the Big Noise network of production specialists. Tracks are available with exclusive rights, leased rights and open rights. Please take a listen to the MP3 player below to hear some of our catalog. Track pricing is based on several criteria so please call for a detailed conversation about your project and pricing. On tracks with open rights we charge for recording and mixing only. These tracks are a mix of old and semi-recent material to showcase the flavor of our work, set up an appointment to hear more material.
Continue to step your game up at S:914 and check out some of these videos on production and production techniques narrated by your favorite producers and hip-hop legends. History is reveled while information is dropped by the people who invented the movement we know today as Hip-Hop music. Some of the names you might know are, Black Milk, Prince Paul, Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Easy Mo Bee, RZA, Havoc, Trackmasters, Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Kanye West and many more. Learn the inside scoop on studio equipment, techniques and styles. Also check out 16pads.com for more videos and production goodies. "Each one reach one, each one teach one", pass this on to your peoples and share the knowledge.
Black Milk - Interview Part 1
Black Milk - Interview Part 2
Pete Rock Sampling - 'Love is a Battlefield'
Patr00 - Beat Blog Vol 2
Beat Kings - The Producers
DIGGING IN THE CRATES "Production Style Decisions"
As an up-and-coming producer there are many genera's and styles of music to choose from, many producers and emcee's to be influenced by. Artists taught in the classic styles might suggest that you do not use samples in your music at all. Hip-hop influenced artists will tell you that it just doesn't sound right without the samples. As a producer I am constantly learning my craft and I can tell you that along my path I was influenced by and conformed to all of those forms of thinking. Thats what you need to do to experience growth.Today I feel that balance is important but I personally prefer the tones and timing that can be achieved using samples where hip-hop music is concerned. Adding keys and synthesizer parts on your samples is fine as long as proper techniques are used achieve tonal cohesiveness within the track. If you are going to mix module sounds and samples take the time to find sounds that fit the vibe of the samples you are starting with. Using tube preamplifier's and other processors on your module sounds is an excellent way to get tonal cohesiveness happening on your Track, Slap or Beat.Starting with the right sample is just as important as anything ells. Make sure you are picky about the samples you start with because that can make or break your end product. If it doesn't feel right start again and dig in the crates some more! One of the places I like to go to for digging in the crates in my area is "On The Corner Music" located in Campbell, CA. They have listening stations and carry a great variety of rare grooves on vinyl for every music genera.Noiseman-MD on the left networking with Jeff owner and founder of "On The Corner Music" on the right, at one of the regular functions happening at their Campbell store location. Check the links for contact info they are a great place to catch music and artwork.
USEFUL INFORMATION ON AUDIO FILE FORMATS WE BELIEVE ITS BEST TO KEEP YOUR PROJECT FILES IN CD-WAV FORMAT (16-bit at 44,100 Hz) FROM PRODUCTION TO MIX-DOWN, MASTERING AS WELL. MP3 FILE FORMAT IS INTENDED TO ALLOW MUSIC TO BE HEARD OR SENT OVER THE INTERNET AND DOSE NOT HAVE THE SAME BANDWIDTH OR QUALITY AS WAV FILES DO.
WAV FILE FORMAT DEFINED The native digital audio format in Windows. Using the .WAV file extension, 8- or 16-bit samples can be taken at rates of 11,025 Hz, 22,050 Hz and 44,100 Hz. The highest quality (16-bit at 44,100 Hz) is the sampling rate of an audio CD and uses 88KB of storage per second. Windows employs WAV files for general system sounds, and new WAV files can be placed in the Windows Media folder (\WINDOWS\MEDIA or \WINNT\MEDIA) and assigned in the Sounds control panel.
The WAV format is widely used as the audio medium for professional recording and editing. For creating music CDs, WAV files are converted to the CD-DA audio format, and both WAV and CD-DA files take up a similar amount of storage space. See CD-DA.
Mostly Uncompressed PCM The default content of a WAV file is uncompressed, pulse code modulated (PCM) digital samples derived from the analog source. However, WAV files can also be used to store compressed formats, including MP3, ADPCM, GSM, G.723.1 and others. A header in the file indicates the content type.
MP3 FILE FORMATS DEFINED (MPEG Audio Layer 3) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 specifications. MP3 compresses CD-quality sound by a factor of roughly 10, while retaining most of the original fidelity; for example, a 40MB CD track is turned into a 4MB MP3 file.
MP3 files are played via media player software in the computer, such as iTunes or Windows Media Player, as well as in countless iPods and other handheld players that use flash memory or hard disks for storage. MP3 sound quality cannot fully match the original CD, but millions of people consider it "good enough" especially because they can pack thousands of songs into a tiny pocket-sized player.
Ripping Converting a digital audio track from a music CD to the MP3 format is called "ripping," and ripping software is available as a stand-alone program or a function in a software-based media player such as iTunes and Windows Media Player.
Bit Rates While 128 Kbps (kilobits per second) is considered the norm for good quality MP3 files, MP3s can be ripped to bit rates from 8Kbps to 320 Kbps. The higher the bit rate, the better the sound and the larger the file. The sliding lever in the following dialog box, taken from Windows Media Player 10, is used to select four bit rates for encoding MP3s: 128, 192, 256 and 320 Kbps.
VBR and mp3PRO MP3 VBR (variable bit rate) is an enhanced format that adjusts the compression based on the complexity of the music. The mp3PRO format generates a file half the size of a comparable MP3 file, but maintains compatibility with many MP3 players.
MP3 Shook Up the Industry By the end of the 1990s, music fans discovered that a CD song title converted to MP3 would still sound pretty good even though it was only 1/10th the size of the original CD track. Smaller files meant faster downloading. At an average of 4MB, it took less than 15 minutes to download a file over an analog modem. With a broadband connection on a college campus, it took seconds.
MP3 created a worldwide auditioning system for new musicians who could freely distribute their music to gain an audience. It also let people swap copyrighted titles with impunity. File sharing services such as the original Napster and Kazaa made it a global phenomenon, and the record industry went into a frenzy over violations of its copyrights (see Napster). Today, copyrighted MP3 files are still shared over the Internet. However, online music stores, including the resurrected Napster, sell tunes for a fee, legally and successfully.
MP3:a History MP3 was developed in the late 1980s by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany. It uses perceptual audio coding to compress the data by eliminating frequencies that would not normally be heard because they overlap and cancel each other. See ID3 tag, audioblog, iPod, AAC, perceptual audio coding and cuckoo egg.
Big Noise Radio Squad is the promotion force behind Big Noise Radio and Studio Nine-One-Four. Based in the Tri-City Area we strive for forward-function in the music industry. In the new millennium online content will be the driving force for public and independent entertainment worldwide. Big Noise has a history of operating via modes of quality, success and delivery. We provide real industry services while holding down the latest in Hip-hop and Rap Music. Check out our free online Radio Station with 100’s of independent tracks in rotation! Our network of artists and services are extensive contact us today and help us support good hip-hop music.
Big Noise Radio brings you the very essence of hip-hop music & culture. Underground hip-hop radio delivering unlimited listening of your favorite hip-hop tunes. We present to you the next generation of online hip-hop radio streaming hip-hop content all day all the time. Keep it locked!
Check The Tech: Info
This is the Studio-914 information center. Here we hope to provide you with tips on producing music, as well as our rates for providing industry level services. We’ll share with you what we know about passion for the music, the craft and the equipment.
NOISEMAN knows: MPCs
Released in 1994, the Akai MPC3000 MIDI Production Center improved upon the MPC60 by adding stereo sampling, 16 bit linear 44.1 kHz sampling up to nearly 6 minutes, effects, dynamic digital filters, 32 voices, multiple drum sets in memory, a SCSI port, and more. The MPC3000 is the last product of the Akai/Roger Linn collaboration. In 1997, Akai released the less expensive MPC2000. Although the MPC2000 draws substantially from Roger Linn's MPC60 and MPC3000 design ideas, Roger Linn was not involved in the design of the MPC2000. Classic hiphop gear!
MPC2000/XL: BASIC 7 MPC KITS
Available on 100MB Zip disks are seven MPC2000/XL drum kits from Big Noise. Click the banner above to get our Basic Seven set of MPC essentials everything needed to start producing professional beats on your MPC. Each kit is chalked full of pro sounds including Kicks, 808 Boom, Snares, Percussion, Top End, Sound Efx and Samples. All 4 banks, 64 pads loaded with 44.1khz 16bit sounds. Each kit has an octave of 808-boom for low end support. Sound Efx, hip-hop Orchestra Hits and Samples from vinyl to add extra shine to your beats. Snares, Claps and Rim Shots for building organic slaps. Hi Hats, Cymbals and Tambourines for organic top ends. Toms, Bells and Wood Blocks for melodic percussion. Load one of the program/s into your MPC and drop some dope beats right off the bat. Your MPC must be equipped with a ZIP drive to load these sounds. Basically everything you need to drop those Pete Rock / DJ Premiere classics... 224 hand selected sounds (12.6MB), 14 banks worth spread out over 28 banks in a consistent format allowing you to switch programs on patterns or arrange your own kits from the Basic Seven. $9.95
Akai MPC 100MB Internal Zip Drive Kit for MPC 2000XL
Now only $44.95 easy to install! Includes Big Noise "Basic Seven Vol.01" MPC drum kits on ZIP disk.
Akai MPC 250MB Internal Zip Drive Kit for MPC 2000XL
Now only $54.95 easy to install!
Includes Big Noise "Basic Seven Vol.01" MPC drum kits on Zip Disk.
CHECK THE TECH: MICs
A custom made 3 Rail microphone trolley allows us to posision mics at various axes and distances to each other for optimum phase and width. Using combinations of Tube, Ribbon and Condenser microphones we get recordings with beautiful tonality.
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