Have you ever wanted to make your own beat? Producing music is fun and you can even make money if you get good at it. In recent years, producing high quality, professional sounding beats has becoming much cheaper and easier. It’s no longer just for the famous producers with millions of dollars of equipment. In fact you can create real studio quality music with just your computer and some beat making software.

There is a lot of beat making software out there. They usually range in price from $30 to over $300 dollars a piece. That’s not including sound loops which are often separate purchases. If you want to produce professional quality tracks, you will need thousands of high quality loops. However, sometimes they come with enough to get you started. Many times you can open the box and be making a beat within minutes.

If you’ve ever wondered how it works, it’s actually fairly simple. Beat making software basically synchronizes the loops for you and keeps them in tempo with each other. All you really have to do is select the right loops that go good together, and time the song out. You also get the ability to edit or distort loops for even more customization.

Your loops should be categorized into groups like drum, bass, guitar, synth, etc. They might be broken down further into sub-groups like hi-hat, kick, snare, etc. Now you simply pick your loops and create. Once you get it down, you can make a professional sounding track in under an hour. What you do next is up to you.

Once you make your own beat, you have several options on what to do with it. You can upload it to the web, sell it, or you can add vocals on top of it. You can do just about anything you want. Most people make beats online just for fun, but others make a living off of it. It’s all up to you.

So which beat making software is the best? Well, before you start dropping hundreds of dollars on “professional” beat making software, you may want to consider your options. I have tried several from the $30 dollar range all the way up to $300+ and I have to say, the differences are not huge. Until you have a contract producing music for money, you really won’t need most of the features you get with the $300 package.  For a review of some popular beat making software packages, see this Beat Making Software review.