Get The Individual Instruments!

Rhudeisland Records now offers the stems (in addition to the mp3 file) for the beats in the Heavy Hittaz series! Now you can get that beat to fit your lyrics and talent as you should; no more being constrained to a predetermined layout.

What are stems?

All beats are made of several parts – typically the drums, the bass, and other instruments such as strings, pianos, organs, horns, etc. When you purchase a beat online all those parts are put together in one file (like an mp3 or wav file) and that makes up the beat. The stems are each individual part of that beat in a separate file such that when you play all the stems at the same time, they make up the beat.

Flexibilty

The beat in an mp3 file is laid out a certain way and that’s all you get. Stems give you the flexibility and control to allow you to determine all the different parts of the song and how they are laid out – the A, the B, the hook, the bridge, intro and outro. It gives you the power to decide what instruments play when and you can take out instruments at any point, or out the song altogether – something you cannot do when you get a single mp3. Don’t like the horns? Take them out! Love the beat but not feeling how the bridge was done – no problem, with stems you can edit it with ease and get it to your liking.

In addition, mp3s are compressed files – meaning they lose quality from the original track. Now, we offer high-quality mp3’s (320kbps – anything less is not high-quality) along with our stems (24 bit wav files) that allows you to create a clean, crisp, professional mix. After all, the goal is to get your music out there and get heard, if your music is sounding muddy or unprofessional, no one will listen.

An example of what you get

Say you had the following beat made up the the drums, bass, keys, strings, and synths:

Not too bad, but what if you waned to take out the drums right before the keys kicked in for a nice effect; no problem:

Or, let’s say you just wanted the hi-hats to play, and then the kicks to come in later, and then the snares to build up the beat:

Or maybe you want to switch it up and drop the keys, lower the strings, and really make the Caribbean steel drums stand out, and add extra kicks at the end; easy:

Instead of being constrained to just however the mp3 is laid out, you can edit it as you best see fit. This helps you as an artist create the best track possible for yourself.

So how do I edit the track?

The internet is a wonderful place and on the web you can find a number of free audio editors such as Audacity. Most macs nowadays come with GarageBand which is a phenomenal program. Check this list of free audio editors in case you already don’t have one.

Why don’t you just sell the beat?

We don’t just sell the single beat since our services are here to help you create a solid track. Well produced music is the result of the artist and producer creating a track to suit the artists’ needs. Now we would love to get in the studio with each and everyone of you, but since that is not possible, we help bridge that connection. Instead of saying “here is a beat, take it as is” we allow you the flexibility to change it up to match your lyrics or how you as an artist best see fit.