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Short music loops are used by many music producers and film editors today in their media projects. Set in a specific tempo and key, music loops are of a single instrument such as a guitar and edited into 1 to 16 measure bits. Alternately, entire orchestrations or rock tracks can be cut into loops. The following advice will assist you in making loops that can be used by yourself or others in media productions.

1. First, determine what sort of loop you want to create before you record or program it into your DAW, better known as a digital audio workstation. You will either create a background loop such as piano chords or a melody such as a guitar riff.

2. Secondly, you need to program or record a performance that can be edited into a loop. You can record the traditional way with a microphone and DAW or use a MIDI based instrument to create material in your computer.

3. Next, you should be ready to use equalization to cut out any noises that threaten the quality of your sample. For example an excellent vocal loop could be destroyed by the low hum of traffic outside your window. But, you can always fix this problem by notching out the low hertz that are contaminating your otherwise perfect recording.

4. Fourth, apply reverb and eq as you see fit and then mix down a rough sample of the loop repeated three times. Take this rough mix and then bounce down the middle loop of the three which will contain the reverb from the first and will result in a perfectly repeatable loop.

5. Bounce down a finished stereo loop at a 48k sample rate at 24 bits. 48k is highly valued as its ready for use in video editing and 24bit will ensure a high quality thus making the loop more attractive to potential licensees.

Follow these tips to build a profitable library of music loops for use in video and multimedia production.

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