Jon Makes Beats

Going Hard in the Mario Paint

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Very excited to bring you this new episode of Jon Makes Beats. Making videos for YouTube has been a crazy experience and it's basically just been week after week of making mista...

Making a Banger on the HYDRASYNTH

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Here's the second member-exclusive video! Been meaning to bring the Hydrasynth onto the program for a while and I'm happy with what I was able to get out of it.

Currently...

Sampling the Playstation® DAW

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This episode was super fun to do and I hope you get as much a kick out of watching it. As always, below are the video and the original session (which was over 4 hours!).

J...

The 2023 Dual Octatrack 3 Hour Beat Set

SKIP TO 30:00 FOR THE START OF THE SET

Here's the story behind this one:

I had told everyone that I was going to stream a DJ set using two Octatracks and a mixer. I used that wee...

RE: Member's Only Videos and YouTube Memberships

TLDR: The video above will explain the basics and my reasoning, but if you're looking for more or maybe you're more of a reader, I've written this message for all of you:

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Somet...

Like No One Is Watching (Members 001) Beat

Like No One Is Watching (Members 001)

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Here's the first members only video. Hope you enjoy!

Live session: https://youtube.com/...

BEHIND THE SCENES OF JMB

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Thanks for being on this crazy journey with me for however long you have been. I get a lot of questions about what the setup that isn’t on camera looks like and I haven’t re...

Sampling PaRappa the Rapper

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It's time for another one of these. I think you'll notice something new with this one: lighting! Yeah, I have always struggled with lighting my space and after the last video ...

Donkey Kong Country!

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new video on the channel sampling one of my favorite games. Here it is in all its...glory? As always, you can find this as well on the Living Beat Tape, found on the Discord.<...

Sandwich Making Music

YouTube: https://youtu.be/bw_l9pCLXH8

Live: 2025-07-23 17:26:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Nintendo Switch 2 has no Menu Music...so I made some

Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/hL0QyDOKvw4?feature=share

Video: 2025-06-18 16:49:43 +0000 UTC View Post

What the hell is this lol

Livestream: https://youtube.com/live/E7bPqXveeUg?feature=share

Video: 2025-06-18 16:47:58 +0000 UTC View Post

7000 Ways to Live

This one didn't make it into an episode but here's the livestream!

LIvestream: https://www.you...

If you Click this I will Make Something

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Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: 2025-06-10 18:42:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Call Waiting

Didn't make this one on stream!

RS7000 only

Jon

Sampling Final Fantasy 7

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Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: 2025-06-10 18:40:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Sampling Ape Escape

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Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: 2025-06-10 18:39:13 +0000 UTC View Post

Sampling Resident Evil

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Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: 2025-06-10 18:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Sampling Metal Gear Solid

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Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: 2025-06-10 18:36:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Sampling my Playstation

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Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: 2025-06-10 18:35:11 +0000 UTC View Post

You Won't Need ANYTHING Else.

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Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: 2025-06-10 18:32:48 +0000 UTC View Post

This Synth is Good for Beats

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Seeing as a lot of folks actually do listen to and download the songs this way, I thought I'd catch us up on what's been added to the Living Beat Tape.

Livestream: 2025-06-10 18:30:27 +0000 UTC View Post

How to Enjoy your JMB Membership (ALL THE LINKS)

Hey, everyone.  Welcome to the Jon Makes Beats Patreon.  In this post, I'll be sharing with you the best way to get access to everything your membership has to offer.

1. GET THE MUS...

Introducing 2nd Channel: Jon Talks Beats

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NEW CHANNEL ALERT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nRfAWtPz04&fea...

Six Pack

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Happy Easter if you celebrate that sort of thing. As you may have noticed I've stopped making individual posts on Patreon for each video/song. Those who have joined the Discor...

JMB and the Case of the Ghostly Compressor

Story time:

Here is a picture of a compressor I've owned since 2012. It's called a UBK Fatso and it is a part of the standard lineup at Empirical Labs (also the makers of the famous Distress...

Introducing: JMB Selects

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Let's talk about the elephant in the room: The Living Beat Tape is getting too big.

That wasn't the case when it started. In fact, when I opened this Patreon there was only ...

Public Livestream tomorrow! and other stuff

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A couple changes are coming to the Patreon/Discord that we should cover before the main event.

First, I've historically waited until the publishing of videos on the channe...

SP-404 MK2 Man Makes a Comeback

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It's been a while but the SP-404 is back on the channel!

I wanted to explore the way I tend to use this machine because I don't always see this method around on the inte...