Drum Loops

PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. At the moment, BeatFuse’s sound development team is focused purely on the samples and sounds used in hip hop. This allows us to put all of the team’s effort and energy into the products we believe in. We honestly believe in not spreading ourselves too thin. Quality above quantity.

For patterns and drum loops, I suggest using the patterns or groove sequences that come with your audio host (DAW). In Reason, for example, you can use REX files/patterns if you cannot program drum loops or do not have the motivation to do so. If you do lack the technical aptitude and knowledge to develop your own drum loops in your music sequencer, perhaps it’s time to start learning! It’s a skill that will come in handy, especially when you start producing songs for artists in studios and need to touch things up. You don’t want to be the guy that can’t program drum patterns, do you? Nah, I thought so! Perhaps the best — and easiest — way to learn how to make some cool drum loops yourself is to analyze the patterns that your groove sequencer spits out. Then close that particular pattern and start a new one, and try to emulate what you just saw.

Then go one step further and start attempting to replicate patterns you hear on the radio and in your favorite songs. Just be aware that you won’t always be able to get things to sound exactly the way you hear; the groove and swing settings applied to a loop cannot be exactly replicated. Also keep an eye out (oops — ear!) for volume dynamics. Drums generally don’t always hit with the same volume so work that into your programming skills. Best of luck.