The first is that I took a creative approach by removing the last snare hit! There’s a lot of things I like about this drum loop. It’s not yet released, but currently in queue for FREE BEATS By GratuiTous Vol. (I didn’t even adjust velocity on the shaker!)īecause of the different notes, it sounds like a shaker is actually going back and forth like in real life! Beat 2 – Danger She Wrote – Drum Pattern Example I then created a second note and put it up to A#, then just repeated the notes for the full drum loop. In my case, I thought playing the shaker up a bit higher sounded better, so I started at A. You alternate the notes like shown above. Later on I do add a shaker in the background, which also has quite a big impact on the overall production, too! Take note on the third beat, the kick drum plays just before it, allowing the hi-hat to play all by it self!

Second, the kick drum bounces around the hi-hat, while the hi-hit just remains on beat. This allows the hi-hat to stand out a lot more, because other sounds aren’t playing at the exact same time. The first is because it actually plays a bit late – that’s just how the sound was designed. There’s two reasons why this hi-hat is so prominent, in my opinion. When I remove the hi-hat, so much impact is lost to the over all song. I usually tend to layer multiple sounds for a fuller drum loop, but that’s why I really like this drum loop! It’s so simple!

The main drum loop contains a single drum hit, a single snare hit, a single hi-hat, one cymbal, and one open hi-hat. This drum loop is actually so simple, but each element in the loop is so crucial for its sound. I ended up releasing this on FREE BEATS By GratuiTous Vol. This beat actually used to be the theme song to Beatstruggles back in the day! Beat 1 – Real Gangst – A Simple Kick and Snare Pattern Whenever I listen to these tracks, I always think about how much I like the drum loops.

If you’d love to learn my secrets to amazing drum loops, then please check out my in-depth course on Safe Spots. There are 3 videos below, each broken down into it’s own section. In this write-up, we go over some drum loop examples from my previous beats.

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