
(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.
