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Creating a drum pattern

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Creating a drum pattern

- Now that I have my basic idea for my melody, I wanna look at adding some drums. I usually add at least a kick, snare, and maybe a hi-hat just to get the foundation for my drum pattern. Again, it's all about experimentation and going with what sounds right. I heard some sounds in that original kit that I used, so I'm just gonna copy this to a new group. Next I just kinda mess around with some patterns until I find something that I like. (drum patterns) Sometimes as I'm making my beat I wanna go in and mix things and kinda adjust the levels, just based on how everything is fitting together. (drum patterns) So I like something like that, let's do a four bar. This one I wanna make sure that my step grid is off. We'll just do something like that. (drum patterns) So again it's all about experimentation and finding what you feel fits the beat. For me, I just threw in a kick, snare, and then threw a hi-hat over it. And I think I got a good foundation for my drum patterns.

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