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Basic trap drums tutorial by Janković.

I see many caustic users love new trap wave which push "older" hip-hop sound in shadows.  

 

But many of them make it kinda wrong. 

I will offer you my help how to make basic trap  drum pattern. 

 

1.  You will need trap drums kits.    You cant make trap beat with rock drums for example.   So first, find good trap  free drumkit.    

2.  Tempo should be double speed of normal hip-hop music.   So, at least 140bpm.   Depends what you want.  For example, if you want to make trap remix of some older hip-hop song, just double bpm.   80 become 160 etc.   But if you want trap track, tempo must be at least 140.  

3.  Now about drum pattern making. 

It is subjective thing, but here is how would i make this.  

Snare on 9-th drum space, closed hihats, on every space, but in last 4 spaces you can add 8 or even 16 hats.   To speed up hats and make pattern interesting. 

Kick on first drum space, but you can add wherever you think it fits.  3-rd, 5-th etc.   Make variations.  

 

And thats it for basic drum pattern. 

But heart of trap drums are little snare plays on  between 3-rd and 4-th snare bar and huge snare variation on 8-th bar.   

 

Its subjective feel how you gonna do it, there are hundeds of ways.   So experiment and you will get results.  

 

Tell me if you want advices about music making.    This is just small tutorial about drums. 

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Yo jankovic,

Yo jankovic,

i can't play the file to hear your pattern. In trap music there is no right or wrong with the drum pattern except you're out of time. You can make a trap beat from 60 to 160 BPM. No offense man, just my thoughts since were here in a community to mention things or help somebody.

I have to hear something from you.

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Yes, you can make it from

Yes, you can make it from 60bpm, but why would someone do that??    Too slow.    

Second thing, trap drums are specific.   If someone put techno drums in pattern and play it like trap, that is wrong.   It sounds like techno with trap vibe.  

I mean about that.    

 

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Hmmm

Hmmm

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Ahahahahaha, and hmmmm means?

Ahahahahaha, and hmmmm means? :-)

 

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I was just saying about the

I was just saying about the tempo not drum kit. I'm making my trap samples on my own only with the classic 808. You achieve best results with this. Sure you have to play with filters etc. to achieve that trap vibe.

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Interesting, drums are the

Interesting, drums are the heart of it I think , but how about synths, any tips there?

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Interesting, drums are the

Interesting, drums are the heart of it I think , but how about synths, any tips there?

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Interesting, drums are the

Interesting, drums are the heart of it I think , but how about synths, any tips there?

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Interesting, drums are the

Interesting, drums are the heart of it I think , but how about synths, any tips there?

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Whoops, lol, quad posting

Whoops, lol, quad posting like a bosssss

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ANSWER jthabrain's question!

ANSWER jthabrain's question!  Quick before he posts again!  ;-)

JHS

P.S. Actually I'd really like to hear an answer to his question, seriously.

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JM, then i missanerstood.   I

JM, then i missanerstood.   I thought you talk about drum sounds.   Because i said its wrong when you add wrong kits and make trap.   

 

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J M you are very right about

J M you are very right about the tempo. Todays trap music is about 140 bpm. But trap music started in the 90s and got more popular in the early 2000s. Artist like outkast, master p and T.I. go look at there bpm for trap/hip-hop music 90% of it is under 100bpm. And to answer jthabrain's question use a 808 sub for bass and a lot of string elements. Go listen to some stuff produced by Shawty Redd he is a big pioneer into todays trap.

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Lol Jthabrain tho.

Lol Jthabrain tho.

for the synths, I use mostly soundfonts and Wav samples cos I'm not too good with synthesizers and synthesis. I've never created a sound that i'll call AMAZING in the modular synth.

that's where VST's come in handy for softwares that support it which is totally impossible in the mobile music world as at this point in time. But no holding of breath tho.

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Jthabrain,  ahahahahahahaha.

Jthabrain,  ahahahahahahaha.   You won. :-) 

 

There are tips for everything.  

You must have typical trap brass.    I mean, you dont have to but.... 

Some orchestra sound here and there.  

Some repeating synth melody and thats it. 

 

Personally, i dont like commercial trap.   This music is great, but only like instrumental music.   Trappers today sounds like they have some problem with tongue or something.   Too boring. 

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hahaha, I hear ya,. whenever

hahaha, I hear ya,. whenever I make that type of sound, it comes out like dubstep. mostly, probably because I loved dubstep before I ever learned of trap, and the 2 styles have a couple of similarities in my mind. I'll post and example of what I mean. I did a track in Caustic, and exported to live to add the vocals. I loved how the track came out, but I initially intended to do a trap remix but halfway thru, said fukit and ended up wobbling the F out of it. I'll post the node in a minute, lemme upload it first

 

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Here it is.

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I can help you if you want. :

I can help you if you want. :-)

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would be cool. thanks

would be cool. thanks

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Okay, what kind of help you

Okay, what kind of help you need? :-) 

 

Presets, production, lil bit advices.   Examples etc. 

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