Give Some Rhythm To Your Beats With A Drum Beat Maker

There is one sound that will define the pace, tone and emotion of any song you want to create. And that is the drum sound. To create great music you have to be able to make drum beats that really say what you want them to. But how?
Well, to start off with you should understand the drum kit itself. Whether you are using an online drum maker to make drum beats, or a live drum kit, the basic knowledge is still the same.
The bass drum, the hi-hat and the snare are your core drums. Over 90% of the drum sounds you make will be done on these drums, so get to know them well! So play around with them, and then get to know the sounds that they make, what those sounds make you feel, and how those sounds could punctuate and underlay a piece of music.
For the purpose of this article I'm going to talk about how to make drum beats with an online system. To play a live kit you have to have it in front of you, and you have to be taught rhythm. To make drum beats online, you can be a complete novice and you can still get it right. So I'm going to talk basics of the online system with you today.
I'm going to imagine that you have already programmed your basic drum loop, which is the easy part. You can download one, use a collection of samples, and use some raw live audio or data that is on your computer or a drum machine. It doesn't bother me, and some of these are easier than others. If you are starting out I'd suggest using a sample or a download for learning purposes.
Learning how to make drum beats is much more than just creating a drum loop. You then have to find a way to inject some style into this drum track to give it some texture and originality.
Now that you have your first loop in play you can start chopping and editing it so that you pull out the sections that you want to use. Make sure you have a few extra blank tracks in your project window so that you have room to drag and drop great beats you hear in your sample.
You can then also separate the percussion sounds that you like. These don't have to be single hi-hat hits, any percussion sound is great and small samples work really well when constructing a new sound.
When you have all of these sections you can start to build the new sound. Create a loop that is 4 to 8 bars in length, it's an easy number to work with and gets you hearing results straight away. Now it's time for you to get creative and make drum beats all of your own!
Now you take that loop that you have just created and lay it over the original in a place that sounds right and you have just learned the basics of making drum beats! Well done!
When you are ready you can make a loop from scratch using your software and then you can make drum beats that are completely original and all your own!
You might find that the final sequence you create needs to be processed to weed out any errors. I'd suggest you either do a compression or cut some low frequencies using a high pass filter.