Foundational Drum Loop Basics - [Create Powerful Drum Loops]

Name: Foundational Drum Loop Basics - [Create Powerful Drum Loops]
Rating: 4.3 (12 reviews)

Create the Drum Loops You've Always Wanted Others to Hear.

Created byRiley Weller

Last updated 6/2019

English

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What you'll learn

Create Drum Loops which are FRESH and ENGAGING
Take Advantage of the Foundational Basics Available when Creating Drum Loops [Volume, Sound Selection, Panning, and Sound Placement]
Understand the Power of Layering
Fully Control a Drum Loop
Tempo Tricks and Swing for Emotion and Rhythm/Groove
An Effective Workflow when Creating Drum Loops
Creating Loose and Organic Drum Loops by Note Nudging
How to Bring a Loop Back in which a Listener Can't Stop Listening to

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 2h 41m total length

Slideshow About Drum Loops + the Fundamentals17:58
Explore foundational drum loop basics, from volume and velocity to sound selection, panning, and placement, then master layering, cut itself, tempo, swing, and workflow for hip hop and dance loops.
How to Ask Questions + Leave Review1:44
Learn how to ask questions and leave reviews on Udemy, including posting a question with a title and description, and how the instructor actively replies to student queries.
Overview of Premade Drum Loop Revealing the Fundamentals Used31:57
Explore layering kicks, snares, hats, and percussion to craft a fuller premade drum loop, using volume, panning, velocity, nudging, ghost notes, and end loop bring in at 92 bpm.
Creating an Urban/Hip-Hop Drum Loop Step-By-Step1:22:57
Build an urban hip-hop drum loop from scratch at 87 bpm, layering kicks, a clap, and percussion, then enhance with swing, volume, panning, and open hi-hats.
Understand How Tempo Can Control Our Drum Loop's Emotion9:10
Explore how tempo controls a drum loop's emotion by halving from 140 to 70 bpm, aligning clap placements, and layering patterns to create faster textures without changing pitch.
Creating Our Second Drum Loop Step-by-Step [DANCE DRUM LOOP]13:59
Create a dance drum loop with a vengeance sound kit, featuring kicks on every beat at 140 bpm, plus open hats, percussion, and ghost notes on bass for layered groove.
[BONUS] - 3 Tips to Create Effective Drum Loops3:35
Discover three practical tips to create more effective drum loops: optimize velocity for main and filler drums, layer multiple samples with phase awareness, and reverse sounds for creative percussion.

Requirements

Any DAW will work for this course
It's best if you have high-quality sound kits

Description

Foundational Drum Loop Basics is geared towards producers wanting to improve their drum loops.

You will learn many of the fundamentals of creating a powerful drum loop WITHOUT the use of plugins.

These basics allow you to create the exact flavor you're looking for your tracks.

Drum loops are the foundation of your track, and if your drum loop is boring or bland, your listeners will quickly get bored.

This all comes down to proper sound selection and timing.

There are 5 videos included in this course (I've thrown in a bonus video, too! - 3 Tips for Better Drum Loops)

Slideshow
Example Drum Loop
Urban Loop
Tempo
Dance Loop

We first discuss different aspects of your drum loop with a slideshow. I’m sure you will learn a lot, stretching the boundaries of what you currently know about music production.

Next, we go over an example drum loop. We later create our own loop from scratch, which you see step-by-step, but in this example drum loop video, you see exactly the techniques I’ve used beforehand. This allows the knowledge to sink in prior before we create our own loop.

In the Urban Loop, this is where we create our loop from scratch. You get to see powerful techniques such as velocity, panning, layering, and sound placement. Sound placement alone is a technique which takes years to get a comfortable feel for. But with my safe spots methodology, you will quickly catch on which makes your beatmaking process much more enjoyable and exciting!

The tempo video shows you a cool technique which a lot of producers do when it comes to tempo.

And finally, in the Dance Loop video we create another drum loop from scratch, but this time with a dance feel to our drum loop. This way you can see what goes into both an urban drum loop as well as a dance drum loop.

By the end of this course, it should shape your drum loops to the next level. If you’re newer to production, this will open your eyes to the techniques available to you while making your beats.

Enjoy,

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Who this course is for:

Producers Who Want to Build Effective and Powerful Drum Loops