We will start with a basic four to the floor kick drum pattern. To have the metronome/click play during the recording hit the click button on the transport bar (short cut: C).
If you’d like a count-in hit the button marked with a ||* at the top right on the transport bar (short cut: !).
Load a drum kit from one of the VST plug-in instruments (Project>Add Track>Instrument).In this lesson we will be using 4/4 time signature at 100bpm. Before we begin adding tracks let’s set up the projects tempo (how fast the pulse of track is) and the time signature (how many beats per bar). Load the program and open an empty project.
#BASIC DRUM BEATS TUTORIAL SERIES#
I thought I’d start with a basic drum beat, if you like this lesson and find it useful let me know in the comment section below and I’ll continue this series over the coming weeks. I had a couple of requests to go over some basic production techniques.