It is being able to make drum beat sequences that show the feelings of the composer/artist that makes marvelous music. The tempo, sound and feeling of any piece of music is very often known by the sound of the drums. So how does a musician start to make drum beat sounds that lead to amazing music? Herein I have explained some hints and tips for anybody new to the field and even for more experienced drum beat maker.
The first thing you ought to do is to become accustomed with the set of drums. It is of less importance whether you have an actual live kit or using one of the well known computer based drum beat maker programs, the fundamental knowledge of equipment is the same.
In this article, I will focus on the computer based software that is readily available and highly affordable. Even those who are rhythmically challenged can make drum beat sequences that sound really fantastically great with these PC based drum beat makers.
There are three major components to the drum kit: the bass drum, the snare and the hi-hat.
It is essential to get to know these components and to know them really very well. By estimation, about ninety percent of the sounds you will make will emerge from these three components. Do play with them, experiment with them and try to know their sound and how they feel and form an underlay of a song.
The next part in the process is programming the basic drum loop into the program. Follow an instruction which is easy to understand for this. The beat on its own can come from different sources: downloads a library of samples already on the drum beat maker or some live music that is available online.
For a newbie, I would suggest you use one of the samples already in the program. This is for beginners at least until you really know the program. Once you are comfortable and confident go ahead with your creativity and style. Soon after this, you will be able to make drum beat sequences that are original and from you. Having done this, you can now start to edit and change the timing, moving the wanted segments when and where you want them. It is always very good to have a two or three added screens on the monitor so as to play and edit as you go. With this, you are able to cut and paste beats into the main piece as needed.
Your first goal is to make drum beat loop that is 4 - 8 bars long. Once made, then take it and place on the 1st sample where you think its sound is the best. There you go! You have successfully made drum beat sounds that you can use to develop and create and more intricate sequences.Using a computer drum machine is a lot of fun and also easy and marvelous way to create and make drum beat sequences that are professional sounding and original.