However, if you listen to the Hi-Hats they are typically really FAST!!! This is why it’s common to hear both rapping and singing over “Trap” style instrumentals.įor example, you will notice the snares are usually structured in normal time which is why when you convert your 8 count into a double-timed 4 count there is only one snare per bar falling on the 3rd beat. So you would be correct in saying that these types of instrumentals are both slow and fast. Meaning a blend of both slow, melodic elements and also fast rhythmic elements as well. Now, what makes “Trap” style instrumentals so unique is that these instrumentals are actually a hybrid or a mix of R&B and Hip-Hop. Let’s first briefly discuss why producers like to make “Trap” style instrumentals in double time.
#How to make trap beats on fl studio how to#
Now that you understand how to divide a bar from normal time into double time you may still be wondering why is this necessary in the first place? I’m glad you asked ? Making Trap Beats In Double Time You would say this instead… one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four instead of saying… one, and, two, and, three, and four and If you want to accomplish this by ear simply take the 8 count you’ve learned how to do in normal time and replace the “ands” with the next available number. This is because in double time we’re dividing 1 bar in half which now gives us two bars, hence the name “double time”. Now double time can be tricky to wrap your head around at first but it’s quite simple to understand. In double time there are still 4 beats per bar but there’s typically only one snare per bar which lands on the 3rd beat. And you already know how to do the four and the eight count.
Now as you already know, in normal time there’s 4 beats in a bar and the kicks typically land on the 1st and 3rd beat and the snares on the 2nd and 4th beat. But if you happened to miss my video lesson on Establishing Rhythm Pt.3 be sure you watch that first and then come back to this lesson. You also can start basic programming in the step sequencer and when you need to get more in depth, left click the channel your working on and send whatever you were doing in the step sequencer to the piano roll.Now if you’ve watched any of my previous video lessons you’ve seen me break down normal time at nauseam. I usually create the basic drum patterns in the step sequencer, then clone them to make change ups/drumfills usually on the 4th and or 8th measure. Tempo wise trap music is very slow, the energy and pace is often dictated by the speed of the hi hats, syncopated snare patterns and fast moving riffs that make it seem much faster. That will make the tempo of your project between 60 bpm - 80 bpm. Set the tempo in FL between 120 bpm - 160 bpm. My suggestions for creating Trap music would be to use FL Studio, at least for the drum programming, especially since trap beats were born in FL. I didn't of course, because I love music, but its been a long transition for me. I've been making beats since late 2001 and I honestly thought about giving it up because I didn't feel like there was anyway I could get a hang of producing trap music. In trap music you might be setting up 2 different hi hats, a snare and a clap, and several kick drums that are going up and down a scale some of time with 8 measures or more worth of change ups.
#How to make trap beats on fl studio full#
Some folks are putting damn near full orchestras in trap beats, along with all the other synthesizers leads, organs, and pianos you'd expect in southern music.ĭrum programming can be a nightmare as well, instead setting up a 1 hi hat, 1 kick, 1 snare with maybe 2 - 4 measures worth of change ups. They often are harder to mix than old-school east coast style beats because of the crazy amount of instruments & sounds you can put in them. You are already in the Hip-Hop forum, on top of that you click the trap thread, then you bash it? Hypocrites.Īnyways I found the best way(for me) was to listen and dissect songs from big trap producers like Lex Lugar.who happens to have come from fruity loops to producing one of Kanye and Jay-z biggest songs on the watch the throne album.(That one was for the haters)I think a lot of people that were producing before trap beats became mainstream dislike it because it has to be done so completely different than the beats that they've been producing. I dont understand the hate on trap music.