There’s A LOT that goes into making a GOOD drum loop. Making a Drum Loop in FL Studio Here’s an example of a beat I’ve made to hear a catchy drum loop! you will notice a HUGE IMPACT! SNARE 1 (LAYER) is only played at the CHORUS, which adds lot of excitement to a song! Conclusion. Not every sound needs to be layered, but if you layer certain sounds like a clap, you can really add tons of fullness and variation to your beat!įor example, in your VERSE, play a single CLAP, but in the CHORUS add a SNARE over top of the CLAP. One thing I’d like you to try is to LAYER your sounds in your next drum loop.

Use velocity so things don’t hit so consistent.Make the pattern longer (the #1 tip for variation!).To add variation, we can do a whole bunch of things like. (It’s all about creating drum loops in FL Studio. I’d highly recommending reading my SAFE SPOTS Book. Now, there’s SO MANY WAYS to add variation to a drum loop. 🥱 Adding VARIATION to a Drum Loop Over 150 Pages and 80+ Images all about Drum Loops in FL Studio! ( SAFE SPOTS by GratuiTous) and we don’t want that for our listeners!įor example, KICK 1 plays 6 times in the image above! If I didn’t have KICK 2 to add another drum hit, KICK 1 would have played 8 times. If I were to play KICK 1 too many times, the drum loop would start to sound REALLY repetitive. You will also notice I added KICK 2 into the pattern. It’s VERY RARE the KICK and CLAP play at the same time (unless it’s dance music). to add fullness, I like to “sprinkle” KICK 1 around the CLAP.

Once you set up a basic drum loop with KICK 1 on BEAT 1, and the CLAP on BEAT 2 and BEAT 4. Adding Fullness to a Drum Loop: KICK 1 plays more often, and I’ve added in a new KICK 2 for fullness, without the drum loop sounding boring or repetitive 🙂 Once you set up a basic drum loop like this, it makes it REALLY easy to start adding in fullness, which is our next step 🙂. KICK is on BEAT 1, and CLAP is on BEAT 2 and BEAT 4. The EASIEST way I’ve found to make drum loops in FL Studio is: This is how I personally like to start a drum loop, because you can add in your own drum samples, and each beat becomes unique sounding! As you can see from the image above, the Channel rack is blank with no sounds in it.

Fl studio drum loops