How To Make Catchy and Unique Trap Hi-Hat PatternsĪnother extremely important part of making a catchy EDM/Trap Club beat is to make a slick and interesting hi-hat sequence. In order to make a more catchy and interesting beat pattern in FL Studio, you can split up your 16 bar verses into two different 8 bar beat sequences with slightly different melodies.įor instance, for the first part of my main verse beat, I chose to layer together three different Massive preset synths, including the Ghosting Lead, Filthy Trap SEQ, and Trancer’s Pluck in order to keep the listener/client fully engaged and interested. Making a Catchy and Interesting Main Verse Pattern *Tip: To save time, just copy the first 4 bar intro pattern twice, once you are ready to arrange your beat in the playlist editor window. In terms of the drums for the intro of this Trap beat, I chose to just use some layered 808 drums with a few different Trap Snares types layered together to create a unique and catchy snare sequence, which can be seen below.
“Trap or Treat”) I decided to make it 8 bars in length and essentially what you want to do with an intro is use only an instrument or two paired with a simple drum beat and another percussion.Īnd on this Trap beat, I used a dark gated pad from my Trap Massive Patches collection to fit with the darker theme of the track. However, of course, the tempo can be changed at any time during the beat making process to your suit the style of beat you are making.Īlso in terms of swing, you generally do not want to set it to more than 15%, which is what I set the swing to on this track to make the beat sound less robotic.įor the intro for this track (i.e. The first thing to do before you begin making a Trap beat in FL Studio is to set up the basic beat sequencer settings in the FL Studio beat sequencer window.Īnd for this Trap beat, I chose to set the bar length to 8 beats/bar and set the tempo to 94 BPM for the main verses and 92 BPM for the intro and outro. Because of my poor financial situation, the only pieces of external equipment I own are a laptop and a pair of headphones (the bare necessities).Setting Up Your Basic Beat Sequencer Settings In FL Studio I have a dream to become the first successful hip hop producer to exclusively use Reaper.and maybe FLS in the future if I somehow manage to get a spare 200 dollars.
I still have yet to download it but it looks promising. If it is possible to reproduce the same types of beats in Reaper, then I definitely plan on trying out the demo and buying it in the near future once I get used to the interface. I generally produce nothing but rap beats, I hope to become good enough to lease them out at some point and make some profit. I know all the mixing capabilities are there.
So, seeing as Reaper is supposed to be pretty good, and dirt cheap, I was wondering if it is possible to make rap beats like these that I have made in FL Studio using sample packs, vst's, soundfonts, etc. I am dead broke for the next few weeks, but I don't even have 100 dollars to spend and was wanting to go down the righteous path of not pirating DAWs and VSTs anymore. I am prepared for the learning curve of not being able to completely rely on the step sequencer and piano roll. I'll be honest, I'm the stereotypical 18 year-old who illegally obtained FL Studio about a year ago and made beats on it.