A straight pattern may sound ordinary or even boring. Since most reggae drum beats have a swing feel, straight patterns are more common with faster reggae grooves. It's more common in the 'rockers reggae,' but you can use it on any type of reggae drum beat. The shuffle patterns come in several variations.
38 free Reggae Drum loops and solo Drum recordings in our Track Collection. Play along to our Free Jam Tracks or Download Backing Tracks for Music Practice. Top Songs for Reggae Midi Files Backing Tracks. All Of Me (Reggae Version) John Legend. Buy FULL MIDI Pro Quality Lyrics Stir It Up. Bob Marley & The Wailers. Of course, the drum pattern suggested in this tutorial is just one out of many that could have been used. Just picture a Reggae drum kit at a concert and count the cymbals. TUTORIAL DRUMS: When. MIDI (9) - DRUM PATTERNS AND BREAKS.
Never underestimate what a drum pattern does for your song. Your drum pattern forms the backbone of your track and gives it structure before the other instruments and elements come in to really give it some flavour. Take Stevie Wonder's Superstition for example.
You could attribute the track's legendary status to its funky clavinet riff, the seduction of the trumpet and saxophone, or Stevie Wonder's irresistible vocals themselves, but the drum pattern is what had you bopping your heads from the go.
Its drum intro delivers an infectious 4-in-a-bar bass drum – often referred to as ‘4-on-the-floor' – with a snare beat on the 2nd and 4th. Both of these patterns were common, and essential, in the 70s and 80s funk resurgence, before we started noticing them more in discos and the dancey pop music of today.
Different drum patterns cater to different genres of music, that's obvious, but we wanna tell you the how's and why's of drum patterns, and just how easy it is for you to start your own on BandLab. Don't be afraid to mess with the options of drum effects to give your drum patterns a little more depth!
Funk
The beat from Amen Brother remains a highly influential one that has been sampled heavily since the 90s to this day. It spawned the Drum and Bass movement, and was also used in NWA's Straight Outta Compton. Created by the mind of Gregory Sylvester Coleman during the drum break of The Winston's Amen Brother, the beat consists of a tight interplay between the kicks and snare against a consistent hi-hat.
Effect used:Warm Saturation, for added punch and colour for a lo-fi quality to the drums catering to the 90s resurgence of Hip Hop and Drum and Bass genres.
Rock
Back In Black is a simple rock beat that has a strong emphasis on the snare. The snare is often the loudest in similar examples of a power rock beat. The beat itself is inspired by the Disco genre, with alternating kicks and snares on 1 and 3 against 2 and 4.
Effect used:Cymbal Sparkle, to add a reverb for higher frequencies, best effective for classic arena rock as the reverb alters the spatial aspect of the track.
Hip Hop
J Dilla was a catalyst in redefining Hip Hop in the 90s and was a pioneer in the non-usage of quantisation in his beats. This allows a dynamic and natural sound in his beats. Non-quantisation allows the beats to sound purposefully misplaced without a fixed velocity whenever the beats are performed and programmed live – all that to add the ingenious human touch to a beat.
Effect used:Warm Tube, for added compression and distortion that packs a punch to strengthen a beat.
Reggae
Reggae drums use rim shots with accompanying kicks, usually played laid back with an extensive use of triplets. The space in between the notes are reinforced by the upstroke guitar which plays in every 2nd and 4th beats.
Effect used: Evolve Drums, primarily used in Dub Reggae to create an alternate psychedelic feel to the music. Other effects such as Phaser, Chorus and Flanger modulations are used to alter the sounds. Dub/Reggae artists usually apply these effects to the entire track including the drums.
Trap
Trap features the extensive use of rolling hi-hats and powerful beats. The drum patterns are usually complex and claustrophobic whilst allowing other elements to be heard, through simplicity and aggression.
Effect used:Thumper Overdrive (custom), for distortion and grit. The drive parameter was dialled down from 3.0 to 1.2, and the tone parameter was increased to 10kHz, for a much cleaner response and crispier audio resolution, all complementing the aggressive nature of the genre
House
House beats were crafted from the Roland Drum Machines. A signature sound is the Hi-hat from the Roland TR-909, which is one of Roland's classic machines. This is a standard House Beat with that strong 4-on-the-floor beat – making it deliberately predictable and easier to dance to.
Effect used: Bass Boost, for stronger emphasis on the bass drum. The consistency of the bass drum drives the track and is important in the dance genre. A stronger bass drum could aid in the sub-frequencies, which is felt most in a club setting.
Now you have a better understanding of a genre's drum patterns, go ahead and fork the tracks above and make them your own in the BandLab web Mix Editor's Drum Machine or Virtual Instruments. Or you could go and create your own here, but don't forget to share what you come up with!
Every producer knows that creating memorable melody loops can be difficult. Especially creating trap melody loops where the melody can set the stage for the entire song.
It doesn't matter if you're a new producer who needs help creating a starting point to launch your creative process or an experienced producer who wants to chop up some quality melody loops without worrying about the copyright issues that can come with sampling music.
All producers could use a stockpile of melody loops to pick from for a wide variety of uses.
So we've put together a list of 5 of our favorite collections of free trap melody loops that every producer should have on their hard drive.
Python MIDI Collection
Cymatics hired a Grammy nominated pianist to come in the studio and record hours of hip hop melody loops for this one. Making this a very special MIDI loop pack.
We had him jam out for hours to different tempos and styles of beats and captured all of the MIDI to give you a wide variety of midi files and midi chords to play with.
51 free MIDI loops are included in the Python MIDI Collection.
Oracle MIDI Collection
Another 10/10 collection of trap melody loops that can easily fit into any style of hip hop. Like Oracle this collection includes stems for the melody loops so you can customize the way they play.
There isn't a single melody loop in this pack that misses the qualities for a placement ready beat.
100 free MIDI loops are included in this free collection!
Odyssey EDM Sample Pack
You can stop searching and start creating with the 45 midi files included in this sample library of over 300 royalty free sounds.
That's more than what most other packs that charge $40+ give you. Even if you don't produce EDM, the midi files and midi chords are still a valuable resource for generating chord progressions and unique melodies in any genre.
The Odyssey EDM pack incudes 45 free midi files.
Cobra Hip Hop Sample Pack
Cobra is an all encompassing hip hop sample pack that was created to include every element you need to make placement ready trap beats.
Not only does this pack include MIDI melody loops, but it also has midi chords and even MIDI trap hi hat loops.
24 Midi Loops
14 hi hat midi patterns
50+ trap drum loops
100+ drum one shots
29 Melody Loops
24 guitar and flute melodic loops
Eternity Vintage Collection
One of Cymatics largest free sample packs, containing over 400 samples dripping in lofi and vintage analog vibes.
Inspired by the techniques from classic hip hop albums like Illmatic, The Infamous, and Enter the Wu-Tang.
22 MIDI files
9 hihat MIDI files
62 drum loops
102 drum one shots
30 guitar loops
If the free packs above have left you wanting something a little more, these paid packs are some of the best value you can find.
The MIDI files in these collections have all been created by our production team of experienced and grammy nominated songwriters and producers. So we can guarantee you will be happy when you throw your favorite synth preset on them.
Deluxe MIDI Collection
If you want nothing but MIDI for days. This is the pack for you.
While most of the other packs listed here have other goodies along with the midi files, the Deluxe MIDI collection was made to be a huge library of nothing but MIDI.
All the files are put in folders by mood like happy, sad, dark, nostalgic, and triumphant so that you can easily find what you need to fit the mood you're in without having to scroll through MIDI files for hours.
This premium MIDI Collection includes 292 MIDI Files & 40 Hi Hat MIDI Files!
Deluxe Lofi Collection
If you need some help creating dreamy and nostalgic vibes look no further. Lofi is one of the hottest genres at the moment and this pack has everything you need to start making chill hip hop beats.
The Lofi Deluxe Collection includes 91 MIDI Files.
Topaz Midi Collection
Trap
Trap features the extensive use of rolling hi-hats and powerful beats. The drum patterns are usually complex and claustrophobic whilst allowing other elements to be heard, through simplicity and aggression.
Effect used:Thumper Overdrive (custom), for distortion and grit. The drive parameter was dialled down from 3.0 to 1.2, and the tone parameter was increased to 10kHz, for a much cleaner response and crispier audio resolution, all complementing the aggressive nature of the genre
House
House beats were crafted from the Roland Drum Machines. A signature sound is the Hi-hat from the Roland TR-909, which is one of Roland's classic machines. This is a standard House Beat with that strong 4-on-the-floor beat – making it deliberately predictable and easier to dance to.
Effect used: Bass Boost, for stronger emphasis on the bass drum. The consistency of the bass drum drives the track and is important in the dance genre. A stronger bass drum could aid in the sub-frequencies, which is felt most in a club setting.
Now you have a better understanding of a genre's drum patterns, go ahead and fork the tracks above and make them your own in the BandLab web Mix Editor's Drum Machine or Virtual Instruments. Or you could go and create your own here, but don't forget to share what you come up with!
Every producer knows that creating memorable melody loops can be difficult. Especially creating trap melody loops where the melody can set the stage for the entire song.
It doesn't matter if you're a new producer who needs help creating a starting point to launch your creative process or an experienced producer who wants to chop up some quality melody loops without worrying about the copyright issues that can come with sampling music.
All producers could use a stockpile of melody loops to pick from for a wide variety of uses.
So we've put together a list of 5 of our favorite collections of free trap melody loops that every producer should have on their hard drive.
Python MIDI Collection
Cymatics hired a Grammy nominated pianist to come in the studio and record hours of hip hop melody loops for this one. Making this a very special MIDI loop pack.
We had him jam out for hours to different tempos and styles of beats and captured all of the MIDI to give you a wide variety of midi files and midi chords to play with.
51 free MIDI loops are included in the Python MIDI Collection.
Oracle MIDI Collection
Another 10/10 collection of trap melody loops that can easily fit into any style of hip hop. Like Oracle this collection includes stems for the melody loops so you can customize the way they play.
There isn't a single melody loop in this pack that misses the qualities for a placement ready beat.
100 free MIDI loops are included in this free collection!
Odyssey EDM Sample Pack
You can stop searching and start creating with the 45 midi files included in this sample library of over 300 royalty free sounds.
That's more than what most other packs that charge $40+ give you. Even if you don't produce EDM, the midi files and midi chords are still a valuable resource for generating chord progressions and unique melodies in any genre.
The Odyssey EDM pack incudes 45 free midi files.
Cobra Hip Hop Sample Pack
Cobra is an all encompassing hip hop sample pack that was created to include every element you need to make placement ready trap beats.
Not only does this pack include MIDI melody loops, but it also has midi chords and even MIDI trap hi hat loops.
24 Midi Loops
14 hi hat midi patterns
50+ trap drum loops
100+ drum one shots
29 Melody Loops
24 guitar and flute melodic loops
Eternity Vintage Collection
One of Cymatics largest free sample packs, containing over 400 samples dripping in lofi and vintage analog vibes.
Inspired by the techniques from classic hip hop albums like Illmatic, The Infamous, and Enter the Wu-Tang.
22 MIDI files
9 hihat MIDI files
62 drum loops
102 drum one shots
30 guitar loops
If the free packs above have left you wanting something a little more, these paid packs are some of the best value you can find.
The MIDI files in these collections have all been created by our production team of experienced and grammy nominated songwriters and producers. So we can guarantee you will be happy when you throw your favorite synth preset on them.
Deluxe MIDI Collection
If you want nothing but MIDI for days. This is the pack for you.
While most of the other packs listed here have other goodies along with the midi files, the Deluxe MIDI collection was made to be a huge library of nothing but MIDI.
All the files are put in folders by mood like happy, sad, dark, nostalgic, and triumphant so that you can easily find what you need to fit the mood you're in without having to scroll through MIDI files for hours.
This premium MIDI Collection includes 292 MIDI Files & 40 Hi Hat MIDI Files!
Deluxe Lofi Collection
If you need some help creating dreamy and nostalgic vibes look no further. Lofi is one of the hottest genres at the moment and this pack has everything you need to start making chill hip hop beats.
The Lofi Deluxe Collection includes 91 MIDI Files.
Topaz Midi Collection
Midi Drum Patterns Pdf
Another very affordable kit at only $7, this midi collection will help you start creating memorable melodies and chord progressions in no time.
This midi kit includes 80 MIDI Files.
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