Easy Drum Sequencing Tip!

Easy Drum Sequencing Tip!

Today I'm showcasing an easy drum sequencing tip! This is one of the methods that I personally use when I need to come up with variations of drum parts for new sections of songs. Any time you work on a drum track, try swapping the kicks and snares for a completely different sound, while maintaining the same rhythm. It almost always leads to new ideas! Enjoy the video :)

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[jantuitman]

That is a very practical tip, makes me realize that the reason why drums always turn out so bad for me is that I probably try too hard, simple patterns work well enough!

[GerenM]

Great idea. And, you can also switch up within pattern -- 1st two bars stay the same and flip the 2nd two bars. OR the odd and even bars. The possibilities are nearly endless, and they'll all still "fit" the basic groove.

[S.tebban]

I like how you started with a bassline. Most of the times I start with listening to a simple 4 to the floor and hoping a melody comes across my mind. But then again I figured that all my idea's for a melody start from silence; when I have absolutely nothing to record :(

[peterrabinowitz]

Loved the tip! Suggestion next time you do something similar: save the variations to pattern slots so you can chain them and we can hear one right after the other. Thx again for the excellent tip. 😁

[SimpleHold]

The snare on every beat reminds me of Motown. That makes me think of a classic tip for any musical idea, including drums: listen to different genres of music, even ones you don’t instinctively like.

[RaverOperatorGeeza]

I'm still asking everyone about how to synch pocket operators with MPC ONE. YOU'D BE THE FIRST TO DO IT ON YOUTUBE AND I'VE BEEN ASKING AND SEARCHING FOR 18 MONTHS+
MUCH LOVE AS ALWAYS MATE XXX

[iosmusicman]

Nice tip and run though. It would have been a bonus to have chained the pattern variations together and let them all play though at the end. Cheers. Lee

[wiggesobk]

That's a great Tip! I've never used it that way.

[traildoggy]

This has me wondering, as a actual drummer at a kit how easy or difficult would it be to seamlessly move the beat between to 3 different drums like that? Like would that be a natural thing no problem, or would someone tend to stumble on that ?

Do you put together things on a sequencer type drum track that you couldn't (or just wouldn't) physically play at a kit?

[SomeOne-uykj]

Does this bring to mind a prospective swapping feature...<hit function key>; <source row>; <target row>?

[jasecastle]

Hi Freebeat, I really like the direction your going in here. Have you thought about loading a full acoustic drum kit on the Deluge and then loading a rock guitar sample into the oscillator. I suspect the Deluge could be cool for composing rock or metal if you could get guitars to sound good sampled to the oscillator. Particularly interested to see what you could come up with given your background as a drummer. Thanks Jason