How to Add ENERGY to Your Beats! // Revealing My Secrets to Drum Programming

When trying to add energy to your beats, drum patterns and selection can make all the difference. In this video, we'll dive into one of my processes for drum programming and explore how you can inject life into your music productions. These are the steps that I follow to take my sample chop to the next level, and to get the characteristics of live drums.

For this beat, I used the MPC Live II as the standalone tool to flip the samples, including drums and melodies.

I hope you enjoy this workflow, and the sample based beat, and I hope the video provides some inspiration for your own production. I will be in the comments, so let me know what you want to see in a future video!

[daveyleeriot]

I admire your ability to plan & execute each part one step at a time. You don't seem to lose focus or 2nd guess your decisions. I personally be all over the place a lil too often lol

[ckslays]

You’re a monster for taking that screen protector off🤣 make me want to get a live 2, I’ve been on the verge of replacing my one with it but I’m still learning the mpc to begin with. Much love bro appreciate your videos keep it up

[astonzoyldyk]

Love this video 🎉 gonna take a day and try to just solely work on my drums

[paweld]

your pack of bass one shots are one of my go to. thank you very much.
please give us more. maybe this time some of your favourite instruments.
one love

[djskillzz]

I understand your point about programming the drum track "like how a live drummer" would play, and YES, I do mute out certain drum sounds to sound realistic, Butttt, there's times I don't because I've also seen Live bands that would have (2) drummers and drum sets on stage, so that would "rationalize" my excessive drum programming...lol, I also use "Ratchet" in the 16 Level drop down, to make variations of snare rolls... #Salute

[Drrolfski]

Congrats with your MPC Live 2. I bring it outside all the time, using a hardcase as a sunscreen. It's really liberating and inspiring. Small tip: The only important button missing compared to the MPC One is Program Edit. You can open it by default on the Live 2 with Menu + Pad 14 but I recommend configuring it to Menu + Pad 4. That way you can open Program Edit with a single finger stroke.

[mrautomatech]

Damn man, thanks for always inspiring. Those drums are hittin’

[YOMO]

Dope!! I would’ve used a tambourine for the 16th note and not the shaker.

[SuperBelly]

Loving the new video format with the preview at the beginning

[wakinglife]

Great beat man! Excellent work on the cymbals. Felt that❤

[tomdunn]

Another Beauty!
Thanks for the time and knowledge.

[davidscott]

That was a super nice groove, Ryan. Might be one of your best ones yet!

[illanoiz]

Another banger and thanks for the breakdown of the creation very informative

[MightyD]

Thx for the tips man!! Turned out great!!! that shaker was clutch! #newsubscriber

[twinnsoniq]

Great tutorial. I learned a couple things that I can try out on my beats, #subscribed

[george]

I'd love to see how you'd use more mid-high freq synth noises in a hip-hop beat, like what Mike Dean would work on or 'My beautiful dark twisted fantasy' sounds. Love your beats and vibe!

[therealmightymac]

Just Blaze is my favorite producer as well homie! No one made harder sampled based beats than blaze imo! Keep goin' brother! Peace from Swizerland

[blkrbbt]

can you giv the ablbum name? id love to get it on Apple Music.

[cody]

Man I just turned my MPC1 off. Now I wanna go turn it back on!

[RobDctr]

Do you just find one shots of drums that work well together? Or do you chop up a break?