Making A Downtempo/Chillout Beat In Logic Pro X | [Music Theory #12]

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What’s up producer!

There are times, where you just need to relax and take it nice and slow.
Downtempo and Chill genres are exactly the right soundtrack for those days, and we have a perfect selection of laidback grooves and construction kits sample packs here at R-loops.

Take your chillax time to a whole new level with construction kits that draw on hip hop, dub, soul, ambient and pop influences, with rich pads, textured atmospheres, lush keys and hauntingly beautiful melodies.

Just in case you want to take it real easy, here are the steps to making a good downtempo/chillout beat:

1. Set a tempo of 60bpm.
2. Use a nice Organic sounding acoustic drum kit.
3. Create an empty two bar midi region
4. Open your piano roll editor
5. Check the grid value is set to 1/16ths
6. Start with the kick drum, and place a kick on 1 and 11, 15, 20, 27 and finally 32
7. Pace a snare or rim shot on beats 5, 13, 21 and 29
8. Closed hats on 1,3,5,7,9,11,and 13 and then again on 17,19,21,23,25,27 and 29
9. Place an open hat on 16, and again on 31

And there you go, the basic foundation of a downtempo beat. But, to add a little more movement in the main groove (just in case you’re a bit too chilled out)…

Add a different hat sound on 4, 10,12 and 15 and 30

Let the groove slip you into imagination mode, and add some extra hits here and there or switch up the sounds to add some motion and movement.

Take it easy!
The r-loops team.

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