How to Create Beats in Cakewalk by Bandlab

Introduction on how to create a basic drum track beat in Cakewalk by Bandlab.
You will learn how to set up your DAW to create your own beat and we will show you how to make the drum beat with the Piano Roll editor of your DAW. Just follow the video and you are good to go.

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[rootsdubz]

Downloaded, installed, then i sat down and played this tutorial and 10 minutes later i have an 8 bar loop and its bumping. Thank you sir. Never came near cakewalk in the past 20 years, looks like cubase and its straight forward. Will do for hope for ever.

[SimonMac]

Thanks for this tutorial - I was getting pretty frustrated trying to figure out how to make a beat; this at least got me going.

[let_the_wall_fall]

That's great, thank you for the tutotial

[ExtremeBassGuitar]

Man, I can't even figure out how to make it sound!

[VISTAAR-ynnm]

thanks a lot man, learned a lot, great tutorial

[Complicaaddrock]

Thanks a lot, this was super clear and informative!

[minddhaliwal]

Thanks very much 😊 it really helped me in my course!

[oooo]

Excellent video! My snap and draw sections changed from 1/16 to other notes and I can't change them back. Any idea why?
Also, I downloaded the Cakewalk app and made a simple beat on there. Does anyone know if there's a way to upload that track to my workstation?

[crofor]

very nice tutorial very straight forward and helping

[pipedreamteam]

Hi, I just started using cakewalk and when I playback the recording it only comes through one headphone. Usually I would just change the track to mono but it doesn't give me the option to on cakewalk. Any possible solutions?

[orin]

I acc found this very helpful. Thank you so much

[parisnotlondon]

Hi so i just got into production and i used to use caustic now i use cakewalk and i downloded a sampler that works with all my old sounds from caustic but everytime i go to the piano roll and try to draw in my hats and 808s they show up like 4 bars long and i dont want to go one by one making them smaller any tips would help thanks in advance

[cvemubs]

does anyone know how to change so I can draw the beat at a specific time like hrs did on the piano viewer

[vexrich]

Is there the option to start a metronome and use your keyboard to lay in notes?

[fit-over-]

I have created a beat, saved the file as cwp but when I reopen it there's no sound. Do I have to route the track to an output? pls help.

[OhighOSkater]

Good video. I just downloaded cakewalk today and am trying to get my little home studio together to make some music. Thanks for the information!

[mvbovids]

nice tutorial, simple and short for those that dont have the time in the world like me

[aliflips]

Hi, do you know that why my piano roll in my daw cannot to show?

[jamielmp]

How can i use one shot audio samples in Cakewalk? In Fl Studio you can just drag and drop samples in the step sequencer but Cakewalk doesn't let you do that. Is there way to use audio samples in the step sequencer in Cakewalk?

[uqjhfzt]

But how to copy the notes and paste again later for several times, if I'm making a hippop?