For example, here is a funk rhythm and a crisp drum fill. This also allows you to share your drum beats with others. Save your drum beat by copying the web address in your browser. Reaper is fairly robust in the midi department so you could use just about any VST/DXI instrument you wanted to play the beats from midi. For example, you can choose the ride cymbal instead of the hi-hat, and cross stick instead of the regular snare drum. This is free and you can create beats to the depth of your beat knowledge with this and the built in tools that come with reaper. Click "Presets" to see the most common drum beat. Select tempo, time signature and swing at the top. Click the instrument names on the left to mute the sound. Double click the squares to toggle between the hi-hat and open hi-hat, snare drum and cross stick, and high tom-tom and low tom-tom. I teach a music production course at the high school that I work at here in Toronto and lesson one with drums is that for most styles of music, the most basic drum beat possible is playing the bass drum on beat 1 followed by the snare drum on beats 2 and 4.
Using the drum machineĬlick the squares to create your drum beat. The one issue with this method is that you need to know how to create a drum beat. It may also be used as a metronome, as a backing track for practice or as a way to explore a variety of drum rhythms. Most drum machines allow users to create their own beats.Ī drum machine is commonly used for recording electronic music, often used in house, dance, and hip hop genres. Some can also produce artificial sound effects. A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that can imitate drum kits and percussion instruments.